"Postindustrial social democrat" Gary Hart thinking about running for president again

LA Weekly via yahoo.com news ^ | April 17, 2003 | Marc Cooper

[Cincinatus]

Democrats are scary.

Aye... and stupid too.

[ricpic]

Notice, that this absolutely predictable walking cliche of a liberal, is credentialed up the wazoo.

The worldwide liberal establishment forms a kind of daisy chain: Continuously giving each other degrees and awards and incestuously publishing each other's tracts. And so a great resume is assembled. And - presto chango - we have a deep thinker ready to bestow his leadership upon us, the great unwashed.

We should be grateful. But somehow........

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bumps!

[Leisler]

"Participation, responsibility and ownership."

Soviet Industrial Poster

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Designer unknown, ca. 1961 --Let's do our job!---In 1961, Cuban schools close for several months. All students go to the countryside to teach the population reading and writing. Illiteracy is reduced from around thirty percent to virtually zero. Alphabetization serves political purposes too: illiterate people are unable to help building the new society. The exercise books use words and concepts from revolutionary practice, such as 'cooperation' and 'agrarian reform'.

[Timm]

We can only gasp at Hart's brilliance and inspiration. What a scholar! What a profound man!

The sheer genius of his policy proposals will have economists and political scientists busy for decades. But I have to ask some of those better schooled in political philosophy to explain this revolutionary idea to me, as this product of an entirely new approach to human social organization has me bewildered. Let's see, the phrase I think Hart's people are using is this: "tax increase". Could anyone here unpack the depth of post-industrial republicanism sufficiently to even begin to explain this innovation?

[Cuttnhorse]

I guess they believe him to be "brillant" as they do Bill Clinton.

It's pretty obvious from this article that the member of the media who wrote this fawining ariticle is all goo-goo over Hartpence.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay over our heads.

[alley cat]

Communists = Democrats in a hurry

[AbsoluteJustice]

"Postindustrial social democrat" Gary Hart thinking about running for president again"

I didn't even want to read past the title. LOL Gary Hart...WHAT A JOKE!!! Is this the best Dumos can put up?? They are in sad sad shape.

[Nick Danger]

I am approaching geezerhood myself, so I suppose I ought to applaud the current trend toward running known geezers for high office. If this keeps up, my lifelong dream of being elected dogcatcher might someday be realized. Me and five hundred cute little puppies... and I get paid for it. Whoo Hoo!

So far geezers are 1-for-2 in these struggles. Lautenberg is once again a Senator, but Walter Mondale was sent back to the crypt to dry out after only one good party. Now the Republicans are talking about dusting off Pete Wilson, the only Senator ever to be shorter than Tom Daschle, to run against Barbara Boxer. It might work. The Bay Area, always a tough place for Republicans, has a soft spot for geezers. They elected Nancy Pelosi.

The last time out, Gary Hart had a problem keeping his hormones under control. After daring the press corps to catch him playing Casanova, Hart climbed into a boat named — of all things — "Monkey Business" with the lovely and talented Donna Rice.

In the years since, Rice has gone on to make a name for herself as a crusader against Internet porn. Hart has displayed less sense. As the manager of perhaps the worst presidential campaign debacle in Democratic Party history, he has spent the intervening years advising others on the subject of running campaigns. Hopefully this one will be his last.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Hopefully this one will be his last.

Perhaps we should hope for his continued meddling.

[HumanaeVitae]

Postindustrial Social Democrat

Considering the industrial revolution brought about social-democratic politics, I'm not sure how coherent this moniker really is.