Profiles in Cowardice

One of the most egregious examples of chickenshittery is the majority of the GOP senators to refuse to ratify the UN treaty on disability rights, something that would have NO effect on American law and was in fact BASED on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The tea party bunch isn't a true grassroots group anyway but a front for economic terrorists like the Koch brothers.


So what happened?

To begin with, a shocking number of senators changed positions on the treaty at the last minute, without telling disabled groups (including many disabled veterans’ groups) of their reversal.

Foreign Policy reported that the United States International Council on Disabilities and many other groups “had been assured by numerous GOP senators that they would vote in favor of ratification” before they in fact voted “no.” Josh Rogin writes:

Several GOP senators actually RSVPd for a reception held at the Capitol Tuesday morning to honor Dole, a disabled veteran himself, for his decades of work on behalf of the disabled community. [Kansas Sen. Pat] Roberts, along with Sens. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) all planned to attend the ceremony honoring Dole, but didn’t show up and then voted “no” on the treaty.

Disgusting.