Jonah Goldberg, the second most egregious example of hepotism taken to extremeshas an editorial in the Los Angeles Times in which he calls for a return to Jim Crow era voter qualification tests.
He asks, “Why not test people about the basic functions of government? Immigrants have to pass a test to vote; why not all citizens?”
Well, given that Fox News watchers are the least informed news consumers out there, this could benefit Democrats.
So let’s ask some basic questions of citizens:
- Which Branch of government has the exclusive right to delcare war?
- Give conditions in which executive privilege do not apply.
- How does the 13th amendment effect the powers of the states?
- Who appoints federal judges?
- Who appoints Ambassadors?
- Who appoints Cabinet Members?
Here re the answers: Senate, almost all of them (at least from the rulings from the Clinton days), that all rights in the constitution apply to the states too, Senate, Senate, Senate
The president does not appoint these folks, he nominates them, the senate appoints them.
Seriously the only person stupider than Goldberg is the idiot who suggest that he write OP/Eds for the LA Times.