Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Things are happening so fast I can hardly keep up. Let's start with the Democratic Platform. Follow these links, which I lifted from the Drudgereport, which had the good sense to put them together:
Dems Drop 'God' From Party Platform...
Jerusalem: Pro-Israel Language Removed...
Endorse taxpayer-funded abortions...
What this means is that Barack Obama -- a.k.a. the Great Unmasker -- has decided that the Democratic Party can dispense with and no longer really wants the support of Christians and Jews. They were in the past what dear departed comrade Lenin called "useful idiots," and they are no longer needed now.
These wounds, inflicted on the Democratic Party by itself, are entirely gratuitous.
Then, consider the state of the economy. As the Democratic National Convention meets, the national debt will reach sixteen trillion, 46.7 million Americans will be receiving food stamps, manufacturing will have dropped to or below the levels of July 2009, construction will have fallen like a stone, and the Republicans will soon be running advertisements based on these:
These wounds, inflicted by the Democratic Party on itself, are largely gratuitous.
None of this had to happen. It was a consequence of the Obama administration's decision to treat the economic crisis as an opportunity to transform America by shoving through measures like Obamacare and Dodd-Frank. It was a consequence of their treating the so-called stimulus bill as an opportunity to enrich the constituencies supporting the party. It was a consequence of their insisting on raising taxes on the investor class in the middle of a recession. And, of course, it was a consequence of Obama's decision to say that, if he failed to bring unemployment down dramatically, he would be (and should be) a one-term President.
Even the mainstream press is beginning to realize that Barack Obama and those who put him in the office where he is right now conspired unwittingly to bring down the Democratic Party. Read this piece by Jodi Kantor that appeared in today's Pravda-on-the-Hudson, and look at the photograph. Then, read it again. The rats are starting to leave the ship.
I saw Pravda-on-the-Hudson turn on a sitting Democratic President once before. His name was James Earl Carter, and columnists like Tom Wicker and the news pages began in September and October, 1980 to prepare the party faithful for the disaster they discerned on the horizon. Their successors are doing the same right now.
Landslide, my friends, landslide. "Say it loud and it's like music playing. Say it soft and it's almost like praying."
And when you pray, be thankful for the Great Unmasker.
UPDATE: The latest ABC/Washington Post poll shows Obama's popularity at 47%, much lower than before, and his decline in the polls is due to women abandoning him. When it rains, it pours.
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Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Eeyore
Sorry, Dr. Rahe, but Teh One has cover. I passed by a TV yesterday right when CNN was going over the 3 greatest problems we face. The debt to 16T was the last. And they said "You know why we have this much debt? The tax cuts. The Bush tax cuts! They've become the Bush-Obama tax cuts, but that's the reason."
This was a newssegment, not a commentary segment. · 2 minutes ago
Like the Democratic Party, CNN has a death wish, and its approach to extinction can be measured. More people watch -- God help us -- MSNBC.
Mar '12
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And the GOP should have Obama's famous "flexibility" comment running regularly. "What will he do in a second term?" and "What else is he not telling us?" as the captions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxEDomUlXw
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Scarlet Pimpernel: And the GOP should have Obama's famous "flexibility" comment running regularly. "What will he do in a second term?" and "What else is he not telling us?" as the captions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxEDomUlXw · 10 minutes ago
Yes, indeed.
Aug '10
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I took a screen shot of the last lines of the NY Times--er, Pravda on the Hudson article, worth noting two ways. First this puff piece of hagiography appeared on page A1, which is impressive considering the newspaper's length. Second is the ad placed by Google after the article.
Apr '11
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
That article made Obama sound like a total douche. Sorry, is that racist?
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
UPDATE: The latest ABC/Washington Post poll shows Obama's popularity at 47%, much lower than before, and his decline in the polls is due to women abandoning him. When it rains, it pours.
Nov '10
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Nick Stuart: Don't miss Senator Dick Durbin (Combine Party, Illinoistan) melt down under intense questioning by Bret Bair on the subject of why was God removed from the party platform.
http://www.therightscoop.com/dick-durbin-freaks-out-and-attacks-fox-news-refuses-to-explain-why-godjerusalem-removed-from-platform/ · 1 hour ago
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
Durbin sure went straight to the "You're implying the Democrats are Godless" awful quick, and with minimal prompting.
Aug '10
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
I'm not buying any of this. 47% may not be 50.0001% but it is pretty darn close. And I still don't think Obama's appeal has been fully grasped by his opponents. It is considerable.
Apr '12
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Obama is testing the liberal faith of Jews
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Three things to keep in mind: the trend, the fact that this poll is tilted towards the Democrats (its predecessors certainly were), and the fact that the freak show in Charlotte is going to be off-putting.
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
. . . and many Catholics.
Apr '11
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Ted Striclkand......another real inspiring speaker.
It gets worse by the hour.
Apr '12
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I second Conservative Wonderer, Professor. Stay still, rest and write!
Apr '11
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Essgee: Ted Striclkand......another real inspiring speaker.
It gets worse by the hour. · 13 minutes ago
Sebelius didn't exactly get them jumping out of their seats!
Apr '11
Re: Suicide: The Democratic Party's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Dr. Rahe, does your reference to "West Side Story" mean that you are well enough to burst into song and dance down the street?
Dec '10
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I believe that on taking office, President Obama swallowed whole the assurances of Pelosi, Reid and their "experts" that injecting a big chunk of "stimulus" into the economy via the Federal budget was going to fix the economy's problems in one go and that he wouldn't need to worry about it for the rest of his first term. I believe that whenever anyone expressed doubt that the economy was recovering as planned and that he ought really to pivot to jobs (rather than just saying he would), he brushed off their concerns and assured them that the stimulus was just taking a little longer than anticipated to do its magic, and that it would kick in any second. He didn't have the experience, knowledge or wisdom to understand how badly Pelosi and Reid had hijacked the stimulus to pay off key constituencies and cronies. The astounding thing is that someone as savvy in Congress's inner workings as Rahm Emanuel allowed his boss to get taken in so badly.
Aug '12
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Hoping and praying you're right, Mr. Rahe
As for the freak show - I had to mute the mayor of Murderville, er, Chicago. Sebelius was bad enough - I needed a break already.
Dec '10
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I believe you give Obama too much credit for caring about prosperity. He's the Great (international) Leveler.
Dec '10
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I'm Jewish, and I can tell you that Obama (with respect to Israel) is simply assessing that a lot of American Jews place their allegiance to liberalism ahead of their love of Israel. You can see in individuals like Peter Beinart and institutions like J Street the attitude that Israel is the problem, making life uncomfortable for American Jews. That attitude involves a massive amount of magical thinking, in which if Israel simply made the right set of concessions and said the right words, its enemies would instantly feel all their animosity and envy evaporate, peace would break out, and liberal American Jews would no longer have to feel defensive around their friends who berate them for Israel's "apartheid" policies and militaristic posture.
Apr '11
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Andrew Cuomo and Hillary are nowhere to be found. They are distancing themselves from the debacle.
Durbin was Obama's chief mentor. He might be doomed.