One thing you can say about the Democratic Party, they are an interesting bunch. Scrutinizing the events and pronouncements during their convention is both educational as well as entertaining. Today’s Democrats as a party make George Lukas’s Star Wars bar look like a convention of southern Methodists, given the freak show they’ve put on.
It’s clear that the Democratic Party has devolved into a collection of specific interest groups, some of which are in competition with each other, as in the pro-life vs. the pro-choice faction of the party. But by and large, today’s Democrats have become the repository of the aggrieved and disaffected, of the professional victim, of dissatisfaction and envy, of race baiters and poverty mongers with each faction passionately pursuing its own narrow interests and supporting others’ narrow interests in return for having theirs upheld.
Despite Bill Clinton’s admonition that the Democrats are striving to achieve shared prosperity and shared responsibility, there’s clear evidence that the opposite is the case. Certainly the Party is happy to share prosperity, so long as that prosperity can be winnowed out of the pockets of successful individuals who have chosen to work hard. But responsibility is another matter altogether, as under the Democrats fully 50% of Americans pay no taxes.
But that’s really just the tip of a very ugly iceberg. The demands and complaints that we’ve heard during the Democratic Convention highlight the fact that the Party is at the outer reaches of the fringe of mainstream society.
Government must pay for my abortion faction
Today’s Democrats are all about having the government pay for everything. There’s the “government must pay for my abortion faction,” which consists largely of shrews who don’t know well enough to keep their knees together and firmly believe that in order for a woman to be complete she must have experienced at least one abortion. Then there is the “government must pay for my contraception” faction of the party, which consists largely of shrews who do not want to keep their knees together, but don’t want to take responsibility for the outcome.
“Save the planet” faction
Other factions in the party include the “save the planet” faction whose belief stipulates that the only way the planet can be saved from the ravages of SUV driving white people is to give all our money to the UN. (This faction differs from the “save the earth” faction, whose beliefs include forcibly sterilizing individuals to reduce human population. Pres. Obama’s science advisor, John Holdren, heads that faction).
“America is racist” faction
Another prominent faction of the Democratic Party is the “America is racist” faction, which is comprised entirely of individuals whose life’s mission it is to find new words that can be vilified as racist rhetoric. This is how words like “angry,” “professor,” “Chicago” and “welfare” all became racist slurs needing to be eradicated from the English language.
“Comprehensive immigration reform” faction
Almost as militant as the “America is Racist” faction is the “Comprehensive immigration reform” faction. This faction’s core belief is that while all countries on the planet are legally entitled to protect their borders from invaders, the United States is uniquely disendowed of this legality. As such, it is the belief of this faction that anyone who happens to make it into the US, no matter by what means, should be granted immediate citizenship, provided with free healthcare, and made paid-for-life members of the Democrat Party.
“I’m poor because he’s rich” faction
Equally evident is the “I’m poor because he’s rich” faction, which believes that prosperity is a zero sum proposition. Thus, it’s no longer possibly to prosper without the government redistributing wealth, because all the wealth has already been spoken for by the wealthy. It’s one of the reasons that so much is made of Mitt Romney’s personal wealth because if only he didn’t have all that money, there’d be more money for food stamps and other government programs.
Union “living wage” Faction
Unions also occupy a prominent place in the Democrats’ Big Tent, albeit that tent is starting to look more and more like a crack house on the bad part of town. This faction believes that if the government nationalizes all business then all the workers will get a “living wage.” They hold General motors as a prime example of a successful nationalization. You’ll recall when President Obama nationalized GM and Chrysler in 2009, the secured creditors lost their security and the Autoworkers’ Union took an equity position. The price? Voting Democrat!
“More than two genders” faction
The “more than two genders” faction of the Party is working diligently to advance gay marriage. This is the faction that seeks to bring lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender entities into the mainstream and ensures that their issues are given priority. This faction wants to convince all Americans that it’s all good.
How weird and out of the mainstream is the Democratic Party? It’s so weird that they even kicked God out of the Party, forcing Him to join the Republicans.
It seems to me that the Tampa Convention and the Charlotte Convention have served to highlight the basic philosophical differences between the Republicans and the Democrats. One is a party striving to create a climate in which we can prosper, while the other is pandering to a rag tag collection of special interests.
Canada Free Press
