"We're in Denial"

[unixronin]

At least one Republican gets it.  Right up to the point where he says McCain is The Answer, anyway.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I don't rule out the possibility he may think that way. In which case one must ask, does he think that, say, the rights of peaceable assembly and free speech should be decided by the voters too? We've already seen what much of the Democrat base thinks of free speech - "You have the right to free speech, as long as you don't say anything that might possibly offend someone, somewhere, if they heard you say it and cared." Or how about unlawful search and seizure? Should the voters decide that? After all, if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide, right?

And then there's that Tenth Amendment ... the one that says the Federal Government has only the powers enumerated for it, and all else is reserved to the States or to the People. The majority Democrat voter mindset seems to be that government should do everything, including wiping our noses and asses for us, because we might hurt ourselves doing those for ourselves.

Pardon my cynicism, but I tend to judge the Democrat party by its recent actions, just like I do the Republican party. Remember, it was Clinton who introduced "designated free speech zones". (Though if Obama wins and can turn the party around, more power to him. The gripping hand is, I'll believe it when I see it.)

I'm pretty much with you on the neocons, though. Republicans and Democrats alike share their quota of elitists, but the neocons are, purely and simply, fascists.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Clinton also signed the clearly-unconstitutional Communications Decency Act and started the Echelon program. We'll see about Obama.

I think one thing gives Democrats the wishy-washy feel is that while most don't recognize "natural" rights, some don't even think some rights are more fundamental than others -- namely thought, speech, and self-determination. If they want to make any sense at all they need to find a way to lose the post-modern thought blob, just like the Republicans need to dump the Jesus freaks.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

You won't get any argument from me on that. But both of them also need to get their noses out of the tax-revenue trough and stop spending taxpayer money as though it had an expiry date.