[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.

[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.

[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.

[Savage Beast]

Delusional people will defend their delusional systems at all costs. Some will even kill if their delusional paradigm is threatened. The more "Liberals'" delusional system is threatened, the more hysterical they get. It's similar to murderous madness with which Muslims defend their delusional paradigm. Madness can be dangerous.

[Tom Bombadil]

The Democrats are letting their inner selves out for a romp.

an ugly picture if there ever was one......A Democrat inner self is full of blind spots and irrationality.

[mewzilla]

[ctonious]

This writer nails many important observations about Democrats. Unfortunately, many of my relatives fit these descriptions to a "T". When discussing Bush, they revert to blatant irrationality - even though there is no shortage of intelligence nor education among many of them.

Their faces contort with raw hatred at this mild-mannered President - and when you ask them why and how they can hate such a man with such vehemence - they absolutely lose it. They realize they cannot rationally justify their pathological hatred of them - and it makes them even madder.

[Rummyfan]

'Janet Reno recalls her visit to the Dachau concentration camp, and points out that the Holocaust happened because many Germans just stood by. "And don't you just stand by," she exhorts her Democratic audience.'

Like people stood by when you burned the Branch Davidians compound to the gorund, you crazy b****?

[Rummyfan]

'And it is true that Michael Savage and Ann Coulter are still out there accusing the liberals of treason. '

What the hell, they ARE treasonous!

[Ditter]

I think I will stroll over to DU & watch for myself.

[Dog Gone]

I think you might enjoy this article.

[7 x 77]

"Bush passed two tax cuts, but on education he abandoned school choice and adopted a bill largely written by Ted Kennedy. On Medicare, the administration has abandoned real reform and embraced a bill also endorsed by Kennedy. On campaign finance, the president signed a bill promoted by his opponents. The faith-based initiatives are shrinking to near nothingness. Social Security reform has disappeared from the agenda for the time being. Domestic spending has increased."

[7 x 77]

"our politics is still a contest between two competing but essentially valid worldviews"