By George Neumayr on 3.5.09 @ 6:09AM
The Dems achieved majority status by mau-mauing Republicans into
"moderation."
Would parents wish success for a math teacher who taught their
children that two plus two equals five? No, they would hope for
the teacher's failure and firing. A president who proposes
policies based on falsehoods deserves no less.
The willful misinterpretation of Rush Limbaugh's remark is just
one more attempt by the Democrats to mau-mau Republicans into the
"moderation" of endorsing errors. The "unity" which the Democrats
seek through this hectoring propaganda is the unity of a
ramshackle one-party state.
They detest Rush Limbaugh because he poses an insuperable
obstacle to this goal. As the Archimedes of the American media
who can use the lever of talk radio to pull any given issue away
from a two-party collusion in error, he simply has to be
destroyed.
The now-almost weekly referendums that the Democrats and their
media annex hold on him serve no other purpose than that.
Did the Democrats achieve majority status by pitching a "Big
Tent," by thinking happy thoughts about their opponents'
policies, by turning over their rostrums to pro-lifers and
tax-cutters? No, they achieved it by keeping their tent tight
while maliciously counseling Republicans to erect a circus tent
of willy-nilly inclusion and ideological irregularity.
Democratic leaders would send pro-life Bob Casey Sr. home from
their conventions without a turn at the podium, then pop up a few
weeks later on CNN to urge Republicans to keep the welcome
mat out for gestating defectors like Jim Jeffords.
That tattered Big Tent now flaps pathetically in the wilderness
of political defeat and out of it crawls its wounded confederacy
of country-club dunces. Have they learned anything? Not much.
Wowed by Obama's popularity, they reflexively resume the me-too
PC platitudes of "compassionate conservatism" and engage in what
amounts to a big-government bidding war for the affection of the
American people. Bad federal program A versus bad federal program
B -- that's the debate between the parties at this point.
If victory is the Big Tent Republicans' goal, why don't they join
the Democrats in calling for a one-party state? That way they
could win every time.
The purpose of politics in a civilization is not simply to win
but to win on sound principles. Otherwise, what's the point? A
party that seeks to win by discarding sound principles will have
no wisdom left with which to govern once it does. And that's how
the Republicans got into this mess.
The Democrats win on their unsound principles, but at least they
grasp the concept of winning as more than mere victory. They win
office and implement their platform unapologetically; Republicans
win office and timidly nibble theirs apart.
Do the Democrats have any hesitancy about rooting for the failure
of Republican polices? Never. They will even root for failure in
Republican-led military campaigns, as with Reagan and Bush, if
victory threatens the perceived good of their party and the
transcendent "parity" they think should prevail in the world.
Meanwhile, Republicans, suffering from a deep, largely
media-induced inferiority complex, find "attractive" candidates
like Arnold Schwarzenegger who end up advancing Democratic
policies better than the Democrats themselves. The pointlessness
of the California Recall cannot be overstated. That "Republican
victory" sealed California as a de facto one-party state -- a
microcosm of what could happen to the GOP nationally if it
maintains the Big Tent model.
Republican leaders should either pull the Big Tent down and start
taking their platform seriously, not just on one issue or two
issues but on every issue, or they should just get out of
politics and stop wasting people's time and money. At this moment
in American history, "bipartisanship" is just another complacent
name for tyranny.
topics:
Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh
