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Posted on 08/16/2003 7:19:57 AM PDT by NutmegGuy
Throughout medieval times, and even in the antebellum South, members of the nobility measured their wealth, in large part, by the number of slaves they possessed. With the advent of representative government, power brokers were forced to become somewhat more creative, having to make promises to the lowly masses during campaign season in the hopes of purchasing their votes on Election Day. Of course those promises need not be kept once ballots were counted. With help from a sympathetic media, a mere series of excuses would ultimately suffice to pacify the rabble. But now those commoners have really gummed up the works by actually holding one of the elite responsible for empty promises he made and for the pathetic job he's doing.
How fitting it is that, in the midst of this present day upheaval in California, a mindset similar to that of the medieval lords is being revealed as a deeply entrenched attitude within that state's Democrat Party, as well as among Democrat operatives nationwide. With each passing day, as the Davis recall continues towards its dramatic October climax, more and more evidence of their true disdain for the masses continues to seep from the murk of Democrat strategizing.
As was predictable, California Democrats still offer no real solutions to their present problems. Rather, they focus entirely on the supposed "danger" posed to civilization at large, if unscrupulous politicians like Davis are made to be accountable to the lowly citizenry. With California's political system languishing under the dominance of liberals for so many years, Democrats cannot even credibly point a finger of blame at any available Republican in hopes of diverting attention from the abysmal failure of their governing philosophy. So now their only remaining political ammunition is the somewhat less-than-persuasive suggestion that a threat to Davis' political career is a threat to all that is worth protecting in Sacramento.
Rather than admitting its gross mismanagement of the public trust, the Democrat political machine, that has historically run the California political process with a heavy hand, is presently working overtime to maintain the status quo, seeking desperately to allay fears among constituents who have been dependent on it with promises of burgeoning payoffs in the future. At the same time, those who continue to advocate the recall are virulently denounced as some sort of cancer on the American political system. Most notable here is the fact that, if allowed to have their way, party Democrats clearly reveal their willingness for California's woes to continue or even to worsen, as long as it is they who remain at the helm, making those crucial decisions.
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Fealty still exists today, in an ecomonic form, and the Democrats use it. They rely on the support of people who receive government checks, and those people in turn rely on the Democrats to keep those checks flowing.
Congressman Billybob
I shall henceforth refer to the Democrats as the "Feudal Party", not the "Slave Party."
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