I sometimes force myself to listen to talk radio. It has gotten harder and harder to do , but we need to know what the other side is thinking and saying. On his show yesterday, the Goebles of the Modern Conservative movement took the final step towards real totalitarianism. The topic was of course the Supreme Court. Rush’s brilliant insight was that there is no need for hearings regarding the appointment to the Supreme Court. He stated flatly that since McConnell had the votes, and time was critical, that they should just go ahead and vote. No hearings needed. And to ice that particular shit cake, his argument mirrored Bill Barr’s recent refusal to send his deputies to a Congessional hearing because the Democrats will be mean to them.
So after years of them painting Liberals as snow flakes, we should not have a hearing because we might hurt someone’s feelings? This is a pattern. The Republican Partisans reject the idea that a co-equal branch of government has any role in overseeing that governments operations. You see, we already know how this is going to turn out, so why fake it?
15 million people soak this stuff up every week. We know Rushs job is to plant these ideas in the blood stream so that Sean, and Laura , and Tucker can go on the air later that day with “people are saying” bullshit. This makes very clear the trajectory of the late stage cancer that is the Conservative movement. We have all the power, we dont need to hear what you have to say. Any question you might pose, such as conflicts of interest, judicial temperment, whether you respect precedent are just bullying. These poor folks, who ohave the power of life or death over us, shouldn’t have to defend their ideas in public just to get a job serving the public. Cant we just oppress you in peace?
I’ll be watching to see if this latest great idea grows legs.