Blogger Klein in for big surprise on “confusing” Constitution
Friday, December 31, 2010 at 12:10AM Just when I thought progressives couldn’t get any zanier, politics blogger Ezra Klein went on MSNBC and set a new record. The program host talked about Republicans reading the US Constitution aloud when Congress convenes in January. This would be the first time that’s ever been done. The host had introduced Klein as one of “our favorite wonks.” Breitbart TV featured a video of the interview, tagging Klein as a "star blogger." Star bloggers are a dime a dozen these days, but most of them make a lot more sense than Klein.
Those of us who appreciate the document key to the founding, development and progress of our free nation think the reading will be a good idea. Judging by the renegade legislation Democrats pushed through when they held absolute control of two branches of our government, I’d say reading the Constitution is too easy. Every member of Congress and the president as well as the judicial branch should be required to take a test on the Constitution. You heard me right—I included SCOTUS. It’s my opinion the judges deemed liberals are in special need of that test—our president too for that matter.
Klein said the reading is “a gimmick.” The Constitution has “no binding power on anything” and it’s “confusing because it was written over 100 years ago.”
Where do they get these people—newspapers like The Washington Post? Is there a shortage of politics writers in the land?
Klein lost all credibility anyway when he gathered up hundreds of leftwing bloggers and reporters who work for Democrat-friendly media and formed his Journolist Internet group. These people acted as a de facto clearinghouse for news coverage during the presidential race—pro-Democrat news coverage of course. This was quite possibly the most shameful moment in the history of media. Yet most publishers swept it right under the rug. Had Journolist been a conservative group, the scandal story would’ve had legs for weeks.
I have news for Klein. He may not respect the US Constitution and he may not be able to wrap his progressive brain around it. But conservatives have awakened to the value of that document, the rights it protects and the powers it limits. Congress can either abide by the provisions that establish the House and the Senate’s powers or pay the price. The midterm election is a good way to gauge that price.
There are also the courts—conservatives are learning from the left that the courts are a powerful weapon. It is only a matter of time before we become as adept at that as our counterparts in American politics.
It’s useful to point out people like Klein are directly culpable, in part, for the mess the country is in right now. Journolist was, in my opinion, a propaganda collective. Klein and his brethren routinely ignored skewed policy decisions and major corruption by Democrats. Even as Journolisters conversed about the shape of the political narrative, every high profile paper and magazine didn’t whisper a word about candidate John Edwards’ house of horrors. The National Enquirer broke that story. I’d say the paper deserved a Pulitzer, but for breaking that story the tabloid deserved something better, a credible award.
Klein told the MSNBC host he “doesn’t expect too much” to come out of the reading of the Constitution.
He’s got some big surprises in store.
(Commentary by Kay B. Day/Dec. 31, 2010)
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