Today’s must read is For Shame written by California Assemblyman John Campbell.

Read the entire thing — I am excerpting here only to help me find it again in the future:

In each of the 4 years that I have been a member of the state Assembly, we have had many “celebrations” on the Assembly floor. These celebrations” are orchestrated by the Democrats who control the House and often involve singing and dancing. Every one of my 4 years have seen substantial celebrations of Cinco de Mayo (which Commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla ), St. Patrick’s Day (for the patron Saint of Ireland), and Chinese New Year’s Day, among others. But never once have we celebrated America’s Independence Day, the 4th of July.

So, this year, Republican Assemblyman Jay LaSuer of San Diego arranged for Vietnam war hero Admiral Jeremiah Denton to come to California to be a part of a 4th of July ceremony. …

The Democrat leadership refused to allow him on the Assembly floor, and there was no 4th of July celebration. …

The Assembly did meet on that day. And we did have a ceremony that lasted nearly 20 minutes. That ceremony was to celebrate the career of a reporter from the LA Times on the occasion of his retirement. Democrats universally praised him as being “balanced.” He was allowed to speak for about 10 minutes. Admiral Denton was no longer in the building. …

I do not send you this to bash Democrats. I send you this to demonstrate the huge chasm that exists between registered, voting Democrats, and elected Democrat leadership. I hope those of you who are not Democrats, will send this to your friends who are. If you are a Democrat, don’t be ashamed. Be angry. Straighten out your party and your leadership, or leave it.

(OK, this wasn’t today’s must read, but rather last Sunday’s, but I’m having to rebuild my RSS subscriptions and just now found it.)

Technorati tags: Californian Politics, Admiral Jeremiah Denton, Democrat Leadership, Democrat Moral Corruption.