{"id":58254,"date":"2025-01-31T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58254"},"modified":"2025-01-31T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:55:12","slug":"looking-through-the-lens-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=58254","title":{"rendered":"Looking Through The Lens Of History"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, John Hinderaker posted an article at Power Line Blog<\/a> about the Senate confirmation hearings. He notes that at the three hearings this week\u00a0 the Democrats were hoping to stop the nominees, things did not necessarily move in that direction.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

But now several of Trump\u2019s most controversial nominees\u2013controversial meaning that the New York Times and The Washington Post really, really hate them\u2013have taken their turn. Today, Robert Kennedy, Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard all testified in confirmation hearings. These are the nominees (along with Hegseth) that the Democrats are seriously determined to block, and you could see it in their hysterical, if sometimes hilarious<\/a>, questioning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was able to watch only brief portions of today\u2019s hearings and don\u2019t have an opinion on how, in general, they went, other than the fact that the Democrats were in full howl-at-the-moon mode.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope all three nominees are confirmed, although I could go either way on Kennedy. Even here, though, Kennedy came across as I expected. He is walking away from some of his more out-there positions of years ago, and is focused on \u201cmaking America healthy again.\u201d I think there is room for him to do considerable good as an advocate for more healthy lifestyles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But I really hope that Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed. From my own (admittedly minimal) experience with her, I have a great deal of respect for Gabbard\u2019s patriotism, her intelligence\u2013she is very, very smart\u2013and her military bearing. And, to be honest, in my dealings with Gabbard I just liked her.<\/strong><\/p>\n

America\u2019s \u201cintelligence community\u201d is sick and throughly politicized. Tulsi is, I think, a great choice to set it straight. I don\u2019t agree with all of her opinions\u2013my view of the Iraq war is more positive than hers, for instance\u2013but I trust her to oversee an objective, competent and non-politicized intelligence operation. Which is what Trump wants, and a huge improvement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes a bit of history often overlooked:<\/p>\n

The Democrats can\u2019t block any of the President\u2019s nominees, so their grandstanding is directed mostly at their own base. I suppose they also hope to persuade four Republicans to vote against Gabbard and the others. That shouldn\u2019t happen. Of this group, the only one who isn\u2019t plainly an excellent choice is the eccentric Robert Kennedy. But Kennedy, too, is President Trump\u2019s choice, and there is a clear rationale for why he might be a very good Secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning with the Clinton administration and until this year, I believe there were only two occasions on which any<\/i> senator of a president\u2019s party voted against any<\/i> of his Cabinet nominees. That number grew from two to three when three Republicans voted against Pete Hegseth\u2019s confirmation as Secretary of Defense. Let\u2019s hope that Senate Republicans don\u2019t continue to break with tradition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the Republicans are not willing to support their own President’s choices, why should they be considered Republicans? I am willing to support any primary opponent who runs against a Republican who opposes President Trump’s choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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