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Lindsey Graham: Portrait Of A Principled Idiot

I really did not want to write a second article in a one month about Senator Lindsey Graham considering he is from South Carolina and I am from Pennsylvania.  But I must.  He is forcing my hand.

I have got to hand it to the Senator.  He certainly is principled.  Sitting in his seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Graham decided to vote in favor of moving the nomination of Elena Kagan, President Obama’s latest nominee to the United States Supreme Court, out of committee.  Senator Graham says that elections have consequences and this is why he crossed over and voted with the Democrats.  Thus, in his mind, he is saying that because President Obama is sitting in the White House The President should get his nominee.

But while being principled he is also an idiot.  He is an idiot because he is ignoring the fact that he was also elected.  And he was elected by a constituency that vehemently opposes another left wing radical being placed upon the Supreme Court.  His excuse to vote for Kagan is nothing more than the ramblings of an ill mind that is looking for justification to do something he wants to do anyway.  Because if he really believed what he said about the consequences of elections he would be telling Obama that his constituents elected him to stand in the way of the further leftward march of America.

But he is not doing this because he does not really believe in his own excuse.

Senator Graham even said that there were, “100 reasons,” for him to vote against this nominee.  But he tosses those, “100 reasons,” out the window because he wants to further Kagan’s nomination and get her seated upon the Supreme Court.  There is, to be blunt, no other reason for his action.  Most people would say if there is one reason for something with 100 reasons against doing that thing that the 100 reasons would outweigh the one and the action in question would not be taken.  Not Senator Graham though.

Yes Mr. Graham, elections do have consequences.  You, for example, were elected to the United States Senate.  The United States Senate is tasked with the role of advice and consent over the President’s judicial nominees.  That role was given to the Senate to ensure that a President would not appoint unqualified persons to the bench.  The scope of who these unqualified persons are ranges widely from a President’s own relatives with no judicial experience to someone who is mentally incompetent to a wacko who could not care less about the United States Constitution, upholding limited government and keeping the Congress and the President in check.

The election of Senator Graham to a role in the Senate where he is supposed to act as a check and a balance is apparently not a consequential event if we are to believe the Senator’s own words and compare them with his actions.  To Senator Graham the only election that matters in this case is the election of President Obama.  To me this seems very convenient for the Senator and very inconvenient for America.  Does this now mean that Lindsey Graham will support any law in Congress that President Obama supports?  After all, elections have consequences right Senator?

Saying you are being principled is one thing.  But getting tied up in knots so as to only selectively apply the principles you claim to hold dear makes you a principled idiot.  What Mr. Graham is showing is that even a fool can have the courage of his wrongly conceived convictions.

He is the truth.  And it is a truth that needs to be impressed upon Senator Graham.

Elena Kagan was nominated by President Obama because he sees her as someone that will help further his goals.  President Obama’s goals are to strip us further of our liberties, act in an extra constitutional manner and turn America into a land where top down government control is the norm of our existence.  I know, I know, liberals protest at such a blunt portrayal of what they believe in.  They will swear that such is not the case.  But tell me honestly, has anything that they have done proven that my description is not accurate?  No.

Ms. Kagan, once on the bench, will rule, repeatedly and often, to further these desires.  And when she does, each and every time she does, there will be people clearly responsible for these rulings.  First and foremost will be Ms. Kagan herself.  Next on the list will be President Obama.  Following him will be all the goofy Democrats in the Senate who would not know the Constitution if it was put in front of them with a big neon flashing sign saying, “Constitution,” and who will rubber stamped this nomination. But behind all these sorry souls will be none other than Senator Lindsey Graham.  Behind Mr. Graham will be any other Republican that votes to confirm her in the full Senate such as Susan Collins and Dick Lugar who have both voiced support for this horrid candidate for the nation’s highest court.

And because of your role in this matter Mr. Graham, you will be just as responsible for the destruction of this country as all the rest who were previously named.  But you are too interested in being a principled idiot to care.

About the Author

J.J. Jackson is the owner of American Conservative Daily Blog. He is also the lead designer for The Right Things – Conservative Political T-shirts and his weekly articles and exclusive content can be found at Liberty Reborn.

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