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| "I find your lack of faith . . . totally understandable." |
| 2008-11-01 |
| Marc Cooper, LA Weekly The author is a typical Lefty loon, but amazingly clear-eyed about a few things. Hope, says the dictionary, is about our desires. Faith, on the other hand, is about confidence. I've got tons of the former. And damn near none of the latter. So if Obama offers hope, I'll take what I can get. When Obama is sworn into office, it will officially mark much more than just the election of America's first black president (a minor miracle in itself). More than one more peaceful transition of power between the parties (something we take all too much for granted). And much more than what is shaping up to be an electoral landslide (a much-deserved comeuppance). Obama's hand on the Bible will jump-start an entire new historical epoch, one that is already under way. We just don't know what it is, or what we will call it, much less what it will bring. That's where I start to run a little short on faith. . .We'll skip the long, gratuitous Reagan- and Palin-bashing orgy and get to the fun part. When the New Deal era collapsed, the Reaganites were fully loaded and ready to boldly step in. But who's ready this time to fill the void? Did I miss something, or have Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid quietly, patiently and methodically been building a movement over the last 20 years that is ready -- from Day One, as has become the cliché -- to reinvent and resurrect American politics on the ashes of the failed conservative movement? Let's face it, the Democrats performed shamefully at the onset of the Bush administration, its congressional leadership more or less meekly folding itself into the president's war cabinet. The 2004 Kerry campaign was a political shambles. And as late as 2006, the Democrats won back Congress almost exclusively because they were not the Republicans. That victory had sweet little to do with any proactive moves by the Dems. Does anyone seriously think the Democratic establishment is really prepared to govern effectively, as the global economic crisis deepens (as it surely will)? . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 I think both parties are probably going to have to scrap off the fat and drive in a new direction. The last few years we've seen the party almost merge into one identity and spend the Heck out of money. The RNC needs to wake up and start back to their conservative roots and the DNC will continue to be the illuminati party of the elities and use the media to attack anyone who stands against them, using double standards whenever possible. |
| Posted by: Welder Man 2008-11-01 12:50 |
| #3 However, no matter what happens in the election, the Democrat party is set for a major purge. If Obama wins, he promises to purge the Democrat moderates, namely Hillary and the DLC. If Obama loses, Hillary will be the head of the party, and will purge the Moonbats like Empress Theodora purged the blues. In either case, the Democrats will be crippled in the next election, so if Obama is elected, he will only have two years to screw things up, and probably less, since the Democrat moderates will join with the Republicans to thwart his schemes. Being a political novice, Obama has no debts or credits on the hill, so the price for him doing anything will be exorbitant. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-11-01 09:47 |
| #2 democrats don't lead, they steal from the coffers in the name of the children. |
| Posted by: Betty 2008-11-01 09:47 |
| #1 The Democrats have shown us how they lead in the Senate, the House, and the Presidental Primary process over the last two years. Need I say more? |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-11-01 09:31 |