Posted on 05/20/2006 12:14:06 PM PDT by nwrep
Demagogue
1. (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
We don't need demagoguery, we need leadership.
The fact that occasionally the Communists dislike the same things you do, for utterly different reasons, doesn't really make them "right", IMHO.
It all depends on what one means by "right," I guess.
In this case they are right.
This is smoke and mirrors and useless legislation being passed by a Party staring down the barrel of a serious setback in November to appease the wolves.
Nothing they have done to date, no law they have passed...including the "Engish as the official language" is anything but panacea for the masses, or better yet, pablum.
They've offered no solutions.
What is this communist party right about? Open borders? Letting in the flood gates of third-world workers, so wages can be depressed even more? Handing out American citizenship as if it's a piece of candy?
They're right that Bush's announced immigration plan is way wrong. But of course, their reasons for holding that opinion are totally wrong. Their goals are totally wrong. Their political philosophy is totally wrong.
They're also right that Bush's plan "..was a demagogic attempt to mobilize the conservative base and appeal to fear in the lead-up to the November Election, and impact the current Senate debate." We know this because Bush's plan is all hat and no cattle. It won't actually do much to stem the invasion of illegal immigrants.
Thanks for clarifying! : )
Of course, the Perpetually P*ssed Off Crowd will align themselves with any group so as long as that group also hates President Bush.
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