Posted on 06/16/2005 6:23:37 PM PDT by Nasty McPhilthy
REFLECT ON THE FACT that Democrats are now more concerned with ousting Howard Dean from the Chairmanship of the DNC than they ever were about ousting Saddam Hussein from the dictatorship of Iraq. Rape rooms didn’t faze them—I think mainly because that’s what the Arkansas Governor’s office was called when Clinton occupied it—but Dean’s assertion that the GOP is a party of “white Christians” makes them bubble over with rage.
To state the manifestly obvious, Howard Dean is a “white Christian.” This much he admits. We’re still waiting for the results of lab tests, but most of us have come to the conclusion that Condi Rice, an avowed Republican, fails to meet at least one of those criteria. Same goes for Colin Powell, Clarence Thomas, J.C. Watts, and the nationwide constituency of Jews who supported Bush in the last election. As Ken Mehlman said, addressing the “white Christian” jibe, “a lot of folks who attended my bar mitzvah would be surprised.”
But at least we finally have it right from the horse’s mouth. Right-wingers have been yelling at liberals about their anti-Christian bias for a long time, and now they’ve proven us correct. The reason Dean used the word “Christian” is that he believes opposing Christians represents a cohesive political strategy; the reason he used the word “white” is that he knows that people who like him—white college kids drunk on Starbucks—hate the idea of being “white.” These are the kind of people that think integrating words like “ghetto” into polite conversation separates them from the their Caucasian brethren. The mere fact that a white twentysomething drinking a vegan soy-shake in Berkeley may have once listened to NWA doesn’t quite change his racial identity.
I note, also, that there’s no shortage of white Christians in Dean’s party. Indeed, though he did everything to make us believe differently, I believe John Kerry was both white and Christian. Wasn’t Al Gore white and Christian, too? And—hey, there’s a pattern!—weren’t Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, LBJ, and Kennedy all white Christians? I guess they should have been Republicans.
In opposing Dean, Democrats’ current talking-points memo instructs them to gingerly point out that Dean doesn’t “speak” for them. Dean “doesn’t speak for me with that kind of rhetoric and I don’t think he speaks for the majority of Democrats,” Sen. Joe Biden said. Biden did not address whether he actually authored those words himself.
That Dean ever assumed any role of power proves Democrats’ inherent inability to assess America. Recall that Dean couldn’t even convince the tiny sliver of the populace that votes in Democratic primaries to vote for him. If you can’t beat John Kerry, politics really isn’t your métier. Dean should have taken his losses with a quick smile and proceeded to find work in a bait-and-tackle shop. Why would Democrats reward a howling loser with the Chairmanship of their Party—and then point out that, alas, he doesn’t really “speak” for them?
White Christian Republicans should form some sort of angry PAC with the express purpose of Bringing Dean Down. The problem is that we’re too busy laughing at him. Indeed, I think all Republicans, regardless of faith or race, are overjoyed that Dean serves the Democrats.
The press is jubilant over the perceived weakness of President Bush’s current agenda—as if one cover story in Time magazine weeping about how rotten we treat terrorists has any impact on what Americans think of the president they just reelected. To review, Time magazine has never liked Bush. The October 6, 2003 issue of Time sported a picture of Bush in his “Top Gun” gear and the headline, “Mission Not Accomplished: How Bush Misjudged the Task of Fixing Iraq.” Among the newsweekly’s objective, journalistic observations:
“Of all the miscalculations on Iraq, few have been as surprising as the inability to find real evidence of Saddam’s supposed weapons of mass destruction…”
“The fruitless hunt for WMD has not cost American lives. The failure to understand that the war was not over—and in some ways, had barely begun—when Bush stood on the deck of the Abraham Lincoln, has.” (Emphasis added)
It’s not as if National Review has decided to oppose Bush. Time magazine opposing this Administration is not news—just like it’s not news that Howard Dean has come up with another way to smear Republicans. Like death and taxes, double-dealing liberals can always be relied upon to deliver.
Can I get an Amen?
Democrats are now more concerned with ousting Howard Dean from the Chairmanship of the DNC than they ever were about ousting Saddam Hussein from the dictatorship of Iraq.
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Of course. Their entire being is about the aquisition of power in the U.S. -- NOTHING else matters. Not even you.
Amen
AMEN
black jews? lenny kravitz?
Sammy Davis Jr.?
Democrats seem always confused about the meaning of words, in this case, Christian.
Why would Democrats reward a howling loser with the Chairmanship of their Party—and then point out that, alas, he doesn’t really “speak” for them?
Because Dean was the most virulent extreme leftist during the primaries, and got a lot of press as a result, and even though he lost his political bid dumping him would have seemed as if they were repudiating their base. They also need Dean to accentuate the new Hillary, the one who is a born again Christian conservative who supports the troops and the war in Iraq and is almost pro-life.
The 'Rats haven't a clue. It's like a desperate boxer flailing away at his elusive opponent. Remember how Ali's opponents in the ring would wind up for those haymakers
and Ali always easily ducked under them? That's the state
of the 'Rats now.
They picked Dean because they felt he would sharpen their rhetoric and could raise money from the Far Left. Instead he is an obvious laughing stock. And Republicans can't even take him seriously. He's become a bad joke even to many Demorats. He will be eased out when the Clinton campaign begins in earnest, if not before. And will probably be replaced by a Clintonista, like a Paul Begala.
I like my senario better. It sounds sneakier, like the Rats. :-)
Frau Hillary can be reborn as often as she wants. Nobody is beating the Repub. ticket for 2008:
G I U L I A N I / R I C E
All Frau's Hillary's skeletons will be rattled when the campaign goes into high gear in 2008. Not to worry.
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