No one ever doubted Rob Reiner’s mind, nor the fact that he was quite political. Perhaps the best thing that could happen to us with respect to Reiner is that he maintains a huge social media following. Of late, and especially today, he’s been railing about the undemocratic nature of our government.

The Democrats in the Senate represent 40 million more people than the Republicans, which results in Wyoming’s two senators canceling out California’s two. There is also the fact that Republicans have so shamelessly gerrymandered states so as to give them super Republican majorities in places like Pennsylvania and Arizona, two states that just went for Biden and have Democratic Senators (If you count Sinema as a Democrat). And he hates the anachronistic rules of the Senate, which shuts down democracy like no other institution.

On top of all that, throw in a Mitch McConnell, shameless hypocrisy with SCOTUS judges and voting rights. And Donald Trump – no limits, none, and you have a democratic government run by the minority. Since 1992, the GOP has gotten a majority of the vote for president once, Bush’s second term. Look at our SCOTUS.

Reiner gets it, but his time, though, Reiner goes after one of our own and deservedly so:

We’re living under the tyranny of the Minority. I don’t remember voting for Joe Manchin for President.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) September 4, 2021

Ironic, the Founders worried about the tyranny of the majority. The Bill of Rights was established with the idea that 30% of Americans wouldn’t lose their rights to 70% voting to do away with reasonable searches and seizures or cruel punishment, those things in the Bill of Rights.

They didn’t want political parties. They saw the House of Reps as more a temporary job for some farmers, maybe four to six years, that’s why the House is so much bigger and has so much more power with money. They thought terms would be short enough that parties wouldn’t form and that each branch would jealously guard its power.

Nope.

But if we are going to have political parties, we best not have any self-appointed heroes who hold everything up. In no way does Joe Manchin deserve to be the most powerful man in Washington and we don’t understand where he gets off saying he believes it’s too much spending or that we can work with Republicans.

Both have been proven wrong and we’re not sure how Manchin got it in his head that he’s wiser than the other 50. Nope, just more vulnerable in elections. This is not a time to be putting careers over votes. Reiner sees right through it all.

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