Posted on 08/09/2006 10:40:08 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
The Democrat Party died yesterday in Hartford, Connecticut. Present when this venerable institution breathed its last were a minority of the Democrats in the Nutmeg State. The Party was the child of the Republican-Democrat Party, and the Anti-Federalist Party. It leaves no known descendants. However, political parties sometimes spawn children many years after their deaths.
Is that verdict too harsh? The leaders of the Democrat Party in Washington, New York, and elsewhere, are not admitting even to a serious illness. It’s difficult to conduct a proper Irish wake when on-lookers insist on prodding the deceased to sing and dance.
These major political parties have held great power – usually including the Presidency and control of one or both Houses of Congress – only to disappear from the political stage, remembered in history books that no one reads any more: The Federalists, the Anti-Federalists, the Republican-Democrats....
Let’s review. The Democrats hold Jefferson-Jackson Dinners annually, claiming Jefferson as their progenitor. Crack open a history book. Read Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address. He founded the Republican-Democrat Party, which existed only during his two terms as President. Not only was he not a Democrat, he would have run screaming into the night rather than accept the levels of national power and taxation that modern Democrat espouse.
The Whigs, the Union Democrats, and the Liberal Republican Parties are also in the political graveyard, along with lesser-known cousins like the Anti-Masonic Party (held the first national political convention), the Know-Nothings, and the Progressives (the actual party which ran Teddy Roosevelt in 1912).
Since most reporters are grossly ignorant of American political history, they are unaware that political parties have often died, and others were born in their place. Not knowing that, they’re also unaware of the common cause of such political death. It happens when any party gets permanently crosswise from the American people on a critical issue. The Democrat Party has just crossed that divide.
Mind you, I am not making a brief for Joe Lieberman, personally. I liked and respected him when we were classmates at Yale, and when we worked together on The Yale Daily News. I supported him financially when he ran defeated Lowell Weicker for Senate. I lost all respect for Joe when he chose his party over his country, backing away from the Clinton Impeachment. (Because I thought Joe thoroughly honest, I’d written six months prior that I expected him to be the “honest Senator” as Goldwater was concerning President Nixon a quarter century before.)
But, when Joe came to that unique point where he alone could influence American history, for better or worse, Joe chose worse. No, I am not saying that the Democrat Party is dead because it failed to renominate Joe Lieberman for Senate from Connecticut. I’m saying the Party is dead because of who it did nominate, and how, for that slot.
Ned Lamont was the choice of the Connecticut Democrats. He’s a wealthy man who bought his nomination. This is a sad but spreading phenomenon in both parties. One reason I tend to distrust filthy-rich people who buy their way into office – regardless of their politics or party – is that they are disconnected from real life.
For instance, Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey simply forgave a half-million dollar mortgage on a house he bought for a lady friend. Since time immemorial, men have given gifts to women And it is true that Governor Corzine’s one-time bed mate had the additional advantage of being head of a large public service union. Still, anyone who can drop half a million dollars without blinking, for sex, politics, or both, is not living in the same world as I, or almost anyone I know.
Such people simply are not touched by worry about paying taxes, putting up with government regulation, or facing the myriad of real issues of real people. That brings us back to Ned Lamont. A prime mover in putting him into office was MoveOn.org. Rather than describe that outfit, I encourage every reader to go to their website. Read a sample of their policies; decide for yourself whether they are barking mad moonbats. While you’re at it, read up on George Soros, the eminence grise behind MoveOn, and various other financial puppet masters.
On foreign policy, Lamont follows former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, who in turn is Neville Chamberlain in drag. We are in a war. The war will to continue – and perhaps get worse – until America takes the lead worldwide, and does what is necessary to win that war. We can only hope the price for Lamont’s politics will be lower than the 50 million who died for Neville Chamberlain’s politics.
Does this assessment change, if Joe Lieberman gets elected as an “independent” come November? Not in the least. The mere nomination of Lamont shows the cut-and-run Murtha disease has now infected more than half of the Democrat Party. The only remaining questions are, how much time will it take, and how many tens of thousands, or millions of Americans, most of them civilians, will have to die before the Democrat Party as it now exists is actually buried in the history books. Only then can a more honest and competent party take its place – as has happened so often before in American history.
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." —Marcus Aurelius
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* Note to editors who might question the 1828 date. In 1824, four candidates ran as “Democrats” including Jackson who placed first without a majority, and John Quincy Adams, who placed second but won in the House of Representatives. There were two other candidates, both “Democrats.” In short, the Democrat Party did not make a nomination in 1824. In 1828, Jackson did become the (first) presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
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About the Author: John Armor is a lawyer specializing in constitutional law, who may again be a candidate for Congress in the 11th District of North Carolina.
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In 1824, all four presidential candidates ran as "Republicans", not "Democrats". For further information, read "Back to Basics for the Republican Party" the history of the GOP discussed at http://www.republicanbasics.com.
In 1824, all four presidential candidates ran as "Republicans", not "Democrats". For further information, read "Back to Basics for the Republican Party" the history of the GOP discussed at http://www.republicanbasics.com.
In 1828, the Democratic-Republican Party nominated Martin Van Buren for Vice President, but did not nominate Jackson for President, merely affirming its "satifaction" that he was running for re-election.
The Democratic-Republican Party did not change its name to the "Democratic Party" until 1940.
I'm with you. This is ridiculous. I only with this were true. I could sleep much better. If this is true, why do we have to keep fighting these traitors?
Slight correction (rushing out to a party):
No party nominated Andrew Jackson for President in 1828; he just ran for President, and his followers coalesced into what would become the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1832, the Democratic-Republican Party nominated Martin Van Buren for Vice President, but did not nominate Jackson for President, merely affirming its "satifaction" that he was running for re-election.
The Democratic-Republican Party did not change its name to the "Democratic Party" until 1840.
Beautiful, John. Thanks!
What I can't understand,is why it's so impossible for the "PEACE NOW" retards to see that even if this country did somehow become suicidal and lay down arms against terrorists,the terrorists wouldn't lay down arms! They'd just take quick advantage of our stupidity. Both sides have to put the weapons down for a war to end. They can't be that stupid. Are they that masochistic?
This war could be won rather handily,if politics and political correctness weren't in the mix. There needs to be a supreme military leader with the reasonable power to make military decisions,with military goals in mind. Kind of like Eisenhower.The media needs to be gotten off the necks of the military-they can't do their job,which is to defeat the enemy and keep what they gain,when the media is breathing down their necks to make sure they provide Charmin instead of sandpaper to prisoners,or to make them afraid to shoot at someone reasonably assessed,in the time there is,to be an enemy.
Political correctness is killing this country-just think of the difference between the propoganda used in WWII,and what papers such as the New York Traitor print now. There were images of Hitler,Mussolini,and Tojo,not to mention their soldiers,that would get someone thrown in jail now. After we'd won that war,most Americans didn't have-for very long,anyway-any deep abiding hate for any of those peoples. In fact-Marshall Plan! It helped us,sure,but we'd have made it anyway-we didn't have to do that.
Today's versions of Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw-Haw would be interviewed,and their points of view "objectively" presented by our "impartial" media.
What happened?
How can they not admit that the security and saftey and viability of their own country and people isn't worth fighting for? That's why it's not just rhetoric,from me,when I say that for some unfathomable reason,these people HATE this country.
It may be premature to announce the death of the Dem Party in the letter,but the spirit of the Dem party as it was known has been dead a while. The rot crept in with FDR,communist infiltrators,the rot became obvious in the Sixties,and now that party is rotted. The moonbat left is now kicking the rotted pieces and not seeing them fall. they think that they're "taking over" something. But they've destroyed it. When they have it,it will be something else. My wish is that those who consider themselves "moderates" and vote Dem sometimes,could see just who and what is really deciding the "principles" of that party.They'd be shocked. Lamont is only one race,but it could be a harbinger(depending on how realistic the looney left is when he loses,and we know about THAT already.)of where the Dem party is headed-I mean one that's blatant enough for those "moderates" to see just who they've been sleeping with. People like the DUmmies may not be the majority of Dems,but they're the activists-at least,people who think like them.
I'm just curious as to where those who were "moderate" Dems will go when the rat party expires,or morphs? I want numbers for the Republican party,but we need more conservatives,not even more dilution. Maybe some of those people will be shocked enough at what they've seen that they'll change a few of their positions.
I consider myself woefully politically underinformed(though I can defend my core beliefs and why I am a conservative),and I'm even surprised at how little other grown,not unintelligent people know politically. It matters,because if they only knew anything,they'd NEVER vote Dem! And if they already vote Republican for some reason,they could never be easily swayed by spin and scare tactics,as uninformed voters can so easily be. Like the "Big Oil" lie being put out right now. I just got further informed myself somewhat about that one right here at FR. And I got enough info to check it for myself,because if someone were getting (mis)informed at the DUmmie site,I'd pray they do the same. But I'd hope that the obvious lunacy over there would've been a clear clue anyway,LOL.
Zell Miller must be sad at seeing the Rat party become the refuge of traitors and scoundrels-at least FDR would defend America,and wasn't a coward about it.
May they die a quick death.
This is not the first time that the Democratic Party had the infamy of being "the refuge of traitors and scoundrels". During the Civil War, all Confederates and all of their northern collaborators (the Copperheads) were Democrats.
The Republican Party would benefit tremendously from learning its history. See http://www.republicanbasics.com for more information.
Zell Miller, though nominally a Democrat, is from the hills of northern Georgia, where people tended to be Unionist patiots during the Civil War and Republicans during Reconstruction.
Zell Miller, though nominally a Democrat, is from the hills of northern Georgia, where people tended to be Unionist patriots during the Civil War and Republicans during Reconstruction.
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