{"id":11472,"date":"2019-01-01T13:42:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11472"},"modified":"2019-01-01T13:43:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T17:43:03","slug":"the-divine-right-of-democrats-to-drool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-divine-right-of-democrats-to-drool\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Right of Democrats to Drool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Spitting and sputtering as they fade into history<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Spectator<\/strong>, by David Catron — 12\/31\/2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many longtime liberals find themselves bewildered at the continued antics of the Democrats at a time when they have a real, albeit small, window of opportunity to demonstrate that they have some acquaintance with the art of responsible governance. Thoughtful people like law professors Jonathan Turley and Alan Dershowitz, who understand that the nation\u2019s polity will be far healthier if both major parties approach real issues seriously, are unable to understand why so few Democrats see that the perpetuation of puerile nihilism driven by unabated hatred of President Trump will end in disaster. Turley puts it <\/em>thus<\/em><\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this age of rage, voters seem to have no patience, let alone need, for leaders speaking of abstract principles. They want immediate unequivocal action.\u2026 For Democrats, that all consuming purpose has led to the abandonment of core unifying values, including many that first drew me to the Democratic Party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The explanation for this loss of the party\u2019s soul to an unquenchable and wholly emotional desire to destroy Trump is captured in a one-sentence observation by Cicero with which Turley is certainly familiar: \u201cThose who do not know history will forever remain children.\u201d There is very little chance that the kindergartners of the Democratic resistance would recognize Turley\u2019s allusion to the fabled \u201cDays of Rage.\u201d Nor do they grasp that their collective tantrum and lurch to the left is reminiscent of that which eventually produced the suicidal Democratic nomination of George McGovern and President Nixon\u2019s 1972 landslide.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, like so many angry children, nothing less than Donald Trump\u2019s head on a platter will mollify them. It doesn\u2019t matter to this bumptious brood that someone has to produce at least a plausible case proving his guilt of the \u201ccrimes and misdemeanors\u201d without which no majority in the House of Representatives will try to impeach the President. This is what Alan Dershowitz, who leans farther to the left than Turley, has been trying to tell anyone who will listen, but that\u2019s an ever shrinking audience in the media. Most want to hear that Trump is going down. ……………………<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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