Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Rogers: The fade of the liberal left
The Iowa State Daily ^ | February 9, 2015 | Clay Rogers

Posted on 02/09/2015 12:03:45 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A tectonic shift is occurring in American politics. The old guard of the Democratic Party will soon be far too ancient to contest an election. This creates serious problems for the party once 2016 passes. It’s obvious that Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden will soon announce their candidacy, but who will fill the ranks when they’re gone?

It’s important to know that there was once a socially conservative generation deemed "The Greatest Generation." These, the heroes of Anzio and Guadalcanal, gave birth to a litter of selfish creatures called "baby boomers." The baby boomers soon colonized communal settlements known as colleges. Yes, it was here in this garden of earthly delight that millions of children sowed the seeds of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, which would destroy our civilization.

This is the cultural revolution that most prominent democrats belong. Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are all remnants of that era. The '60s revolutionaries were fierce and brazen because liberalism was brazen during that time period. But now, times have changed. Liberalism predominates and modern Democrats are left with nothing to rebel against. The revolution has ended and the time of the milquetoast liberal has begun.

In her youth, Hillary Clinton dipped her hands in the blood of the revolution that uprooted our Christian society. She and her contemporaries were fanatical, and their fanaticism helped turn them into popular politicians. Indeed, I challenge any reader to produce an example of a new Democratic face that could compete with Hillary. There is no competition even among her own cohort.

It is my firm belief that in two years we’ll have another Clinton in the White House. "Uncle" Joe Biden is the only other serious contender for the Democratic nomination. According to polling data, Hillary runs 40 points ahead of her nearest Democratic competitor in the state of Iowa. If one supposes, as I do, that Republicans cannot win a national majority in 2016, then there’s no way she can lose. But what happens after she’s gone?

The Republicans have time on their side. While the Democratic lower ranks are barren, the Republicans have no shortage of rising stars. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio and Joni Ernst will all be around for decades to come. Though none of these people stand much of a chance against Hillary, they may sweep the field in the 2020s. Where is the new generation of democratic leaders who will stand against them?

We caught a glimpse of the future last fall. The Republicans swept congress because Democratic resistance was so feeble. The Iowa race was a great example. Leaving politics aside, Ernst was infinitely more interesting than Bruce Braley. A motherly war veteran who packs a gun in her purse faced a sort of awkward-looking white guy. And Democrats ran awkward candidates across the entire country.

The difference between the parties is quite profound. Conservatives hate their establishment, and wait like hyenas around a dying elephant for its departure. Democrats have nothing but an establishment. What will happen when the Bruce Braleys of this world inherit the party? The Democratic tribe does a very good job at stirring itself up into a wild frenzy during presidential campaigns, but will the tribe be so inspired when its champions are gone?

Well, that’s the future, what about the present? In 2016, Republicans will probably commit election suicide as usual. They run elections so poorly that I’ve come to believe they actually enjoy losing. If Jeb Bush gets the nomination, then the election is as good as over. They’ll split the conservative vote among four or five minor candidates and allow a liberal Republican like Bush to take the nomination. Most true conservatives would rather be hit by a train than vote for Jeb Bush.

Liberals have the habit of not turning out in mid-term elections. With the Democratic warrior queen leading them into battle, turn out will not be a problem in 2016. Republicans may have youthful candidates on their side, but the culture is not. It goes without saying that our country is now center-left. The new liberal majority has many members in the GOP wanting to shift left. This adds another incentive to run a suicidal candidate like Jeb Bush.

Though the culture war ended many years ago, the culture warriors survived. Cunning, ruthlessness and cruelty hoisted them to the top. It’ll be a different society when they’re gone. Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech will almost certainly be the last gurgling bubbles of a sinking ship.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: babyboomers; biden; bush; democrats; hillary; joniernst; scottwalker; tedcruz
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last
If this is a student, and I assume it is, he is somewhat perceptive for someone that age.
1 posted on 02/09/2015 12:03:45 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: All

Obama Ex-Aide Van Jones: GOP 2016 Superstars Should Worry Dems
http://www.Newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/van-jones-gop-superstars-democrats/2015/02/08/id/623510/#ixzz3REWc9dc9


2 posted on 02/09/2015 12:08:01 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Hillary will be invincible in 2016, why wasn’t she invincible in 2008.that was before Benghazi and her stroke, and her other screw ups as Secretary of State.

What, exactly, has Hillary ever accomplished?


3 posted on 02/09/2015 12:14:00 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

pretty much nails the situation


4 posted on 02/09/2015 12:14:59 AM PST by AlmaKing
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cowboy Bob

A) Being born a female and (B) hitching up with Bill Clinton.


5 posted on 02/09/2015 12:25:03 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

He sure doesn’t know his generations.


6 posted on 02/09/2015 12:40:16 AM PST by ansel12 (Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not really so perceptive. I Hitlery is elected president, she will be the last American president. No need for any other democrat. There will be nothing left.


7 posted on 02/09/2015 12:43:53 AM PST by exnavy (Got ammo, Godspeed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

It doesn’t matter. The administrative bureaucratic state will last for generations. Obama has implanted his virus in every aspect of the US bureaucracy. If Jeb wins forget it. Amnestied illegals will get to vote for their freebies in perpetuity. Unless a conservative who is willing to fire 50% of the federal workforce it wont matter that the presidential democrat lib candidates are dinosaurs.


8 posted on 02/09/2015 12:49:37 AM PST by Organic Panic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wish this were true.


9 posted on 02/09/2015 12:52:57 AM PST by ozzymandus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet
Re: “The Republicans have time on their side.”

Is this guy freaking serious?

We create 750,000 new citizens each year, and 80% of them vote for the Democrat Party.

About 60% of the people who die each year are Republicans.

And, more than 60% of the people who turn 18 each year are Democrats.

And what difference would it make if the GOP did win the White House?

Except for Ted Cruz, who can't win nationally, every other GOP candidate is a center-left RINO on immigration, ObamaCare, spending, and debt.

10 posted on 02/09/2015 1:11:29 AM PST by zeestephen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

The boy invented a tale of conservative republicgasm..

Reality is different.. nothing will change UNTIL..
there is a revolt to the bone..

A bloody revolt with atrocity’s and over reaches..
UNTIL that happens the “Leftist FLU”.. will not be cured..
The Marxist Cancer will be metastatic.. spreading..

HEROIC surgery is required.. with much pain..
Tall tales are just a DRUG!.. a hallucinogen...


11 posted on 02/09/2015 1:23:02 AM PST by hosepipe (" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeestephen

What makes you say that Ted Cruz cannot win nationally? I seem to recall the same talk in the 1977-1980 era about another conservative. BTW, Ted Cruz won over 40% of the Hispanic vote in 2012. Any Republican that can win 40% of those voters in a national race is the next president.


12 posted on 02/09/2015 1:37:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have thought for years that an agreement was made between the left and right parties to each take two terms and then swap. It seems that has been the norm........


13 posted on 02/09/2015 2:37:25 AM PST by PROSOUTH ( Deo Vindice "God Will Vindicate")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

In political time; the next election is an eternity away. So much can happen between now and then.

To anyone looking at Hillary’s resume with an open mind; there is nothing there. She rides coattails. That’s all she has ever done.

It’s only because zero got re-elected that allows me to even think she could win. The electorate is so dumbed now even Hillary could win.


14 posted on 02/09/2015 3:28:31 AM PST by Boomer (Politically Incorrect and proud of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

I disagree. If Hillary is nominated, any Republican will beat her. She is such a scold, and not getting any younger.


15 posted on 02/09/2015 3:38:11 AM PST by SamAdams76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why the Hildabeast? Why not the woman from Angie’s List? Why not Beyonce?


16 posted on 02/09/2015 4:26:26 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: zeestephen; 2ndDivisionVet

Zee's Entire Post.

17 posted on 02/09/2015 4:52:13 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: zeestephen
"Except for Ted Cruz, who can't win nationally..."

When was the last candidate who has clearly espoused/shown a record for limited government lose in a national election?

The bottleneck is in the primary. If a limited government type that is capable of speaking clearly ever emerges out of the primary then all bets are off whether or not he or she will be automatically relegated to a loss. Look at Reagan's rise as the last candidate that ran on limited government (Although his Establishment advisers eventually bogged him down).
18 posted on 02/09/2015 5:04:36 AM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a very rosy picture and I’m not at all confident of this analysis. Yes, Republicans do have a lot of rising stars today and yes, many state legislatures have turned Republican but we are fighting a force that seems way more sinister than political parties. Evil is rising in our midst and in our world at a frightening pace. A population that will elect a man like B. H. Obama is a citizenry without discernment and that is becoming more and more true with each passing day. Evil is becoming “good” along with the reverse. When Iran gets the bomb all bets are off. A nation willing to kill 50 million+ unborn is a nation willing to kill grandma and grandpa for convenience or money or for “the planet”. Look for the homosexual movement (in all its flavors and perversions) to get more and more militant and become a culturally embraced “lifestyle” that is promoted and “valued”. What is going to stop this rampage of total moral breakdown? If it is to be stopped, and I do not think it will be, a political force will not be the force to do it. Christian denominations are compromising all over the place in an effort to be “relevant” to the culture. The government bureaucracy is enormous and is set to gobble up everything in its path including you and me and any and all our wealth. Look for true Christians to become more and more maligned and legislated against. America is becoming Sodom and I see nothing arising to slow that decent. America can not longer tolerate righteousness and Godly Biblical principles - the foundation for real discernment - and so America will not elect candidates that strongly stand for those things and against the evils we face. What do you think the MSM would do to a man like Ted Cruz if he were to ever get elected? You can already hear the cries: too intolerant, hypocrite, homophobic, extremist, white-hispanic, etc., etc., etc. I would love to be proven wrong but I just don’t see it. I can’t help but believe America is coming under an increasing judgement of God if we do not turn away from evil, individually and corporately. Let the flaming begin.


19 posted on 02/09/2015 5:16:13 AM PST by Lake Living
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary will self destruct as she always does. She cannot speak without showing what she is...a communist...the only time her polls go up is when she shuts up. When she gets the nomination she will have to open her idiot pie whole and it will all come spilling out.


20 posted on 02/09/2015 6:19:19 AM PST by ontap
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson