Bush bashing is not really about Bush

FPM ^ | 7/29/04 | David Horowitz

[swilhelm73]

Many observers of the Democratic convention have noted how the Democrats managed to get their Bush-bashing under control. Of course, it's all relative. Their principal speakers accused Bush of being unpatriotic, of lying to send Americans to their (needless) deaths ("I will not be a president who misleads..." was the way Kerry put it) and of letting the Saudis run the war against terror -- shades of the convention's biggest celebrity, Michael Moore. So the under-control facade was no more than a cosmetic understating of their standard vicious and unprincipled attacks (and don't you love how they whine about Republicans conducting a negative campaign),

But it is a cardinal mistake to presume this ferocious near-psychotic hate is all about George Bush. Every individual has personality traits that can become irritating given the right surrounding cirumstances. So his famous smirk can seem smug, his humor callous, his religious faith threateningly intolerant for those who dislike him for other reasons. Which is precisely the point. Jimmy Carter's faith, or Jesse Jacksons for that matter, never cause Democrats the slightest concern. That's because they are leftists who share the Democrats now dominant antagonism to American purposes. For that is what the Bush-bashing is really about -- the Democrats hatred of the war on terror. All the boilerplate baloney of the Democratic convention, the military salutes, the bravado about winning the war on terror was so much smoke in the eyes designed to cover up this basic fact. The Democrats do not accept that we are at war with radical Islam and a loose confederation of terrorist states which includes Iran, Syria, the Palestinian Authority and the non-Islamic dictatorship of North Korea. Nor do they want to recognize that France is not an ally and the UN, a moral cesspool, is a collection of tyrannies dominated by the double-dealing anti-American League of Arab states (yes, we deal with them, but that is because a divided nation, which is what we are, cannot fight them all at once, nor would it be smart to do so).

Unwillingness to recognize these facts is why the Democrats hate John Ashcroft, ridicule Tom Ridge and want Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld removed. But there is a deeper reason as well. Radical Islam shares the fundamental attitudes towards America of the radical left and is in a defacto alliance with the radical left (as I will show in a book called Unholy Alliance to be published by Regnery in September). This radical left is now deeply entrencehd in the Democratic Party. One radical leftist organization the SEIU is contributing $64 million to the Democratic presidential campaign this year. The stranglehold the left has on the Democratic Party was evident in the roster of stars at the party convention: Sharpton, Kennedy, Carter, Teresa and Moore. But it is the rise of extra-party fund-raising organizations like the radically left Moveon.org combined with the radical government unions (SEIU, AFSCME, NEA) that reflect what has really happened to the Democratic Party. Here is the judgment of a remarkable story that appeared in last Sunday's New York Times ("Wiring the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy" by Matt Bai):

"It is not unthinkable that the privatization of Democratic politics is a step toward institutional obsolescence. People like Andy Rappaport and Jonathan Soros might succeed in revitalizing progressive politics -- while at the same time destroying what we now call the Democratic Party. What seems all but certain is that the future of Democratic politics will more closely resemble MoveOn.org than it will resemble anything that happens on the convention floor in Boston." This is a warning about the influence of the radical left from a more moderate left. Conservatives and Democrats who do not share the anti-American agendas of the radical left should take note. The hatred is not about George Bush or John Ashcroft. Every Republican who opposes the left, every American who opposes the left -- and does so effectively -- will be the target of this hate. It is not personal. It is political and the sooner the rest of us wake up to that fact, the better we will be able to oppose them.

[Rocko]

Reference bump.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Radical Islam shares the fundamental attitudes towards America of the radical left and is in a defacto alliance with the radical left"

I've been saying this for two years, but it does need some qualification. The ultimate goals of radical Islam and the radical left do not coincide; what they agree on is hatred of the modern, capitalist, bourgeois West. The secular left is foolish enough that it thinks it can collaborate with radical Islam in destroying the West yet somehow co-opt or outflank Islam at the end of the game. But they are wrong; the Islamists would crush them if it ever comes to that point.

[swilhelm73]

I would argue that the Left just plain doesn't understand Islamism to begin with.

Listen to leftists rant about how poverty, income inequality, colonialism, etc cause terror to see this ignorance, and it is willful ignorance, writ large.

[NurdlyPeon]

Boy, I almost hate to say this, but the article makes sense. But I guess that means that the Democrats hate me too (swelling with pride).

[livius]

Islam has frequently made "alliances" with internal parties in order to advance its goal of conquest. In fact, the Muslims first came to Spain upon the invitation of a Christian king who hired an army of them to attack one of his rivals. As soon as they landed, they turned around and attacked him and, in fact, all of the Christians and Jews of Spain. The only thing that could be said in the defense of this king is that it was fairly common for kings to hire foreign armies to fight their battles, and because Islam was at that point a very recently founded "religion," they didn't understand the threat.

In the case of the left, their hatred of the West is blinding them to the threat. Plus, of course, some of them, such as Carlos the Jackal, are converting to Islam and see to quite enjoy the thought, because it appeals to their violent, authoritarian natures.

[oblomov]

The motto of the 60s radical feminists was, "the personal is the political". This is why the left are so personally vindictive. Their political causes are the central feature of their identities. The right has been historically apolitical, until recently...

[hobson]

This pretty much sums it up. In pursuit of the object of peace, each step leads them closer to the cliff where their fate awaits them.

[jeffc]

"Radical Islam shares the fundamental attitudes towards America of the radical left and is in a defacto alliance with the radical left"

I was wondering about that statement, too. Your comments expanded on it very well.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I would argue that the Left just plain doesn't understand Islamism to begin with."

I agree. As materialists, the left does not take religion seriously as a motivating factor in human behavior. The left believes that religion is always a smokescreen for other factors - economic, political, and material factors, and that by adjusting these other factors, you adjust religion. Now, there is an element of truth in this, i.e., religious fanaticism can be exacerbated by economic and social factors, but the left ignores the fact that there remains an element of "pure" religious content even when these other factors are taken into account. There is a hard core of Islamic terrorists who will not be swayed by any considerations other than religious ones. They will kill us, or we will kill them.

[GSWarrior]

I suggest that this barrage against Bush is little more than payback by the liberals for what they perceive to be Conservatives destroying the legacy of Bill Clinton. "How dare they not genuflect to Billy Jeff. We'll show 'em."

It's as if Central Casting sent them a perfect whipping boy--a ex-oilman conservative from Texas who is not the most eloquent of speakers. Add the "stolen" election and it's wet dream time for them.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I suggest that this barrage against Bush is little more than payback by the liberals for what they perceive to be Conservatives destroying the legacy of Bill Clinton. "How dare they not genuflect to Billy Jeff. We'll show 'em."

I think you are partially correct, insofar as you are talking about the less ideological elements in the Democratic Party. But the further left you go in the party, when you get to the real movers and shakers, I think the factors that Horowitz talks about come into the forefront.

[marron]

The ultimate goals of radical Islam and the radical left do not coincide; what they agree on is hatred of the modern, capitalist, bourgeois West.

Exactly. They don't agree with each other's goals, but they agree on us. And each believe they can use the other. The war between them would come after we are gone.

This is what makes the argument so laughable that secular muslim fascists and wahabs can't work together, sunni and shia fascists can't work together, Persian and Arab fascists can't work together, against all evidence that they are doing just that. Its worse; muslim fascism has found an ally in the European and American nihilist left.

They agree on Bush and they agree on us.

[Gorzaloon]

Every Republican who opposes the left, every American who opposes the left -- and does so effectively -- will be the target of this hate. It is not personal. It is political and the sooner the rest of us wake up to that fact, the better we will be able to oppose them.

This evening, on my way home from Work (I work, since I am a Republican), I saw ahead of me, a Jaguar had pulled over by the roadside. Being a Jag owner and enthusiast, I am very familar with the XJ6 and XJ 40's, and slowed down and began pulling over to see if I could help.

Then I saw the "RE-DEFEAT BUSH" sticker on the bumper.

I ...looked.. at the driver, accelerated and drove away.

If one wants to alienate half the country that is their right, I suppose.

[inquest]

Bump

[dasboot]

But they are wrong; the Islamists would crush them if it ever comes to that point.

Mebbe not: in the final battle the lefties would nuke the Wahhabi world and end all life on earth.

"If we greenie peacenik socialists can't have the world, no one can." (the commies owe their continued existence to conservative "hawks" and other sapient, rational beings...ironic)

[longtermmemmory]

The left is not blind.

The left intends to use islam and then they think they can control the demon into submission.

Like all fools who release evil they think they can control, the left will be first up for being lunch.

[expatpat]

If there is an alliance, it is an uneasy one. The Islamists hate atheism, feminism, and sexual promiscuity, all key tenets of the leftist Faith.

[maica]

Yet the hard left in America treat their own beliefs as a religion. Because they do not focus on a God but on power/control/elitism, they do not acknowledge that liberalism is a religion.

They are trying to purge America from any influence of Christianity, which they see as a competitor for the hearts and minds of the electorate. They do not see Islam as threatening, I believe, because of the old adage, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[RatSlayer]

RE: "The secular left is foolish enough that it thinks it can collaborate with radical Islam in destroying the West yet somehow co-opt or outflank Islam at the end of the game."

In my opinion, the vast majority of the secular-left doesn't think far enough ahead to even consider the end game. They are mostly mental midgets that are unable to think beyond the current move.