Posted by
Sue on Monday, September 05, 2011 12:00:00 AM
An
email conversation caused me to do a bit of research on the political
parties in America. I generally knew that the Deomocratic Party had
ruled here in this country for about 100 years. With the losses only in
l980,l982,1984, 1994, briefly in 2000 and, of course, nothing since.
What
I discovered, however, was that the Left or some like type had actually
been in power in this country since before 1825! There were the Whigs,
Free Soil, Know Nothings and Bull Moose Progressives to name a few. When
the Republican and Democratic Parties become more mainstream, these
different parties split with half to the Republican and half to the
Democrats. What I found instructive was that those in favor of a more
agrarian country and pro slavery generally migrated throughout this
period towards the Left side of ideology. This is simplistic, but the
post needs to be as concise as possible.
Their true loss of power
didn't really get achieved for any long period of time, until the
current Bush Administration. Eight years out of power in 30 is difficult
to say the least.
My focus, however, was on a group that had
operated separately until the early 20th century when they merged with
the Democrats. They were called the Douglas Democrats. They were largely
responsible for Roosevelt's social programs before the WWII and have
continued to increase in power gradually until the 1960's when their
agenda became part of the anti-war movement. The first time they could
and did change the direction of this country. Their "good intentions"
for the rest of us based on their ideology created the road paved with
gold that has led America to the Hades we have experienced in every part
of our country since the 1970's.
They are not, in my opinion, so
much Left as truly anti anything American. They believe that they are
the leaders in an ideology that stresses the socialist meme of: we know
what is best, we will make sure you follow what we say and you will pay
with your taxes to make our wishes possible, and you can't do a thing
about it!
That is where the hate and vicious vitrol come from,
they have not been able to take the reins of this country and until
George W. Bush they were confident that their time had come! Bush halted
them. In the past five years, they have gradually been exposed for what
they are. They have aligned themselves with the existing Fifth Column,
Communists and Anarchists and 'hate' became their operative raison
d'etre. The middle of the road, reasonable, moderate side of the Left is
almost gone. And, as Kos has learned, no one can control them now.
This
group has been part of the American landscape since before its
inception and continues to this day. One question: do the supporters of
these people understand what the goals are? Or, is the hatred too much
to listen to reason.
So, is it any wonder why "they" hate America
so much. Will Americans make the mistake of voting them in this year in
the congress and then let Hillary/Kerry/Gore or some other with their
goals gain the presidency?