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Democrats Operate on a Platform of Hate E. Ralph Hostetter Like flotsam on a sea of hate, the far left liberal contingency of the U.S. Congress seems to be drifting far from the principles established by the U.S. Constitution. Having failed, so far, to divide congressional members of the left into numerous commanders in chief to direct America's war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the one and only, self-proclaimed "most powerful woman in the world," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has taken over the U.S. ship of state and floated off to Damascus, Syria, with a crew made up of members of Congress. The U.S. Constitution confines the U.S. Congress to matters clearly defined as legislative. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Arthur Vandenberg under the administration of President Nixon stated quite emphatically, "politics stops at the water's edge." The U.S. Constitution specifically assigns matters of state, including treaties, to the president of the United States, who, through his secretary of state, deals directly with all foreign powers. President Bush admonished Pelosi in a Rose Garden question-and-answer session on April 3, calling her trip "counterproductive." "Going to Syria sends mixed signals, signals in the region and, of course, mixed signals to President Assad," Bush said. "And by that I mean, you know, photo opportunities and/or meetings with President Assad lead the Assad government to believe they're part of the mainstream of the international community, when in fact, they're a state sponsor of terror." In a most contemptible manner, Speaker Pelosi has refused the request of the president of the United States. Pelosi has undercut the effectiveness of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Story Continues Below
The far left liberals of Congress have openly expressed their raw hate, not only for the Bush administration but with personal hate attacks on the president himself and all his associates. With the aid of a corrupt and dominant media, plus the openness of American society, this hate mongering has spread to our avowed enemies in the world and has damaged support in nations we have always relied upon as allies. The open hatred by this left wing of Congress has led some leaders, here at home and across the world, to label America and President Bush as terrorists and pariahs of the world. Hate is all-consuming. The Democrat promises of leadership, responsibility, integrity and the elimination of the "counsels of corruption" promised to the U.S. electorate in last November's general election have all been consumed in a tsunami of hate. The highly touted bipartisanship promised by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to President Bush in the Oval Office never made it to the floor of the House. Congressional neglect of the nation abounds: the correction of an illegal immigrant flood across the Mexican border; an energy policy that keeps America on a razor-thin edge of domestic petroleum resources; the desperate need to adopt a massive atomic energy program to eliminate coal-fired electrical plants, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent and opening the door for electric automobiles; a broken Social Security System that permits the drain of some $50 billion a year of would-be U.S. tax money into Mexico are but a few of the urgent needs in America. While the U.S. citizenry goes begging for all these vital needs, the U.S. House leadership is fawning over the dictator of a country that is providing insurgency into Iraq, causing destruction of that nation, thousands of Iraqi deaths and the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops. Those responsible for this despicable exercise in giving aid and comfort to the enemy must be held accountable. Jane Fonda's reprehensible actions of giving aid and comfort to the enemy during the Vietnam War pale in comparison to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's actions, inasmuch as Speaker Pelosi, in her powerful position as leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, had just led the House to vote on a resolution, in defiance of the state policies of commander in chief Bush, calling for a set date for the ending of the war in Iraq. Her visit to Syria at this time sends the message to our enemies to wait a while longer, and the Democrat leadership in the U.S. Congress will hand them a victory. Not to be overshadowed by the likes of House Leader Nancy Pelosi, equally unsavory Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the majority leader, announced this week that he would support a separate, more far-reaching measure that would cut off funding for the war within a year. Sen. Reid has gained support of three of the usual suspects in such moves — Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.; John Kerry, D-Mass.; and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. — all joining with Reid in backing a bill written by war opponent Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., an ingrained Bush hater. Former President Harry S. Truman's referral to the 80th Congress, in the late 1940s, as the "80-worst Congress" was a walk in the park compared to the 110th Congress that President Bush faces. President Truman met the 80th Congress head-on and generated for his 1948 presidential campaign a bumper sticker which read, "Give 'em Hell Harry." We need no reminder that "Give 'em Hell Harry" won the presidency for Truman in 1948. President George W. Bush must meet this unprecedented threat to executive authority head on. Unless he adopts a "Give 'em Hell Harry" policy as President Harry Truman did in 1948, his administration will be overridden and his legacy will be little more than a footnote in history. E. Ralph Hostetter, a prominent businessman and agricultural publisher, also is a national and local award-winning columnist. He welcomes comments by e-mail sent to eralphhostetter@yahoo.com.
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