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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (717)	12/1/2004 12:23:36 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

RE: Thanksgiving....... It was so quiet, too quiet for me!!:) But I will always be grateful, count blessings and enjoy every day!!:) Your day.....? ?Westi URL:http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=110005941 OUTSIDE THE BOX Pursue Happiness, Vote GOP The real reason Republicans win. BY PETE DU PONT Monday, November 29, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST A prescient friend among serious Democrats explained last week what was wrong with his party and how it had contributed to liberalism's defeat on Nov. 2. He believes a growing majority of Americans simply don't trust Democrats because Democrats don't trust Mr. and Mrs. America to make sound decisions for themselves and their families. Blue-collar Americans believe liberals are anti-Christian and seek to suppress all public expression of religious beliefs, including school prayer. That they are amoral--or, as Irving Kristol once said, a liberal is someone who thinks it is all right for an 18-year-old girl to perform in a porn film so long as she is paid the minimum wage. Liberals see themselves as self appointed Robin Hoods, but they are seen by red-county Americans as taking from the productive and giving to the indolent. They look down on average Americans as misguided and too dumb to know what is good for them and their families. Since such people are unlikely to make the right decisions, a wise government must do it for them. And of course the bigger the government, the better. An equally serious friend on the other side of the political spectrum says the acrimony of the past four years may have been intensified by social issues, but it is the economic issues that are determining the outcome of elections. He believes the liberal left may actually be winning on the social issues--that gay rights and stem-cell research, for example, are trending in their direction--but that liberals have suffered a wholesale rout on their economic beliefs. They were wrong about communism (it was an economic failure), wrong about socialism (it didn't work either), wrong about the welfare state, wrong about high taxes and government regulation of economic matters.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (717)	12/1/2004 9:24:00 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224648

Found in my InBox: Memo to the Left: To Michael Moore: Sit down and shut up... And do something about your hair. And the ball cap. To Jimmy Carter: Big mistake to sit down and shut up next to Michael Moore at the convention. Spend more time with drywall and the glue gun. To Tom Daschle: If you lean too far to the left, voters will tend to lean right for a while, but will eventually push you out of the boat. To Al Gore: Please, sir, before it's too late ... Seek an experienced mental health professional. You're beginning to make Christopher Lloyd in "Back To The Future" look downright Rotarian-like. To Dan Rather: Enjoy your early retirement. The next memo you get will be real. To the DNC: Your platform must not have lurched far enough to the left. Keep it tilting southpaw. Read more Marx. P.S. Keep insulting the voters with your moral and intellectual condescension too. It goes well with that warp speed registering of folks in plaid wool blankets pushing shopping carts. Lovely constituency. To Bill Clinton: Thanks for hitting the campaign trail for Kerry. Some of us needed a reminder of what we were trying to avoid. To Hillary Clinton: PLEASE run in '08. The Heartland will be hungry for more hors d'oeuvres by then. To the MTV Kidz: Vote or die - or not. Like, whatever, dude. To John "Breck Girl" Edwards: Can you help Michael Moore and Whoopi Goldberg with a little basic grooming? To Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Bono, etc.: We still like your music, but if you ever want to sell another record, just sing and don't go where you don't know. We don't pay to hear Colin Powell or Condi Rice do air guitar either. To George Soros: Want to buy an election? Not in MY America, you mono-maniacal, socialistic buffoon. To the Mainstream Media: Congratulations on getting Kerry at least thirty more electoral votes than he would have gotten without your covert support. Imagine how badly he would have lost if you were actually unbiased. To the United Nations: Your worst nightmare will continue for another four years. Deal with it. To Howard "I Have A Scream" Dean: Stick with something you understand; like proctology for instance. To Richard Holbrooke: Learn to tell a joke. Learn to laugh at one. Gawd. To John Zogby: monster.com will post your resume. To Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, Robert Scheer, and your minor league imitators, Greg Plast and Mark Morford: You have no red states readers. To Teddy Kennedy: Sigh, it's still the blonde in the pond that leads your highlight reel. To Ron Reagan "Junior:" Do you have talent for anything? Nexxxxxxxxxxxxxxt ...? To the Exit Pollsters: As long as you keep skewing the results in an attempt to influence the election, we'll keep lying to you. If you quit, so will we. Deal? To Osama bin Laden: Bring it on, you sonofabitch!! What's that? The only attack you can muster now is on videotape? Hmm... No surprise there, I guess. To Teresa HEINZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Kerry: Teaching is a real job. The Teachers Union, who supported your husband, can clarify any continuing confusion. Oh, and it's not a "real job" to sleep with a third generation ketchup heir and then cash the plane crash check. To the European Union: See message for Michael Moore. To Terry McAuliffe: See message for Dan Rather. And pay a little attention to what Zell Miller reminds us of: 20 Democratic senators from the south in 1960 and only six from the GOP. Today, 22 Republicans and four Dems. To MoveOn.org: See message for George Soros To James Carville: You're the only guy who seems to get it; and you're very smart. Good luck finding an audience that's neither medicated nor mendacious. And finally, to John Kerry: Thank you for reporting for duty. You are hereby dismissed.