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| Extremism and Ben Stein; Trial Lawyers as Candidates |
| 2004-08-30 |
| By Orson Scott Card Once upon a time, the Democratic Party stood for moderation, rejecting both the extreme Left and extreme Right. That was back when far more Americans considered themselves to be Democrats than Republicans. You'd think that Democratic leaders would realize that their party started its drastic slide from political dominance when control of the party was seized by the politically correct. But how could the leadership notice this? The leadership consists of the very people whose seizure of power caused the problem. Following the standard pattern of ideologues everywhere, they are convinced that the solution to the problem they caused is to get more power so they can do it even more. It's the same disease that afflicts the education establishment. Hmmm ... let's see ... untested theories, district-wide conformity, destruction of small neighborhood schools, union control of hiring and firing — those contributed to our problems. So the solution? More theories! More conformity! More consolidation! Stronger teachers' unions! Likewise, in the name of diversity, the Democratic Party has ceased to be diverse. Its money comes from Hollywood, trial lawyers and the steadily diminishing trade unions. Almost completely. Its ideology comes out of paranoia and fanaticism and new religions that pretend not to be religions, like Environmentalism and Multiculturalism. And its political methods come straight from Joe McCarthy. Rest of column at the link |
| Posted by:Trub |
| #1 Don't forget the other new religion, Olympianism. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-08-30 3:48:10 PM |