Posted on 11/12/2016 9:08:52 PM PST by aquila48
We geniuses in the news media spent only the last month telling you how Donald Trump was losing this election. We spent the last year telling you how the Republican Party was unraveling.
And here we are, with the Democrats in tatters. You might want to think twice about our Oscar and Super Bowl predictions.
Despite all the discussion of demographic forces that doomed the G.O.P., it will soon control the presidency as well as both chambers of Congress and two of every three governor’s offices. And that’s not just a function of James Comey, Julian Assange and misogyny. Democrats who believe so are dangerously mistaken.
Other factors conspired in the party’s debacle. One in particular haunts me. From the presidential race on down, Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded a hefty share of Americans and consigned many to a “basket of deplorables” who aren’t all deplorable. Some are hurt. Some are confused.
Liberals miss this by being illiberal. They shame not just the racists and sexists who deserve it but all who disagree. A 64-year-old Southern woman not onboard with marriage equality finds herself characterized as a hateful boob. Never mind that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton weren’t themselves onboard just five short years ago.
Political correctness has morphed into a moral purity that may feel exhilarating but isn’t remotely tactical. It’s a handmaiden to smugness and sanctimony, undermining its own goals.
I worry about my and my colleagues’ culpability along these lines. I plan to use greater care in how I talk to and about Americans more culturally conservative than I am. That’s not a surrender of principle or passion. It’s a grown-up acknowledgment that we’re a messy, imperfect species.
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"But new presidents typically get an electoral whupping after their first two years, and there’s every reason to believe that Trump will govern — or fail to — in a fashion that prompts one. Will Democrats respond in a way that puts them in the best possible position to deliver it?
That hinges on whether they can look as hard at the errors in their party as at the ugliness in America."
There’s now a fake competition among the media talking heads “Oh please come back! We’ll treat you ever so much better!!!! PLEASE?!”
If Clinton had succeeded in stealing the election the MSM would be praising itself for shutting us down. But MSM is afraid for their jobs so now they will say ANYTHING to get us back. ANYTHING.
Barry Soetoro/Barack Hussein Obama has presided over the decimation of the Democrat Party.
They hold fewer offices at every level of government than ever.
They have no bench from which to draw for higher offices.
He has utterly destroyed the party with his arrogant “I won” and “all about me” attitude.
Make sure you turn out the lights and lock up when you leave.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. It does appear (at least with his words) that he gets it. As to his last sentence.... he’s right. There’s a ton of ugliness. Look at all the protests going on as we speak.
The Democrat/Liberal definition of “inclusiveness” is always based on the color of one’s skin, or one’s gender, educational level, national origin, sexual preferences, or able-bodiedness.
Never on the content of one’s character.
“As to his last sentence.... he’s right. There’s a ton of ugliness. Look at all the protests going on as we speak”
I’d bet anything that that ugliness is not what he’s referring to. In fact he probably finds that beautiful,
I think Clintoonie screwed the pooch by bragging about how many “republicans” were endorsing her. Her far, far left supporters had to smell as skunk. If the “republicans” are going to vote for her, that can’t be good.
They are STILL doubling down on blindness and arrogance. Go Times Go! Keep helping the dems lose!!!!!
Aren't you precious. Talk to me and you'll be acknowledging a poke in the nose. No forgiveness ever.
You didn't grow. You got caught.
The ugliness in America is in his mirror.
Have a nice day.
Libs need to meet and listen to people who disagree with them.
He thinks he gets it but he doesn’t. smh
With the degree of anger out there, they probably caught a whiff of the notion that they should be afraid for their lives.
I blame Liberal media people for electing Clinton. I blame them for electing Obama, and I blame them for almost electing that vile psychotic hate witch, Hillary.
This country almost made a decision that would have me wishing the Iranians would nuke us. What point to care about a nation that is so vile and evil?
It served the double-duty of putting those RINOs in the limelight for all to see.
I like how you think.
“”But new presidents typically get an electoral whupping after their first two years, and there’s every reason to believe that Trump will govern — or fail to — in a fashion that prompts one. “
Yep, and every reason to believe the exact opposite.
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