The DNC guzzles the Dean Kool Aid

It is a cardinal principle of stupidity that if something just isn't working, do more of it. It is also a cardinal principle of the squishy left ("liberals") which the hard Left strongly encourages. Well, the Democratic National Committee has just selected Howard Dean as chairman. We all remember Howard Dean, right? He was that lunatic that said all sorts of mind-numbingly stupid things, then started screaming in Iowa. He epitomizes all that is wrong with the party.

In fact, he epitomized it a bit too clearly, which is why the party finally dropped him like a hot potato and went with the more nuanced Kerry. But Kerry was still too blatantly Leftist, and the country decided to stay with the unpopular president of the bad economy, the jobs going overseas, and the wars abroad. Of these three: Dean, Kerry, Bush - Bush proved the least unpalatable. And this *before* the election in Iraq went off so well.

Terry McAuliffe was incompetent, to be sure. There was a time when I could entertain the notion that Terry McAuliffe was the root of the party's problem. But now it's undeniable. The problem with the Democratic party is the DNC.

I could go on and on about all that's wrong with this choice, but there's no point in belaboring the obvious. Either you see it, or you're in denial. Instead, I'd like to talk about what it means, from several angles.

First, what it means in the sense of what it implies. It implies that the Democrat party is in the firm grip of forces that are destroying it, and will continue to destroy it. Dean says he intends to "rebuild the party." by which he seems to mean, by way of Orwellian inversion, that he intends to complete its destruction. Nothing can stop this now. This is a party without vision, without a coherent message, and now, without credibility even as far its progressive values go. First it angrily protests the removal of a brutal mass-mudering thug from the throne in Baghdad, then it allows a former Klansman to lead its attack on a petite black woman who happens to be up for the job of Secretary of State.

The Democrats have a serious image problem. And they can't see themselves in a mirror clearly enough to correct it. Not only don't they stand for anything, but they don't even know how to fake it anymore. (Bill Clinton knew how to fake it, but that only worked for a while.)

These forces of which I speak are the limousine left, the fashionably stupid, that dominate the DNC. But the stupid never drive their own decisions. They haven't that level of consciousness. Instead they're driven by influences. I see two influences acting on them. The first is their shallow belief that Dean's organozaing and fundraising abilities are all that matters. They simply don't grasp the difference between management and leadership. As long as the limo driver looks sober, they don't care where he's taking them. The second is the hard Left, those who, for whatever reason, hate America and/or democracy itself. Ever since Lenin, the hard Left have been cynical masters of manipulation. They know how to push the buttons of the useful idiots, and the limousine left are very useful idiots indeed.

As I've said before, the Left is in terminal decline in America as a political force. It is in deep trouble throughout the English speaking world. The DNC has much to offer the Left, but the Left has nothing of value to offer the DNC. The Left is a parasitic creature, sucking the lifeblood out of the Democrat party. And it is utterly in control of its host.

Now, what it means in the sense of what it will lead to. Last November it became undeniable that the Democrat party was in big trouble. Now it's becoming clear that it is doomed. Over the short term, the Republicans will have it easy. They've gained some hard won victories in the past few years, maybe they deserve to coast for a while. Over the longer term, the Democrat party, as we have known it, will either cease to be a major political party, or will cease to exist entirely.

But what about the country as a whole? What of Anglophone civilization, of which the United States is the current undisputed leader? What of Western civilization, of which the Anglosphere is the undeniable vanguard? What of decency and sanity, and what of liberalism, in the proper sense of the word?

I'll save all that for another post in the near future.


Angelfire link (turn off Javascript to avoid popups)

Freenet: /SSK@jbf~W~x49RjZfyJwplqwurpNmg0PAgM/marlowe/politics.american.html#20050213