Why The Democrats Are In Trouble

Don’t worry, this isn’t another article presenting more evidence of the coming anti-Democratic tsunami, (things like the historic lead for Republicans in the generic poll, Rahm Emmanuel planning to abandon the White House to become the Mayor of Chicago, and the Democratic triage plan to cut off funding to Democrats who can’t win in November). Nope. This time I want to talk about why the Democrats are in trouble. Let’s begin with the perspective of a real lunatic: Markos Moulitsas.

You might remember Moulitsas as the founder of the Daily Kos, or from his book trying to connect the Taliban with the Religious Right, or as the employer of a pollster who faked his data to support little Markos’ wishful conclusions. Well, little Markos has thrown in the towel. Yep. He now concedes that his Democrats are facing a “cataclysm.” And the reasons are simple:

1. “The Obama administration, from day one, seemed more interested in bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship than in passing the best possible legislation.” Yep, they are the most bipartisan administration in history.

2. Evil Max Baucus let a “cabal” of Republicans delay ObamaCare over a year so the Republicans could halt the Democratic momentum, form the Tea Party and spread lies. Thanks Max, the check’s in the mail!

3. Democrats have a “desperate and pathological need for Republican approval and assent.” You know, I get that feeling from Pelosi all the time!

4. Democrats were “afraid to pick fights.” “From day one, Harry Reid whined he couldn’t get anything done without 60 votes.” Reid gave the Republicans “carte blanche to obstruct.” Yeah, Reid is one serious Republican-groupie.

5. And being “afraid of Republican attacks on the deficit, Democrats have been frozen into inaction on the economy. . . As it turns out, sitting around and hoping for the best wasn’t the best approach.” He then complains that “voters furious at Republicans for getting us into this mess are set to return them to power.” Fickleness, they name is voter.

Not a bad theory if you don’t have a clue. Of course, little Markos forgot to mention that Democratic economic policies are idiotic and made everything many times worse. Handing money to unions until the government goes broke is simply not a viable strategy, no matter how many Democrats want to believe it.

Markos also forgot to mention the following things the Democrats did over the past two years:

Democratic Hate

• Demonizing the Tea Party as racists and Nazis, and lying to manufacture “evidence.”
• Demonizing a cop as racist for arresting a Grade A jackass who happened to be black.
• Demonizing insurance companies to pass ObamaCare.
• Demonizing drug companies to pass ObamaCare.
• Demonizing employers to pass ObamaCare.
• Demonizing doctors to pass ObamaCare.
• Demonizing Arizona on the immigration issue.
• Demonizing banks to pass Financial Reform.
• Demonizing oil companies to pass cap and trade.
• Demonizing Republicans because. . . well, because.
• Demonizing all Christians when a whacko shot an abortion doctor.
• Demonizing Mormons when California voted against gay marriage.
• Demonizing Israel to appease their anti-Semitism wing.
• Demonizing “right wingers” and Christians when a whacko shot up the Holocaust museum.
• Demonizing Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, George Bush, etc. etc.
• Demonizing John Boehner because they ran out of other people to hate.

ObamaCare

• Which relies on destroying Medicare for financing.
• Which forces people to buy insurance and will cause everyone to lose their current plan, despite Democratic lies to the contrary.
• Which will bankrupt the country.
• Which is a huge sop to insurers.
• Which does nothing to contain costs.
• Which does nothing to improve the quality of care.
• Which will lead to rationing.
• Excluding union plans and raising the limits on the Cadillac tax in union-friendly states.
• The abortion distortion in ObamaCare, which exposed “pro-life” Democrats as anything but.

Democratic Corruption

• It seems that every member of the Congressional Black Caucus is up on ethics charges, from taking dirty money (Charlie Goodtime Rangel) to sending stimulus money to relative’s banks (Maxine Waters) to awarding scholarships to ineligible family members (Eddie Bernice Johnson).
• Chris Dodd’s sweetheart deal with Countrywide.
• Stimulus money paid in non-existent districts for fake jobs.
• Stimulus money used to pay Hillary Clinton’s campaign debt.
• No one in the Obama administration paying their taxes.
• Pelosi’s private plane.
• Pelosi’s drinks bill.
• Michelle Obama’s high class vacation-a-rama.
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Cornhusker Compromise
• Medicare money for certain districts in Florida
• A hospital for Chris Dodd’s vote on ObamaCare.
• Special treatment for Kaiser Permanente, the biggest provider in Pelosi’s district.
• Sestak Jobgate and a whiff of Clinton
• Romanoff Jobgate
• Climategate, and Obama’s affirmation of the falsified data.
• Algore Rapegate

Electoral Manipulation

• ACORN voter fraud.
• Manipulating Massachusetts electoral laws to keep Ted Kennedy’s seat Democratic and help pass ObamaCare.
• Running fake Tea Party candidates to hurt Republican chances in November.
• Trying to manipulate the electoral systems in several states to tilt the playing field toward Democrats.

Twisted Nominees

• Marxist and racist Van Jones.
• Maoist White House Communications Director Anita Dunn.
• Pedophile Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings.
• Unqualified Supreme Court nominee the Latina Red Sonia Sotomayor.
• Unqualified Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

Raping the Treasury

• The trillion dollar union/Democratic-interest-group giveaway known as the Stimulus bill and its dozen sequels.
• The trillion dollar Big Bank giveaway know as the TARP, the TALP and so on.
• Approving and then lying about $1.2 billion in bonuses to AIG.
• Authorizing massive salaries to the officers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which escaped regulation.
• The consumer and small bank screw job known as Financial Reform, a sop to huge banks and other Democratic donors.
• Effectively handing the Treasury to Goldman Sachs.
• “Saved or created” fake jobs.
• The attempt to tax “carbon,” i.e. everything on the planet.
• Not going a week without a taxpayer funded vacation or round of golf.

Weak on Terror

• “Man made disasters.”
• Refusal to recognize the "Islam" in Islamic terrorism.
• Losing the war in Afghanistan and sending troops for a fruitless last push before surrendering.
• Putting Navy SEALS on a show trial.
• Trying to move terrorism trials to New York City. . . so terrorists can be near their new mosque.

Racism

• Inexplicably (lol!) dropping slam dunk lawsuits against racist Black Panthers who tried to intimidate voters.
• Constant whining about racism. . . everything is racism.

Anti-Americanism/Pro-Muslimism

• Apologizing to Arabs and blaming the United States for their hatred of us.
• Feigning ignorance of what could have motivated a Muslim to attack US soldiers at Fort Hood, and warning Americans not to hold this against Muslims.
• NASA’s new role as center for Muslim outreach.
• Democratic support of the Nazi memorial in the heart of Jerusalem. . . wait, I mean the triumphal mosque at Ground Zero.

Pro-Illegal Immigration

• Suing Arizona to stop it from enforcing a law the Federal Government is obligated to enforce.
• Trying to boycott Arizona.
• Reporting Arizona’s law to the United Nations as a human rights violation.
• Refusing to protect the border and instead putting up signs warning Americans to avoid nearby national parks.

Assaults on Freedom of Speech

• Joining Muslim countries to work toward a UN resolution proclaiming blasphemous speech a human rights crime.
• Remaining silent when South Park creators were threatened by Muslims.
• Attempting to take away free speech of corporations.
• Attempting to regulate talk radio through the Fairness Doctrine, dressed up as local content laws.
• Attempting to regulate the internet through Net Neutrality regulations.
• Pelosi’s McCarthy-esque calls for investigations of Democratic opponents.

Faux ”Environmentalism” Exposed

• Ridiculous Copenhagen non-agreement.
• Wiping out central California’s farmland.
• The total mishandling of the BP disaster.
• Proving that leftist groups care about electing Democrats, not the causes they are using as Trojan horses.

Embarrassing Us

• Regifting in Britain.
• Abandoning our foreign allies.
• Teleprompter in Chief.
• Scaring the hell out of New Yorkers with Air Force One joy ride.
• The arrogance of accepting the Nobel Prize for anticipatory good deeds.
• Joe Biden

Call me crazy, but I suspect these issues (and the dozens more I haven’t mentioned) had more to do with the Democrats’ problems than some alleged desire to be bipartisan. Sounds like Markos should see the Wizard about getting a grip on reality.