Posted on 09/25/2004 6:29:12 PM PDT by GailA
Politics of Self-Deception
Posted September 24, 2004
By Patrick Garry
John Kerry is not simply a flip-flopper. It may be worse than that. It may be argued that Kerry and his party are in the throes of self-deception. Either that or they are deliberate hypocrites.
It's not that John Kerry doesnt know where he stands. He knows exactly; his ideology has been consistent for the past thirty-five years. Kerry's problem is that he can't reveal his true beliefs. Its a problem shared by the entire Democratic party.
Democrats are well practiced at concealing themselves. They are good at pretending to be the party of the average American, even as they give Michael Moore an exalted seat at their convention.
They have to pretend, because unlike the average American, the typical delegate to the Democratic convention believes that: the U.S. was as much to blame for 9/11 as were the terrorists; gay marriage should not only be protected but encouraged; the U.N. is a more enlightened body for determining matters of national defense than is Congress; the Christian religion is a repressive superstition; Americans are inherently racist; Abu Ghraib is more reflective of the military than is the liberation of Afghanistan; and when it comes to truth and morals, everything is relative.
Kerry is right about one thing: There are two Americas. One is the nation of average people, the other is the world of the modern Democratic party, born in the days of the sexual revolution and student takeovers of university buildings. And the only way Democrats can hope to govern that nation of average Americans is to practice Owellian Double-Think.
(Excerpt) Read more at insightmag.com ...
pretty much says it all.
Amen brother, the communist are attempting to hijack America with financing from Soros and Kerry as their poster boy.
Democrat motto: = Karl Marx rules!!
No matter how the communist Oligarchs slice it, they are the party of the rich?
That's a terrific article, it nails it, and explains subliberal "think" very well...
Nice post Gail.
Very great article, thanks for posting.
I would argue that there are 3 Americas. One is the liberal elite, polititians, labor leaders, leaders of large corporations, news media, entertainers, and academics, who want to lead a socialist utopia. The second is the workers who support the liberal elite (to their own detriment), and people surviving on gifts from the State. The third America is Republicans paying the way for all the others.
Excellent post, Gail. It's the perfect "gift" for dims who sail along under the delusion that they know what their party is about. Plan to forward it to several that I know. Just hope they'll be able to find someone to read it to them > MEOW!
Bump for reading later...
mark for later
A full half or more of their votes comes from people voting their bellies, and that is where most democracies have failed in the past.
Thank you for posting this. Important reminder. :-)
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