FrankRep
08-14-2010, 03:46 PM
Must-Read of the Day: Bill Kristol on the Left’s Collapse and Impending Electoral Doom (http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/08/14/must-read-of-the-day-bill-kristol-on-the-lefts-collapse-and-impending-electoral-doom/)
Big Journalism
Aug 14th 2010
Sure the news stinks: Obama (of course) has come out foursquare for the Ground Zero mosque, the economy is in the dumps and Dustin Pedroia is still on the DL. But look on the bright side: the snarling, vicious, fascist Left is starting to crack up!
Don ‘t take it from us — take it from Bill Kristol (http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/collapse):
The left has collapsed.
Its political support has collapsed. Public opinion polls point to a historic repudiation of the president and the Democratic party this fall—something on the order of a 60-seat Republican gain in the House. The GOP has an outside shot at taking the Senate as well.
Its claim to intellectual integrity has collapsed. Paul Krugman—Ivy League professor, New York Times columnist, and Nobel laureate (the holy trinity of the liberal establishment)—has humiliated himself with a startlingly dishonest attack on Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. Krugman, called out by Ryan, rebuked by honest analysts, and unwilling to concede his errors, has retreated into uncharacteristic abashed silence.
http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/08/lenin-and-stalin.jpg
Lenin and Stalin, Democrat role models
Its Leninist discipline has collapsed. Last week, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs complained about the craziness of the “professional left” in the punditocracy. “Those people ought to be drug tested,” Gibbs explained. “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian health care and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality. . . . They wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president.” Members of the professional left hit back at Gibbs, dubbing the Obama White House the “amateur left.”
Naturally, it’s a complete coincidence that no less than seventy members of the current Congress — all “Democrats,” naturally — are members of the Socialist Party of America (http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/american-socialists-release-names-of-70-congressional-democrats-in-their-caucus/) (and we bet you can name half of them without even peeking). Not that there’s anything wrong with that — after all, they have the best interests of the country at heart. It’s just that their notion of America bears absolutely no resemblance to that of the Founders. Or yours, for that matter.
More Bill:
Its democratic credibility has collapsed. In recent weeks, the left has the arbitrary rulings and sophistic arguments of federal judges who have overturned an immigration statute that mirrors federal law passed by the state legislature in Arizona, and a constitutional amendment, defining marriage as it has been defined for all of American history, enacted by the citizens of California. The left has also heaped praise on New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, as he, having bought his way to a narrow reelection, showered disdain and contempt on the majority of his fellow New Yorkers who object to a mosque next to Ground Zero.
And what, you might ask, is the snarling, vicious, fascist Left’s response to this drastic change in their fortunes. About what you’d expect:
http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/08/fucktea.jpg
This is how intellectually bankrupt the Left has become.
The “f*ck tea” movement—that’s what the left has come to. They can’t defend the results of Obama’s policies or the validity of Krugman’s arguments. They know it’s hard to sustain an antidemocratic ethos in a democracy. They realize they’ve degenerated into pro-am levels of whining and squabbling. So they curse their opponents.
Be sure to read the whole thing, especially for the kicker (http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/collapse). And have a nice day.
SOURCE:
http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/08/14/must-read-of-the-day-bill-kristol-on-the-lefts-collapse-and-impending-electoral-doom/
Big Journalism
Aug 14th 2010
Sure the news stinks: Obama (of course) has come out foursquare for the Ground Zero mosque, the economy is in the dumps and Dustin Pedroia is still on the DL. But look on the bright side: the snarling, vicious, fascist Left is starting to crack up!
Don ‘t take it from us — take it from Bill Kristol (http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/collapse):
The left has collapsed.
Its political support has collapsed. Public opinion polls point to a historic repudiation of the president and the Democratic party this fall—something on the order of a 60-seat Republican gain in the House. The GOP has an outside shot at taking the Senate as well.
Its claim to intellectual integrity has collapsed. Paul Krugman—Ivy League professor, New York Times columnist, and Nobel laureate (the holy trinity of the liberal establishment)—has humiliated himself with a startlingly dishonest attack on Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. Krugman, called out by Ryan, rebuked by honest analysts, and unwilling to concede his errors, has retreated into uncharacteristic abashed silence.
http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/08/lenin-and-stalin.jpg
Lenin and Stalin, Democrat role models
Its Leninist discipline has collapsed. Last week, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs complained about the craziness of the “professional left” in the punditocracy. “Those people ought to be drug tested,” Gibbs explained. “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian health care and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality. . . . They wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president.” Members of the professional left hit back at Gibbs, dubbing the Obama White House the “amateur left.”
Naturally, it’s a complete coincidence that no less than seventy members of the current Congress — all “Democrats,” naturally — are members of the Socialist Party of America (http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/american-socialists-release-names-of-70-congressional-democrats-in-their-caucus/) (and we bet you can name half of them without even peeking). Not that there’s anything wrong with that — after all, they have the best interests of the country at heart. It’s just that their notion of America bears absolutely no resemblance to that of the Founders. Or yours, for that matter.
More Bill:
Its democratic credibility has collapsed. In recent weeks, the left has the arbitrary rulings and sophistic arguments of federal judges who have overturned an immigration statute that mirrors federal law passed by the state legislature in Arizona, and a constitutional amendment, defining marriage as it has been defined for all of American history, enacted by the citizens of California. The left has also heaped praise on New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, as he, having bought his way to a narrow reelection, showered disdain and contempt on the majority of his fellow New Yorkers who object to a mosque next to Ground Zero.
And what, you might ask, is the snarling, vicious, fascist Left’s response to this drastic change in their fortunes. About what you’d expect:
http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/08/fucktea.jpg
This is how intellectually bankrupt the Left has become.
The “f*ck tea” movement—that’s what the left has come to. They can’t defend the results of Obama’s policies or the validity of Krugman’s arguments. They know it’s hard to sustain an antidemocratic ethos in a democracy. They realize they’ve degenerated into pro-am levels of whining and squabbling. So they curse their opponents.
Be sure to read the whole thing, especially for the kicker (http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/collapse). And have a nice day.
SOURCE:
http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010/08/14/must-read-of-the-day-bill-kristol-on-the-lefts-collapse-and-impending-electoral-doom/