Dems Gone Wild

The Weekly Standard's David Brooks has a smart piece on the Democrats'
increasingly distant relationship with reality. "The Democrats . . .
look like they're turning into a domestic version of the
Palestinians--a group so enraged at their perceived oppressors, and so
caught up in their own victimization, that they behave in ways that
are patently not in their self-interest, and that are almost
guaranteed to perpetuate their suffering," he writes. The explanation:

Whether it is across the ocean or across the aisle, powerlessness
corrupts just as certainly as power does. Those on top become overly
self-assured, emotionally calloused, dishonest with themselves, and
complacent. Those on the bottom become vicious. Sensing that their
dignity is perpetually insulted, they begin to see their plight in
lurid terms. They exaggerate the power of their foes. They invent
malevolent conspiracy theories to explain their unfortunate position.
They develop a gloomy and panicked view of the world.

Republicans are suffering from many of the maladies that afflict the
powerful, but they have not been driven into their own emotional
ghetto because in their hearts Republicans don't feel that powerful.
Democrats, on the other hand, do feel powerless. And that is why so
many Democratic statements about Republicans resemble European and
Middle Eastern statements about America.

Noting that "fury rarely wins elections," Brooks speculates that if
the Dems don't get real, and if the economy improves and the war
continues to go well, we could soon see a "sharp political shift
toward the Republicans."

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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:59:58 -0500, "Alric Knebel"
<alric_j@bellsouth.net> wrote:

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>"JJWHITEJR" <jjwhitejr2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Dems Gone Wild
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>> The Weekly Standard's David Brooks has a smart piece on the Democrats'
>> increasingly distant relationship with reality. "The Democrats . . .
>> look like they're turning into a domestic version of the
>> Palestinians--a group so enraged at their perceived oppressors, and so
>> caught up in their own victimization, that they behave in ways that
>> are patently not in their self-interest, and that are almost
>> guaranteed to perpetuate their suffering," he writes. . . . .
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>"Smart"? Sounds pretty stupid to me. Biased, right-wing, slope-skulled
>knuckle-dragging idiocy.
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>Alric
My, My, what a well thought out, researched, reasoned response. I
stand in awe of your
intellectual demonstration.........not

JJWHITEJR

Q: Which party took Social Security from an independent fund and put
it in the general fund so
that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic-controlled House and
Senate.
Q: Which party put a tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic party.
Q: Which party increased the tax on Social Security?
A: The Democratic Party with Al Gore casting the deciding vote.
Q Which party decided to give money to immigrants?
A: That's right, immigrants move into this country at 65 and get SSI
Social Security. The Democratic Party gave that to them although they
never paid a dime into it.
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