05 August 2026
Real Cause of Fauci Hearing Travesty
It was obvious from the beginning that Senator Rand Paul’s objective in using his investigative committee to grill the former head of the NIH NIAID agency about his role in combating the COVID 19 Pandemic was only to raise his own political profile. How could he have forgotten or ignored the ultimate condemnation that the late Senator Joseph McCarthy brought on himself by conducting a similar witch-hunt of alleged communist sympathizers in the U.S. Government 75 years ago.
Was he be motivated by political ambition, resentment of unassuming intellect, or contempt for the public’s ability to think critically? Is this what democratic government is supposed to do—provide a platform for demagogues to appeal to the public’s need for entertainment?
In fact, the American public has been conditioned by commercial media continually to seek distractions from serious and more demanding aspects of life. Politicians now must compete with business and social media for their voters’ attention. Not only does that allow public office-seekers cheapen the minimum value of issues they address, it also tempts them to exaggerate, distort, or falsify some of their claims.
A liberal democratic form of government cannot honestly operate according to the same evaluative parameters as free market economics. Not every decision depends on the bottom line. When it comes to saving lives from a health crisis, the cost of carefully avoiding compounding errors of judgment is often immaterial in looking for an effective solution. That consideration may not be foremost in the minds of politicians focused primarily on their next election.
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