Posted on 08/13/2007 9:27:43 PM PDT by goldstategop
ne of the two major political parties of the United States has linked all its electoral hopes on domestic pathologies, economic downturns and foreign failure.
It is actually difficult to name any positive development for America that would benefit the Democratic Party's chances in a national election.
Name almost any subject, and this unhealthy pattern can be discerned.
If African Americans come to believe that America is a land of opportunity in which racism has been largely conquered, it would be catastrophic for the Democrats. The day that most black Americans see America in positive terms will be the day Democrats lose any hope of winning a national election. Whatever one believes about the extent of racism in America, one cannot deny that the Democrats need black Americans to feel victimized by racism. Contented black Americans spell disaster for the Democratic Party.
If women marry, it is bad for the Democratic Party. Single women are an essential component of any Democratic victory. Unmarried women voted for Kerry by a 25-point margin (62 percent to 37 percent), while married women voted for President Bush by an 11-point margin (55 percent to 44 percent). According to a pro-Democrat website, The Emerging Democratic Majority, "the 25-point margin Kerry posted among unmarried women represented one of the high water marks for the Senator among all demographic groups."
After women marry, they are more likely to abandon leftist views and to vote Republican. And if they then have children, they will vote Republican in even more lopsided numbers. The bottom line is that when Americans marry, it is bad for the Democratic Party; when they marry and make families, it is disastrous for the party.
If immigrants assimilate, it is not good for Democrats. The Democratic Party has invested in Latino separatism. The more that Hispanic immigrants come to feel fully American, the less likely they are to vote Democrat. The liberal notion of multiculturalism helps Democrats, while adoption of the American ideal of e pluribus unum (out of many, one) helps Republicans. That is one reason Democrats support bilingual education -- it hurts Hispanic children, but it keeps them from full assimilation -- and oppose making English America's official language.
Concerning the economy, the same rule applies. The better Americans feel they are doing, the worse it is for Democrats. By almost every economic measure (the current housing crisis excepted), Americans are doing well. The unemployment rate has been at historically low levels and inflation has been held in check, something that rarely accompanies low unemployment rates. Nevertheless, Democrats regularly appeal to class resentment, knowing that sowing seeds of economic resentment increases their chances of being elected.
The most obvious area in which this rule currently applies is the war in Iraq. The Democrats have put themselves in the position of needing failure in Iraq in order to win the next election. And again, perceptions matter more than reality. Even if America is doing better in the war, what matters most for the Democrats are Americans' perceptions of the war. The worse the stories from Iraq, the better for Democrats.
That helps to explain why the mainstream media, who ache for a Democratic victory, feature stories of wounded American soldiers, grieving families of killed soldiers and atrocity stories -- such as the apparently fictitious story printed in the New Republic. But they almost never feature stories about military heroism and altruism. Americans read and watch far more stories about soldiers who commit atrocities than about soldiers who commit heroic actions and who show love to Iraqi civilians.
The list is almost endless. Thus, when pro-American foreign leaders -- such as Nicolas Sarkozy in France -- are elected, even that is not good for the Democrats. The more the Democrats can show that America is hated, the more the Democrats can argue that we need them in order to be loved abroad.
Undoubtedly, some Democrats might respond that the same thesis could be written if a Democrat were in the White House and the Republicans were out of power. But that is not at all the case. First, there is no equivalent list of bad things happening to America that benefits Republicans. Second, everything written here about the Democrats -- except about the Iraq War, which was not taking place then -- could have been written when Democrat Bill Clinton was president.
I am not saying that in their hearts all Democrats want black America to regard America as a racist society, or want Hispanics to remain unassimilated, or Americans to feel economically discontented, or fewer families to be formed, or America to lose in Iraq, or foreign nations to hate us.
But what most Democrats want in their hearts is not the issue. The issue is that if Democrats want to win, they can do so only if bad things happen to America.
"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
Very good article!
"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
The solution IMO is to create some well-thought-out sedition laws. Dissent is one thing. Undermining duly elected leaders while we face an existential threat is quite another.
More than a few DemonRats and their treasonous enablers in the MSM need to be removed from circulation.
As a rule I believe the less government intrusion in our lives, the better. But where blatant treason is involved I think there’s a strong case for decisive state action that sends a message and sets limits on whats acceptable.
We lost the popular vote in 2000 and only won by 3-1/2 million votes in 2004.
I want a Reaganesque landslide.
"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
Good For The Democrats
Task Force Lightning Soldiers killed
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13341&Itemid=21
TIKRIT, Iraq – Three Task Force Lightning Soldiers died as a result of injuries
sustained from an explosion near their vehicle while conducting operations in Ninewah
Province, Monday.
One other Soldier was injured during the incident and was transported to a
Coalition medical facility for treatment.
The names of the deceased are being withheld pending next of kin notification
and release by the Department of Defense.
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America, our Troops need our support every moment they are away. Attacking any one of them, is an attack on all of us. This bomb was most likely made in Iran. Let us stand together against anyone who would kill Americans.
I do.
And they are the majority of Americans. They want this kind of politics - smash-mouth, dirty and amoral. God forgive this nation.
This analysis is absolutely correct. It is where they are most venerable. They don’t just have an Achilles heel they are solely an Achilles heel. It drives me crazy that the GOP has not the passion to strike that heel again and again. Instead they often offer the left a political haven. They are not well meaning opponents. They have the intention to change this country into a shadow of itself and in many ways have already succeeded.
They want to take away our economic freedom, they elevate our sworn enemies and attack our soldiers and our country, they desire to keep America split along racial and ethnic lines for political gain, they promote dysfunctional family structures and victim politics, and seek to eliminate moral and religious principles and common decency from the public square. These are not people that should be treated with kid gloves or even as if they have any credibility because they don’t.
"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
Ping...
Good post by goldstategop!
Good article by Prager.
It is hard to believe that there are not a few more Dems like Joe Lieberman that are willing to speak up in defense of our country. There has to be some others that feel as he does but it seems they don’t have the courage to fight the powers in their own party.
Democrats don’t want bad things to happen—except for 1.5 million babies to be suctioned and/or sliced to pieces each year. But there are good people on both sides of the baby-slicing/suctioning issue!
Are we ready to stop them.....? Won’t be long till its time to get this fight started.
The RATS have been anti-American since Vietnam, and their hatred of the US really became open under Reagan. Now, they’re publicly anti-American, and very open about it, but the MSM still refuses to say it, and unfortunately, so does the right. Every time I hear some traitor like alan colmes say “Don’t question my patriotism”, I blow a fuse.
Their biggest nightmare: A victory in Iraq before November 2008.
Lemme get this straight: did you just say “victory in Iraq” within a year and a bit?
My god...this board just never changes. ^^insert confused cynical pissed off smiley here^^
I have two sisters who are (1) hard-core Dems and (2) both filthy rich. We all came out of a poor family of eight children and one breadwinner, my father. They both became quite well-off working for a major corporation in the Chicago area. And all they do is complain about things. I asked them one time "why are you two complaining, you both seem to be doing very well?" They were quiet for a period of time after that.
But most Dems I know are bigtime whiners and complainers. I also have two close Dem friends who are major-league whiners and complainers. Nothing ever satisfies them, and nothing is ever fair. The Dem elites have managed to convince their constituency that they are living in a miserable country, Republicans are evil and to blame for every bad thing that happens, and things are just not fair.
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