An historical perspective that the left has forgotten:
1) Richard Nixon edged out Hubert Humphrey for the presidency in 1968 with 44% of the popular vote and his Deep South base locked up by George Wallace.
2) In the ensuing four years, we suffered from the wrong-headed policies of his disgraced predecessor: inflation, energy shortages, bad stock markets, and a Vietnam policy that had the left wing press foaming at the mouth.
3) In 1972, Richard Nixon was re-elected with 53% of the popular vote, and took his Deep South base back from a fading George Wallace.
The difference: A radicalization of the Democratic party that took them light years from the political mainstream, left them talking to each other, and resulted in the nomination of the most rabid pro-communist candidate since Henry Wallace: George McGovern.
In 2000, George W. Bush edged out Al Gore for the presidency by an even tighter margin than Nixon/Humphrey in 1968. The Democrat party has become even more radicalized since they lost their disgraced president, and their "talking points" today make George McGovern look like a moderate conservative. The nation suffers from the mistakes of Bush's disgraced predecessor: a near-recession and a weak stock market, an energy shortage, and the left wing press is foaming at the mouth over everything George Bush does and says.
The more things change... |
