Why the Dems will loose in 2006

[Tags: democrat, liberal, politics, 2006, hate]

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If nothing else, I enjoy watching the human condition. The easiest thing to do is identify "what's wrong" in a civilization - even children when asked about hitting their fingers with a hammer will know that it's not a good thing.

The Democrats however, seem to lack this basic function. I haven't pinpointed why yet - but it's not obvious as far as I can tell.

To get on topic, the Democrats will loose not due to a "lack" of anything, other than understanding that human condition. Let me take you on a short journey (short being the operative word) which the left is blind to: The real issues facing the United States.



The Democrats in the Congress continue to hammer on Iraq - in my estimation a futile and hazerdous thing. The more they point out "King George-isms" that GW says is protecting Americans, the higher his polls rise, leaving the Democrat strategists scratching their heads and fumbling for their abbacus's. Why is this a mistake you may ask? Because GW's achilles heal isn't Iraq, it's his domestic failures. Sure they're not as sexy and enticing as "Impeachment", "Lies" and "Imperialism" but they have teeth.

Here's my thinking: Moderate and Conservative politicians won't come out and challenge the saftey of America by jumping on the "Impeach Bush" bandwagon. Lieberman showed this and has dropped to the cellar with Green Party and the DNC and characterized in the far left blogsphere as having his nose up GW's hoo-hoo. Most sane and moderate Democrats and Republicans understand that cutting and running from Iraq will disbowel the U.S., as will laxing policy (secret as it may be) on the NSA tapping issue. The more Democrats rail against it, the better GW likes it.

Here's a free tip to the Democrats: Drop the Iraq issue and kick GW where it hurts, namely:

1) Border security
2) Social Security
3) FEMA and Emergency Services
4) FCC and communications
5) Soft-target vulnerabilities
6) Fiscal responsibility
7) Tax cuts and balancing the deficit
8) Trade issues

GW has failed MISERABLY in all 8 of those areas, has provided a feeble if any strategy in 6 years and hasn't been able to force it through Congress, even with a majority in BOTH houses! Now if that doesn't suck, nothing does.

Why then won't the Dems start pounding on these issues? Why can't they start putting together briefs that show Mr. and Mrs. Joe American will be broke with GW's plan by year 20xx. Show things that affect the average American, their childrens future, etc? Granted, those 8 things aren't sexy like a Senate Commission investigating "WMD's", but those 8 things are what the Democrats are GOOD at - they actually have (some) good ideas and a plan that may actually help and that also put the Republicans in the backseat muttering to themselves.

So why don't the Democrats do that?

The answer is because the Democrats are like an Uncle that's addicted to CRACK. They're blinded to these other things, they don't know what's going on around them or what's important. All they know is where's their next crack fix coming from and anything they can do to get that fix is what they focus on. If they have to rob their own mothers to get the money for that fix, it's fine with them. The Democrat hate is now so deep seeded that they would gladly demolish forever anything that got in their way of that hate and it's intended target. The fanatical fringe left would have no problem destroying Democracy in the U.S. if it meant taking GW with them.

I will use another analogy of Golem and his Precious from "Lord of the Rings" - in my analogy, the Democrats represent Golem and GW is Frodo. GW has the Precious (the Presidency) and Golem wants it bad enough to do simply anything to get it. GW is doing all sorts of things with the Precious that just infuriates Golem and the biggest thing: Frodo (GW) is going to Mount Doom to destroy the one-ring (the Precious). Golem bides his time, attacks and then helps Frodo through the entire journey to Mount Doom and at the end, Golem snatches the Precious happily only to slip and fall into the Volcano thusly destroying themselves and the Precious. Ironic actually.



Democrats will continue to fail even after 2006; until they can release their hate and recognize their blindness and start doing their jobs, such as supporting their constituants, recognizing doing what's right is more noble than railing and whining about the past. Democrats need to rebuild their party and stop caring so much about what the Republicans are doing and more about what the Democrats can do to help the country, the people and themselves. However, the far-left fanatics have fully integrated themselves with the Goldwater Democrats and are running the show - blind. They cannot get past their hate and their wounds and are unable to move on - thus, they continue to bring no plan on moving upward and onward, only doom and gloom. While this type of railing is effective to their kool-aid drinker believers, they are alternatively alienating the moderates of both parties and are Satan to the far-right Conservatives. The sweet spot won't be the fringes of either the left or right, but the moderates.

The Democrats in their current form will not convince me ANYTHING the Bush Administration did in Iraq will be worth leaving abruptly. Nothing. It's a dead issue to me - we're there, the run up to invasion was done with the U.N., intelligence for good or ill, was gained and acted upon. We don't leave till the jobs done. If we roast anyone once the jobs done, then great.

What I will support are my 8 things identified above coming from either Dems or Reps. The Dems want suppor that Bush failed on all 8 of those things, I'm in TOTAL agreement. He's been a mess domestically and a total failure with the Republican controlled Congress. Will he be remembered by history about his dismal domestic record and pathetic domestic policies - certainly not. He'll be remember for Iraq and that just has the Left seeing Red. They cannot and will not stand by and let GW get away with what they feel is the biggest heist of America in history.


And that... is why they fail.