Posted on 02/26/2005 6:37:53 AM PST by Libloather
At that point, the far-Left invaded and occupied the modern Democratic party and has held a strangle-hold ever since. It may not be that way at the local level, but the party is run at the top level by them. And in the arena of national politics, that's all that matters. No matter what the belief structure is at the local level of a national political party, it becomes subservient to the national party whims; it must, for funding, recognition, etc., demands that it does.
I'm a registered Independent; been one for over two decades. My ideology is probably about 60% or so "conservative" (traditional; because these things have been proven over time to be the best way), 20% or so "liberal" (willing to make changes but only as long as the individual merits on a case-by-case basis, filtered through a screen of factual data and careful research, show that the change makes sense and will cause fairly universal improvement) and the other 20% divided between revolutionary anarchist and evolutionary anarchist (when all else fails, the proper application of violence is needed to either destroy and rebuild; or be employed to preserve).
As far as my relationship with who I prefer in national office is concerned, I filter that through Constitutional absolutism; that documents means what is says and doesn't mean what it doesn't say. And if you want the federal Government to do something that isn't specifically delineated in that document, there is a mechanism for change. The "living document" concept is a figment of modern imagination.
What a person DOES means more to me than what a person SAYS he will do. I follow Patrick Henry's statement; "I know of no light to guide the future but by the past."
I therefore vote for that person who most closely mirrors my ideals; regardless of the label they carry. I suspect that a great many Americans instinctively and privately in the voting booth echo some of everything I just articulated.
The events of 9/11 simply accelerated that process. That shattering event kicked the pendulum of American politics to the Right and woke up a large majority who instinctively understood that Evil needed to be hunted down and eradicated; regardless of whose "sensibilities" this concept may "offend". All bets are now off and it will remain that way for several generations, probably. It is unlikely that ANYONE who doesn't articulate clearly that they will continue this eradication effort will ever see high national office for the foreseeable future. It remains to be seen, however, just how far that pendulum will swing; 45 to 50 years or so is probably a good estimate since it swung to the Left at least that long.
In the story, you find clues that these two ladies were just DINOs and hadn't drank the party Kool Aid:
One mentioned "values". Democrats don't have any.
One mentioned praying about her decision. Democrats don't pray or, if they do, it's to some God they believe is too weak to do any good. Anyway, this God they believe in should be kept out of their schools at all cost, they think.
One even goes on to say all her friends are Republican. A true Democrat would never let that happen. Democrats believe all Republicans are neandrathal morons who want to rape the world for oil.
Finally, one mentions that whenever she puts on her robe, she's not Democrat or Republican but just following the law. Now, is that the attitude of a modern Democrat I ask? The Democrat thinks the law is something to be worked around in order to spread their ideology.
I'd argue these women just had a difficult time abandoning the party of their parents and grandparents, sort of like switching to Cheer afrer using Tide all their lives.
Don't forget Gerald Ford, the worst RINO weasel ever, and the reason Carter got elected.
DIW -- if I may jump into the game a bit late here -- the most important activists in the Democratic Party have been far left for over 70 years. They did not represent in any way the family and moral values you asked about. However, they were easily able to manipulate a naive and trusting electorate of largely uneducated people by putting forward political candidates who often did embrace the normal virtues on a personal level, while at the same time promoting economic dependency on the government. Since at least the New Deal (and actually even further back, but that represents a stark demarcation) the GOP has in general been the party of the middle class, the bourgeois values, the self-reliant. The Dems have been the party of entitlement, class warfare and victimization. It's just that now, more people have figured it out, and the percentage of normal, emotionally stable people in the Democratic Party is becoming a shrinking minority.
Thank you, Speedy, and everyone else that answered my question. I came to care about politics late in life, so there's been a learning curve for me...but I'm catchin' up! :)
You done good fast, Diana!! Glad you're on our side!!
Carter was elected by about 50,000 votes in Ohio of all places and this was one of the closest elections ever until 2000 came along. Gerald Ford pardonned Nixon and the Watergate scandal was why Carter won. Ford was a wonderful guy, respected by his republican peers enough to elect him house minority leader.
It is plainly evident that the Canal is not very important economically or militarily now and was considered to be of declining value in the 1970's.
It was questionable how we got the rights to it anyway. So we gave back something of little value to us.
Good news! Thanks for the post...but about the picture???...I'll probably have nightmares! G'night.
(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")
"When they went with Howard Dean, it just hit me. I'm being loyal to a party that hasn't been loyal to me," she said. "I just can't do it."
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Is that Aunt Baru from Episode IV: A New Hope?
I wonder how many more dimwts Deany boy will chase across the fence ?
Don't you know?
You know the famous symbols:
Thats what I figured. Might as well stay home on election day, or become a Moonie.
Horseshit!
She is no more a Republican than John F. Kerry is, but she desperately wants to be re-elected!
There's been no sudden change in the South:
Anyone who couldn't figure out what was going on in the Dimocratic Party by the time Lyndon Johnson was elected is too clueless to be allowed into the GOP!
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