Lunatics Running the DNC Asylum Health-Care Facility?
Echoing a thought similar to Lorie Byrd’s comment that “The wacko blogs on the right don’t draw high traffic from conservative readers,” a columnist with the qualities of the Greek goddess Athena writes in today’s OpinionJournal:
Republicans have crazies. All parties do. But in the case of the Democrats–the leader of their party, after all, is the unhinged Howard Dean–the lunatics seem increasingly to be taking over the long-term health-care facility.
Since those words are Peggy‘s, it should go without saying that I recommend you read the whole thing!
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It’s true all groups have their fringe. Both sides have become so removed from the center, to the extreme. The Republicans went that way first, but they are far better at apealling to the “common man” – but they both do it. Which is why most Americans are getting so fed up with our system – just look at the voting numbers – they decline more and more.
Comment by republic of m — February 2, 2006 @ 2:34 am - February 2, 2006
I think it’s a bit easier for the Republicans. On the whole, and I’m just using these names for the sake of analogy, more voters can find common ground with Pat Robertson than with Markos Moulitsas Zúniga.
I think the reason fewer people vote is because politicians don’t address the issues that matter to them. Right now, somewhere between 70-90% of voters want illegal immigration stopped, but politicians until now avoided the issue because both sides have interest groups that want continued illegal immigration.
Also, the parties and the media seem to reduce every policy dispute into a pissing match instead of discussing the real issues. The battle for social securitty reform played out in the media as “Democrats win, Republicans lose” instead of “under the current system, every worker under the age of 40 is going to pay 12.6% of his income into a retirement plan that’s going to be bankrupt before he retires what are we going to do about it?”
Comment by V the K — February 2, 2006 @ 6:03 am - February 2, 2006
It will be interesting to see how much the “impeachment” talk grows, or doesn’t grow, in 2006.
On present information, we may take for granted that Bush has done nothing impeachable. (No Clinton lying under oath; no Clinton-Nixon obstruction of justice; no Nixon use of domestic spying for personal gain.)
That makes the Democratic talk of impeachment pure nihilism. (As Tony Blankly pointed out today.)
And if America didn’t vote for Congress to impeach in a time of peace, 1998, when there was a very solid legal case against the President, then America sure won’t vote for Congress to impeach in a time of war, 2006, when there is no credible legal case against the President.
So if Howard Dean, Kerry and Pelosi take the Democratic Party down that road – they’re doomed.
I’ve been thinking about how that will play out in my own tiny life.
A destructive impeachment of the President in time of war for the sake of pure nihilism would actually be worse for gays, overall, than a Federal Marriage Amendment. So if the Democrats do take a stand for impeachment, this could be the first election EVER where I actually give money to the Republican Party.
And we would be having lots of the following exchange here, with clueless pathetic lefties:
Q: How could you not vote for the Democrats and IMPEACH BUSH in the face of the FMA?????!!!!
A: Because a groundless, hateful, nihilistic impeachment of the President in time of war would be so profoundly destructive to America that it far outweighs the havoc or damage to our rights of the FMA being passed – which by the way is unlikely.
Comment by Calarato — February 2, 2006 @ 10:32 pm - February 2, 2006
Over at Reason Magazine, Tim Cavanaugh has his own reasons for predicting GOP victory (or at least holding their own) in 2006.
He is no Bush / Republican supporter; just calling it as he sees it.
Comment by Calarato — February 3, 2006 @ 1:04 am - February 3, 2006
I like that perspective on it. I have to think about that and get back after I have had a chance to think about it more.
Comment by Medical Resources — February 22, 2006 @ 12:18 pm - February 22, 2006
What about the previous post? I think that’s an important note as well.
Comment by Health Information — February 22, 2006 @ 3:28 pm - February 22, 2006
Anybody know how we get an RSS feed for this blog? I am not very tech savvy and would really like to get updated info on this blog. Thanks!
Comment by Health Care Resources — March 3, 2006 @ 10:45 pm - March 3, 2006
Interesting thought on that one. I think I heard something similar the other day on another board. I can’t remember where though.
Comment by Health Care Resources — April 7, 2006 @ 9:53 am - April 7, 2006