Paradise: We Can Dream, Can't We? (View from 2050 of extinction of the Democrat party - clever)

Private Email | FEBRUARY 28, 2005 | Unknown

[CHARLITE]

The year: 2050

The setting: A grandfather and his grandson visiting a Museum of Natural History on a beautiful Saturday afternoon somewhere in middle America.

"Oh great, this is it. Follow me, Jeffrey. I want to show you something you will never forget.”

“Who are all these people, Grandpa?”

“These people are Democrats?”

“Demo-what?”

“Democrats. Liberal Democrats from the late Twentieth and early Twenty-First Centuries.”

“What happened to them?”

“They became extinct at their own hand, son.”

“How?”

“Well for one, after decades of empty promises, it became apparent to American voters that Democrats never solved any problems, they just created more. By the end of their reign, they weren't even making promises any longer; they were just blaming Republicans for everything. Their negative campaigning finally caught up with them and by 2020 they were all voted out of office.”

“Who's that?”

“Oh, her. That's Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was First Lady and a Senator from New York. She ran for President, but failed – twice. It was more than her ego could take and she lived out her years a sullen, mean, bitter old woman. Not unlike her real personality, actually."

“How about him?”

“That's Tom Daschle. Boy, did they do a good job capturing his facial expression. See the look of concern on his face? He was famous for always being ‘concerned’ about issues. But the funny thing was, he was never concerned enough to do anything about them. And when Republicans tried, Daschle stood in the way. He is remembered as a one-man roadblock against everything President Bush tried to do. That is until he became the first Senate leader in more than fifty years to lose reelection.”

“President Bush. I learned about him in school. Didn't he win the War on Terror?”

“Yep, that's him.”

“My teacher said he was a great man.”

“He was, Jeffrey.”

“The Hollywood Wing. Let's go in here, Grandpa!”

“Boy, does this bring back memories. And boy, am I glad the days of celebrity know it alls are over! It sure is nice to watch an actor act and a singer sing and not have to endure their soap box ranting every four years.”

“Soap box ranting?”

“Yeah, back in the 1990s and early 2000s, celebrities thought it was their duty to tell others how to vote. And heaven help you if you didn't listen. Take 2004. George W. Bush won reelection and the celebrities who opposed him had a hissy fit that makes your two-year old sister's fits look tame by comparison. Thank goodness they finally got the message that they should entertain us and that’s it. It took years of declining record sales, TV ratings, and box office sales, but they finally got the hint. You don't see today's stars telling you how to live your life, do you?”

“No way.”

“Hey Jeffrey, let's go in here next – The Mainstream Media Display.”

“Wow. Look at all these old guys. Who are they, Grandpa?”

“Let's see. There's Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. They used to anchor the nightly news on ABC and CBS.”

“You mean people used to get their news from network television?”

“Hard to believe, isn't it? And over here we have some old newspapers: the New York Times and the Washington Post.”

“Look at how yellow they are.”

“That's because they're old. They haven't been in circulation for more than 25 years.”

“Wanna go in the next room, Grandpa? It's the Failed Democrat Presidential Candidates wing.”

“Oh, I wouldn't miss that one for anything. Let's go.”

“

We learned about this guy in school. Al Gore, right?”

“That's right. Talk about a losing record. He ran for president ten times and lost all ten. The last was from his bed in a nursing home. You should have heard the way he ranted during his convention speech. They had to stop twice and give him oxygen.”

“Wow. Why is he standing so close to the statue next to him?”

“Oh that's his alpha male pose. He was famous for trying to intimidate his opponents with it during debates. Creepy, huh?”

“I’ll say. Hey, who's this? He looks like the guy from that old TV show – 'The Addams Family.'”

“Oh yeah, that's John F. Kerry. He lost to President Bush in 2004 and President Rice in 2008 and again in 2012. I can't say I was surprised by any of his losses. You see you could never pin him down to just one position on an issue. As soon as he took one, he'd change it the next day. The old joke was that the F stood for flip-flop.”

“That's a good one, Grandpa.”

“Left Over Liberals. Let's go in here, Jeffrey.”

“Who're these two guys?”

“Chuck Schumer and Charlie Rangel. They're best remembered for fighting President Bush's attempts to cut taxes and reform Social Security.”

“Social what?”

“Social Security. It was an antiquated government program that forced workers to contribute money into this big account that would help support retired people. The problem was, workers never got back as much as they put in. And if it wasn't for President Bush and other Republicans fighting to reform the program, I could never have afforded to send your father to college.”

“How about her?”

“That's Maxine Waters. She voted against school choice 59 times.’’

“School choice? You mean they had to pass a law in order for me to go to the school my Mom and Dad wanted to send me to?”

“Yep. Pretty silly, huh? Once upon a time kids had to go to the school that was in their neighborhood even if it was a really bad school with really bad teachers.”

“Let's get out of here. I'm scared.”

“Okay, let's keep moving.”

“Hey, who's that guy with the spotlights on him?”

“That, Jeffrey, is President Bill Clinton. The last Democrat ever elected President.”

“Who is that woman kneeling by him? His wife?“

“No, we saw his wife a few displays back, remember? Hillary Rodham Clinton?”

“Oh yeah. Why isn't she over here with him?”

“Well, after she lost her second bid for President, she flipped out and blamed the loss on him. He yelled back and they got into a fist fight right there on CNN. She finally had a restraining order issued against him so he had to keep his distance. I guess it's still in effect.”

“Well who is the lady with him now?”

“Oh, her. That's Monica Lewinsky. President Clinton moved in with her after Hillary left him.”

“Why is she kneeling?”

“Let's discuss that after you graduate from high school.”

“Okay. Well at least tell me why he's biting his lip?”

“He's feeling your pain.”

“I don't have any pain, Grandpa.”

“I know, Jeffrey. That's because Democrats are extinct and the Republicans are in charge.”

Author Unknown

[CHARLITE]

Do we dare hope?

[CHARLITE]

Ping

[archy]

Do we dare hope?

Indeed we do. Theodore Roosevelt's run in 1912 reminds us that there are men of both serious principle and stubborn personal vindictiveness who will see their own party defeated if that's what it takes to keep it responsive to those who give it their strength. In that election T.R. ran as a *Bullmoose Party* independent and saw the incumbent Republican candidate, William Taft, come in a distant third, in some states even fourth, to the Socialists.

It did not help his opponent's chances that after a lackluster campaign, Roosevelt was shot in the chest by a attempted assassin. Four years earlier Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor for the presidency but the two had a falling out. Taft called TR a "dangerous egotist" and a "demagogue." Roosevelt countered by referring to Taft as a "fathead" and a "puzzlewit."

Seven years later, Roosevelt passed on and Taft was left in history's dust and today is near-forgotten; Theodore Roosevelt's is one of those on Mount Rushmore.

"No man has had a happier life than I have led; a happier life in every way." --T.R.

[Budge]

Fun read.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

MAY IT COME TO PASS! It's happening! Woohoo!