Democrats Go Off the Cliff

The Weekly Standard, Volume 008, Issue 41 | 06/30/2003 | David Brooks

[WL-law]

In short, when many liberals look at national affairs, they see a world in which their leaders are nice, pure-souled, but defenseless, and they see Republicans who are organized, devious, and relentless. "It's probably a weakness that we're not real haters. We don't have a sense that it's a holy crusade," Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told Adam Clymer of the New York Times. "They play hardball, we play softball," Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile added.Brooks has it right in citing Shrum and Brazile. Can you imagine a dem any less filled with absolute hate than Shrum? Or less hardball than Brazile?

[WL-law]

In short, when many liberals look at national affairs, they see a world in which their leaders are nice, pure-souled, but defenseless, and they see Republicans who are organized, devious, and relentless. "It's probably a weakness that we're not real haters. We don't have a sense that it's a holy crusade," Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told Adam Clymer of the New York Times. "They play hardball, we play softball," Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile added.

Brooks has it right in citing Shrum and Brazile. Can you imagine a dem any less filled with absolute hate than Shrum? Or one dem who's less hardball than Brazile?

[WL-law]

In short, when many liberals look at national affairs, they see a world in which their leaders are nice, pure-souled, but defenseless, and they see Republicans who are organized, devious, and relentless. "It's probably a weakness that we're not real haters. We don't have a sense that it's a holy crusade," Democratic strategist Bob Shrum told Adam Clymer of the New York Times. "They play hardball, we play softball," Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile added.

Brooks has it right in citing Shrum and Brazile. Can you imagine a dem any less filled with absolute hate than Shrum? Or one dem who's less hardball than Brazile?

[Cultural Jihad]

And if you probe into the Democratic mind at the current moment, you sense that the rage, the passion, the fighting spirit are all fueled not only by opposition to Bush policies, but also by powerlessness.

Should the Democratic ideologues ponder whether to mau-mau and take up arms against their oppressors, too?

[The Great RJ]

I can hear George McGovern's siren call to the left wing fringe "..come home America." followed by the thunder of a 49 state Republican landslide.

[demkicker]

George Bush's economic policy is the "most radical and dangerous economic theory to hit our shores since socialism," says Senator John Edwards.

Good grief. You'd think some of these idiots would realize they can't get away with making these kind of remarks. The masses are not quite that dumbed down YET!

Looks like Edwards might fill Algore's shoes very nicely with his stupid one liners.

[dennisw]

Kind of funny! Oh, those wild and crazy democRATS! When out of power they just go off the deep end and start lying to themselves and lying to anyone within earshot.

The liberals still have the media and the universities. They have NPR and PBS. They have the public schools. NYTimes disseminates their talking points and propaganda for free. The RATS keep GWBush's judicial appointments locked up in a way Republicans never dreamt of doing to Bill Clinton.  There's a new GWBush sellout for them each week but this all just ain't good enough for these complainers.

[AAABEST]

CJ you're distorting what we were talking about before and misrepresenting my position.

[TUX]

In the middle of their night you can hear the shrill scream of panic. Rats prefer to hide in dark corners but will attack when cornered, and scream loudest just before dying.

[slohand]

This is Clinton to the max. Hate the "pubbies"

[Cultural Jihad]

Well, according to these ideologues, the Republicans are purposely destroying the nation. What do whiny ideologues do when the marketplace of political ideas see their own wares as cheap and shabby? Would any Libertarians care to offer any advice to their Democratic allies on coping with perpetual irrelevancy and powerlessness?

[arasina]

I can hear George McGovern's siren call to the left wing fringe...

And I hear the memorial service post-mortem campaign rally for Paul Wellstone. Remember how people reacted to that?

[AAABEST]

Would any Libertarians care to offer any advice to their Democratic allies on coping with perpetual irrelevancy and powerlessness?

I couldn't tell you, I'm not a Libertarian.

[411 freedom fighter]

What this democrat screeching is about is that they are afraid the media will start reporting what I've been saying for several weeks: This is the best president since Lincoln.

[Tacis]

This is exactly why only Nader and Sharpton can save our beloved democrat party and get florine out of our drinking water. The other strategy that will pay off big is to stop all the judicial nominations that Bush makes because the voters will se such mindles doctrinal opposition as a positive.

[Sonny M]

When out of power they just go off the deep end and start lying to themselves and lying to anyone within earshot

This article is pretty accurate. One of the big differences between liberals and conservatives can be summed up simply by looking at how they see moderates. Your average freeper knows what being a moderate or a centerist or independent is, they may disagree with them on some issues, but they can understand why that person feels that way.

Your average say DUer can't. To them, everyone is either a liberal or a conservative. They have a sense of animosity towards those in the middle, seeing them as either liberals who don't know it yet, or stupid. They can't understand that alot of the insults they hurl at conservatives, will also by defauly, apply to alot of those in the middle. Saying somone is selfish because they want a tax cut, hits not only your average conservative, it also insults alot of people in the middle.

The average conservative likes Bush, the average liberal hates him, but the average middle of the roader doesn't dislike Bush and probably likes him a little bit, but has alot of doubts about him in his decisions, they don't have any kind of personal grudge with him specifically. Your not going to get the votes of moderates if you act hostile to them, and lump them in with groups that they don't think they are part of, especially when you insult the group your lumping them in with.

Dems have totally gone off the deep end. They really do believe that they are mainstream. They think everyone hates Bush, except conservatives, and that if you like bush, you must be right wing. They can't comprehend somone disagreeing with them on any issue. To them, its personal and in a sense, its there religion. Your talking about a group of people that believed America as a whole was opposed to the war, and that the polls lied, that americans despise tax cuts, yet when republicans win office, its all part of a conspiracy.

There belief in these kooky conspiracy's keeps them from having to react to reality, it gives them an easy out to explain why lose, and retards them in trying to sell there agenda. Using kooky stories and personal hatred as a crutch is a good way to alienate people you need, playing the role of always being the victim makes others not want to join, since no one wants to be the victim. If you go to DU, you get the feeling they are either the only liberal they know, or have delusions that everywhere is berkley but something is wrong that republicans keep getting elected.

[Cultural Jihad]

Yeah, that's the ticket. ;) Seriously, the Dims know they will have to sit out this election, and they're probably positioning themselves for '08. The faithful members of the Church of the Democratic Party are the ones being catered to now by the candidates.

[meenie]

Gosh, now the Democrats are libertarians. I wouldn't broadcast this too much, as there are quite a few of them that favor the Republican Party but are getting disillusioned with the new socialism of the Pubbies.

[I still care]

Excellent article. It puts its finger on so many truths. I especially thought good the part about how liberals all live among one another, so they can't understand why the country is conservative at all.

I really got a sense of this during the antiwar idiocy. When the liberal types spouted on TV, Michael Moore etc, I saw that they really DO believe they are the American mainstream. They don't realize the rarified atmosphere they live in.

[Greg Packer]

" . . .Democrats have been reduced to being the Moon party."

Complete with crack and hole, I might add.