Tom Cotton is the Senator from Arkansas who proved himself a traitor when he wrote a letter to the leaders of Iran and threatened them with defeat over the nuclear weapons agreement. He continues to demonstrate his ambitious nature with attempts to attack solvable situations in an effort to keep his name in the public eye.

His latest effort is to criticize a ’60 Minutes’ segment which involved an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook.

Charlie Rose is considered the model for interviewers. Cook, who seldom grants interviews, appeared to be candid and forthcoming. The discussion involved Apple’s future, taxation, and encryption of information.

Cotton criticized Cook’s remarks about encryption, which prevents anyone, including Apple, from extracting information.

“If we apply a different legal standard to companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook, we can expect them to become the preferred messaging services of child pornographers, drug traffickers, and terrorists alike–which neither these companies nor law enforcement want.

Our society needs to address this urgent challenge now before more lives are lost or shattered.”

Once again he is proving that the TEA Party refuses to govern in an intelligent manner. He failed to focus on attempts to create a dialogue with the tech companies and find logical solutions which will satisfy the security agencies and the fourth amendment rights of consumers. The TEA Party does not believe in diplomacy; they believe in destructive efforts which are guaranteed to fail the American people.

Cotton joins Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Scott Walker as ambitious members of the party created by the Koch brothers. Walker has failed miserably, and Paul is soon to join him. Rubio is ambitious but lazy, and Cruz is the most extreme of all. This is why the American government is in total gridlock.

Traitors should not remain in public office. Cotton should return to the beautiful mountains of Arkansas and stay there.

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By James Turnage

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