A Year of Sweet Victories (The View from the Left)

The Nation ^ | December 30, 2005 | Kristina Vanden Heuvel

[veronica]

Kristina Vanden Heuvel...

The ultimate limousine liberal.

[brivette]

What crap.

[prov1813man]

shh....let them continue to sleep and dream as the web of lies they have spun for the rest of us catches them up in their own deceptions. We win... the story has already been written.

[King Moonracer]

Gee, I wonder why they don't include en-heartening the enemy, probably helping to increase the death toll in Iraq. They've had some successes there, the ba$tards!

[ConservativeGreek]

California's Safe Cosmetics Bill is signed into law

There have been so few in the last twelve years that they are reduced to making them up!
Get it, Make Up?

[Crawdad]

She sounds like what my dog would say when he brings a dead animal up on the porch.

[reagan_fanatic]

The equivalent of a gaunt Hitler patting the faces of his 15 year-old soldiers outside the bunker as the Russians are approaching.

The radical left is destined for the ash heap of history, and there is nothing they can do to stop it.

[BallyBill]

Oh, I get it, whenever you are losing, claim victory and run off the field.

[Erik Latranyi]

Here are the liberals' victories in 2005 and what it means:

1) Public financing of elections - This will work until liberals suffer continuous defeats, then it will need to be 'reformed'.

2) Civil Rights - as liberals keep pushing the gay agenda, they will shed supporters. Of course, providing civil rights to terrorists is on top of the agenda.

3) Voting Rights - Liberals believe our most violent criminals should be able to vote in our elections (for those that favor the lightest sentences).

4) Patriot Act - Liberals will fight anything that restricts the civil rights of our enemies.

5) Environment - Liberals continue to push for renewable sources of energy (like wind) except when they are built in blue states. Put the eyesore windmills in red states.

6) Hybrid Cars - Liberals must now ban the SUV because when a hybrid encounters an SUV, we all know the liberal loses.

7) Labor Rights - Liberals keep passing legislation and regulations that help make the case for off-shoring. Of course, if they can destroy Wal-Mart in the process, that would be their sweetest victory.

8) Antiwar Movement - Liberals organize and demonstrate that they do not understand war, our enemy or how to defend our country. With such a movement clearly showing the voters who they can trust with national security.

9) United Methodist Church and the Union for Reform Judaism call for unilateral withdrawl - Does anyone notice how mixing church and state is only bad when the church upholds traditional, conservative values? When churches support the liberal movement, they are shining examples of liberal victories.

[ILS21R]

She left out the best one.

[johnny7]

Commie bee-atch is more like it.

[TADSLOS]

A year later, the dark and menacing clouds that hovered over The Nation's November 2, 2004 cover ("Four More Years") seem to be slowly lifting. Millions of us are organizing, agitating, mobilizing--and there are many hard-fought victories to celebrate.

***snicker***

Keep the drug induced delusional state alive, libs....

[Just A Nobody]

...the GOP is mired in corruption and cronyism ( "Jack Abramoff seems to have the whole party on his payroll

STOP THE LIES!!!

“If The Democrats Are Alleging That Republicans Are Guilty Of Any Wrongdoing, They’re Sitting In The Same Boat.”

The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Received Over – $430,000
The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Received Over – $629,000
The Democrat National Committee (DNC) Received Over – $177,000

40 Of The 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus:
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250

[RayChuang88]

The radical left is destined for the ash heap of history, and there is nothing they can do to stop it.

Given the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, that's so true. Even in China, the Communist government can barely keep in check the rising tide of capitalism in the country.

[Just A Nobody]

I LOVE that photo!!!

[daviddennis]

Don't these "victories" all sound just a little trivial? As our side frees Iraqis and sponsors elections, their side gets workers an extra penny per pound of tomatoes.

it sounds pretty sad to me.

D

[Hardastarboard]

the mainstream media was touting the making of a permanent rightward shift

Delusional, truly delusional. At best (or worst, depending on your view), the media was afraid of such a thing, and moaning about it. They've never touted a rightward shift for even a second.

the mainstream media is slowly rousing from its slumbers

Again, delusional. They've been shot through the heart by the new media, and haven't hit the frozen ground with their faces yet, although they sort of feel the cold air rushing by their faces as they're falling.

there is talk of impeachment in the air

On Mars. And how is talk of impeachment progress? All of the impeachment talk is the left's wishful thinking about getting rid of Bush, and is nothing but talk. That, and their desire for revenge over BJ's impeachment.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Will she get slapped around a bit for pointing out that in Iowa black folks comprise 2% of the population and 25% of felons?

No conservative could do this without a loud and long reprisal.

[polymuser]

Kristina vanden Heuvel

Editor in Chief of The Nation, co-editor of Taking Back America and Taking Down the Radical Right, editor of A Just Response: The Nation on Terrorism, Democracy, and September 11,2001.

And popular college speaker.