Posted on 11/01/2005 6:24:54 PM PST by kingattax
The one phrase that Democrats in the US Senate and elsewhere in that party’s leadership use more than any other to smear the men and women President Bush has nominated for key positions in our government is: “right-wing extremist.” They drowned John Bolton in it, hurled it at Harriet Miers, and they tried to pin it on John Roberts. They started plastering it all over Samuel Alito, even before the President actually nominated him for the Supreme Court early Monday morning.
Oddly, none of the Democrats who use this phrase has ever defined it. And to the best of my knowledge, no hot-shot Washington reporter or anchor-mammal has thought to ask for a definition. Well, it’s about time someone did. And since no Democrat uses this phrase more often – or more sneeringly – than Senator Charles Schumer of New York, presumably it ought to be a piece of cake for him to answer this question:
“Precisely what views must an individual hold to be a “right-wing extremist”?
For instance, is anyone who’s pro-life, or who thinks their kids’ schools should let parents know before organizing an abortion for their daughter, a “right-wing extremist”? Is anyone who thinks it’s okay for kids to pray in school, or to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, a “right-wing extremist?” Are you a “right-wing extremist” if you believe our economy is over-regulated, and that entrepreneurs should have a bit more elbow-room to create jobs for all the rest of us? How about anyone who thinks the United Nations is a vicious kleptocracy that can only be saved with a dose of tough love? Or anyone who thinks that other countries can behave however they like, but if they attack the US or lend support to those who do – we ought to kick their rear ends and not apologize for it?
If anyone actually does press Chuck Schumer for an answer, no doubt this Harvard Law School graduate will try to weasel out of it by pointing out that leading Republicans have never defined the phrase: “left-wing extremist.” (Republican leaders don’t use it, either, but he won’t mention that.) Still, the senator will have a point. So, in the interests of saving time of giving the senator a head start on the kind of answer I’m seeking – in other words, of shoving him into a corner – here goes:
A “left-wing extremist” is an individual who believes:
• That the thing growing inside a woman’s body isn’t human, and can be disposed of at any time before birth.
• That our Judeo-Christian heritage is an abomination, that religion ought to be removed from the public square, and that our country should become a secular society.
• That the State, rather than parents, should have the primary responsibility for raising children.
• That private enterprise should be tolerated, because it generates the wealth for politicians to redistribute, but that entrepreneurs are evil.
In addition, a “left-wing extremist” is a politician who:
• Professes to love our country, but who shows more concern for the rights of terrorists than for the survival of the Americans they’re trying to kill.
• Shows up at every memorial service for the victims of 9-11, but whose speeches and votes make clear that he or she really believes the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were legitimate responses to US policy, and that in effect we “had it coming.”
• Uses the phrase “I support our troops” as a code-word for “I hope we lose the war in Iraq so the Bush Administration will be a failure.”
I’ve had the television on while I write, and in the hour or so I’ve been working on this essay I’ve heard Democrats use the phrase “right-wing extremist” at least a dozen times. No doubt we’ll be hearing it a lot more in the run-up to the Senate judiciary committee’s hearings on the Alito nomination. Surely, it isn’t asking too much for those who use this phrase to tell us what it means.
Over to you, Senator.
"Whooda Thunkit"
exactly! upchuck is a left wing extremest!
Why don't these stinking rats just do their dang jobs and keep their faces off the TV and shut their mouths! They aren't serving this country, they are dividing and attempting to destroy her. They weren't elected for this purpose!!!!
A good question. Schmuckie will never reply though.
LoL!
If one doesn't tote supporting the Dogma of the Democratic party then in the mind of the likes of Chuck Schumer, one must be an extremist politically.
It worked for Hitler and Mousselini didn't it?
Senator Schemer replies: I can't define a right-wing extremist, but I know one when I see the (R) after his name.
Asking this dunderhead Schumer to define it? First you need a brain and somewhat of an education. He has neither.
Doesn't bother me anymore. They use it so much, the word has lost meaning with the American public.
Thanks for the ping.
Your welcome. Not sure if he mentioned this yesterday on his show (I've only heard the 1st hour), but this was in his "stack of stuff", and I thought it was worthy of a ping.
Thanks for the ping!
I honestly can't understand what is in the mind of a mental midget like Schumer. He symbolizes the hate and lunacy of liberalism. People such as him, have deep seeded emotional issues. I'm thankful for idiots like Schumer, who make it much easier to define why I'm proud to be a Right Winger....
Listening to the Dems the other night, I can't remember which one because they're all morphing together at this point... it occurred to me:
If they all think the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court will "harm and/or destroy women's reproductive rights (abortion) and health choices (abortion)", how does that jive with their other, current, talking points on abortion, a la Sen. Clinton, that "abortion should be safe, legal and rare"?
Are they now saying that "women's reproductive rights and health choices" should be RARE? Doesn't add up, does it? I mean, if abortion is only a "health procedure", and a "reproductive choice", why would they want to LIMIT IT?
Who is the "he" in your comment, please? (Freepers need to know!)
Rush. I was responding to GOPJ after I sent out a dittohead ping.
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