Posted on 04/29/2005 2:12:46 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The ugly truth is that Democrats habitually treat voters like children. It's the basis of their philosophy.
Who could possibly be against cutting voter fraud on election day? You'd have to be some sort of fruitcake. But when Georgia's Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue recently signed a bill to reduce voter fraud, under which voters must show a photo ID before casting their ballots, many of Georgia's black legislators stormed out in protest. ..................
For legislators to announce that getting a photo ID is too tricky for their constituents is downright amazing. Wouldn't you expect those constituents to say, "Drop dead! Stop treating us like morons!"?
......Lots of Georgia Democrats are outraged anyway. As Michelle Malkin points out on her blog, those outraged Democrats are treating their constituents like children. But actually the episode points to a bigger, deeper, uglier truth: Democrats habitually treat Americans like children.
That's the whole basis of Democratic philosophy (I use the term loosely). We'll take care of you. Leave the thinking to us. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, minority leaders of the House and Senate, respectively, — kindly Mom and Pop to a nation of intellectually limited youngsters. (But thank goodness, they love us anyway.)
How could anyone be opposed in principle to private investment accounts within Social Security? ...... after all, he wants to let you keep a great big whopping 4% of your payroll taxes in a private account instead of handing over every cent to the government. How on Earth could anyone be opposed in principle to letting taxpayers manage a minuscule fraction of their own money (their own money, dammit!) if they want to? Because private accounts violate the Infantile American Principle, so dear to Democratic hearts. Little kids should turn over their cash to the Big Smart Government for safekeeping.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Everyone I've spoke to against private accounts are anti-Bush and think that "most people" won't manage the money and fall prey to the evil stock market. The people I talked too think THEY can spend the money correctly. They also are fully aware of SS problem (they blame Congress)...and they also gripe about high taxes, which is my foot in the door.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Bump!
And Hillary with her, "I'm a goddess" stance.
This approach is central to the few remaining ideas of the Democrats, that the voters are sheep to be led by the neck, rather then persuaded by ideas. Though I doubt this visiting columnist will be invited back for another column, anytime soon.
Enough of the American population CAN think for themselves and CAN respond to facts placed on the table, that the Democrats' prospects get steadily worse as we look toward future elections. Click below for this idea as applied to (GACK) Hillary Clinton.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, " 'L.A. Chappaquiddick,' Starring Hillary Clinton."
Thanks for the LINK!
That's because they are nothing more than an ordinary bunch of naughty immature children themselves. Demoncrats NEVER grew up.
Wow, more articles like this coming out of the L.A. Times might cause me to start respecting this paper! That could be scary!
Looks like Chuck is getting the smell check here,
you know if it smells like a DUck sorta thing .. .. ..
Look at who the Dems pander to and its easy to see why they treat them like Children.
Gelertner bump!
About the author:
DAVID GELERNTER, David Gelernter is professor of computer science at Yale University and a senior fellow in Jewish thought at the Shalem Center, Jerusalem.
"The ugly truth is that Democrats habitually treat voters like children."
I noticed this (not for the first time) when listening to the Laura Ingraham show yesterday. They were playing audio clips from the Democrats little Social Security rally they held with MoveOn. Many of the speakers led the crowd in chanting nursery rhyme-like slogans such as: "It's not wise, to privatize!".
Chirchilll once said:
If you're were not a dem. when you were young you didn't have a heart.
If you were not a rep. when you got older you didn't have a brain.. .. ..
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