The Democrats Generational Optimism
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For five years we have endured the constant barrage of doom and gloom predictions from Democrats. They constantly spout forth dire views and optimism destroying opinions. Some of the most shrill, baseless statements became the mantra of the 2004 Kerry campaign for president. But lets reflect upon a previous presidential election year. Lets examine how the Democrats have changed over the years."The major issue of this campaign is the direct political, personal and moral responsibility of Democratic Party leadership--in the White House and in Congress--for this unprecedented calamity which has befallen us. They tell us they have done the most that humanly could be done. They say that the United States has had its day in the sun; that our nation has passed its zenith. They expect you to tell your children that the American people no longer have the will to cope with their problems; that the future will be one of sacrifice and few opportunities."
This paragraph is hauntingly familiar. Many can place it immediately in time, yet there is a younger generation of conservatives who may not know from whence it came. How applicable this statement sounds today! When Reagan gave his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, he included this brief observation. And can we not draw parallels to the Democrats of today?
What is the moral responsibility of the Democratic party? By their action it would appear to be pure self interest. Reagan implies that the malaise of the late seventies was a direct result of failed leadership. Can we not bring that forward? Somalia, Khobar towers, Cole bombing, a systematic strategy of cut and run or symbolic cruise missile launches. Are not these policies complicit in the "unprecedented calamity" that befell us on 9/11?
One change since this speech, Democrats don't claim to have done the most that humanly could be done, they deny any wrongdoing. They accuse anyone else, and try to rebuild a glorious past in some compulsive psychological self preservation. Its a new world and no liberal is at fault for anything.
Our day in the sun is past, especially in the worlds view. Democrats claim the whole world is against us, and our days of leading the world are over. Twenty five years and no change in loathing of the most successful country humans have ever seen. No change in the guilt they seem to feel for being a part of that success.
At this point we come to the will of the American people. I contend there is a slight change in the Democratic Party, they actively try to destroy that will. They propagandize to destroy our resolve. They don't intend on the people coping with the problems that face our country, our neighborhoods, our families. They are smarter and better suited to make those decisions and provide solutions, intending that we should just let government, liberal democratic government, attend to our needs.
We will have to make some sacrifices when we move to socialized medicine, but it will be better for us. We may have to loose some of our international military presence, but for everyone to like us it will be necessary. The amazing opportunity growth currently underway is not fair to the disaffected, we should provide for everyone's needs. This is the perverse thinking of the Democratic leadership. Worst of all, they disdain the real sacrifices being made by our finest citizens in the struggle to protect our freedom. Twenty five years, its seems some political attitudes are passed on from generation to generation.
who directs his anger at Daddy after daddy finds out the child is being bullied and knows that he will now have to deal with the bully knowing that until the matter is resolved it could get worse first.
Of course I speak now of real men raisng sons to be men.
Bush is Daddy. Unlike Clinton, who even when he did a good thing, he didnt go all the way and he explained it in pc mommy terms.
The libs hate to admit evil exists and must be dealt with. And they figure they can scream at daddy with impunity.
Sometimes Daddy has to shame the boy by calling him a cry babby.
I'm almost there, but which bully are you referring? The real travesty seems to be the abuse of the "normal" liberal American by the extreme socialist journalist and Dem leadership, who have lied to them, sold their party to extremists, and still expected them to support unelectable candidates.
I like the dualism: Patriarch vs effective Matriarch. Thats a good one, seminal for future examples.
but I agree that their negativity is sort of a self-preservationist activity. They know they are smarter than John Q. American, so their views and ideology must differ from the mainstream in order to maintain their "elitist status".
Their desire to be a "ruling class" is so strong that they will forsake what is good for the country in order to obtain their goals. I also think that they hold the rest of America in utter disdain and certainly don't think we are smart enough to think for ourselves.
I am viewing the actions of 'regular' liberals as supporting this apparently kooky position. But what do you think, is it a conscious choice? My wife has some extremely liberal friends, who she won't even let me get within a yard of (she's probably right, I can hold my tongue only so long), who are very nice, so long as they think you're in the club. I can't envision any of them openly thinking what you have stated, smarter, leaders, elitist, yet their actions are exactly that! It is kooky, but it appears more and more like a actual mental disorder.
in one of my diary stories, take a look here. I know for a fact that alcoholics build their own realties, and this is surely what many Dems are doing.
Of course, I was referring to the islamo-facists and their allies, ie al qaida et al, and saddam, iran, syria et al but
Yes, the far left acts like their allies whether they mean to or not, when their guy isnt in charge, ie Der Schliek, although to be fair they openly played nice witrh Bill because he protected the sacrament of their socialist faith, ie abortion.
The far left is an independant enemy of America as it exists. They love an America they hope to create after they overthrow this one.
But I know what you mean about normal liberals. They are now called republcans, or democrats that still vote for the freaks based on indoctrinated fears about starving old people or children.
But I am still liberal in many classic ways and I think most repubs are as well. Libs won and instead of declaring victory went to PC pooverty pimp self loathing white guilt seed.
I suspect the party will have to be destroyed to reform due to the $$$ that finance it. I think we witness it daily. I think for most of the Soros's, they treat the party like a toy and dont care about winning.
I was a dem 20 yrs incl county party chair 4 yrs until the epiphany in 6/2001.
Awesome diary. Ill get back to you in more detail. It fits in with my theory below and also the discomfort when they rant at parties and remind me of unruly children whose parents wont correct and who find them to be cute as they tear up your house, while we are too polite to say anything since to be honest we wpuld be revealing them as complete buffoons.
See what you think of my bullied child theory upthread.
Strong motivator fear is. And the liberals addiction to the fear-mongering socialist press is good evidence for your analogy.
This line cracks me up:
"... went to PC pooverty pimp self loathing white guilt seed."
So apropos. At least we can be happy with one thing, some of Soros loot he stole from the honest English taxpayer is 'trickling down' into the US's robustly growing economy.
regardless of the analogy used, the Dems will pick a cause or fight often just for show, and only those in which think they can't get hurt.
for her church with poker winnings and when Fred was surprised that she still took the money, Esther said
You ole fish-eyed fool, we'll take money from the Devil to do God's work!
gamecock,
Those with no real argument, rationale, or logic for their self-flagellating, self-destructive support of tyrants (aka right wing Bushites) remain silent in the rare instances in their miserable existences that they experience periods of lucidity, realizing that fools have no defense.
Manners have nothing to do with it.
Libs are the the bullied child By: gamecock
who directs his anger at Daddy
Popular tactic for the big leap. 4 3 2 1
gamecock,
Brilliant red stater retort, but where's your support?
Are you angry about something specific? Because so far you have
"no real argument, rationale, or logic"
and without that I can't comment on your
"self-flagellating, self-destructive support of tyrants"
but it would be nice if you could
"remain silent"
until cognition is evedent in your discourse. Unfortunatly, your last is deffinetly false here. "Manners have nothing to do with it."
After all it wouldn't be the first time. It wasn't a republican that fired on fort sumter
If you like the Mom and Pop analogy (and I do) give a listen to George Lakoff's (liberal UC cognitive scientist) lecture about it at
http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.asp?showID=11194. He commends it to liberals and advocates how it is their winning strategy. I couldn't resist spoofing him a bit in a pre-thanksgiving diary. The party of Mom vs. the party of Dad. Except he goes farther. He doesn't just take the discipline out of Dad. He takes the Dad out of parent. Leaving the ground open for Two Nurturing Parents vs. Nuturing Mom balanced by disciplinarian Dad.
I've been at parties where liberal friends were ranting about my beloved W. and yes, I was too polite to challenge them. The way I see 'em, they are fundamentalists. Its just fundamentalism plain and simple. There are tenets of the faith. Acceptance makes you a member and rejection makes you a heathen. Advancement of the faith by extending its power is all important and the purpose behind the leaders sermons which are repeated by the faithful as gospel truth. The core problem (or difference) is in their (or our) inviolable assumptions which are difficult to penetrate in the common dialogue. Nuture vs. discipline case in point to explore.
I have however been pleasently surprised to find some liberals on this site who will engage in civil and rational conversation rather than the standard rants.
Does anyone see some of the fervent clinging of liberals to Bush Lied, Impeach Now, and other such inanities as this
"compulsive psychological self preservation"
that I state? I'm coming around to believing this insecurity is a ascendant sub-conscious motivation for a majority of otherwise "normal" liberals (whoa there, whats a normal liberal today?). I haven't found much literature on that premise, if anyone has, tack on a ref please.