Lessons unlearned
The Good Man:
There was a principled Senator long ago who paused to note the erosion of his political party's key constituency - ethic blue collar workers! He was one of the first to notice. The reason seemed obvious. His party was drifting to the left. He never thought it would happen to him. He was a good Senator, serving on various committees, ever careful to maintain his centrist positions. Then one day the democratic party nominee asked him to serve as his Vice President. The good Senator accepted and they would eventually win the election. The new administration wasn't anything like the campaign suggested it would be. The new Vice President traveled around the country and the world advocating for the new administration's leftist policies. The first term proved to be the last term and the dutiful Vice President returned to private life.
Four years later the same man returned to politics in a big way and he would win the democratic party nomination for the Presidential election. He campaigned as a leftist candidate, he promised a nuclear freeze and promoted the "Equal Rights Amendment", while defending the shortcomings of the administration he once served. His message seemed extreme for most Americans. He was defeated in a landslide.
The Wrong Man:
There was another man who thought he could win the Presidency by appealing to a select group of like minded voters, or maybe he thought that the protesters of that time represented a majority view, or maybe he just thought most people thought like him. He advocated for the immediate withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam, amnesty for draft dodgers, a massive reduction in defense spending and most notably a universal personal income tax credit of $1,000.
His message seemed extreme for most Americans and he was defeated via the second greatest landslide in American history.
The Great Man:
There was yet another man, one who quit college to help in the family business and would later write a book and become a Senator. He was a man of convictions & ideas. An idealist. As Senator he would oppose any arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union and demanded a hard stance against Communism. Many thought he was extreme. He too would win his party's nomination for the Presidency. His campaign was credited with launching both modern Conservative & modern libertarian movements. In one of the most memorable acceptance speeches he took ownership of his extremist label. He said "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
Some have forgotten this part:
"We see, in private property and in economy based upon and fostering private property, the one way to make government a durable ally of the whole man, rather than his determined enemy. We see in the sanctity of private property the only durable foundation for constitutional government in a free society. And beyond that, we see, in cherished diversity of ways, diversity of thoughts, of motives and accomplishments. We do not seek to lead anyone’s life for him – we seek only to secure his rights and to guarantee him opportunity to strive, with government performing only those needed and constitutionally sanctioned tasks which cannot otherwise be performed."
He too would go down in defeat. Many thought he was too extreme. There was another explanation. He was in reality running against the all too fresh memory of a martyred President. In any event, I thought he was one of the most logical politicians Iv'e ever listened to.
The lesson:
Listening to these democrat debates it is obvious that these candidates are the most extreme candidates of all time! Maybe the reason lies with what was left of the democratic party in 2016. The electoral map of the democratic party, post Obama, is now comprised of deep blue pockets of voters where only radical ideology prevails. Despite how Obama governed, he was wise enough not to campaign as an extremist. He did govern as a radical and that brought us Donald Trump and the transformation of both political parties.
These candidates who raise their hands for open borders, health benefits for illegal aliens and a "green new deal" are doomed to defeat. It appears that the rage within these people is unending and will plague the democratic party for years to come. They refuse to learn from the past.
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‘Euthanasia,’ translated literally, means ‘good death.’ I see a good clean death coming for the democratic party. They lose the Presidential election, they lose the House and some more Senate seats. They keep CA, NY and Illinois.
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