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| The Left Crows About Their Big Win |
| 2006-11-12 |
| Now that Huffington Post really believes it is relevant, I thought it would be a good idea to get a representative samplng of the left's rank and file attitudes towards the next two years The ugly American mark two is dead. Overnight six years of glib European identification of "American" with right-wing fundamentalism is over. The gun-toting, pre-Darwinian Bushite, the Tomahawk-wielding, Halliburton-loving, Beltway neo-con, damning abortion as murder and torturing Islamo-fascists has been lain to rest, and by a decision of the American people. Americans should be proud and the world should take note. The guy got six of seven right. And I suspect the appelation beltway neocon only refers to those actually in Washington DC. Absent from this graf is reference to all the other "gun-toting, pre-Darwinian Bushite, the Tomahawk-wielding, Halliburton-loving" conservatives not in DC, in stark relief by its absence. It surely must be nice that DC is the only place "gun-toting, pre-Darwinian Bushite, the Tomahawk-wielding, Halliburton-loving" necons exist; couldn't be the tens of millions elsewhere. In a high turnout the majority rejected the tenets of the religious right and of "big government" neo-conservativism. They expressed concern over the corruption and warmongering of Washington and the state of their economy in Bush's hands. For the Republicans there were no consolations. This remains a mystery to me. Religious right? Bush has said less about religion now than he did when he first started. His initiatives were stopped cold by beltway politics, but they can now say the overturning of congress is a repudiation of the religious right? And there were consolations. We get to see if the left can advance into congress with no agenda other than to retreat from Iraq. I seriously hope politics doesn't permit this because this time I will not let the left nor the right forget. In other words, in pressing for a retreat from Iraq if so much as one follicle of one "gun-toting, pre-Darwinian Bushite, the Tomahawk-wielding, Halliburton-loving" soldier gets mussed there will be hell to pay in 2008. I will as one of the old timers at Rantburg have suggested, be on the ground for a return to congress. The new congress is mandated to press ahead with a higher minimum wage, an end to pork-barrel budgeting, immigrant amnesty, energy conservation, stem cell research and radical changes to the drugs bill and welfare generally. Most of these may fall by the wayside, but they have behind them the winds of a mandate. Congress must find a way of curbing Bush's uncontrolled federal expenditure if a new Democrat president after 2008 is not to endure agonies of retrenchment. Whether Bush will decide to cooperate with such change in the hope of rescuing his floundering presidency is up to him. Certainly the only Republican of any stature, the war sceptic Senator John McCain, seems disinclined to help him. Whoa. Where to start? Firstly for a Pommie, this writer certainly did a job of expessing himself. Let's face it, immigrant amnesty is anathema to conservatives. This laundry list of goals are a non starter with the bare majority the left has, but that won't stand in the way of good invective. And it suprises me not at all that a maginal wordsmith like this guy would refer to John McCain as a "republican with any stature." The man is not even mentioned in most presidential straw polls I have seen and when he is, he has negatives higher than a Hillary-Pelosi ticket would have. The American military is know (sic) ... To quote what every editor would say "How unfortunate" this was allowed to creep into perfectly good socialist invactive. ... to want to leave and Iraqis, whether those in power welcome it or not, sense the occupation is de facto over. At such a moment insurgency knows it has won, however long it takes the occupying power to go. Retreat becomes the only option. A wretched era of American interventionism has come to an end. A new day has dawned. The mask didn't slip folks. This pussy removed it, knowing retreat will hand the Muslims a military victory. The comments are no more revealing but they are entertaining running the gamut from "Yay, we're going to lose another war to don't count your chickens yet. Posted by a "gun-toting, pre-Darwinian Bushite, the Tomahawk-wielding, Halliburton-loving" conservative Doncha love the way it sounds? |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 IOW, the DEMS > want themselves + all America = Amerika to pretend that the White House will BLOW ITSELF UP. Once again, the Motherly Commie Airborne are just lost armed tourists taking the cheap tour of NORAM-CONUS by parachuting wid guns + tanks on Washington DC. KINDLY, CARING INVADING ARMIES ARE JUST TRYING TO SAVE ON THEIR TOURIST AIRLINE MILEAGE, D *** NG IT! And Amerikan "comfort women" were all hookers and prostitutes to begin with. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-11-12 22:41 |
| #5 I hope that the Blue-dog Dems will moderate the Democratic Party Romper Room, but I'm not really hopeful. NMU has it right. If the BDD's don't fall in line, the Hildebeest and Pelosi will kick them to the curb. For them, elections are about power, and compromise, either with Trunks or their own heretics has no part of that. My greatest hope for the next two years is that Clinton and Pelosi will get into a power struggle - two prima donnas in a bottle. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-11-12 20:07 |
| #4 And here's the proof: http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/002815.html |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-11-12 19:59 |
| #3 "Hate to break it to the HuffPo ho's, but they just voted in a BIG pile of Pro-Gun Dems, with NRA grades of A & B, including 2 key ones that give them power in the senate: Tester and Webb." Don't count on it, Oldspook. The template of the modern Dem party is Bill Clinton. His sort of Trojan horse approach is the one being used by the alleged middle of the road Dems who won like Tester and Webb. The game is this - dress yourself up as credibly middle of the road, all along knowing that once you're in you'll vote for things like gun control. Clinton did this and had huge success. Others are simply doing using the same techniques to get elected themselves. Do not be shocked if all of these NRA-approved types get in and grab your guns. They can't be trusted even now, less so when the leadership says "vote this way or you'll be a one-termer. "Pro-gun dems" seems like a pretty big oxymoron, at this point. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-11-12 19:46 |
| #2 Unfortunately, I predict mass de-enlistment in the US military forces as soon as the current enlistment terms run out. I also predict these fools will press for more gun bans, an reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, waiting periods on all firearms and ammunition purchases, universal pre-school with enforcement requirements, bans on home schooling, and a helluva' lot more over the course of the next 2 years. Buy ammo now! |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-12 18:47 |
| #1 Hate to break it to the HuffPo ho's, but they just voted in a BIG pile of Pro-Gun Dems, with NRA grades of A & B, including 2 key ones that give them power in the senate: Tester and Webb. And plenty of their candidates were Pro-Life as well. Thats how they won in Red areas - they were socially conservative, and many even ran (and won!) on Repubs not being tough enough on immigration! |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-12 17:16 |