A new low from on high
“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” – Ronald Reagan
Just when you think you’ve seen it all from the most anti-American administration in history, death is used as a “double bounce” to answer sinking poll numbers and a shallacking in November. Obama took a serious and painful low for the families of those lost this week in Tuscon to a new low in ethical behavior by a sitting president.
I suspect many Americans are equally disgusted by what we saw this week in what was supposed to be a memorial service. It was grotesquely shallow and transparent. It was vain and sacrilegious. But it’s quite frankly par for the course from the Left and its shameless leaders.
As Mark Alexander of the Patriot Post wrote yesterday, “the Democrat Party has already undertaken to convert the Tucson crisis into political fodder for “gun control” and “hate speech” legislation, and a “national conversation” with the objective of silencing conservative political speech.” His piece is a must read. Catch it here: Tragedy to Triumph: Democrat style.
Once again, the hypocrisy of the Left is on full display in this vain attempt to woo voters with words like “civility” and “coming together.” Wasn’t it this president who said of Republicans, “If they bring a knife to the fight, we’ll bring a gun” and that a GOP victory would mean “hand to hand combat?” He also identified Republicans as “hostage takers,” and said, “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry. I’m angry!” And did he not insult conservative Americans with the now-infamous “bitter clingers” comment?
But it gets worse. Compare what is taking place over this tragic loss of life with what happened at Fort Hood in 2009. Instead of a national memorial service for the 13 soldiers who were murdered, we got warnings of Muslim backlash from our own Secretary of Homeland Security and according to General George Casey, “Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.” This response has to rank as one of the most outrageous and alarming statements ever made by any of our military leaders. (He’s not only dead wrong, but he’s dangerously naive about Islamic doctrine and its appalling history.)
Further, I don’t recall the Attorney General or any other administration official reading scripture from the Bible after that massacre. Where was the national memorial service? Where was the outcry from the media to determine why another Jihadist was able to carry out an attack on American soil?
This display of political expediency at the expense of mourning citizens should sicken us all. It is reprehensible and should be confronted and opposed. There is something else that we should take note of here. When both ends of life are mocked, disrespected and thrown aside with such reckless abandon, we have a serious and troubling situation. When the value of human life is so degraded and rendered so lightly, we have serious and deadly conditions, ripe for even greater tragedy. Not only have we now killed over 53 million unborn children as a result of unconstitutional law and judicial activism, but we will now have rationed healthcare and death panels implemented as a result of the most outrageous and damaging legislation ever passed in this country. Life, at birth and at death, has become political fodder and fair game for consolidating political power and control.
Fellow citizens, if we do not stand up and stop this appalling trend, then the darkest events in history will be repeated and we will plunge into an abyss of oppression and suffering that few of us can truly grasp.
The fight to restore America is underway, but we have a long way to go. Don’t lose heart. Stand fast, tall and firm. These lows must bring about a resurgent citizenry, committed to restoring us on high – to that “city upon a hill” first envisioned by our puritan ancestors.
