A Boston Tea Party …(Excuses For A Traitor)

As I sat down with my family on Friday night for dinner a breaking news story was discussed on the TV news. A picture of Mary McCarthy was on the screen along with the news that she had been fired from the CIA. I pointed to the picture and told my kids to memorize that face. I asked them if they had heard of Benedict Arnold and told them that McCarthy is our modern day version of him. I felt nothing but contempt for the woman.

My contempt was contrasted by excuses from talking head Democrats over the weekend. It did not matter that this woman broke her oath and nondisclosure agreement over the leaking of classified national security material. Excuses and rationalizations were spewed from every Democratic mouth. Oh, they were always certain to comment that they did not condone Mary McCarthy’s actions but they could understand why she had done so. Another opportunity for a Democrat to be intellectually honest was missed because they cannot agree with any part of the current war in Iraq.

Last week also brought the dissension of six generals who decided to force the resignation of the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Retired generals went public with their disagreements with the Secretary. Just as with Mrs. McCarthy their personal opinions were made public to the cheering of Democrats. It did not bother Democrats that tradition and oath were broken during a time of war instead it was celebrated.

The issue is and always will be whether the personal opinion of anyone working in the federal government is of our concern. This country cannot operate with federal employees leaking national security secrets because they disagree with them. Elected officials answer to the general public at the ballot box. Federal employees have a job to do whether they agree with the people giving the orders or not. Leaking information to the press based on personal feelings should outrage everyone, Democrats included. However, their lack of intellectual courage continues to be clouded with Bush hatred. Their motto continues to be “to hell with the country, Bush is the enemy”. Any party that makes excuses for a traitor should never be allowed in power. The current Democratic Party’s intellectual honesty level continues to be only ankle deep. It gets more shallow by the day.