We’re currently witnessing a turning point in
Democrats always ignore the lessons of history, but one lost lesson is contributing more than others to their current struggle. In bringing the party together, Democrats relied on a shared loathing of George W. Bush for their cohesion. The American nation made the same mistake during the Cold War, relying on mutual hatred for the Soviet Union to be the focal point of tenuous alliances with nations like
The problem with these sorts of alliances is that once the bogeyman is gone, the alliance falls apart.
In the 2000’s, while Democrats were uniting under their hatred of President Bush, Republicans were unraveling in their own right. Since 1993-94, Republicans had built a coalition based on the strongest things that can bind people: firm and concise ideals. These ideals include dedication to a free market, limited government, and personal responsibility, with the government providing freedom and the generous hearts of individuals meeting their brother’s humanitarian needs.
But, even a coalition founded on ideals can dissolve when those ideals are ignored by the people elected to uphold them.
Beginning in 2006 and continuing through 2008, a Democratic Congress and Progressive President were elected by latching on to Republican hypocrisy while espousing platitudes of “Hope and Change” and demonizing any Republican who supported a single policy of President Bush. Who can blame Americans for voting for Obama, after all, much of the media hid Obama’s true character. Additionally, he’s a smooth talker who knew that the coalition wasn’t united because of his agenda and he therefore played the role of empty vessel, allowing Americans to see in him whatever their personal ideas of “Hope and Change” were.
But now, President Bush is gone and the many moderate and main-stream Democrats, who simply wanted anyone but a Republican, are growing terrified as they learn more about the fringe Progressives they united with.
These Americans are waking up to the reality that the Democratic Party is being controlled by socialist-minded Progressives. Mainstream Americans are furious at what Progressives, led by Obama, want to reshape
“Wait a minute… during a recession, you’re going to impose an expensive energy tax on me to save ‘mother Earth’, when global warming is currently being debunked as a fraud?”
“Wait a minute… during a recession, you’re going to run a deficit of nearly $1,600,000,000,000 (that’s $1.6 trillion), spent largely on stimulus spending? Obama called it an emergency and promised that ‘There’s not enough time to read the bill, trust me that this stimulus will keep unemployment from reaching 8%.’ Isn’t unemployment now nearly 10% and rather than create sustainable jobs the stimulus just enlarges fringe Progressive programs?"
“Wait a minute… Social Security may run out of money in as few as two years, Medicare is failing too, and the comparatively tiny Cash for Clunkers program was an administrative disaster, but you think the government should run health care for every American and make participation mandatory?”
Average Americans, including Democrats, are taking to the streets and their town hall meetings because they are scared and angry that the Progressive fringe controlling the federal government is dissolving American ideals and pushing Socialism down their throats.
While the Democratic Party fractures, the Progressive fringe is allowing for Conservative ideals to be clearly and beautifully contrast against their Socialist vision for
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I think we should go to the zoo and look at the animals. All the monkeys, bears, camels, giant turtles. Sound good?
I agree. The Dems are imploding. And I like your blog name. :-)
Seems to me that the most widely held values that are constantly pushed are the "family values". And these are pushed by right wing politicians that are out poking everything in sight, except their wives. I try to stay seated when they're around as I don't want them to whip out their "values." I say keep on thinking that the Dems are imploding and never ask yourselves "what has the repulican party done for me personally?" You won't like the answer if you're not rich and white and old.
I'm so glad I'm Canadian. Most of us don't give a shat about the government.
Ridiculous. Both parties are imploding. The idea that Obama is left wing at all is absurd. People seem to think that if someone is referred to as leftist enough times that makes it so. Obama is centrist at the very least. The implosion, on both sides, is being caused by Government selling itself on the cheap to any special interest with enough green to turn its head (who, precisely, do you think wants participation in PRIVATE health care plans mandatory? Use your head). This is 99% true for Republicans and about 90% true for democrats (though it's more than high enough to say "completely bought" in both cases). Ultimately, the plurality of people start paying attention when they feel the heat in their checkbook. The hope, on both sides, of the political spectrum should be that ALL Americans regain control through the democratic process before Wall Street manages to completely crash the country into the drink. We can disagree on issues like Gay Marriage, Abortion, etc. but I have a hard time imagining that anyone wants corporations and financial institutions subverting our collective will. In summation, stop blathering about all this pseudo-strategic political talking point claptrap.
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