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August 28, 2005
The Future Of The Dems
After digesting the latest pronouncements from Cindy Sheehan, my reaction once again was, "Let's have more, please." In the same manner as John Kerry, the more she speaks (especially as an almost official spokesperson for the Democratic Party), the more most mainstream Americans realize she is not to be taken seriously.
And so goes, evidently, the Democrats. It still boggles my mind that the party of FDR, Harry Truman, and yes even John Kennedy has sunk to falling in lockstep behind these pathetic nihilists.
Keith Burgess-Jackson at AnalPhilosopher crunches the numbers and observes:
Between 1952 and 2004, inclusive, there have been 14 presidential elections. The Democrat candidate received at least 50% of the votes in only two of them: 1964 (61.1%) and 1976 (50.1%).
And from this he concludes:
Democrats are in trouble. Their coalition may seem large, since it’s composed of many distinct groups (labor unions, abortionists, teachers, trial lawyers, blacks, homosexuals), but in terms of overall appeal, it’s failing. Repeatedly. Embarrassingly. A party that can’t recruit at least half the American people has the wrong principles and policies for this country.
Increasingly, it looks like a race to the bottom: the Dems have no inherent appeal and are recycling tired and negative obstructionist policies; and yet the Republicans seem to be, if not throwing away their advantage, refusing to take advantage of the opportunity to consolidate their postition and insure a majority for years to come.
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