Still Not Getting It
The obvious answer for the Democrats as to why Americans have been consistently voting out Democrats in the last several elections is… drum roll… not the Democrats themselves! The Democrat Party has a decided sense of tunnel vision when trying to ascertain why it is that they can’t seem to convince more than their hard left faithful to vote for them year after year. Usually the argument revolves around how smart the Democrat message is and how hard that is to translate to the “average Joe”.
Senator Barack Obama showed he truly is a rising star in the Democrat Party when he admitted as much on Face The Nation this weekend. The core of his argument was that the Democrat Party had to do a better job of dumbing-down their message when it came to trying to reach the American public. That way, simpletons such as we could understand the towering intellects such as Mr. Obama.
It seems a rather broad stroke to paint anyone not of the Left in this country as intellectually deficient in ideas such as socialized medicine, abortion, foreign relations, the military, taxes and the economy. Still, that is the take that is often subscribed to, but rarely vocalized. The assumption that Americans are children and simpletons is often taken by demagogues among the Left who see it easier to believe such than to admit to the outright failure to take hold of their own policies.
The policies of the Left have driven the U.S. government from the 1930’s on through today and we see the unmitigated mess that has resulted. Crime is higher than it was. Taxes are at an all-time high and growing. The federal judiciary takes powers away from the states and ascribes them to the federal government. We have a schizophrenic foreign relations policy arm that coddles dictators and rogue states while simultaneously trying to look out for the interests the the United States and its citizens (guess which one wins). Our economy is manipulated by socialist forces in Commerce, most notably the IRS, which does more to push us closer to socialism than just about anything, even Welfare. Medicare is growing and getting worse. Social Security continues as an “unfunded mandate”, as the dues collected for it are squandered to make the deficit look smaller.
Explain to me in any of this what is complex. Explain also how Democrats, who are responsible for originating most of this nightmare leviathan of a modern federal government, are in any way capable of solving any of the above problems. I’ll answer it for you. They can’t and they won’t. They have no desire to fix these things because they see them as good for America. They see taking from you and yours and giving it to others in classic Marxist fashion as the height of charity and nobility. Is it any wonder such a mentally diseased group would think you and I too dumb to understand them?
Consider this as you go to the polls each year and consider who it is you keep voting back into power. We truly have the inmates running the asylum, and every year we keep handing them the keys. Hmm… What’s that say about us?
The obvious answer for the Democrats as to why Americans have been consistently voting out Democrats in the last several elections is… drum roll… not the Democrats themselves! The Democrat Party has a decided sense of tunnel vision when trying to ascertain why it is that they can’t seem to convince more than their hard left faithful to vote for them year after year. Usually the argument revolves around how smart the Democrat message is and how hard that is to translate to the “average Joe”.
Senator Barack Obama showed he truly is a rising star in the Democrat Party when he admitted as much on Face The Nation this weekend. The core of his argument was that the Democrat Party had to do a better job of dumbing-down their message when it came to trying to reach the American public. That way, simpletons such as we could understand the towering intellects such as Mr. Obama.
It seems a rather broad stroke to paint anyone not of the Left in this country as intellectually deficient in ideas such as socialized medicine, abortion, foreign relations, the military, taxes and the economy. Still, that is the take that is often subscribed to, but rarely vocalized. The assumption that Americans are children and simpletons is often taken by demagogues among the Left who see it easier to believe such than to admit to the outright failure to take hold of their own policies.
The policies of the Left have driven the U.S. government from the 1930’s on through today and we see the unmitigated mess that has resulted. Crime is higher than it was. Taxes are at an all-time high and growing. The federal judiciary takes powers away from the states and ascribes them to the federal government. We have a schizophrenic foreign relations policy arm that coddles dictators and rogue states while simultaneously trying to look out for the interests the the United States and its citizens (guess which one wins). Our economy is manipulated by socialist forces in Commerce, most notably the IRS, which does more to push us closer to socialism than just about anything, even Welfare. Medicare is growing and getting worse. Social Security continues as an “unfunded mandate”, as the dues collected for it are squandered to make the deficit look smaller.
Explain to me in any of this what is complex. Explain also how Democrats, who are responsible for originating most of this nightmare leviathan of a modern federal government, are in any way capable of solving any of the above problems. I’ll answer it for you. They can’t and they won’t. They have no desire to fix these things because they see them as good for America. They see taking from you and yours and giving it to others in classic Marxist fashion as the height of charity and nobility. Is it any wonder such a mentally diseased group would think you and I too dumb to understand them?
Consider this as you go to the polls each year and consider who it is you keep voting back into power. We truly have the inmates running the asylum, and every year we keep handing them the keys. Hmm… What’s that say about us?
posted by Rob Beck | 6:15 AM
1 Comments:
Rob, I disagree with Obama 100%. His party has dumbed down its message to the hilt. It now consists of one-word magic utterances that take the place of policy proposals. Here's what they have to offer, as gotchas:
"Abramoff!"
"Haliburton!"
"Cheney shot a guy!"
OK, that last was a complete sentence. The point is, if the Dems offered any kind of plan, even really horrible plans like socialized health care, I truly believe the American people would give it a whirl. They have shown themselves tired of the Republicans and are clearly searching for an alternative. Historically, one party's majorities quickly wither, and I think we are at that historical pivot point.
The Libertarian dilemma is this- the opportunity is there for us to make gains, but unfortunately, the national party and most state affiliates, are not in a position to take advantage.
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