Good start for Democrats

Miami Herald ^ | 09/23/3005 | Cal Thomas

[RightDemocrat]

Conservative columnist Cal Thomas seems to think that the Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic Party may be coming back to life. It seems difficult to imagine given the strong influence of the Moveonner left among Democrats, but stranger things have happened. If Democrats can move to the mainstream on issues like national security and point out the failure of the Republican leadership on border control, we might see some interesting new political alignments. Thomas mentions the potential of the illegal immigration issue in his column. I agree and if neither party makes a real attempt to deal with this matter, there is a good chance that a strong third party movement will emerge in 2008.

[oldbill]

Don't lose any sleep waiting for that to happen.

[keithtoo]

Yeah. ....and I'm an astronaut.

Talk is cheap. Let's see how the act.

[evad]

Just another "bait and switch".

[ladyinred]

If the democrats are making noises about being concerned about border control and national security then they are lying to get votes. They will not carry this stuff out if elected. Mark my words.

[Artemis Webb]

The "Scoop Jackson" wing of the party died a long time ago.

Zell Miller is retired and I don't believe in zombies.

[sydbas]

Cal Thomas has spent far too much time on that stupid Fox News Watch show. He needs to get away from the libs Jane Hall and Neil Gabler, and also the pretend conservative Pinkerton.

[Brett66]

They won't be able to moderate unless the party splits off it's crypto-commie hippies from the party. Doesn't seem there are enough Zell Miller types to force such a change.

[Richard Kimball]

True. In 1968 and 1972, the radical leftists purged the Democrats of anything resembling Patriotism. 1968 was the Chicago riot convention; in 1972 they were able to get McGovern in as a candidate. Since that time, the radical leftists have controlled the party. The only way they won elections was by keeping the people who were still voting for FDR. That generation is dying off.

The people who are controlling the Rat party now will cut off anyone at the knees if they don't adhere to the government control, higher taxes, abortion on demand, enforcement of sexual deviancy as a right, take the guns, silence the church party line.

They lose ground each election, but they also become a more pure breed.

[thoughtomator]

How is this alleged Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic atrocity going to compete with the moonbats' Soros money?

[jveritas]

I think you need to go to sleep, your brain is tired.

[fooblier]

If the democrats are making noises about being concerned about border control and national security then they are lying to get votes. They will not carry this stuff out if elected. Mark my words.

I'm glad the Republican politicians followed through on their promises to close the border, despite only controlling the House, Senate, and Presidency.

Face it, politicians won't care about closing the border until we make them care. That means holding them accountable for their promises.

[claudiustg]

---Conservative columnist Cal Thomas seems to think that the Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic Party may be coming back to life. ---

Maybe in another 20-30 years the Dims will be trustworthy again. I've made a note to myself to take another look at them then.

[okie01]

Thirty years ago, I might've taken Cong. Hoyer seriously.

Not any more.

[jveritas]

Cal Thomas is too stupid to answer this most important question. I had it with all these knee jerk reactionary so called conservative pundits. They are nothing but very annoying idiots who have been wrong in all their doom and gloom predictions about President Bush and the Republican Party.

[msnimje]

Is this article the reason Cal's show has been canceled on Fox? :-}

[quantim]

during Bill Clinton's presidency, ''We didn't do enough to fight terrorism.''

Well, hello.

Lots of blood on BJ's hands.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Follow the money, folks.

The reason that the farther left elements within the Democratic party have managed to leverage it leftward is a matter of funding and the structure of fundraising within the party itself. The Democratic party has never been as efficient in raising hard money (donations less than $2,000) as the GOP has been. Before the BCRA (aka McCain-Feingold), the Democrats relied more heavily on soft money than the GOP did, too. That is not signifncant thanks to the 527 loophole in terms of effective dollars and cents, but it makes a world of difference with regard to who pulls the strings and how campaigning is done.

Until significant changes are made to the Democratic Party's fundraising structure, I don't see this change happening. Under the current scenario, you would need to have someone with even more money than the Peter Lewises and George Soroses of the world to essentially outbuy influence and moderate the party.

[dk/coro]

I agree, oldbill.

Show me a Scoop Jackson in the current cabal of pansy-waisted, knee-jerk Liberals that constitute the core of the Democrat Party -- and I will show you an easy way to walk to the moon.

Or, put another way: "Sir, I knew scoop Jackson -- and Joe Biden is no Scoop Jackson." *S*

Further, the insidious pressures of the Clinton "One World" Globalists will resist any pressures to bring National Security Issues to the fore in any internal party policy debate.

Accordingly, I suspect Cal has gotten into his grandma's stash of reefer leaves before he took pen in hand on this caper. (Or his tailor forgot to provide him one of his great shirts --with a bright yellow tie to match).

Happy Weekend, all.

[ncountylee]

"Lots of blood on BJ's hands."

On the beast's claws too!