Writers’ speculation

So Robert Martin speculates that it’s odd that Democrats were supposedly so good at fraud but they didn’t steal the Senate as well. He neglects to speculate that it’s odd that Republicans won local and state elections, including ones that ran on Trump’s policies, yet Trump looks to have lost the presidential election. How does one win overwhelmingly the local races but lose the biggest race?

Of course, that’s not the only thing Martin neglected. He trots out the old quote by Mitch McConnell that his job was to make sure Obama was not re-elected. He neglects to give you the rest of the quote. For the uninformed, here is the full quote. Mitch is asked, “What’s the job [that you have to do]?” Mitch replied, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” The interviewer asks, “Does that mean endless … confrontation?” Mitch replies, “If President Obama does a Clintonian backflip, if he’s willing to meet us halfway on some of the biggest issues, it’s not inappropriate for us to do business with him.”

Wow! That certainly proves unreasonableness, doesn’t it?

Martin also wonders where the Republicans found the ability to block the appointment of a Supreme Court nominee. That would be in Article Two of the U.S. Constitution, section 2, clause 2. It’s found in all copies of the Constitution, pocket or otherwise.

Finally, Ed Parks of Rogers suggests elections determined by popular vote. Thankfully, Ed was not around when the founders established it in the Constitution. Just a reminder that Trump won more votes than any previous candidate, and so did Biden. I remember those crazy, wild passionate rallies Biden threw for his tens and tens of supporters, and how that translated into Biden fever!

LONNIE HILL Fayetteville