Condescending Dems Still Don't Get It (Conservative Treasure Steyn With Post-Election SMACKDOWN!)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 11/07/04 | Mark Steyn

[AndyJackson]

I just wish there was someway they had to pay for their stupidity

The loud wailing is because this was a make or break election for the liberal policy machine in DC. The money isn't flowing into the coffers the way it used, what with downsized congressional staff, minority positions, think-tanks not having anyone to talk to. A lot of them are going to have to pack up, go home, and try to get paying jobs working for someone who will expect honest effort in return for a wage.

[uncbob]

A lot of them are going to have to pack up, go home, and try to get paying jobs working for someone who will expect honest effort in return for a wage.

True but that is only a small portion of the lib backers

[ShowMeMom]

bttt

[geedee]

How many columns does Steyn churn out a week, or even day? Every time I turn around he's got a new, and always brilliant one!

LOL. That's what I was thinking. Steyn is one smart cat, huh? He can phrase tricky dynamics, positions, and problems in such a clear and clever way that even morons like me can understand.

[Do Be]

Post #34 very well written.

Thanks.

[Skooz]

bump

[Arizona]

"Bush Derangement Syndrome" - I love it.

[AndyJackson]

The civilized world is on the brink of a life or death struggle against Islamic radicalismThe worst part is that the fight against Islamic radicalism is the easier part of this. It is the fight with ourselves to recognize that they are a threat and the notion of WMD's in the hands of terrorists ought to frighten anyone.

[NonValueAdded]

Not to try to improve greatness but maybe the problem with that lad's sign in SF was punctuation. I think it should read "F--- [comma] MIDDLE AMERICA" Throw in an exclamation point at the end if you wish.

[UltraKonservativen]

...For many of us, the war is also a moral issue, and the Democrats are on the wrong side of it...

Just listened to Juan Williams on FOX whine that AMERICA did not vote "Logically" since the voters have been saying that "America was going in the wrong direction" and yet voted for Bush.
Democrats, in their arrogance, do not understand that when Middle America says "we are going down the wrong track", they are talking about the Liberal culture and influence in the MSM, movies, MTV, etc...They are not talking about the presidents policy but about the challenge we faced as a nation. On Nov 2, this repugnant "philosophy" was rejected and the masses want to go in a different direction.
I doubt the Democrats will understand.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I guess it comes down to which is stronger -- our will to live or the terrorists' will to power.

[rockrr]

"Look at Cali, Oregon and Washington, a tiny, weeny, bit of these states were blue!"

Alas, there is a mass of human misery crammed into those tiny, weeny bits......

[Piranha]

This guy is such a gift.

They say there are two kinds of brilliance. One is to explain things that nobody else could understand without great effort (theory of relativity, for example). The other is to make connections nobody ever made before, only to have the reader/listener say "Of course, that was obvious. Why didn't I think of that?"

Steyn is incredibly brilliant in the second way.

[Piranha]

It's not his way with words that's amazing. It's the connections that he makes (Being a member of the House of Lords is a lifetime appointment, unlike being a senator from South Dakota).

[foreshadowed at waco]

Democrats, in their arrogance, do not understand that when Middle America says "we are going down the wrong track", they are talking about the Liberal culture and influence in the MSM, movies, MTV, etc...They are not talking about the presidents policy but about the challenge we faced as a nation

Exactly...I live in NYC...the elite media and their liberal followers never seem to think outside the box...wrong direction only means their issue of the day--in this case Iraq...for many of us Iraq is off the table...we're there so we will finish it...we support our troops so we won't undermine their Commander in Chief...the direction of the country has to do with other issues such as 1.5 million abortions a year, immigration, etc...for smart people they sure are dumb.

[Gritty]

H. L. Mencken said that no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people. Well, George Soros, Barbra Streisand and a lot of their friends just did.

I love Steyn. Nobody says it better!

[Gumdrop]

I'm glad you brought up the subject of "right direction; wrong direction" as a polling quesiton. I was always dumbfounded that the MSM would not question such a silly poll. The concept is so ambiguous as to be meningless. I'm a traditional minded gal. If a stranger called me to ask me some poll quesitons, I would have probably answered "yes," that we are going in the wrong direction. Of course I may have added, "That's why I'm voting for Bush!" But, naturally, they would not have allowed me to editorialize my answer. LOL!

[ashtanga]

I am not a Republican, but I am always happy to see the witches brew of nihilism, Freudianism, hyper-egalitarianism and Marxism that is the Democrat party fail. Now, the Wal-Mart shoppers may not be able to put it in quite these words, but they did a heck of a job in throwing out these moral vermin. I had to put a clothes pin on my nose, but I did the Wal-Mart boogie woogie myself.

[Richard Axtell]

The arrogance and self-delusion of the extremist Left, in particular the American Left, knows no bounds. They co-opt a political party, that once was center-left, and lose. They throw childish tantrums, then assume out-loud EVERYONE in the Blue states was as foolish, amoral, dishonest and self-deluded as they were. Simply not so. Republicans WILL reach out to the people of the Blue states, by convincing them that a center-right agenda is more in their interests than a fringe Moore-Franken-Dowd-wacko-leftist one. Get your designer suitcases and loonie caps ready, Leftist elites, as there lies the Canadian border!

[CyberAnt]

Rush has been saying for years that the dems are using the same playbook since FDR days .. tax cuts for the rich .. no funding for education .. yada yada yada.

I agree with Steyn .. no new ideas since Roe v. Wade.