Article by Fletch Daniels in "The American Thinker":
When
Lord Acton observed in the 19th century that "power tends to corrupt,
and absolute power corrupts absolutely," he was referring to absolute
monarchies and dictatorships. But he could have just as easily been
referring to the modern Democrat party. The rabid rogues who spat out
this incomplete impeachment effort are corrupt to the core, all sense of
sanity and restraint long gone.
The
roots of this outrage were planted in 2008, when Democrats achieved
near absolute power with the election of President Barack Obama. For
the first two years of Obama's administration, Democrats controlled
Congress, to include having enough seats in the Senate to override a
filibuster. Democrats and their supporters ultimately had control of
the Executive Branch, Congress, the vast majority of the federal courts,
the media, academia, the entertainment industry, the federal
bureaucracy, and the babbling women of The View.
They
had a stranglehold on almost every lever of power and influence the
likes of which had not been seen in generations. Not only were
Democrats not shy about using these levers, but under President Obama,
they turned them into weapons. They believed themselves to be
ascendant, and they expected it to last forever.
Just as Francis Fukayama's The End of History and the Last Man once
prematurely posited that Western liberal democracy had won, many
Democrats believed we had reached a political end of history in America,
where they would forever rule the little people from on high. They
transcended the laws that were meant for those they ruled.
But
those dreams were smashed, at least temporarily, when Americans
committed the ultimate outrage by electing outsider and disrupter Donald
Trump.
The
last three years have seen a significant decrease in Democrats' overall
power, most notably in the loss of the courts. Instead of resulting in
a moderating push back toward responsibility, the rejection by voters
and loss of Democrat power resulted in primal rage and a further
breakdown of accountability.
The
contrast between the parties was on full display recently, with the
Senate working to confirm twelve more judges last Wednesday, an act that
represented a real and lasting shift in power, while the Democrats
howled at the moon with their impotent impeachment rage.
For
those keeping score, this means that the president has now appointed
somewhere around 185 judges, to include two stellar Supreme Court
justices. The president's current number of fifty appellate court
appointments is just five shy of what President Barack Obama produced in
eight years, and his appointees are averaging ten years younger.
The
Democrats? They fulfilled their election-day dream by producing
history's weakest impeachment farce, one that is so bad that they are in
no rush to finish it by sending it to the Senate. In a serious
inquiry, St. Nancy the Prayerfully Solemn would not have to inform her
fellow Democrats not to spike footballs on the House floor.
But
Pelosi has plenty of time to ensure that the black dress she picked out
for the occasion is dry-cleaned to next be worn on November 4, 2020,
especially after Joe Biden
excitedly informed America that he is ready and able to sacrifice
good-paying blue-collar jobs to the Green Church of Greta Signaling at
the last debate.
One
would think a party that saw its political power in decline would tack
toward the center instead of running toward insanity. Democrats' belief
in their cultural control and media support has instead resulted in the
toxic byproduct of maniacal overreach.
Peggy Noonan,
no fan of the president, had an article that argued that crazy won't
beat Trump. True. But, blinded by her NeverTrump pedigree, she sees
the Democrat problem primarily as one of public presentation. This is
beyond naïve. Democrats are who they say they are at this point, which
is Marxist cultural arsonists who intend to blow up the system.
The
draconian political divide now threatening to swallow America is a
result of the overreach of a corrupt Democrat apparatus inspired by near
total power and a frenzied voting base. Because of the cultural,
media, and bureaucratic power disparity, Democrats no longer fear any
consequences for their corrupt actions, nor do they feel any urge to
moderate.
In
this sense, the media are largely at fault. If America had an even
remotely responsible media establishment, preferably one that does not
tweet out something like "Merry Impeachmas
from the WaPo team," corrupt intelligence leaders would not have the
latitude to plan a coup. Democracy truly does die in darkness, and the
Washington Post and its hopelessly corrupt media colleagues are
committed to bringing that darkness.
No
Republican would be so bold. The media would violently and endlessly
scream bloody murder if Republicans tried to impeach President Obama for
any number of his very real acts of corruption and failed leadership
until Republicans backed down in shame.
The
two parties traditionally operated under a form of political deterrence
and were able to work effectively together within that system. That
ended when Democrat accountability disappeared under the corrupting
influence of their rise in cultural and media power, stoked mercilessly
by the Obama administration.
Nuclear
deterrence prevented major world powers from directly fighting one
another since World War II, which has almost certainly saved millions of
lives. But deterrence breaks down when one side, through a power
disparity, operates according to a completely different set of rules.
Political
deterrence was shattered under Obama. This is what is largely driving
the revolutionary spirit that has taken hold in this country. Democrats
feel entitled to complete power and violently act out when that power
is checked. At the same time, conservatives are furious when they see
an America that has two sets of rules and norms, in which the best way
to never be held accountable for anything is to declare yourself a
Democrat.
When
unelected liberal bureaucrats believe they have the right to remove an
elected president, anger continues to boil. Add in a side of removing
borders and favoring non-citizens over citizens, and you have the
perfect recipe for this very dangerous place America is at right now.
The
revolutionary divide will continue to build and will result in some
form of civil war if deterrence is not restored. This is why the most
important action in America right now is being undertaken by Attorney
General William Barr and John Durham. There is plenty of reason for
optimism that they will see justice done, as it becomes increasingly
clear that thugs like John Brennan and James Comey are in the
crosshairs.
The
other big tell that this investigation is hitting close to the mark is
the increasingly loud and shrill screaming from the Democrat-media
gallery aimed at delegitimizing Barr, to include an article by Eric Holder in the "Merry Impeachmas" Post alleging that Barr is unfit to be attorney general.
High-level
Democrats must be held accountable and the origins of the Russia hoax
revealed. That's the only way to let the revolutionary steam out of the
monster Democrats have built. It is looking increasingly as though it
just might happen. This is a necessity to return a semblance of
political deterrence and accountability while breaking up the tidal wave
of absolute corruption Democrats sent crashing down on America.
