Last week I heard a sound bite of Dennis Kucinich ranting about america's "illegal occupation" of Iraq and it dawned on me that the Democrats have fully and wholeheartedly adopted an agenda that embraces the destruction of america. I arrived at this conclusion not specifically because of what Kucinich said, but because the Democrats appear to have lost all sense of perspective when it comes to current world realities.
"No war for oil" and "Bush lied; people died" are snappy short slogans that are essentially meaningless. The bottom line is the Democratic Party hasn't had a new or original idea in nearly 40 years and that's why they will remain in the wilderness, no matter how low Bush's ratings fall.
The Democrats appear to be relying on events over which they have little or no control to transpire and bring them back into power. Recently Chuck (the Rat) Schumer had a hemorrhage on the Senate floor because Karl Rove wasn't indicted along with Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame affair. He demanded that there be a Senate investigation into why Rove wasn't indicted when he, as well as all the other Democrats were sure Rove was guilty. Surely, Schumer must have thought, Patrick Fitzgerald is on the take. Why else would he have Rove testify before the grand jury and then choose not to indict him? Why Schumer thought he had the power to call for a Senate investigation is anyone's guess, as the Senate has no oversight power over a Grand Jury investigation or independent prosecutors charged with investigating allegations of criminal behavior.
Whenever good news comes out of Iraq, such as it did recently with the death of abu Musab-al Zarqawi, the Democrats go into a tailspin of wailing and teeth gnashing that rivals even the most virulent lamentations emanating from Dante's ninth circle of hell. Democratic Senators such as John Kerry (and Congressmen like the above-mentioned Kucinich as well as Jack Murtha) insist that they don't care if we are winning in Iraq; we need to get out as soon as humanly possible.
Then there's the stand-up shtick many Democrats do about the GOP's "culture of corruption" hoping that they can convince voters all Republicans are crooks. Only problem the Democrats have is that their ranks include people like Ted Kennedy, captain of the Chappaquiddick swim team and Congressman William Jefferson, (D) Louisiana, who attempted to engage the assistance of rescue officials in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to salvage a suitcase filled with cash whose origins the FBI is currently wondering about. I think there are some parables about people who live in glass houses or pots calling kettles greasy the Democrats may be well advised to reacquaint themselves with. after all, the stink of corruption has sullied both parties and in many cases the Dems more seriously than the Republicans.
The Democrats seem to rejoice at news that the economy is slipping or that over 2,500 american soldiers have laid down their lives in Iraq and they positively hyperventilate at polls that show the President's popularity is in single digits. What they don't seem to understand is that the bad news for america or the President is not necessarily good news for them. George W. Bush's unpopularity does not automatically translate itself into a Democratic boost at the polls.
The only Democrat who appears to understand that the party is in the hara-kiri mode is Hillary Clinton, whose fluidity is making her ever more unpopular among voters. Those on the left of the Democratic Party, i.e. their mainstream, see Hillary as a sell-out with all her talk of moderation, supporting the troops and being in favor of national security. Those in the rest of the country see a woman desperately attempting to hold on to the possibility of achieving the Presidency by changing her position to suit popular opinion.
If you think back to all the Presidents over the past 50 years who were Democrats, only two stand out as having left a positive legacy, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy's legacy was more one of form rather than substance, as his administration evoked shades of Camelot, the once and future kingdom. Johnson, on the other hand, initiated The Great Society, which Democrats are lauding as a major achievement to this day. The other two Democratic Presidents were absolute duds. We can thank God that Jimmy Carter was voted out of office before he could complete his plan to turn america into a third-world swamp water and Bill Clinton, hey, he's Bill Clinton and so long as he had enough interns to satisfy his ravenous appetites, the country could run itself.
What the Democratic Party in america needs is a NEW IDEa, a subtlety that seems to be lost on the likes of Patrick Leahy and Nancy Pelosi and most other Democratic luminaries. So long as the Dems continue attempting to gain political advantage from america's misfortunes and so long as they continue to entertain the kooky ideas of their lunatic fringe leadership, the Dems will continue to reap the bitterest of harvests.
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