Democrats have found religion

In the early 1960s there was a perfume commercial on television whose tag line read. “Promise her anything...but give her Lanvin.” It would appear that in wooing the electorate the Democrats are promising the voters anything in order to be able to give them their agenda.

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The past two weeks have seen some really uncharacteristic emanations from the mouths of Democrat politicians. First, there was the reaction to the Supreme Courts ruling that Washington, DC’s handgun ban was unconstitutional, as it contravened the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The Dems’ praise of the Supremes’ decision was nearly deafening, as even old line nanny state advocates like Sen. Patrick Leahy (D, Vermont) blathered on about the importance of preserving the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Barack Obama was nearly rapturous in his praise for the decision. Then there was Obama’s speech about the importance of patriotism. He lauded the men and women of America’s armed forces who unselfishly serve the nation and encouraged all Americans to do the same. He even went on to urge Americans who are not in the armed forces to serve the nation’s best interests, all the while sporting an American flag pin on his lapel. Obama also went on to praise Americans’ religious convictions and talked about the importance of faith in preserving American families. Far be it from me to disagree with the Democrats in their pursuit of striking the right chord among voters. What concerns me is that the things I’m hearing from that side of the aisle are usually things supported by conservative Republicans and generally opposed by the Dems. Aren’t the Democrats on record as being in favor of stricter gun controls, of more onerous regulations governing handguns and using things like outright gun bans to “fight crime”? Wasn’t that a key policy platform in the 2004 elections, one against which the NRA mobilized its forces? The talk about patriotism also rings hollow, particularly in light of the Democrat party’s opposition to the President’s initiatives to protect the nation from further acts of terrorism. Congressional Democrats have fought the Administration tooth and nail in efforts to stymie the President’s anti-terrorism initiatives. Wasn’t it Harry Reid who bragged about killing the Patriot Act? And what have they offered as an alternative? Nothing! Finally, the issue of faith has now also earned the blessings of the Democrats. As I recall it, the Dems were positively foaming at the mouth against “the religious right” during the last election cycle. As recently as six weeks ago, the Dems’ presidential candidate was railing against the subhuman morons who “cling” to religion because they don’t have a brain nuanced enough to see things in the same way the Democrats do. These shifts in position feel like a bill of goods, something that emerged from an intensive series of focus groups charged with finding out how to make Americans buy the Democrats’ snake oil. If voters want to know where the Democratic presidential candidate really stands, all it takes is a review of the things he proclaimed in San Francisco when talking about blue-collar workers who cling to religion, their guns and are suspicious of immigrants. All it takes is to listen to the sermons preached by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright when he stated that God should “damn America”. The candidate of “Hope and Change” has made some not so subtle shifts in his quest for power, as have his fellow Democrats. And like the Lanvin commercial of yesteryear advised, they’ll promise you anything, but will give you a heavy dose of socialism.