Dear Senator Portman,
Ohé ! partisans, ouvriers et paysans, c'est l'alarme !
Thank you for your e-mail of 25-March, responding to my previous e-mails to you, outlining some of my concerns with your current position of not supporting a vote in the Senate on the President's nominee for the Supreme Court.
The difficulty with your position is that it is obviously only motivated by political considerations so that when you try to defend your position in a manner that attempts to avoid that context, you put forth arguments that are, quite frankly, silly.
Let's have an adult conversation, based on the assumption that both Senators and citizens are intelligent, critical thinkers.
Let's take a look at one of your arguments that you presented in your editorial to the Cincinnati Enquirer in March and also reinforced in your statement following your meeting with Judge Garland earlier this week :
Really ? Exactly when is that going to happen ? And how ? Do you actually believe that somehow the passage of a few months is going to reduce the obstructionist partisan environment that has overtaken your beltway neighborhood ?
Wishful thinking for a future less partisan environment does not make it happen. To achieve a less partisan environment starts with taking actions that actually reduce the partisanship. It starts with you. Your action to stand on the weakest of silly partisan rationalism only promotes this partisan atmosphere that you pretend is a hindrance to reasonable decision-making.
Oh, and another thing : Where in the Constitution does it state that constitutionally-mandated senatorial responsibilities are to be set aside in times of partisan atmosphere ? I missed that section. Maybe you can find a constitutional scholar who can help us find that mysterious directive in the Constitution that you pledged to uphold.
Let's just get to work at the business of efficient government.
Please re-read Article II, Sec 2 of the Constitution, and recall the oath to which you pledged in January of this year, to assess whether your current position is based on correct logic and good judgement ... and then please #doyourjob, or do the honorable thing : resign.
Thank you for considering raising the conversation to an adult level.
Allons-y, les partisans !
Ohé ! partisans, ouvriers et paysans, c'est l'alarme !
Thank you for your e-mail of 25-March, responding to my previous e-mails to you, outlining some of my concerns with your current position of not supporting a vote in the Senate on the President's nominee for the Supreme Court.
The difficulty with your position is that it is obviously only motivated by political considerations so that when you try to defend your position in a manner that attempts to avoid that context, you put forth arguments that are, quite frankly, silly.
Let's have an adult conversation, based on the assumption that both Senators and citizens are intelligent, critical thinkers.
Let's take a look at one of your arguments that you presented in your editorial to the Cincinnati Enquirer in March and also reinforced in your statement following your meeting with Judge Garland earlier this week :
"I have concluded that the best thing for the country is to trust the American people to weigh in and to have the confirmation process take place in a less partisan atmosphere. "
Really ? Exactly when is that going to happen ? And how ? Do you actually believe that somehow the passage of a few months is going to reduce the obstructionist partisan environment that has overtaken your beltway neighborhood ?
Wishful thinking for a future less partisan environment does not make it happen. To achieve a less partisan environment starts with taking actions that actually reduce the partisanship. It starts with you. Your action to stand on the weakest of silly partisan rationalism only promotes this partisan atmosphere that you pretend is a hindrance to reasonable decision-making.
Oh, and another thing : Where in the Constitution does it state that constitutionally-mandated senatorial responsibilities are to be set aside in times of partisan atmosphere ? I missed that section. Maybe you can find a constitutional scholar who can help us find that mysterious directive in the Constitution that you pledged to uphold.
Let's just get to work at the business of efficient government.
Please re-read Article II, Sec 2 of the Constitution, and recall the oath to which you pledged in January of this year, to assess whether your current position is based on correct logic and good judgement ... and then please #doyourjob, or do the honorable thing : resign.
Thank you for considering raising the conversation to an adult level.
Allons-y, les partisans !
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire