Swept Away

Many of our acquaintances are Democrats. These friends are hard workers, good citizens, good people, and patriots. As patriots they love their country; they would never entertain a notion of doing her harm.

Nor is there any umbrage directed towards their neighbor. They don’t for example feel an obligation to email their neighbor’s thoughts on health care to the White House. Instead, they believe - to each his own.

To them, color and creed are incidental. They are not racists and cannot imagine any system or party platform based on subjugation of a race or religion. They are not race baiters. They believe, as Lincoln said, that, "You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred."

They accept responsibility for their lives, its errors and successes and expect others to do likewise. They have learned to make tough decisions. They are not victims and do not respect those who pretend to be. They’re honest; they pay their taxes. They are not union thugs, felons or community shake-down artists.

They believe in a strong national defense. They support the US military’s role.

Most believe in personal liberty and initiative. Most understand that, as Lincoln said, "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich," and that, "You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." Thus, they do not believe in strong-arming free enterprise to meet quotas set by Washington.

They want control over their prodigy; they love their kids and feel it is their responsibility, not some bureaucrat’s, to parent. Being parents, they have learned to respect life.

What then for goodness sake do they have in common with what has become the Democratic Party!? Are they confused? Are they naive? If not, the only other answer would be that they are phonies. We can reject that. Truth is they are caught in a rip tide, a gentle tugging but something stronger than they are, even though they don’t realize it yet; their fate, unless they are smart enough to call for help, is to be swept away.

Their party was hijacked years ago by the far left. Most with any sense of history whatsoever acknowledge that. Yet there is a disconnect. They are in denial. The present Democratic party machine is arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans - people just like them. They pretend it is their party. This is a fantasy. It is the party of an upper class elite, top heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers who believe in big government solutions to every problem, and, KEY - all of whom know better than the unwashed.

From our own personal experience, it is clear that these middle class Democrats are complacently servile toward this group, toward DNC party authority; they automatically believe, or pretend to believe everything party leaders tell them. That may have worked before when the Democratic president governed from the near center. With an extremist at the helm, they had better know how to swim.

Robert Craven