Posted on 03/18/2008 9:57:26 PM PDT by americanophile
Bill Clinton, once hailed as America’s “first black president,” has been disavowed by a once adoring black community. Geraldine Ferraro has been accused of being a secret racist. Oprah Winfrey is labeled a feminist sell-out. The major campaigns eagerly pander to racial and socioeconomic groups, and try different combinations of divide and conquer strategies. Black Americans are for Obama, and overwhelmingly admit that it’s a vote based on race, women are for Clinton and overwhelmingly admit that it’s a vote on gender. The two campaigns eagerly fight to curry favor with Hispanics. The wealthy are targeted for income redistribution, the poor are promised free medicine, and free-market capitalism is under full-scale assault. A party who once railed against supposed voter suppression now openly practices it in key states, and a party whose name is synonymous with ideals of populist governance adopts a delegate system reeking of undemocratic elitism. For those who have long understood the American left, none of the bigotry, racism, divisiveness, extremism or elitism that is emblematic of the 2008 Democratic Presidential contest is surprising. To understand the modern Democratic Party, one must recognize that it is a party built on racial, economic and socio-ethno-centric divisions. It is a cynical party; a party that depends on a culture of victimhood and division that in turn generates the demand for governmental redress. Without division, without racism, without inequality, there can be no government programs to remedy them, no election year pledges to change society, no mission or great societal crusade to endlessly fight for - no modern Democratic Party. Change is the undeniable, mechanical, political nature of a so-called “progressive” party, and the disharmony wrought from a perception of inequality is its engine.
Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright is nothing more than a purveyor of disharmony, and sadly, far from atypical. Like the Democratic Party itself, he is a man dedicated to ginning up racial hatred, to sowing societal discord, and fostering ignorance as a means of creating a willing and motivated following. Like the liberal establishment at large, for Jeremiah Wright, race is both a spear and a shield. It provides cover for his own bigotry, hatred and apparent anti-American paranoia while at the same time supplying the very weapon to denigrate his country and foster the societal division needed to drive his wayward flock. Jeremiah’s Wright’s message is not the message of Christ, it is not the message of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., it is not a message of peace, of reconciliation, or of hope.
The footage of Wright spewing hate-filled anti-American rhetoric was not the product of undercover video, or hidden cameras, they were excerpts from DVDs sold in his church gift shop. Far from slips of the tongue, or misconstrued remarks, they are messages Wright thoughtfully constructed and powerfully conveyed with all his rhetorical might. These are messages that Wright is proud of, that he
Wright's rants looked even scarier to me when I went back to look at them last night after Obama's "I have an excuse" speech.
Maybe so but in November do you think voters will forget if he’s the Dem candidate, when they could just as easily vote for the almost-as-liberal-McCain ?
I don’t think Obama has a chance now.
If the Democrats manage to make the convention look smooth- no riots- then all this preconvention acrimony and idiocy will disappear in the MSM during the time between the convention and the election. We need for both candidates to go to the convention believing they will win it. We need riots and tear gas.
The Clintons are surely pushing the Wright revelations big time. So long as the Clintons and Hussein are both still in the running the McCain campaign doesn’t have to spend money on this sort of stuff at all. The Clintons are digging up all the dirt there is on Hussein and busily creating more. It won’t die now unless the Clintons have a new bomb to throw.
“Dig dig dig.” There must be more shouts Hillary, “DIG DIG DIG.”
I didn't think of the tear gas angle. Yes, tear gas does complete the picture of a democrat party meltdown.
McCain called the SBVFT “dishonorable and dishonest” and called, along with the WH, to abolish all 527s, including the SBVFT.
Mc will not use the materiae. That is why it is essential for the Clintons to do the job.
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