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Democrats Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Townhall.com ^ | November 29, 2019 | David Limbaugh

Posted on 11/29/2019 3:47:05 AM PST by Kaslin

Is it just me, or has it also occurred to you that Democrats, in this all-important year leading up to the 2020 election, rarely talk about policy issues? They are exclusively focused on removing President Donald Trump, and they only discuss policy during their somniferous debates.

In the Democrats' defense, their mainstream media bosses cover nothing but Trump and Trump crucified. Also, some Democratic Party leaders probably realize that their ideas don't fully resonate with the people and so it is in their interests to keep the focus on Trump.

But to their surprise, it seems they have made a grave tactical error in putting all their rotten eggs in the impeachment basket. Polls indicate their strategy has backfired, especially among independents and particularly in the swing states.

Perhaps people are sensing that the Democrats are focused more on Trump than on solving the nation's problems. Only if you believe -- as do the Democrats' leftist base and Republican never-Trumpers -- that Trump is the nation's major problem will this myopic approach likely appeal to you. Most people, however, aren't neurotically obsessed with Trump and still care about the economy, the border, abortion, guns, foreign policy and other issues.

But let's step back a minute. Is the Democrats' decision to fixate on alleged Trump corruption just a matter of strategy, or could it be just as much an organic development flowing from the same extreme mindset that drives their policy agenda? Could it also be that they are so convinced of the superiority of their ideas that they think they don't have to spend as much time selling them? Even though some Democratic Party leaders are nervous, they are prisoners of their base and their media masters.

I believe the radical leftist ideology thus dominating the Democratic Party leads to the left's malice toward Trump, which actually has far less to do with his so-called coarseness than with his steadfast and mostly successful opposition to the party's policy agenda.

Leftists aren't used to losing these days. Everywhere they look, their ideas appear to be dominating. People with contrary opinions are being muzzled and shamed throughout our culture. Anyone remotely within their orbit who strays from their orthodoxy is forced to repent and apologize for their heresy.

The left has been further emboldened by former President Barack Obama's success at cramming many of his ideas down America's throat in his quest to fundamentally transform this nation away from its founding ideas -- from identity politics to Obamacare to abortion to same-sex marriage to his war on domestic energy to an explosion of the administrative state.

It is interesting that leftists and many never-Trumpers believe that Trump supporters are a cult, robotically following their leader and mindlessly absorbing ideas of their group, when, in fact, leftists are the ones obsessed over Trump, intellectually imprisoned by their own groupthink and seeing everything through their Trump-colored lenses. They are the ones mired in their own echo chamber, largely oblivious to what makes the rest of us tick.

Proof of leftists' ideological isolation is their cluelessness about the pitfalls in pressuring Democratic Party leaders to move so far left so fast. They obviously have no idea that there are tens of millions of us out here in flyover country -- and many more than you think in purple and even blue states -- who haven't given up on the ideas that make this country great and exceptional.

For all their smugness about Trump's imminent demise and the superiority of their "enlightened" policy positions, they have an uphill battle going into 2020, which is partly attributable to their arrogant dismissal of the rest of the nation and partly to Trump's policy successes.

As much as they've succeeded in indoctrinating many young Americans and others, they still have a long way to go in making their case for abortion on demand up to the point of birth and beyond; open borders; free health care, education and sanctuary for illegal aliens; socialism; single-payer health care; identity politics; gender anarchy; radical environmentalism; confiscatory taxes; and the selective suppression of speech and religious liberties.

In an open and honest airing of these ideas, Democrats still cannot win national elections. Some of the party's old guard leaders realize this, which is why they concentrate on Trump, conceal their party's radicalism and have recently been trying to moderate their ideas.

But they are caught between a rock and reinforced concrete. Concentrating on Trump alone isn't working, but pivoting to their radical agenda might be even riskier, however much they try to soften it. Look for them to become even more desperate to impeach Trump, or for a bitter intramural struggle between the radical elements dominating their party and the few remaining leaders who realize that this extremism won't yet sell nationally.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: demonrats; impeachment; presidenttrump

1 posted on 11/29/2019 3:47:05 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

A guy has to put himself back five years ago in the landscape and judge how far things have gone.

Just on optimism alone...we went from a ‘6’ to a ‘10’ (at least if you were anything other than a Democrat).

The unemployment rate is fundamentally changed. Black kids are now seeking jobs beyond the minimum wage, and Burger King. Trucking companies are begging for employees. Products that used to be made in China....are moving production back to the US.

The wall is being built....maybe slowly, but it’s still going up. The President is about to identify the cartels are terror organizations, and war will start up in 2020.

The only group who are suffering greatly under Trump? Journalists, CNN, and NY Times.


2 posted on 11/29/2019 3:56:36 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Kaslin
"In the Democrats' defense, their mainstream media bosses cover nothing but Trump and Trump crucified. Also, some Democratic Party leaders probably realize that their ideas don't fully resonate with the people and so it is in their interests to keep the focus on Trump."

That's no defense.

The Democrats have nothing to offer but HATE and the self-serving GRASP FOR POWER.

As President Trump's TRUTH, PUISSANCE, and BENEVOLENCE force them to reveal themselves, the Democrats and establishment Republicans are exposed as nothing more than selfish, power-hungry parasites.

Note that multibillionaire Donald Trump has lost about a billion dollars since his election to the Presidency and that he gives his presidential salary to charity!

Note also how many Democrat politicians have actually become millionaires since election to public office and how many have established money-laundering "foundations" to aggrandize themselves!

Also note that President Trump's rallying cries are "Make American Great!" and "In God We Trust!"

Note that the Democrats' rallying cries include "America Was Never Great!" and that--appropriately!--the Democrat Party has the support of atheists, satanists, communists, ANTIFA, and witches (who have tried repeatedly to "put a hex" on President Trump)!

President Trump is on the side of the Angels!

The Democrat Party is the PARTY OF HATE AND EVIL, of satanism, slavery, the ku klux klan, infanticide, voter fraud, illegal immigration!

The choice is clear!

3 posted on 11/29/2019 4:06:24 AM PST by Savage Beast ( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: Savage Beast

BTTT


4 posted on 11/29/2019 4:10:27 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
"malice toward Trump, which actually has far less to do with his so-called coarseness"

The Democrats are the personification of coarseness! Witness the obscene language of their darling, Hillary Clinton, and the obscene behavior of many of their darlings!

They invoke coarseness--or anything else--when it suits their self-serving objectives.

5 posted on 11/29/2019 4:11:02 AM PST by Savage Beast ( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: Savage Beast

The Rats hate this country and the people who love this country. Love is way more powerful than hate.


6 posted on 11/29/2019 4:29:51 AM PST by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Theophilous Meatyard III
Absolutely, Theophilous!

President Trump is driven by LOVE--LOVE for the USA, LOVE for his fellow man, LOVE of family, LOVE of GOD.

The Democrat Party has proven time and again that it is the Party of HATE.

7 posted on 11/29/2019 4:40:40 AM PST by Savage Beast ( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
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To: Kaslin

An excellent article by Mr. Limbaugh...thanks for posting!


8 posted on 11/29/2019 4:50:49 AM PST by FtrPilot
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To: Savage Beast
President Trump is on the side of the Angels!

Thank you for saying it correctly.

So many posters get it backwards, saying the angels, or God, is on his side. That isn't how it is.

9 posted on 11/29/2019 10:19:40 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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