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Wow. Jack Bernard must have really had some kind of major conversion experience to go from his former party (Republicans) to his current anarchic state of mind.
I say anarchic because he is not advocating for reforms that restore the constitutionality of our current polity, but is instead seeking to abolish the Constitution.
He characterizes these changes as “electoral reform,” but when you call for abolishing the electoral college, mandating early voting, and granting the vote to anyone — including felons — who calls or emails to register, all in the name of establishing “true democracy,” you have a recipe for political and societal disaster and the end of the American experiment.
His assertion assumes that our country should be a “true democracy,” but we are in fact a republic with a system of checks and balances in order to prevent the abuses that would occur under such a regime.
Mr. Bernard laments how our founders had “little faith in the average American voter,” but a more precise way of describing their view is that they had a realistic understanding of human nature.
While the initial impetus for the American revolution was to throw off the shackles of monarchical tyranny (such as it was), the founders were also wary of swinging too far in the other direction towards mob rule and the tyranny of the majority.
They knew that man, while being capable of some truly wonderful things, was also prone to depravity and that a good governmental system would take this into account and prevent abuses by either a dictator or a mob.
And the principles and values they enshrined in our Constitution ultimately served as the foundation and motivation for the various corrections and reforms of our society, from the elimination of slavery, to women’s suffrage, to the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
Of course our founders were not perfect men and possessed some prejudices that cause them to fall short in the eyes of some unfairly judgmental people of today, but without their foresight and accurate understanding of the nature of man and the purpose of government, we would not be the beacon of democracy and freedom that we have become.
At least Mr. Bernard has the integrity to say the quiet part out loud and admit he wants to dismantle key parts of the Constitution in order to achieve some sort of political and social utopia.
His counterparts in the Democratic Party’s leadership consistently seek to hide their true motives and dupe voters in the middle into believing they are moderates. Witness the media-led campaign to re-cast Kamala Harris as tough-on-crime and tough-on-the-border in spite of her miserable record and past statements.
Mr. Bernard well reflects the general Democratic attack on our Constitutional system, whether it be calls for packing the Supreme Court, attacking the first and second amendments, or weaponizing the DOJ to go after political opponents. These are the objectives of the swamp creatures that Trump rightly targets for defeat.
The fact that Mr. Bernard would accuse Trump of being insufficiently committed to draining the swamp is laughable. The swamp’s constant attacks on him, since 2016 until now, prove that he is in fact its greatest foe.
Trey Hoffman
Peachtree City, Ga.
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