I spent some time trying to comprehend the difficulty the Republican Senators are having in actually doing their constitutional obligation that they were elected to do regarding the “advise and consent” of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
To me the answer lies within the concept of simple mathematics. This logic is so simple even Donald J. Trump will be able to comprehend it.
- Obama was re-elected in 2012 with a vote total of 65,915,796.
- McConnell was re-elected in 2014 with a vote total of 806,787 to represent the people of KY.
- The entire vote total of the 11 Senate Republicans who are on the Judiciary committee is 15,069,227, and adding McConnell votes, the total is 15,876,014.
OK now to the simple arithmetic: Applying the simple subtraction equation of Obama votes minus the Republican Senator votes means that 50,039,782 more voters supported Obama. Furthermore, utilizing the logic put forth by the senators in their letter, and we eliminate the lame duckers and the senators elected with less than 50% of their constituents’ approval, the difference in votes is 54,326,025. That is a ratio of at least 3 to 1 votes in Obama’s favor.
In view of these simple numbers, I would hope that the Judiciary Committee Republican Senators would reconsider their underwhelming argument for not performing their constitutional duties. After all, they do have an obligation to the entire nation, not just their constituents in their home state.
WARNING: Conservative thinking voters please proceed with CAUTION:
For those of you that are in support of the “EGREGIOUS ELEVEN*” Senators, I suggest you STOP reading here and go on to some other enlightening reading. The following is my subjective opinion.
*The “EGREGIOUS ELEVEN” are the Republican senators Grassley, Hatch, Sessions, Graham, Cornyn, Lee, Flake, Vitter, Perdue, Tillis, Cruz.
McConnell was elected with less than a million votes (806,787) to be a representative for the people of Kentucky. I do not appreciate his efforts to foist his conservative ideology upon me. He DOES NOT represent me!!! He only truly represents 56.2% of the voters in KY.
It is interesting that mcCONnell has the word CON in his name. It fits the urban dictionary definition of “Slang term for a rip-off; the act of ripping off somebody. A person who is good at scamming others is called a CON artist.”
The last syllable of his name contains “NEL” which is Spanish slang for “no.” He has been belligerently saying no to anything that does not match his narrow minded conservative views.
So how do I interpret that? Mitch is a CON ARTIST who knows nothing and offers our nation nothing other than “NO”.
If they are claiming that President Obama is a lame duck, then we should eliminate the other politicians who are in the elections cycle. My research indicates that Grassley, Lee, and Vitter are in an election year. So using the “lame duck” logic they should not have a voice in this process.
There are two Republican Senators who did not win their elections with greater than 50% of the vote. So they should be cast aside. After all, a majority of their state’s constituents did not feel they were worthy to hold office. Flake from AZ won his election with 49.2% to 46.2%. Tillis of SC barely won his election 48.8% to 47.3%.
Another interesting aspect of the Republican “EGREGIOUS ELEVEN” is their homogenous nature (Caucasian privileged males) and most are from states that have less than a stellar record regarding progressive thoughts particularly when it comes to diversity and equality. In particular these states are extreme in their support of misogynistic ideologies that subvert the rights of women. More succinctly these men are bona-fide bigots. I simply wish they would come out of the closet be honest with the citizens of the United States and admit their prejudice. In my opinion this committee was purposely selected to thwart any efforts to consider a moderate to progressive thinking judge.
Here are the numbers that I found on the internet sites that reported on the respective politicians mentioned in this post.
2012 Obama votes = 65,915,796
Election Year / Senator / State / Votes
2014/McConnell/KY/806,787
2010/Grassley/IA/718,215
2012/Hatch/UT/595,972
2014/Sessions/AL/795,606
2012/Graham /SC/672,942
2014/Cornyn/TX/2,855,068
2010//Lee/UT/390,179
2012 (49.2% to 46.2%)/Flake/AZ/1,104,457
2010/Vitter/LA/715,304
2014/Perdue/GA/1,358,088
2014 (48.8% to 47.3%)/Tillis/NC/1,423,259
2012/Cruz/TX/4,440,137
Total Votes = 15,876,014
That is all that I have to say about that.
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Thank you for reading this post, and I hope you have a delightful experience today and every day henceforth.
What is there to say about me? I am not sure if I am typical or not, average or not, smart or not, BUT I think I definitely have a sense of humor. I am an aging baby boomer wondering if I have something to say about the world as I see it.
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