The left has taken over the Democratic Party

The Hill News ^ | 12-17-2003 | Dick Morris

[Reagan is King]

Old toe sucker makes some good points. The Dems may be out of power for quite awhile unless the Republicans find a way to blow it.

[Aeronaut]

I'm not a big Morris fan, but this one seems to make some sense.

[Noumenon]

This is, of course, one the hallmarks of a nation headed for open civil war. 2004 will bea watershed year in that respect.

[firebrand]

The war galvanized such activism among those who felt kicked out of the mainstream when they refused to join the flag-waving patriotism unleashed by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that it empowered the left to take over the party.

Dick Morris, reporting from somewhere in interplanetary space. He does make sense, doesn't he?

[Always Right]

Old toe sucker makes some good points. The Dems may be out of power for quite awhile unless the Republicans find a way to blow it.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is a GOP trademark.

[Michael.SF.]

As the left gains power, only to be defeated in '04, Hillary will be the beneficiary in '08. She has successfully manuevered herself to be percieved as a moderate, when she is anything but that.

Hillary will be tough to defeat in '08, make no mistake on that.

How about a "Bush-Rice" ticket in '04 followed by a "Rice-Watts" ticket for the GOP in '08?

[samtheman]

In the RAT party, it's Survival of the Leftest.

[tkathy]

I think he makes terrific points. Extremists seem to be out to destroy both parties.

[areafiftyone]

Already posted yesterday The Left has taken over the Democratic Party

[RebelBanker]

Repeat. The earlier thread is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1042894/posts

[Aeronaut]

...felt kicked out of the mainstream when they refused to join the flag-waving patriotism unleashed by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...

I know several people that fit that description. If I personally know several there have to be millions more just like them.

[LibWhacker]

. . . the centrists regained ascendancy in 1992 with the nomination of Bill Clinton.

Morris keeps making the point that Clinton was a centrist. And I've heard it from others, too. NOBODY in their right mind can make that claim!

[StatesEnemy]

This is, of course, one the hallmarks of a nation headed for open civil war.

I can't agree with you more... The hard left is gonna go complete schizophrenic when they lose in '04.

[Digger]

Dickie doesn't compare how far the right has moved toward the liberals. If JFK & GW were running who would be the more conservative?

[narby]

A Dean candidacy can be a real threat to the country. The Reps like the idea, because they think they can beat him like a drum.

But the real danger is the exposure of the 30-40% of the electorate who will vote for any Dem candidate to hard core leftisim. Just look what happened after McGovern's loss in 72. As Morris states, the Dems were taken over by the left, and we're still dealing with the problems of that now.

They couldn't beat Nixon at the polls, but they certianly did run him out of town for trivial misdeads only a few years later.

I think I'll re-register and a Dem and vote for someone other than Dean in the primary.

[BenLurkin]

"The left has taken over the Democratic Party"

Well, no kidding. Careful or this thread might be moved to chat.

8^)

[trek]

You got that right. I explain it to my kids this way. I tell them there are 3 political factions in America. The Evil Party, The Stupid Party, and the Kook Parties. It is too dangerous to have the Evil Party in power, especially in time of war. So one is compelled to support fully the Stupid Party and hope for the best.

[Recovering_Democrat]

This is a headline? For Gods sakes...

[Paradox]

Also posted HERE.

[Capt. Tom]

The Dems may be out of power for quite awhile unless the Republicans find a way to blow it.

Fortunately for the dumb, inept gutless republicans, the Bushies are in charge. -Tom