Somebody Needs to Explain Democrats to Me
I used to be a Democrat. I grew up in a home that supported Democrats. When I arrived on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh in 1984 (and later at The University of NC at Greensboro) I found a whole new world of Democrats. These people were vicious, America-hating Socialists. They loved the Soviet Union, the Sandinistas, Fidel Castro and they never met an abortion they didn’t want subsidized.
Wackos will always be with us. What puzzles me, however, is how so many sane Democrats then and now can live in denial. They simply don’t want to believe that there is a sizable wacko community in their party that hates America, wants us to lose (everywhere) and has no core value except abortion. These people are not just a tiny fringe, they represent a significant voting block in the party and hold leadership posts.
The socialists that dominated the college Democrats in the 70s and 80s now hold Democratic leadership positions around the country.
The supposed "right wing" (miniscule) Klan (in reality more populist than conservative) had no home and has no home in the GOP. The connection has always been a red herring. There are no GOP candidates trying to swing the "white supremacist vote." Yet in the Democratic Party all the candidates are trying to woo the "Chavez" vote.
Michael Moore sits in a place of honor next to an ex-President at their convention. Cindy Sheehan photo ops are a must for many. Fundraisers at the Playboy mansion are treated like fundraisers at a Boy Scout jamboree… check that… if you want the leftist vote, better stick with the Playboy Bunnies (the Scouts being the threat to America that they are).
I just don’t get it.
The Middle East is chock full of nations which treat women like dogs, endorse slavery and impose the death penalty for people converting to any other religion except Islam. Yet in the midst of all that violence, tyranny, misogyny and barbaric behavior Jimmy Carter chooses to write about "Israeli apartheid"?
Nancy Pelosi's daughter and Democrats are more worried about Evangelical Christians (whose theology led to the creation of the Constitution) than they are about militant Islam.
Hugo Chavez suppresses dissent, seeks the government takeover of private property and pushes the Venezuelan legislature to give him the power to rule by decree (if you missed that, it says "rule by decree"!). Yet again, the American left (represented well in the US government) is overly concerned with the "dictatorship" of George W. Bush? And these are people that think that men like Chavez are the only hope for the world.
I know there are patriotic Democrats in this world… take off the blinders… and let's hear some noise! Anybody? Please?
Now we find out that the Black Caucus which was formed to protect the rights of African-American voters from disenfranchisement has refused to admit a non-Black member of the House who represents a district that is 60% African-American.
Stephen Cohen (D-TN) was chosen by a majority of his district to represent them. In the process, he defeated a number of African-American candidates. For using their right to choose who should represent them in the House of Representatives, the African-American community in one Tennessee district will now be disenfranchised in the House. Weclome to the Democratic Party apparatus, Mr. Cohen.
The message from the Black Caucus to the black community of Tennessee: "You didn’t vote correctly." Some have already pledged to work against (fellow Democrat) Cohen in 2008 for the crime of not having enough skin pigmentation. Who cares what the voters want anyway?
What's a little disenfranchisement among friends?
I don’t think the House members in the Black Caucus understand how the House of REPRESENTATIVES is supposed to work. Men and women are elected to REPRESENT their constituents. Apparently the Black Caucus believes that they were elected to represent all African-Americans everywhere (and by extension, NOT represent the non-black members of their districts?).
Look at this carefully: the Black Caucus has decided that it will represent the African-Americans in Rep. Cohen’s district despite the fact that Mr. Cohen was chosen by those voters for that same purpose.
I am starting to see how liberals can support dictators, ignore tyranny and single out a particular race for criticism despite their supposed love of personal liberty. Liberals want to rule by decree, severely tax and regulate private property and they want to single out certain races and religions for criticism, exclusion and punishment. The Democratic Party of my parents has become the Democratic Party I tangled with in college.
As a reminder of how things have changed, the released memo states that the Black Caucus is to remain "exclusively African-American."
We used to have bathrooms in Alabama like that, but thankfully some Republican judges didn’t see things in terms of "exclusivity." I guess the Black Caucus has decided to judge a man based on the color of his skin rather than on the content of his character (or even the by the wishes of his own constituents).
Wake up, reasonable Democrats, your left wing is on fire.
If you're looking for a party that believes in personal liberty, a limited government and a colorblind society. We have one. It's called the Republican Party.