Strong words

[Gonz]

We all know from history that when totalitarian forces, driven by their dysfunctional fury, seek to uproot the political establishment, they will use any means necessary. Bribery and character assassination are easy choices for them, even murder, because civilized limits are meaningless to the Stalins, Hitlers and Maos of the world. Their goal is to grab power, and "The Party" -- whether Communist or Nazi -- is the highest good. Loyalty to the party is everything because the party is the country.

What we are dealing with here has nothing to do with American politics. In fact, I worry that as the Democrats increasingly adopt fascist tactics they will cease being a genuine political party, focused on honest debate and decision by fair ballot. They could become one day something more related to the fascists of 1930s Germany. The SA "brown shirts" were not interested in debate and civil rule; they wanted power in order to force the democratic nation to accept their Nazi agenda. If I am right about the fanatical direction my party is taking, then America has never faced a danger like this, and real Democrats who stand by and watch will be as guilty before history as the actual leaders of this corruption movement.

Democrat leaders have lost their way. They find themselves at the head of a parade full of people Harry Truman or even Jack Kennedy wouldn't recognize - radicals of various kinds who think that Western civilization began in 1969. Strangely, without meaning to, mainstream Democrats find themselves representing this "corruption movement." However, for the "new fascists" in the party, there is nothing so strange about it. Fascists have always sought to leverage corruption for the sake of power.

Fueled by anger, the New Fascists have completely adopted the radical '60s notion of the "honest con." In other words, they think that because they are "correct in their beliefs" and because in their minds what they fight is so "evil," just about any act can be committed for the sake of victory - and certainly, lying is no problem. Loyalty to "the cause" is at the heart of this mindset. And for the moment, at least, the heart of their loyalty is President Clinton.

Democrats can redeem the party from this kind of "party first" fascism. But for that to happen, mainstream Democrats must wake up, including the 80 percent of the media who are Democrats. Instinctively, we all know the dangers of what I am describing. It is simply not an American way of doing things. We must dare to understand and communicate what is really going on in our party, and in our country.

Long & thought provoking article

 

[Winky]

Yup we are Doomed
I am changing my voter registration
right after I vote straight Republican Nov. 5th!