Op-Ed: Darling, Enough with Marsha Blackburn's Hypocrisy

Brian Michael, Fab Gay House Hubby

Oh daring, get your popcorn, becuase watching Marsha Blackburn prance around as a champion of civil liberties in the Arctic Frost debacle is like watching a drag queen apply lipstick with clown hands. It's messy, theatrical, and deeply contradictory.

Spotlight on the contradictions

1. The "I'm being surveilled" posture is political theatre.

   Yes, I sympathize: being surveilled by the FBI (even for metadata) is no small matter. Privacy is fundamental. But let's be clear, Blackburn has supported countless policies and votes that expand surveillance powers, curtail civil liberties, or shield federal agencies from accountability. Now, when the spotlights turns on her, she's suddenly roaring about "invasion of privacy/" the audacity, and yes, the hypocrisy, is stunning.

2. Selective outrage and partisan framing.

   Blackburn's framing of Arctic Frost as a "weaponized Biden/Democrat prode" is political dynamite, but where is the same mral fire when Republicans led post-2000, post-9/11 surveillance expansions? The outrage is reserved for what hits her side. She wants to position this as purely partisan abuse, convenient, but weakening if one believes in consistent principles.

3. leadership by victimhood, not principle.

   By portraying herself and colleagues as victims, Blackburn gets to claim moral high ground. But leadership demands more: inspecting the entire system, pushing for reforms, demanding transparency across the board, not just when your own phone is surveilled. If she cared about privacy, she'd champion structural change when she's not under fire. But no, it was quiet when others were monitored before, so expect silence from her until the camera is on.

4. Missing accountability for her allies.

   Blackburn isn't know for condemning abuses when they're committed by those politically aligned with her, only when the blowback hits her or her faction. She expects to be shielded from surveillance, but historically doesn't resist mass surveillance when wielded by own party or administration.

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What she should be doing (if she was serious)

• Not just demanding answers for herself, but pushing for reforms: Strict limits on metadata collection, requiring stronger warrants, or refusing to sign off on blanket systems that allow fishing expeditions.

• Calling for independent oversight, not just internal DOJ/FBI investigations (which can be self-protecting,)but true third-party audits.

• Advocating for full transparency across past and future use of metadata surveillance, not only in cases involving her or her colleagues.

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Final word, as your Fabulous Gay House Husband

Marsha Blackburn want to be the star of the "look how I'm being attacked by the federal government" show. But she's forgotten one thing: A victim's crown is hollow without integrity. If she truly cared about civil liberties, she'd fight for them across the board, not just just when her own toe is stepped on. Until then, her outage over Arctic Frost feels like a performance, not principle.

So to Senator Blackburn: don't ask for sympathy, ask for reform. Demand id boldly, consistently, and without the double standards. Draling, we deserve better than theater.

Brian Michael