Posted on 11/18/2004 7:04:18 PM PST by CHARLITE
History takes time. To understand the historic decline of the Democratic Party I have found it useful to reach back to a book I wrote in 1984, The Liberal Crack-Up. It is a diagnosis of what was then the core philosophy of the Democratic Party, liberalism, and a prognosis of its future. Doctor Tyrrell was not optimistic, but history takes time. . . . .
The conservatism of President George W. Bush, a conservatism that has been governing America for most of the past 24 years, remains to these liberals shocking, dangerous, or "extremist," as they say.
The liberalism of the liberal crack-up is what is "extremist." Even a sensible idea or a fine principle is exaggerated to the point that it becomes preposterous and untenable.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
a non-blinking ping (for a change).
A couple of guffaws and a hysterical laughing fit are perfectly reasonable additions.
I liked the article especially the end.
"No conscientious liberal of 2004 will be content until the Nation adopts homosexual marriage. Nor will the good liberal accept such limitations on abortion as parental consent for minors. Naturally the good liberal will only accept the most extreme criticism of the Iraqi war. The good liberal increasingly sees politics as a realm dominated by conspiracies and lies. The inflamed drama of liberal politics has become too much for ordinary Americans to endure. The liberal crack-up is beyond therapy. It is history."
great post
ping
BUMP!!
Great column. Bob is a terrific writer.
Of all the journalists I've been aware of, RET is the only one I think would make a successful President.
>>Not much more to add . . .<<
Coda:
". . . the Democrats and their secretarial staff at CBS, the New York Times and elsewhere in the media ignored Kerry's every botch and every flight into bizarre pretentiousness. Thus they still cannot understand how the President won."*
*Tyrrell, Nov. 4, 2004.
One only has to do a little research to find that the Democratic party reached it's downturn a long long time ago.
It was a splinter group off the Republican Party, designed to find a way to CHEAT. It's all in the history.
One only has to do a little research to find that the Democratic party reached it's downturn a long long time ago.
It was a splinter group off the Republican Party, designed to find a way to CHEAT. It's all in the history.
Simply type in "Definition of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY" in google, and you will find how they started and why.
I was a kid in the Carter years, and I don't remember the context of these remarks. (All I remember of his presidency was feeling, for the first time, very insecure and afraid for our country.) He told Americans they had an inordinate (excessive, unreasonable?) fear of Communism? Really??
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