Posted on 07/25/2004 9:52:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
A POPULAR conceit of the left is that political hatred is a sickness of the right, one to which liberals are largely immune. "Just who are these Clinton haters," asked Time magazine in April 1994, "and why do they loathe Bill and Hillary with such passion?" It answered, in effect: That's just the way conservatives are. The article quoted historian Alan Brinkley: "Liberals tend to value tolerance highly, so there's a greater reluctance to destroy enemies than among the right."
That was a whopper even in 1994, a year when Republican leader Newt Gingrich was routinely vilified as a McCarthyite and a racist. Ten years later, with a storm of Bush hatred raging among liberal Democrats, the notion that the left is too high-minded to savage its opponents is about as plausible as the claim that the moon landings were staged in Hollywood.
The left's bitter fury toward Bush is more than just atmospherics. It is the big political story of the past two years. The visceral revulsion Bush provokes in so many Democrats fuels the passion that has had such a seismic effect on the presidential campaign. From last winter's Howard Dean bubble to the astonishing sums of money being donated to John Kerry, Bush hatred has profoundly shaped the 2004 election. It explains why Kerry is neck-and-neck in his race with George Bush. It may also be the reason he loses.
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Yeah right. < /sarcasm >
They can't go on w/o bashing the president
That is their party platform.
Where's the barf alert? Noew I have to get a new keyboard.
I hope that they take control of the Democrat convention and thus educate the voting public. But I get the feeling that the Democrat leadership and the press will lock most of their base into closets and attics over the next week.
Well if that were the title I would have certainly added it.
We should time how long before the first hateful remark comes down from the podium.
They have nothing to sell Main Street. They sell only to Berkeley, Cambridge, and Hollywood.
They can't help themselves, like kids forbidden to do something they will do it even more.
I'd say by Tuesday at the latest
The convention begins on Tuesday ;)
The first hateful remark directed at whom? Bush, or America in general?
Exactly. Also you have to remember Susan Estrich was Dukakis' campaign manager
Shhh....As long as they think liberalism actually stands for something, and isn't the bankupt philosophy it actually is, they'll go down in flames. Let's keep it our little secret.
The heavy-hitters, Hillary, Bill, Jimmy, and Al, are the evening speakers on Monday prime time.
"The last thing Kerry needs is to be seen as the candidate of the Hate Party. His campaign has reportedly issued orders to keep the Bush-bashing to a minimum during this week's convention, and the official convention speakers will no doubt comply. But what about all the non-official speakers and activists and sign-wavers and souvenir vendors and interview-givers who will be so visible and audible to the thousands of journalists roaming the Fleet-Center? How restrained is Michael Moore, the nation's premier Bush-hating demagogue, going to be at the rally he and Howard Dean are headlining on Tuesday, for example? How many celebrities will be unable to suppress the kind of X-rated rant that Whoopi Goldberg uncorked at that now-infamous Kerry gala at Radio City Music Hall? How many delegates will be sporting crude Bush-hating buttons, like the ones that say "Buck Fush" or "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot"?"
Oh, I guess I will have to miss that, thanks
It begins Monday and that's the night the Clintons will speak, therefore the hateful rhetoric (he'll disguise it in a folksy tone, but I expect it to be extremely vitriolic) will begin Monday night for sure.
And what an admirable job she did!
I actually can't wait to hear his speech in a way...I think it will be what they've been promising: A look at the 'real' John Kerry. And I don't think it will be pretty. Though a substantial portion of the electorate will be thrilled by the hate.
How can she say that with a straight face after the Whoopi incident?
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