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September 8, 2005
Irony
I've had a number of conversations, on the net, phone and in person with people who REALLY HATE BUSH and honestly believe that Bush should have rolled in with the national guard BEFORE and IMMEDIATELY after the storm. These conversations have been quite interesting because in their blind hatred, they are actually being counter-productive to their own stated goals.
Here's a particularly interesting conversation I had yesterday.
Them: Bush should have been there immediately after the storm, he should have dropped paratroopers in, sent in aid convoys and troops as soon as the storm passed New Orleans.
Me: As soon as it passed New Orleans? Where should these troops have come from?
Them: They could have come from Mississippi, Bushco has plenty of military bases in Mississippi.
Me: Mississippi? Do you realize that after the storm ravaged New Orleans, it went straight into Mississippi. (I let the fact that the brunt of the storm's force was directed at Mississippi.)
Them: Well, that doesn't matter, he should have helped those people. The storm wasn't that bad in Mississippi.
Me: So you're saying that Bush should have rolled into New Orleans right after OVER THE OBJECTIONS and WITHOUT THE APPROVAL of the State of Louisiana.
Them: Yes, there were people dying, stranded by the floods, Bush didn't want to go because they were black.
Me: Wait a minute. Lets get through this first. You think Bush should have gone in over the head of the Governor of Louisiana.
Them: Yes, well. . . he didn't do that.
Me: Who? Who didn't do that?
Them: The Governor, the Governor wanted help.
Me: Yes, the Governor said on TV she wanted help, but when the Federal Government asked for permission to come in and help, she stone-walled them.
Them: That's not true.
(This is why I carry my laptop with me almost everywhere I go, and it's also why I generally save favorites so they are available when I'm offline. Within a few minutes I'd booted up and showed my friend the words from Louisiana Governor Blanco where she and her staff admit that they refused entry of the Federal Government directly after the storm. We continued.)
Them: Well that doesn't matter, Bush still should have gone in anyway.
Me: You realize of course, that that would be against the law.
Them: So what, Bush was killing black people, the Army should have been there anyway.
Me: Regardless of the State's objection.
Them: Yes, he's the President and he killed black people because he doesn't care about niggers.
That was the end of the conversation. The "nigger" comment effectively ended it. I was floored, I could hardly believe my ears. Here was a person for for some time I'd suspected had lost a bit of touch with reality, but this exchange confirmed something for me that I've long suspected.
The radical left and leftist Democrats know not what they do.
All over the internet, and in person to person conversations, there are people on the left who HATE BUSH WITH A PASSION, but ironically, without realizing it, they want to give Bush more power.
That's right. All these people who are saying that Bush "should have gone in sooner" fail to realize that the Constitution of the United States, as well as Federal and State law, prohibit the Federal Government from sending troops or National Guard units into a state without the approval or request from the Governor of said state.
The left likes to ignore this fact, saying that Bush should have went in anyway, or blanketly denying the facts and words from Blanco herself. When pressed into a corner, these leftists are perfectly comfortable with the idea of the Federal Government riding roughshod over the States and doing exactly what they please.
I warn you Moonbats out there. By popping off like this you're opening yourself up to something that you don't even realize. You actually ADVOCATING that the Federal Government be allowed to step into States and push local authorities aside whenever they feel like it. If you keep screaming about this you're going to get served.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if after the investigation is complete, and it is shown in bright clear relief that the Federal Government OBEYED THE LAW with regard to entering Louisiana, that some mis-guided politician starts a movement to allow the Government to bypass the states when it feels the need to do so.
Yep, that's right, without realizing it, the Democrats are posturing to give the man they love to hate, even more power, and eliminate significant checks on the power of the Federal Government. I've pointed this out to a couple of my smarter left leaning friends that are piping in with the same argument and after I explain what it is in reality that they are advocating, I notice something.
First, they get puzzled as they backtrack in their minds what they've said. Second, the puzzlement turns to concern as they contemplate the possibilities. Finally true horror overcomes their expression as they realize that, in fact, they did just advocate more power for the Federal Government, and by tranferrence, Bush.
I've had this discussion three times in person, two simply shut down as they realized the hole they had dug for themselves. The third came out swinging.
Them: Well, that didn't stop Democrat's when it came to segregation.
Me: Are you referring to the Insurrection Act powers.
Them: Yes, they went in then over the objections of the State.
Me: Yes, they most certainly did. So are you saying that Bush should have used the Insurrection Act to go into Louisiana?
Them: Yes.
Me: So you feel that Governor Blanco denying Federal Authorities request to enter the state with troops an act of Insurrection?
Them: No, um, no, that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying they just should have gone anyway.
Me: Regardless of the law.
Them: Yes, the law can be changed after.
So there you have it folks. The end of the line when it comes to Moonbattery, break the law when it suits you, trash the Constitution when it suits you and disregard the responsibility and authority of the states and local governments when you feel like it.
The moonbats WOULD HAVE LOVED it if Bush had ordered the National Guard in over the head of the Governor of the State of Louisiana. I suspect that within hours of the move by the Feds that some hotshot lawyer would have asked for an injunction, and one of our "most honorable" (term used loosely) Senators would have called for Bush's impeachment under posse comitatus. The left loves to present Catch-22's to the President. The positively won't rest in trashing the administration until they find their blue dress. They have tried inventing their blue dress with Rathergate, that didn't work. Then they tried again with the "infamous" Downing Street memo (no matter that it wasn't a Bush Administration memo, or even a document produced by anyone even American), so now they are trying a new tactic.
Blame Bush if he doesn't do what we want, and if he does do what we want, we'll be able to impeach him.
Keep it up moonbats, a majority of Americans have gotten your number, and are rejecting your insanity in election after elections. Keep calling us stupid, keep calling us fascists, keep saying how we're all sheep bent on destroying the "republic".
I got news for you moonbats, it's the REPUBLIC, that the Federal Government respected by obeying the wishes of the Governor and not entering the state until she gave permission.
Keep on barking moonbats, and we'll keep on winning elections.
--Jason
PS - I especially love it when my Moonbat friends try to play the race/sex/class card, because it gives me the opportunity to point out:
Who gave African-Americans the franchise - Republicans
Who gave Women the franchise - Republicans
Who gave 18 year olds the franchise - Republicans
Who was the first black Governor - A Republican, in Louisiana
Who were the segregationist Governors - Democrats
Who has the only Senator who was also an official in the KKK - Democrats
This usually starts them spitting and huffing, screaming "Things were different then!" Yes, THEN, the Democrats were the majority party and Republicans had to show them the error of their ways.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at September 8, 2005 11:30 AM
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