It is time for our political leaders, and presidential candidates, to come up with new, bold and potentially successful solutions to our myriad problems.
Further this affirmative approach must recogniz who are base actually is.
The LA Times is a partisan communist rag.
Who cares what they say.
They’ll be out of business in 10 years. Tops.
If I'm not mistaken, this was Eisenhower's baby from day one.
Boy,that's for sure.The ratio of Range Rovers,Porche SUV's and Prius's that I see (every day) in the western suburbs of Boston (million-dollar-plus houses are the norm in the area) sporting "Bush Lied,Millions Died" or "1.20.09" bumper stickers versus those sporting "W" or "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers runs about 30:1 in favor of the "Bush Lied" ones.
Well, the public schools aren't quite "viable" yet, let's throw some more money at them. As for social security, the author rightfully claims this as a liberal accomplishment but why the hell are they proud of a communistic, failed system?
I’d say the “reagan democrats” are up for grabs, including the traditional black voters that are socially conservative, and may be open to true conservative solutions such as school choice, and free market economics..!
The lowly four-letter word assists the Gentry Liberals substantially in expressing their feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings. Like liberals of long ago the Gentry Liberals are addicted to OPM when it comes to general support for anyone outside the clan -- or is that, klan.
“Today’s ascendant liberalism has a much different agenda. Call it “gentry liberalism.” It’s not driven by the lunch-pail concerns of those workers struggling to make it in an increasingly high-tech, information-based, outsourcing U.S. economy — though it does pay lip service to them.”
The gentry liberal is an elitist who never does anything that will not ultimately serve themselves.
They are pro amnesty: They need their underpaid help to keep their appearances and lifestyles.
They are pro entitlements: Better the middle class pays to keep their help happy. Not only that but they have come to believe that they are entitled...and see no other perspective.
They are pro tax hikes: This one makes me laugh as those elitest have so many tax shelters and loop hole accountants that the tax hikes will probably never have any effect on their incomes.
Although they pay lip service to the poor and the trodden they prefer they stay poor. They relish the distinction in classes as it only serves to show they are better.
They are out of touch with reality as they live set apart from the regular folk and have no clue what daily life is like for the majority of people. They have no intention to find out either.
When they speak of two Americas they are really saying ...we intend to keep it that way.
Polls show plunging public school brainwashing in class warfare and enlarging indentured constituencies is quite effective at building a democratic power base.
Why Republicans fall for supporting this mess is beyond belief.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
They don’t like being called elitists. That is one term they haven’t preempted.
How does John Edwards possibly qualify as an alternative?
Liberals like Edwards make use of populist arguments because it's so hard to actually change things in Washington, that a little rabble-rousing is permissable.
You could see that with Clinton as well. There's no chance that they'll ever be called to account for promises made to the "little guy."
And while today's liberalism is far from "your father's liberalism" (assuming your father was a liberal), you can see similar developments across the political spectrum.
Talking heads tend to be careerists who share opinions with other upwardly mobile types, rather than with working stiffs, whose interests go unrepresented.
I don't ever see us winning places like Manhattan or Marin County, but, being as I live in the heart of affluent suburbia, there is no reason why we should cede places like Bucks County, PA to the Dems.
Note that elitism is only bad when based on unjustifiable claims to excellence. Even populist movements need elites to lead them and to counter elites in other factions.
LA TIMES....give me a break....I can’t believe this is even looked at thinking it’s TRUTH...it’s full of crap!!!! If you believe this...you’ll believe any dribble fed to you by the commie press.