February 07, 2006

Quote of the Day

From a dynamite TNR piece by Steven Groopman on an Air America event in which members of the crowd watched the State of the Union and hooted, hollared, and laughed whenever the president mentioned "9/11," "terror," "freedom," and "weapons of mass destruction":

This made me wonder: Why the visceral reaction to these particular formulations? The speech contained plenty of lines worthy of ridicule, and Bush certainly uses his share of dishonest conservative catchphrases ("activist judges" for instance). But spreading freedom around the world is--or should be--a paramount goal of liberalism. Meanwhile, terrorism remains a real threat to America, and a source of continuing death and destruction the world over. As for "weapons of mass destruction": A fanatical regime in Iran with a history of sponsoring terrorism and a stated desire to see Israel "wiped off the map" is well on its way to having such weapons. This is not an invention of the Republican imagination; it is reality.
If my party can look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush side by side, and decide Bush is the bad guy, then no, they don't deserve to be in power.

Posted by Stephen Silver at February 7, 2006 09:51 PM
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"If my party can look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush side by side, and decide Bush is the bad guy, then no, they don't deserve to be in power."

I agree. As someone whose father worked for the government during the Kennedy administration, I have become increasingly disturbed by the lack of substance and sober-mindedness in the current Democratic Party. There are certain political realities in being the minority party, but blind opposition and unrelenting hyperbolic demagoguery are not only ineffective as a longterm strategy to reclaim the majority, they also are potentially harmful to the country. My father would shudder if he saw what passes for progressive "liberalism" today.

Posted by: DBrooks at February 8, 2006 08:40 AM

Unfortunately, George Soros, DailyKos and Moveon have become the voice of the democratic party.

Democratic voters handicapped by a weak field of candidates in the last presidential election picked the one guy they thought could not only hold up leftist bona fides, but could pass muster in flyover country as a "war hero" and was thus electable.

Although I am a Republican, and disagree with more than just the far left of the Democratic party I do not see this as good for the country.

It is up to you and other democrats to take back your party.

Posted by: J. Lichty at February 8, 2006 11:47 AM
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