August 24, 2005
"Little Democracy" Seizes the Day
The current Kos strategy of "divide for the hell of it" reflects the view of a segment of the Democratic Party who believe that the politics of unreason will serve them well. (The link is to Iowahawk's cut and paste of the Kos post, because who in their right mind would give another link to Kos if they didn't have to? Much better to give the link to Iowahawk.)
In November of 2003 I posted a lengthy piece refuting a similar claim made on Daily Kos that had the adult-children in the Dean Campaign breathless. I'll reproduce that article below, with a few edits. The bottom line is that it's not enough to feel secure that the strategy, repeatedly promoted by the "petulant wing of the Democrat Party," wouldn't win elections, or even a nomination (a fact that I accurately predicted back in 2003). The point is that win or lose the strategy is simply bad for the country. Which is to say, in no uncertain terms, that it's pretty much boneheadedly anti-American, or even anti-democracy, for that matter, since it's probably not good for any country. With good reason Christopher Hitchens calls these folks "domestic masochists."
Read "Centrifugal Politics"!
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"change backgrounds buttons" have been broken for a couple days....
Please give me back MY lite background.
Posted by: j. blair at August 24, 2005 07:22 PM (FrnwP)
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Welcome Back Rusty. Without you, I have been spending too much time with My Scott Baio action figures.
I wonder how Wasim is doing sucking infidel dick for a living now that he lost his cushy post at the immigration firm.
Posted by: Filthy Allah at August 24, 2005 09:14 PM (bikuR)
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This was a particularly good part:
"...when what actually happened is that the electorate was simply returning to the ideological consensus it has held since the Founding."
It was a matter of recognizing that we were beginning to drift from the original "intent" of our forefathers. An original intent that came from the sound judgement of people whose memories of abuse were quite fresh. Something many of us have no direct experience of. I wish I could have come up with that myself because that is what I've been trying to say to many for a while now.
The Democratic Party wishes to break from that and repeat the mistakes that others have already made.
And maybe I'm being overly simplistic, but doesn't centrifugal politics embody a "throw money at the problem" (even if there's not a problem) solution? You know, give the illusion that there's a problem that some will buy in to? (Actually, it's more like putting lipstick on a pig.)
Posted by: Oyster at August 24, 2005 09:43 PM (YudAC)
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