Sherman Frederick/Properly Subversive

A minor line in one of my fave sci-fi movies makes for an appropriate beginning to this column on how far the Democratic Party has devolved into moral chaos.

Sherman Frederick

In the 1986 classic movie “Aliens,” Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) explains to Marines the perils they will likely face when they land on a planet full of aliens. The Marines joke about it, and the platoon leader, Lt. Gorman, cuts short the briefing, asking if there are any more questions.

Wisecracking Pvt. Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) asks: “How do I get out of this chickensh*t outfit?”

Democrats with an ounce of conscience should be asking themselves the same question.

It was just a few months ago that Democrats in the House of Representatives joined every House Republican to sign on to a resolution condemning the killing of Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman. The vote was 435-0 — a nice gesture of unity against America’s growing political violence.

Last week, a similar resolution came up for Charlie Kirk.

You’d think the vote would again be unanimous. Sadly, no.

Fifty-eight Democrats voted against the resolution. An additional 38 Democrats voted “present,” a procedural dodge that effectively withholds full endorsement. Twenty-two Democrats skipped the vote entirely.

The Kirk vote still passed easily, of course, but the failure of the full party to hold hands and condemn violence says a lot about the state of the Democrat Party these days. It’s an organization trapped in its own angry rhetoric, radicalized and prone to violence and intolerance.

For those of us who remember how rock-solid “old” Democrats used to be on moral issues — former Nevada Gov. Mike O’Callaghan comes to mind — It has been hard to watch.

Can you imagine if Gov. O’Callaghan were alive today and he was told by his party that to be a “good” Democrat he’d have to sign on to letting biological boys shower-up with girls? Or, support abortion. Or, look the other way when physical violence against political foes is justified.

I don’t see that happening. Not in this world, or the next.

One More Thing

Finally found a use for those boots she never wears.

(Sherman R. Frederick is a longtime Nevada journalist and a member of the Nevada Press Association Hall of Fame. You can read more of his work on Substack at shermanfrederick.substack.com.)