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2004-10-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Frank G 2004-10-30 15:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Great KerrySpot commentary - but should've gone to Pg 2....

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-30 3:46:35 PM|| 2004-10-30 3:46:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The far left hates George W. Bush with a raging fury. So does al-Qaeda. Was it really so shocking that the rhetoric of the former would eventually be taken up by the latter? No, this tape should cause many on the left to stare into the mirror for a long time and ask, âWhat have I turned into? How did I become so reflexively partisan, so blinded by rage, so intemperate in my rhetoric that my own arguments are being echoed by a man who planned and enjoyed the mass murder of Americans?â âHow the hell did I reach the point where I agree with Osama bin Laden on Bush?â

A few-- a very few-- will ask themselves that question, but not enough to make a difference.

At this point, I doubt there is any way the damage caused by the Democrats' cynical decision to exploit the energy of its extreme Left wing can be undone: in just 37 short months, they've managed to take us from 9/12/01 all the way back to 1968, the Days of Rage, and the Moratorium. And if they go much farther, they will be taking us to the brink of civil war.

It's possible to speculate on the possibility of Democrats doing some serious soul-searching in the wake of a defeat four days from now, and perhaps finding their way back to a coherent, centrist stance typified by Joe Lieberman or Zell Miller, or even Bill Clinton. But I don't think it will happen, for the hate-America Left appears to be in charge now and the blood-letting after the election will only solidify their control over the Democratic Party.

And 2006 and 2008 will be even worse.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-10-30 4:09:12 PM|| 2004-10-30 4:09:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The country is divided into thre parts. Ds, Rs, and those in the middle. The Ds and Rs fight over the middle to get just enough to win elections.

The bitterness is due to the realization by the D's that they no longer have a large enough base or a sufficient group of the middle they can attract and are now the default minority not the majority. Politics is their religion and it has let them down.

Their shrillness and bitterness about this new reality is only offending more of those in the middle. That is why Bush has been very smart in not rising to the partisan baiting as the Ds hope and the Rs urge. The Ds may win in 2008, but it will not last, especially after the 2010 census sends more power to the sunbelt. And if large numbers of blacks and Jews desert the Ds, they'll have real problems. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of clowns.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-30 5:57:27 PM|| 2004-10-30 5:57:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Mrs. Davis. With all due respect...not if Guiliani or the Terminator run :D.

Posted by Ol_Dirty_American 2004-10-30 6:38:44 PM|| 2004-10-30 6:38:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Just came from a liberal site that actually has posters praising Osama. The Left is unable to think apperently.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-30 6:49:30 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-30 6:49:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 No Sock Puppet, that's when they become evil.

Posted by Ol_Dirty_American 2004-10-30 8:01:45 PM|| 2004-10-30 8:01:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I hope the author is right but I am not sure. FOX has had polls that show the Bush numbers down and Kerry up after the release of the tape. I am not so confidant that this country has the stomach for the fight anymore. Thirty some years of socialist/leftist school system, the media, and the general decline in the culture make me more than a little scared this Halloween eve.

Posted by Sgt. D.T. 2004-10-30 8:26:33 PM|| 2004-10-30 8:26:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Demographics work agains the D's.

1) Young people don't stay young and gullible forever. And a new generation of veterans is coming out now, who know the truth and know what evil is because they have faced it, rifle in hand. I know that changed me a dozen years ago, and before that in Panama.

2) The hard core, most left-wing selfish generation, the baby boomers, are starting to die off and thier self-righteous, US hating politics are dying with them. God have mercy on them when they have to face their final judgement.

3) Abortion will have an effect. Those who support it and practice it are not having enough children to meet the replacement rate. Those who oppose it are growing because they dont kill their children.

Thats why everyone hated the Catholics when they first arrived - they were scared prolific (usually Irish and Italian) Catholics would out-reproduce the protestants.

So things may not be as dire as they look.

And hatred is very destructive - and tends to turn inward on itself if it cannot be acted on externally. The Republicans found this out with the shrillness of some of the Far Right back in 92. The Dems never seemed to learn the lesson.

The "Hate Bush", "Hate Religion", "Hate Conservative" bunch that is gooning things up now and vomiting bile (as is a large part of the MSM) will soon eat itself up if it is fought resolutely and defeated soundly. The collapse will be ugly unless there is someone to step in and pul the Democrat party back into the sanity of central moderatism. Maybe Lieberman. Maybe Gephardt in some ways (populist).

What the Dem party needs is a Scoop Jackson or Sam Nunn to step to the forefront and denounce the demagogery of Michael Moore and his bomb-throwing ilk, and rampant left-wing orthodoxy that is destroying the Dem party.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-10-30 9:18:20 PM|| 2004-10-30 9:18:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 OS's #2 is the key, but it isn't going to happen soon. If Kerry wins, they will stay in power. If Kerry loses, they will spend the next four years dreaming of Hillary leading them to victory. Either way, they are going to end up spending time in the wilderness. They will pull out only when the boomer generation leaves power, but that will not be for 10 years.

I would disagree that the boomers are the most left-wing selfish generation. There are plenty of boomer Rs. But boomers are the most polarized generation with a far left leadership cadre annointed by the Greatest Generation.

As to the selfishness of the boomers, I am waiting to see how they resolve the Social Security/Medicare debacle. I suspect they will not be seen as selfish when they end their years in poverty at a rate not seen among the elderly for 60 years.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-30 9:40:54 PM|| 2004-10-30 9:40:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 There are some good Democrats - including some I might have been able to vote for had the LLL's allowed them to get nominated. Lieberman's definitely at the top of this list, but unfortunately, the combination of the party's "peace-at-any-price" theology coupled with the anti-Semitism that's become so fashionable among the Chardonnay Socialist set, made him a nonstarter this year. Keep your eyes on guys like Sen. Evan Bayh (IN) and Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (TN), both of whom I've seen on Fox News appearing very sane, pragmatic and pro-defense. If sKerry loses, look for a HUGE power struggle among the Donks, the new realists like Bayh and Ford vs. the Michael Moore wing. Hillary? I think her heart's with the Moore faction, so the next couple of years should make for very interesting political theater.

I'm trying not to think of a Kerry win and the obvious consequences. I will say one thing - if he stays true to type and weakens our readiness, and we suffer another mass-casualty attack on US soil, I want to see journalists hanging from lampposts all across the country.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2004-10-30 10:53:34 PM|| 2004-10-30 10:53:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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