From the LA Times comes Jonag Goldberg's, "One sorry mess of a party". This piece is a well-written examination of the current plight of the Democratic party, today.
Angry and desperate are two words that come to mind when, discussing the behaviors and reactions of Dems over the last five years. When faced with repeated failure, many will resort to displays of anger. Case in point, liberals starting name calling the moment their argument is challenged to the degree that they cannot defend their weak and faulty claims, in an intelligent and eloquent manner. When found to be consistently losing the war of ideas, they become desperate, as we see when they stage stunts or make outrageously controversial statements, a la Howard Dean.
One could write a whole book about many instances when Dems shoot themselves in the foot, time and time again. The most recent display of childish foolishness was the inappropriate political commentary forcefully injected to what supposed to be eulogies and remembrances of Coretta Scott King. Instead of making it a funeral, some tried to turn it into a campaign stump speech, because they believe that it is what Mrs. King would have wanted.
These things do hurt the Dems, and much more than many Dems are willing to admit. But the thing that hurts them most of all? Clearly, it is the lack of ideas. And until they come up with some, they will continue to lose elections. Because, no matter how they skew it and twist it, they ARE LOSING elections.
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Any time we Republicans dare to object to such clearly inappropriate or offensive conduct such as Lowrey or Carter at the King funeral it's called an attack.
It's no wonder that Democrat's don't "get it" and understand why they continue to be marginalized in the political process.
They are their own worst enemy. Blaming every one of their own shortcomings on Karl Rove has left them incapable of taking the responsibility necessary to change.
Actually they do have an idea, the neolithic "feed us, clothe us, shelter us, obey us, or else." Or as Karl the First Trustifarian put it, "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." And as we all know the needs of the rulers always outweigh the the needs of the ruled.
But that load of nonsense doesn't play in Peoria anymore.
Afterward Bush smiled and shook Lowrey's hand. Bush gets it. Lowrey and the libs don't. Mike is right. They are their own worst enemy.
Even after the fiasco after the Wellstone funeral the Dems still think it an appropriate occassion to hold a political rally.
Even after the fiasco after the Wellstone funeral the Dems still think it an appropriate occassion to hold a political rally.
Being totatlitarians (or at least closet totalitarians) the Dems will politicise everything. And if they can't find something to denigrate then they will make up something out of thin air in order to denigrate for the sake of denigration.
The Plastic Turkey of Baghdad immediately comes to mind. If it were a mass produced item then certainly Ms. Pelosi or some other big name Donk would show up in front of the cameras with an identical item. (Along with the name of the manufacturer, the catalog stock number, and the price of the item.)
Of course its easy to say "plastic turkey" when one is ignorant of actual manufacturing processess. Gosh, that would imply knowledge of actual (Donks gasping here) work.
Reality does not seem to be real to them.
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