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Is Having a Spine a Prerequisite ?

Is having a spine a prerequisite for being in Congress? You probably are thinking, “What a dumb question? Just about every living thing has a spine.” But before you definitively answer the question, let’s review some of the recent votes in the Congress, and then you make your own decision. First we have the Rep. Ilhan Omar (D,Minn) fiasco. As everyone is aware she is getting a lot of attention because of the statements that she has repeatedly made about Israel and Jewish people in general. She said that politicians support Israel because of the money, and when asked who was paying off her colleagues, she said that it was AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), who by the way, doesn’t make campaign contributions. So next came a proposed resolution condemning anti-semitism.

From the New York Times: “It started as a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. Then, anti-Muslim bias was added in. After that came white supremacy. And by the end, it cited “African-Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, immigrants and others” victimized by bigotry.” The resolution condemning “hateful expressions of intolerance,” passed the House by an overwhelming 407-to-23 vote, with only Republicans voting against it. (Again from the NYT, “Republicans mocked its all-inclusive approach. “We left out the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we left out Wiccans, we left out Jehovah’s Witnesses, we left out disabled people!” Representative Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, exclaimed shortly before the measure came to a vote, adding, “What makes you feel good doesn’t always heal you.”)
Some veteran Jewish Democrats, who had pushed for a measure that would solely condemn anti-Semitism, were equally dismayed . . . but yet voted for the watered-down resolution. So again I ask, “Is having a spine a prerequisite . . . for being a Democrat in the House of Representatives?”
The situation in the Senate is even worse. For the most part Senate Democrats predictably vote in lockstep with what czar Schumer says. To be fair and balanced, I must mention three Senators who recently essentially said, “I do have a spine,” when they voted against infanticide, while 44 of their Democrat colleagues went along with the czar. These three, Bob Casey (D,PA), Doug Jones (D,AL), and Joe Manchin (D,WV) voted their conscience, and not the party line! As for the other 44, you have to have a spine to follow your conscience and think on your own when Schumer essentially says, “Go ahead and kill babies. It’s okay!” Draw your own conclusions! 

So again I ask, “Is having a spine a prerequisite . . . for being a Democrat in the Senate?
3/14/19

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