There’s a reason why most Americans have a great distaste for the current state of politics in our nation. Much of what goes on in D.C. is cynical and autocratic, putting the whims and desires of the powerful over the concerns of the people they represent.
No situation illustrates this more than the current attempt by Senate Democrats to roll-back the FCC’s recent ruling to take the internet out of the hands of government bureaucrats. Back in December of last year, the FCC voted to free the internet from Title II Regulations of the Communications Act of 1934, an Obama-era regulation that hurt America’s digital future by plugging up investment and making future innovations far less certain.
As reported in the April 17 edition of Congressional Quarterly News, with the GOP holding a razor thin 51-49 majority in the Senate, Democrats are planning a vote in May to reverse the FCC decision while GOP Senator John McCain is absent while receiving treatment for brain cancer.
One of the Democrats’ top allies in their fight for a government-controlled internet is Timothy Karr, a spokesman for the far-left group Free Press, who giddily said in the article, “We may have already won.” Of course Karr was referring to the vote, counting on Sen. McCain’s absence from his illness.
Most people understand politics is a tough business, but to proclaim victory publicly in the face of a U.S. Senator fighting for his life from serious illness is as callous and depraved as one can get. Showing absolutely no sympathy toward the Senator’s condition, for Democrats — none of whom by the way reprimanded Karr for his comment — a life-threatening illness is just another path to victory.
The American people should keep this outrage in mind while thinking about whether Democrats are taking action out of compassion and concern as they claim, or whether they’re just a bunch of thoughtless autocrats who see every situation — no matter how bleak for their opponents — as just another opportunity on which to capitalize.
