Democrats Eat Crow Over Chick-fil-A
By Bradley Blakeman
Newsmax.com
Democrats support the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution only when it apples to their speech or
speech they like or support.
No one gives a cluck about the current manufactured
dust up the Democrats have manufactured with regard
to their phony outrage at the comments of the
Chick-fil-A president with regard to the morality of
gay marriage.
Customers gather by the hundreds outside
this Gilbert, Ariz., Chick-fil-A.
(AP Photo) |
Where was their outrage when Democrats nominated
Barak Obama in 2008 as their candidate for
president? After all, back then candidate Obama was
against the legalization of gay marriage.
It is a fact that Obama received overwhelming
support from the gay, lesbian, bi and transgender
community in the presidential election of 2008
despite his stance against gay marriage.
For the first three-and-a-half years of his
presidency, Obama held on to his beliefs on gay
marriage. Curiously, on the eve of a tough re-elect,
Obama claimed that his stance on gay marriage
evolved and he is now for it.
This faux outrage is taken out of the Obama/Democrat
2012 playbook as part of a “3D” strategy of
Distracting attention away from a record that cannot
be defended, Distorting the facts, and Dividing the
American people.
The Democrat attack on the First Amendment rights of
others was made more offensive by the outright
thuggery of the Democratic mayors of Chicago,
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco who threatened a
private business from attempting to do business or
expand its business to their city based solely upon
speech they personally do not agree with. They treat
the city they represent as “theirs” when it is the
peoples. Their behavior and demeanor is more in tune
with a crime don than an elected mayor.
This is some of what these thugs said in their
official capacities:
Chicago Mayor Emanuel: “Chick-fil-A’s values are not
Chicago’s values.” He went on to state that they are
not welcome in his city.
San Francisco Mayor Lee tweeted: “Closest#ChickfilA
to San Francisco is 40 miles away & I strongly
recommend that they not try to come any closer."
Washington, D.C. Mayor tweeted that Chick-fil-A was
“hate chicken” and he went on to tell reporters that
he would not support any attempt for the chain to
expand in his city.
Even Mayor Bloomberg the independent from New York
City and a supporter of gay marriage blasted his
fellow big city mayors and said that it was
inappropriate for a government entity, “to look at
somebody's political views and decide whether or not
they can live in the city, or operate a business in
the city, or work for somebody in the city."
This type of organized lynching of an American
business reminds me of the bigotry practiced by the
worst elements of those opposed to civil rights in
the 50s and 60s.
Whether it is Senator Reid abusing his office by
making scandalous charges from the floor of the
Senate against a private citizen or it is Democratic
mayors of America’s largest cities threatening
business with repercussions from the exercise of the
free speech of its president, we are witnessing a
dangerous and troubling acting out by public
officials that have gone way beyond the norms of
decency and lawfulness.
You know Democrats have gone too far when liberal
comedian Jon Stewart who supports gay marriage
responded to the statements of Democratic mayors as
follows:
"Pretty sure you can't outlaw a company with
perfectly legal business practices because you find
their CEO's views repellant. Not sure which
amendment covers that, but it's probably in the top
one,"
Enough said.
Bradley A. Blakeman served as deputy
assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001-04.
He is currently a professor of Politics and Public
Policy at Georgetown University and a frequent
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