I realize that I've been hammering 'Democrats' a lot lately on a variety of issues, and I'd just like to set the record straight. I have nothing against Democrats. In fact, if we were all one party, things would be awfully dull. It's good to have opposing viewpoints - it requires people on both sides to flesh out their ideas and be persuasive as to why theirs is the best idea. Ultimately, having multiple political parties is a form of capitalism in itself - in the marketplace of ideas, you must prove why yours is the best; if you do, you win. That's the heart of capitalism and democracy.
So, why do I hammer on Democats so much? Let me be clear: it's not Democrats that are the problem. It's their leaders.
The Democrat leadership has fallen so far out of touch with normal, everyday Americans that they've almost completely stopped representing their constituents. Instead, the Democrat party leadership has begun catering to their far-left kook supporters, like MoveOn.org, CodePink, CAIR, George Soros, and other complete wackos who hate pretty much everything about America and what America stands for. The goal of these wackos is to destroy America as it is now and rebuild it to their tastes. Unfortunately, most of those wackos are extreme socialists, and we know from history that socialism is a failed system, but it puts almost total control of everything into the hands of the elite, and that's why they like it. More on that in a future blog. Anyway, this is an extremely small segment of the population (and the Democrat party), but it's become very loud and has very deep pockets (Soros, for example, is a multi-billionaire). The end result is that the Democrat leadership has become very anti-American on a wide range of issues, from the War on Terror to tax increases to global warming to activist judges. The MSM has the same kind of bias, and that's why the Democrats and the MSM are so tightly in step on most issues.
Again, let me be clear: I do not believe these wackos are the mainstream of the Democrat party! Here's how I know - on the amnesty debate, there were just as many Democrats opposing it as there were Republicans. A number of freshman Democrats were elected to Congress in 2006 because they were conservatives, and Americans are (for the most part) fundamentally conservative people, regardless of Republican or Democrat. As far as I know, Democrats don't want to pay higher taxes any more than Republicans do, and Democrats generally don't hate America any more than Republicans do. But, the party leadership has caved in to the wackos, and in effect, they've hijacked the steering wheel of the party, driving away from their Democrat base. That's the real problem. So, when you hear me hammer on Democrats, please know that it's the Democrat leadership that I'm hammering, not normal Democrats.
So, what to do? Well, this one is up to Democrats. It's your party, and if you believe there are problems, you need to take steps to fix them. If you want to be represented in Congress by wackos who would raise your taxes through the roof, ignore voter fraud, demand retreat of American troops who are fighting and dying to protect our security, grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and then provide handout after handout for them regardless of the financial consequences on law-abiding American taxpayers, prevent protections for Americans reporting suspicious activity, then...do nothing. You're already being well represented.
If, however, you are unhappy with the way your leaders are behaving, you need to contact them and tell them so. Repeatedly, with intelligent arguments and facts to back them up. You need to object every time they bow to wackos, and praise them when they represent you. And, most of all, you need to pay attention to which Democrats most closely represent you, and which ones most closely represent the wackos; when it comes time to vote, vote for the one who stands for you.
I don't believe that most Democrats appreciate what Reid, Pelosi, Kennedy, and many other Democrat leaders are doing in Congress (as evidenced by 14% Congressional approval ratings). I believe most Democrats are good, hard-working, America-loving people, just like me. We may disagree on some things, but we agree on many things, too. The problem is the leadership - they need to stop representing wackos, and start representing YOU.
There's my two cents.
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