Post by MARIO on May 14, 2005 19:40:18 GMT -8
The Demos' 'Partnership for America's Future'
Mark Alexander
May 13, 2005
Last Fall, Minority Leader San Fran Nan Pelosi and House Democrats unveiled their "New Partnership for America's Future." They did so in a most conspicuous manner -- on the tenth anniversary of the Gingrich Revolution's rollout of the "Contract with America." Alas, the downtrodden Demos' document is nothing but a microwavable form of their 2004 party platform -- the same platform that was convincingly rejected by voters last November, along with Fightin' John Kerry (who, by the way, served in Vietnam).
So, why bring it up now?
Because election season never ends, and the Democrats are already trying to count their chickens come 2006, and even 2008. Democrat pollster Celinda Lake -- author of the latest, greatest piece of pollaganda, purportedly showing a leftward turn of the female electorate -- highlights the point: "You can't target women three days out from the election," Lake said in reference to politicians' desire to secure an early edge for the 2006 elections. "Both sides are asking: 'Where are they now?'"
Indeed, where are the Democrats? With all their focus groups polled and their polls focused, what is it that Democrats have decided they believe? What big idea, what sui generis concept, what revelation has been delivered to them that puts the "new" in the Demos' "New Partnership" with you and me?
The answer is -- drum roll, please -- more government.
That's right, the party that brought us the New Deal, the Great Society, the Bridge to the 21st Century, and the Great Leap Forward has reinvented itself for the '06 elections. Once again, they're insisting that more government is the answer to our every problem -- from job growth and health care, to Internet access (every American's right) and freedom from fear of weapons of mass destruction.
THE REST:
www.townhall.com/columnists/markalexander/printma20050513.shtml
Mark Alexander
May 13, 2005
Last Fall, Minority Leader San Fran Nan Pelosi and House Democrats unveiled their "New Partnership for America's Future." They did so in a most conspicuous manner -- on the tenth anniversary of the Gingrich Revolution's rollout of the "Contract with America." Alas, the downtrodden Demos' document is nothing but a microwavable form of their 2004 party platform -- the same platform that was convincingly rejected by voters last November, along with Fightin' John Kerry (who, by the way, served in Vietnam).
So, why bring it up now?
Because election season never ends, and the Democrats are already trying to count their chickens come 2006, and even 2008. Democrat pollster Celinda Lake -- author of the latest, greatest piece of pollaganda, purportedly showing a leftward turn of the female electorate -- highlights the point: "You can't target women three days out from the election," Lake said in reference to politicians' desire to secure an early edge for the 2006 elections. "Both sides are asking: 'Where are they now?'"
Indeed, where are the Democrats? With all their focus groups polled and their polls focused, what is it that Democrats have decided they believe? What big idea, what sui generis concept, what revelation has been delivered to them that puts the "new" in the Demos' "New Partnership" with you and me?
The answer is -- drum roll, please -- more government.
That's right, the party that brought us the New Deal, the Great Society, the Bridge to the 21st Century, and the Great Leap Forward has reinvented itself for the '06 elections. Once again, they're insisting that more government is the answer to our every problem -- from job growth and health care, to Internet access (every American's right) and freedom from fear of weapons of mass destruction.
THE REST:
www.townhall.com/columnists/markalexander/printma20050513.shtml
