So they are giving up on that one, huh? Now that they have cornered the market on racists, cult religious fanatics, and yahoos.
Posted on 03/27/2008 2:00:04 AM PDT by kingattax
2008 marks the end of liberalism as a governing force in the same way that 1968 marked the end of liberalism as a political doctrine.
American liberals spent the '60s seeing their programs and policies collapse one after the other. The War on Crime, the War on Poverty, civil rights legislation, Vietnam, all were either unmitigated disasters or textbook examples of the law of unintended consequences. The Democrats went into the 1968 presidential election as crippled as any political party in American history, choked with failure, bereft of ideas, and facing a general uprising from their own younger elements.
The Democrats' 1968 Chicago convention marked the end of classical liberalism. Media coverage revealed American liberals as incapable of controlling their own constituency, much less directing a country. As delegates cowered within the convention center, Movement rioters ran wild throughout the downtown area, fighting knock-down, drag-out battles with the police. Not a single liberal figure made any serious attempt to confront, control, or even communicate with the rioters. Little more than a decade after declaring itself the "American civic creed", liberalism was on the ropes.
Instead of joining the Whigs and Know-Nothings in historical oblivion, liberalism surrendered to its internal rebels, the Democratic Party's left wing, indistinguishable in beliefs and intent from any hardcore socialist party on the international scene. In 1972, they ran one of their own, George McGovern who in 1948 had served as delegate for communist front-man Henry Wallace) for the presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Typical liberalism is yesterday today.
Nonsence. Conservatism as defined as those who conserve the principals of classical liberalism are on the ropes. We only stemmed the tide during the Reagan era. People want to be taken care of by government these days. No politician runs for office without promising how they will be best at making the government solve your problems.
2008 marks the end of liberalism as a governing force
President McDole has another day to explain why Conservatism is better to voters, until the Democrat Majority Press drowns him out with their megaphone for Liberals Clinton and Obama.
“... Utilizing the old gimmicks of constituent services and favors and the new ones of planning and centralization, liberalism was able to maintain its dominance in backward and desperate areas of the country such as the Northeast and Upper Midwest.
“The claim to higher morality was more inchoate, a kind of luminous abstraction beyond the grasp of money-grubbing Republicans, clearly understandable only by liberals themselves. Liberals claimed a monopoly on compassion, decency, and social justice (as defined by themselves), posing as the sole defenders of civic virtue against a horde of backwoodsmen, racists, and religious fanatics.
“This elaborate double imposture served to keep liberalism alive for over three decades in the absence of ideas, doctrine, and serious accomplishments. But 2008 has brought the charade to an end. Events this year have exposed, once and for all, in a way that cannot be denied, elided, or spun, Democratic liberals as the party of abject incompetence and institutionalized corruption. “
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Great article.
Hitlery, Spitzer, Pelosi, Paterson, McGreevey, OBama... They are really doing a great job to demonstrate the “higher moral values” of the liberals.
I have to get this to my aunt. She’ll just love it!
Because socialistic journalists and politicians were disappointed in the failure of the etymologically deceptive term "socialism" in America, they assigned to their tyrannically-inspired nostrums the term "liberalism," which at the time, and yet still outside the US, denoted what Americans now call "conservatism. They simply stole our deservedly positive label, and ran it into the ground.Now this present author asserts, with some considerable basis in fact, that socialism has mutated further but retains the term "liberalism." To distinguish the prior version of faux "liberalism" from the present farcical version, the author uses the term "classical liberalism" to denote, not free market "American conservatism," but a less-farcical prior version of socialism.
That is a bridge too far. An egregious choice of words.
So they are giving up on that one, huh? Now that they have cornered the market on racists, cult religious fanatics, and yahoos.
"To this gallery we can add Jennifer Granholm, who assured that Michigan's current slide was as drastic and damaging as possible, Ed Rendell, Hillary's consigliere for Pennsylvania, John Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Kwame Kilpatrick, charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, and malfeasance in office. That's the Democratic Party, the bastion of American liberalism, as it stands.
Thanks for posting the article. It's an interesting read, but I have to agree with the poster who pointed out that no present politician gets elected without touting some government scheme to the voters. Otherwise, Jenny Grandmole would not have been re-elected.
Thats why they now call themselves Progressives
I agree with you.
Aside from the fact that liberalism possesses psychological trappings and rewards that are powerfully alluring, if not addictive, we have a structural problem.
Those who depend on government largess now outnumber those who fund it by quite a margin. State, municipal, and federal employees, retirees, unions, those in education, non-profits, and corporate entities dependent upon government contracts, all vote monolithically liberal, and their numbers are growing. Even agriculture has been bought off. We have already reached a tipping point. Perhaps this year we will dodge a bullet, but only because the Dems have put up such horrible, flawed candidates. Our victory will be temporary at best.
Liberalism is a disease in epidemic fashion right now. I do not believe we can stem the tide of this evil problem.
Too many people have fallen prey the lure of easy money for nothing.
The Liberal/Democratic/Socialist/Communist Party is too firmly entrenched in the lower masses who are propagating at an alarming rate.
You want contemporary liberalism? John McCain gave a major policy address yesterday, shamelessly liberal. Cspan has the video:
rtsp://video.c-span.org/archive/c08/c08_032608_mccain.rm
View it and weep for America.
But even so, there comes a point where the producers simply cannot provide for the feeders-from-the-goobermint-trough crowd.
A revolution is brewing in this country, and I’ll bet that it is here sooner than most think and will be far bloodier than most can believe.
The real icon of todays white, liberal DemocRAT. The rest follow Che Guevara, Louis Farrakhan or Mohammad.
Worse yet, today they're resurrecting the same old ideas, putting a coat of varnish on them, then calling them "change." If you listen to Barack Obama, he doesn't have a single suggestion that doesn't sound like it comes from the Summer of Love. And Hillary Clinton's political notions were obsolete with the second publishing of the Communist Manifesto.
First, we must call the enemy what it is! Is is MARXISM!
Liberals are never satisfied with any program. They are always demanding more. Why? Answer: Because it is Marxism that is the nuclear fuel rod that drives them. ( Even if they are unaware of it.
Think of it like a train line. Individual liberal programs are merely train stops. MARXISM is the final destination!
My next concern are our government K-12 schools, colleges, and universities. The Marxists and their armies of Useful Idiots are hard at work indoctrinating the next generation of voters.
Conservatives still have a few powerful tools. One is talk radio. It is time we start pressuring the Big Three ( Rush, Sean, and OReilly) into using the word that fits: MARXISM. We, their audience, need to pressure these guys. They must start educating their readership about what it is that drives the Democratic Party and the liberals that have infected every corner of our culture.
Conservatives also have money. We could, if someone with leadership could organize it, SHUT DOWN every government K-12 school in this nation. We could, if we wanted, open private scholarship foundations that would award private vouchers to children attending private **conservative** schools. With today's technology every child could have access to a world class ( but inexpensive) **conservative** education.
If we could get our nation's kids OUT of our government school indoctrination camps, within 12 short years we could have armies of kids on campus prepared to defend classical liberalism before their Marxist college professors, and ready to stare down the communist administrators of their universities. Within 20 years these young adults would be taking over key positions in the media, arts, professions, and especially in our courts and legislatures.
I don't see sitting like a frog in a slowing warming pot of water as an effective strategy.
I offered two suggestions in post #16.
We need some conservatives with back bone to stand up and be counted (either in government service, office....and in the general population).
That so-called foriegn policy speech proves that McCain is a left-wing globalist.
He will fight the islamic terrorists in front of us while opening the door and inviting in the UN communists and Nazis through the backdoor.
McCain with his idiotic plans to fight “global warming” will push this nation into a financial collapse.
Until we break the teachers unions there is no hope. Monopolies will always in all times and places guarantee two things higher prices and lower quality for the good or service controlled. No where is that economic law better demonstrated than our socialist public school system. Try
to explain this to the average cheer leaders mom or the quarter backs dad.
Don't know about that one. JFK/RFK was a boondoggle. RFK's pursuit of organized crime when he was the son of a bootlegger was especially rich in irony.
Doh! wrong article (tab problem)
liberalism in the classic sense existed only in the minds of the naive, the ill-informed, and terminally nostalgic.
truly mindboggling levels of corruption and ineptitude have been continually renormalized by fellow politicians and the media to enable her to survive.
his "Kennedyesque" speech on race, was in fact purely Clintonian in that it attempted to transform his failings into virtues while placing the blame on the country as a whole.
“Thats why they now call themselves Progressives”
Liberalism died a long time ago, but liberals won’t lie down. They continue to dream and scheme their great plans for changing the World. Our educational establishment and most of our news media are controlled by the Left. Liberals have succeeded in setting the agenda. It will be a long climb for conservatives. But worth the trip.
Same can of bull crap/communism.
Just a new label.
Peel off the Progressive label,
you’ll find one that says “liberal”.
Peel that off, you’ll find socialist,
peel that, you’ll find the can of communism.
I believe you already know what to DO about it.
Teach your kids objective truth.
Teach them the foundations of economics.
Teach them math, English, the ability to reason, and to use that reason to win debates.
I have already done that on an individual family basis. But,,,my family alone will not stop the slide of our country into the Marxist hell. One family alone is like shouting at a hurricane.
First, I don't believe that the generally conservatives really know the enemy: godless Marxism. Our talk show hosts could start educating their audiences as to the true nature of the enemy. They could start calling the enemy by it true name: Marxism. Conservative listeners could help nudge Rush, Sean, and OReilly in that direction.
Also,,,I think **many** liberal/Marxists and their Useful Idiots are disgusted with the government schools. Conservatives do have enough money to offer these children ( and their own) private scholarships that would get these kids OUT of the government schools. The goal should be the complete SHUT DOWN of every government school in the nation! In a few years, these kids would be moving into college and taking over key positions in society.
I honestly don't believe that we have much time left. The frog is nearly cooked to death. We must act NOW!
Excellent way to put it!
The nuclear fuel rod driving it all is : Marxism!
Our educational establishment and most of our news media are controlled by the Left. Liberals have succeeded in setting the agenda.
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Any suggestions for changing that?
You have identified the problem. What should conservatives **DO**?
Please read post #16.
Attend the next homeschool conference you can get to. It will give you strength of heart. You're NOT alone.
Don't know where you are located, but there's one here in KCMO one month from now.
Until we SHUT DOWN government K-12 schooling there is no hope.
Until we thoroughly reform and/or shut down our Marxist dominated colleges and universities, there is no hope.
Please read post #16. I have a suggestion for doing that.
Attend the next homeschool conference you can get to. It will give you strength of heart. You’re NOT alone.
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Homeschooling alone will never be enough.
We must shut down the government indoctrination camps. I have a suggestion for doing that in post #16.
Ok...Let's say we had some conservatives with backbone. What should they **do**?
I have no problem with Jindal and Coburn. But Schwarzenegger??? And what's up with Crist? He endorsed McRINO before the Florida primary?
Great article. Just wish real conservatives could take over DC!
"Real conservatives" don't have the overwhelming desire to run other people's lives that draws liberals to the beltway bureaucracy like flies to a rotting corpse.
I hope you are right. I for one am tired of the degradation.
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