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The Unbearable Smugness Of Being…A Democrat
Townhall.com ^ | June 25, 2017 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 06/25/2017 4:56:26 AM PDT by Kaslin

It was a different time, a crazy time, all those…days ago…way back at the end of last week. I remember it like it was, well, just last week, when Democrats suggested that maybe, just maybe, the political rhetoric in the country was a little too heated after one of their own tried to murder as many Republican Congressmen as possible. Like I said, it was a different time.

After less than two weeks, that time is done and the political left is back at their lying, hateful rhetoric about how Republicans are hoping to kill as many Americans as possible. It actually took a little longer than I thought it would.

Putting aside the hypocrisy for a second, how dumb must Democrats think their base is to believe the other political party’s election strategy is to hasten the deaths of millions of people? How idiotic is the idea that one party’s plan to continue to win elections across the country is the screw as many people as possible out of something?

Moreover, Democrats are telling their zombie army that the GOP’s “secret plan” is to take from the poor and give to the rich. Aside from the abject stupidity of it, what exactly would the rich take from the poor? How, exactly, does one get rich by taking things from the poor? Do they have secret stashes of money they’re unaware of and rich people are sneaking into subsidized housing at night to empty the area under their couch cushions?

Actually, there is a way to get incredibly rich off the poor – it’s by claiming to be their champion. How many liberals have become fabulously wealthy by claiming to be “working for the poor”? They haven’t made a dent in the number of poor people -quite the contrary - but Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and countless other leftists have ensured their families won’t miss a meal for generations thanks, in large part, to their “championing of the poor.”

Quite a racket, when you think about it. And much more effective than robbing houses with no money.

Now back to the hypocrisy.

Before the blood on the baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, has even had a change to evaporate, Democrats were back to using rhetoric that could have come directly from James Hodgkinson’s Facebook page. Actually, most of what Hodgkinson posted could have easily come from a Democrat Member of Congress’s press conference or any show on MSNBC, so it’s kind of a chicken and egg situation.

Whatever came first, Democrats made clear this week their appeals to their fringe were not going to end simply because one of their own took what they were saying literally and attempted mass murder. After all, they must think, what are the odds of lightning striking twice?

Or maybe they’re hoping it will…

Elizabeth Warren said the Republican health care plan introduced in the Senate this week was paid for with “blood money” and “people will die” because of it. If someone truly believes a political party is going to cause the deaths of countless innocent people it’d almost be irresponsible not to do whatever possible to stop them, including violence. Warren knows this, and the frequency with which she says similar things makes me think she’s counting on it.

You’d think someone would say something to Warren, tell her to pump the brakes a little - at least until the shooting victims get out of the hospital. But one of the people in a position to slow down Fauxcahontas is right there with her.

Chuck Schumer, leader of the Democrats in the Senate, doesn’t give a damn about anything but Democrats regaining power. In one of his speeches on the bill, Schumer took issue with the idea of slowing the rate of growth in Medicaid.

Remember the bill doesn’t cut anything in the way a normal person thinks of a cut – meaning spending less one year than you did the previous year. It spends more each year; just less than was previously projected. If you were expecting to win $100 at the casino and only won $50 you wouldn’t complain about how your winnings were cut.

In his lament, Schumer said, “Medicaid is increasingly a middle class program.” Medicaid was designed as the federal health insurance plan for the poor, meaning those who can’t afford to take care of themselves, not those who won’t. It’s welfare, and Democrats have spread the idea of this welfare to people who don’t need it to get them hooked on the idea of government taking care of them so they don’t have to.

Medicaid is failing and going broke. With more people on it and funding being finite, government controls costs by keeping what they pay doctors artificially low. More and more doctors each year are refusing to accept new Medicaid patients because, depending on the issue, they take a loss on them. That’s a direct result of this welfare program becoming “increasingly a middle class program.”

What that means is, under the banner of compassion (and in the name of winning votes for Democrats), Democrats are actually harming the people Medicaid was designed to help. They’d rather ensnare a family of 4 making $80,000 per year in a welfare program than actually help the poor.

It’s the tobacco industry model – get them hooked on the product, worry about the consequences later.

Bernie Sanders is no better, tweeting “Thousands of people will die if the Republican health care bill becomes law.”

Not to be outdone, even irrelevant Democrats were compelled to toss their gasoline on the flames.

Hillary Clinton tweeted, “Forget death panels. If Republicans pass this bill, they’re the party of death.”

Barack Obama was more subtle, but his Facebook rant was no different.

Last week a liberal activist took what he’d heard to heart and tried to save the country from the slaughter he’d been assured Republicans were set to unleash on the country.

What Hodgkinson did is easy to dismiss as part of a mental illness, just as it’s easy to dismiss a suicide bomber as insane. But they aren’t insane – they’re true believers. They’ve thought through their actions, aware of the consequences, and decided they had to act anyway. There’s too much thought in their actions to be chalked up to insanity.

And there’s too much inspiration for the Hodgkinsons of the world to think he’ll be the last.

These smug progressive preachers of hate may have won elections, but they have not won absolution. For absolution you must express regret and cease the offending action. While some Democrats did feigned regret, though it didn’t last a week, none are showing any signs of a desire to stop their inflammatory rhetoric – there’s too much money and power is scaring the hell out of people. So is the only conclusion we can logically draw that they’re hoping someone else finishes the job?

I don’t relish that thought, but nothing else explains their words, their actions, and their lies.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: democrats; warren
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1 posted on 06/25/2017 4:56:26 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Democrats = Danger


2 posted on 06/25/2017 5:00:11 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Vaduz

Demonrats are evil


3 posted on 06/25/2017 5:04:21 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Kaslin

Despicable humans


4 posted on 06/25/2017 5:05:02 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Kaslin

democrats and liberals re: the shooting in Alexandria are like “moderate” muslims: They won’t do the shooting but they silently applaud those who do.

Hodgkinson is just the latest in the leftist hate and violence trend. They have lost in the marketplace of ideas and now just want to shoot up the market until theirs are the only ideas left.


5 posted on 06/25/2017 5:06:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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To: Kaslin

The insanity party is in its death throws. Pelosi won’t leave, and the rest will dump the brand for something new in 2020.


6 posted on 06/25/2017 5:10:30 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Kaslin
My big disappointment of the Trump presidency is that the music hasn't gotten better.

Usually when Liberals are angry, the music gets better (1950s, 1960s, 1980s). When Liberals are not outraged, the music sucks (1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s)

The Liberals hate Trump...but they can't produce good music. All we have nowadays is Rap, Hip Hop, and other assorted crap.

7 posted on 06/25/2017 5:11:30 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: ronnie raygun

They are not even human


8 posted on 06/25/2017 5:14:28 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Kaslin

Good find.


9 posted on 06/25/2017 5:16:02 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: teeman8r

President Trump does not want her to leave. She’s just dumb, the others are more dangerous


10 posted on 06/25/2017 5:18:38 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Cowboy Bob

You blame President Trump for the lousy music of today?


11 posted on 06/25/2017 5:20:48 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Thanks


12 posted on 06/25/2017 5:21:22 AM PDT by Kaslin (The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triump. Thomas Paine)
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To: Kaslin

Yes. He must not be making the Liberals angry enough! He needs to try harder!


13 posted on 06/25/2017 5:22:30 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: Cowboy Bob

Tell me about it. Used to listen to Steely Dan, Hall and Oates, Doobies. My son and ALL his white soccer teammates listen to rap. I know every generation hated Elvis, the Beatles, KISS, but this has gone so low that it can’t get any worse other that listening to a compilation of prisoners being raped.


14 posted on 06/25/2017 5:23:51 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
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To: Kaslin
Actually, there is a way to get incredibly rich off the poor – it’s by claiming to be their champion.

Bingo

15 posted on 06/25/2017 5:26:09 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Kaslin

Indeed it’s why their party is going out of business.


16 posted on 06/25/2017 5:37:33 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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I remember after the shooting, an MSM toadie, told viewers that the Dems were also practicing nearby and heard the gun shots. They immediately got together and “said a prayer”....

Sadly, my first thought was they were praying alright; praying that each gun shot killed a Republican.

Awful people and it wouldn’t surprise me if this were true....


17 posted on 06/25/2017 5:37:45 AM PDT by homegroan (Ambition can creep as well as soar.)
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To: Kaslin

Democrats all have a case of Hodgkinson’s Disease. They deserve everything they have coming to them.


18 posted on 06/25/2017 5:40:08 AM PDT by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war.")
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To: Kaslin

Here Here!


19 posted on 06/25/2017 5:40:34 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: homegroan
....the tried and true way to get incredibly rich is to claim to champion the poor. This is the standard liberal MO .....becoming fabulously wealthy by claiming to be “ for the poor"..........

The political con job....saying you're "for your fellow man" and conniving to make a buck on it.

The "federal inheritances" of these do-good political predators.....Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton.....is said to be in the billions.

20 posted on 06/25/2017 6:07:10 AM PDT by Liz
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