Originally posted by Kendra17
I disagree with Pat Buchanan. . .he's an old school radical--fringe and extreme. The democratic party USED to reflect views such as Joe Lieberman's and Zell Miller's. They weren't the ones who changed, ThAnswr. Listen to Al Gore a year ago. . .he didn't yell the things he yells now. . .hell, he didn't yell at all. . . How is it that Kerry, a junior senator from Massachusetts, with the poorest voting attendance record in the Senate, a military record in dispute, and a wife who seems bent on torpedoing his ambitions, should be given the nomination? Why? Hilary, the real candidate, is currently unelectable. Bill can't serve a third term. And Kennedy derailed his career after Mary Jo Kopechne. So, being the most liberal leftist in the Senate, and being a war veteran--and decorated at that--Kerry becomes the candidate by default. It doesn't matter that his Senatorial career is uninspiring. It matters that he inspires the radical core of the Democratic party. It doesn't matter that he has no charisma and it doesn't matter that he has no plan. He represents the core. He is The Man.
When he fades into obscurity and takes some lame academic position, when he is ousted from his Senate Seat by the newly, soon-to-be population of MA, the inevitable comparisons between he and Dukakis will be made. And, those comparisons will be valid, because Kerry is the new Dukakis.
There's a reason WHY Gore, Hilary, and Kerry yell now. They know the constituency is now extreme and responds to extreme language. (Howard Dean also understood that but didn't play it correctly because he just screamed with grunts, which frightened people.) Now, to the Democrats, screaming absurd extremist statements is somehow considered valid. That's why the upcoming Kerry defeat will have to signal a restructuring of the party of Clinton, Gore, and bring it back to rationality. Don't forget: Abraham Lincoln was the very first Republican candidate.
Republicanism is the party of freedom and responsibility.
Hannity overdose again?