So now CNN is pimping unelected bureaucrats as "The Heart of Democracy"
No they aren't. They are henchman for a permanent political class, like the Kennedys, the Clintons, the Kerry's, the Bidens and probably the Bushs and the McClains too. Henchmen who have been participating in a plot designed to remove the duly-elected president from office
“…what we do know from the impeachment hearings is that the whistleblower and the public servants who have appeared so far did what members of the unelected government do daily: They served the people.”
Wrong. The duly elected president is the one "serving the people,” they are the ones trying to keep it from happening. Trump sought to ensure American taxpayer dollars were not being sent off to corrupt countries to further the personal goals of foreign oligopolists. And Trump really angered this class of people by raising the more basic question of whether we should even be sending out this much money in the first place. He wondered aloud whether that money might be better spent in American cities instead of Ukraine. These people never accepted the results of the election. There is nothing democratic about their behavior.
“For Americans who have lost faith in their government — frustrated by a hyper-partisan era in which left and right often can’t even agree on such elementary tautologies as fact is fact, and truth is truth — the responsiveness of these public servants is a sorely needed reminder: There is another part of government, which is entirely unelected, that continues to function and uphold our democracy.”
This idea that unelected bureaucrats instrumental to democracy is backwards. One of the fundamental idea of democracy is that elections have consequences. This is where it all starts. Giving unfettered influence to bureaucrats is actually anti-democratic.
CNN claims bureaucrats dont "create policy; they implement it.” But this is not true is it? In this case, these bureaucrats have been actively refusing to implement the President’s foreign policy. Imagine if this happened under a President not named Trump? CNN would not be pimping unelected bureaucrats if they had sought to thwart Obama’s Iran deal, would they?
Besides, who is more responsible for hyper-partisanship than CNN?
“Unelected, they are nonpartisan professionals. Their service is to the community, not to any party or lobbyist or special interest, and they are the most direct links that exist between the government and the governed.”
Have these people been nonpartisan? It's a ridiculous suggestion if you watched them testify. One of their stars, Fiona Hill, compared Trump voters to “contemporary Bolsheviks, ” and she did not mean that as a compliment. She said Trump only won because he “played with emotions” and “manipulated people." And she frequently compared Trump to Putin.
These bureaucrats do not serve the American people; they serve the established political class. That people are sick of them is one of the reasons Trump won.
Impeachment shows unelected government employees are heart of democracy (opinion) - CNN
