Dems are a one trick pony. Their trick is fear.
Dems scare the old people saying Bush will destroy social security, they scare the blacks -- telling them conservatives are racist, they scare the rich, "intellectual" elites, saying "evangelicals" will take away their freedom to screw everything and everyone on the planet.
The powerful and corrupt don't want values of decency pushed down their throats. If they're hitting up on young girls, they want the ease of abortion -- a few dollars, no responsibility. Big liberal money is fighting for "play without pay": porn, creepy movies, exploitation of cheap immigrant labor etc.
I see. So the new republican justifies fiscal irresponsibility by changing the subject to the evils of greed, power, and fornication.
Won't balance the books, but it makes a pretty good smoke screen.
Of course, this means that the new republican is nothing more than a democrat in Elmer Gantry's knickers. But hey, at least we have the chest-thumping high ground on "porn, creepy movies, and exploitation of cheap immigrant labor."
"Fear"? For sure. Did you leave out "Hatred" on purpose?