Democrats Still Don't Get It

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Democrats Still Don't Get It
by Dave Gibson, Columnist

November 19, 2004

Dave Gibson The Democratic Party now seems to represent only the far left of America. It is no longer the party which my grandparents supported throughout their lives. It is not the party of Franklin Roosevelt, nor of John Kennedy. Today's Democratic Party represents Hollywood U.S.A. rather than Main Street U.S.A.

The Democratic agenda was recently repudiated by the American people. On Election Day, Americans spoke in record numbers and more than 60,000,000 of them chose substance over style and decency over deviancy. However, Democrats do not seem to have learned anything.

Despite the tireless, though misguided efforts of Hollywood's elite--most Americans saw their way clear to the truth. Unfortunately for John Kerry, Bruce Springsteen could not 'rock the vote' hard enough; P. Diddy did not convince enough young thugs to either 'Vote or Die' (evidently Mr. Diddy did not realize that most convicted felons cannot vote); and the left-wing propagandist Michael Moore did Democrats no favors when he called Iraqi insurgents "minutemen."

America's left-wing has been out in force recently, questioning the intelligence of American voters. Michael Moore commented that "Fifty-one percent of the American people lacked information and we want to educate and enlighten them. They weren't told the truth." Slate Magazine's Jane Smiley penned a post-election piece entitled: "The Unteachable Ignorance of the Red States."...Never underestimate the arrogance of the left!

The liberal intelligentsia just cannot accept the fact that the majority of Americans are still fairly conservative and are not yet ready to turn control of U.S. foreign policy over to the United Nations.

The Democrats blame this loss on the white, Christian voters (i.e. Rednecks). However, Bush actually garnered 45 percent of the Hispanic vote and about 10 percent of the black vote. 25 percent of Jewish voters also marked their ballot for President Bush. Do any of these people qualify as Rednecks?

There were two prevailing issues in this election, The War on Terror and the protection of the American family. Those are two issues on which decent people of all backgrounds can agree.

Contrary to what the left may believe, most Americans find the practice of abortion to be unacceptable. In particular, they think the procedure known as 'partial-birth abortion' to be murder. However, Senator John Kerry voted twice to keep that abhorrent practice legal.

Eleven states offered initiatives to ban gay marriage. All of them passed easily. Even voters in Oregon and Michigan spoke out strongly to protect the institution of marriage.

As for myself, I hope that the Democratic Party continues to be represented by the likes of Michael Moore and Barbara Streisand. Hollywood values do not remotely reflect those of most Americans. The longer the Democrats remain out-of-touch with America...the longer they will remain out of the White House. ***

Photo of Dave Gibson courtesy of staff files