The American Spectator

p>So they appoint far-Left, activist judges, to whom nothing is repugnant, to accomplish their goals by judicial fiat. Within a year after Mr. Obama is elected there will be two and perhaps three resignations from the Supreme Court so that he may appoint the new majority. They, unelected, unrestrained, and unfettered by principles of law, will control the country for the next 30 years and we, the people, have no recourse save revolution. br> — Jay Molyneaux br> North Carolina /p> p> PREACHER MAN br> Re: Ralph R. Reiland’s Obama’s Gospel of Envy : /p>

Ralph Reiland is right; the Democrats are indeed the party of envy.

And the Democrats get a double hit by playing the envy card. The first and most obvious is envy’s appeal to those who feel slighted by society or nature. The liberal message to these people is: “Envy the rich, envy the successful, envy the middle class, envy men, envy white skin.”

But what makes this deadly sin such an effective political force is that joined with the above mentioned group is another distinct group that, too, is motivated by envy… or more specifically, motivated by the fear of envy.

These are the liberals and many well-to-dos. They don’t envy others as much as they are responding to the deep primordial human fear of being envied. And it is this fear that compels liberals to denigrate their race, the success of their forefathers, their civilization, their nation, and even religion.