THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VI, Issue # 244, November 17, 2004
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
DEMOCRATS POSTURING TOWARDS THE CENTER:
A RUSE THAT IS LIKELY TO FAIL MISERABLY
By Christopher G. Adamo
PARTISAN POLITICS, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, & THE DEMOCRATS' ATTEMPT AT POLITICAL DECEPTION IN THE
AFTERMATH OF THEIR DEFEAT IN THE 2004 ELECTION -- THE DEMOCRATS PRETENDING TO BE MOVING TOWARD THE CENTER OF
THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, BUT ACTUALLY SEEKING TO REPACKAGE THE SAME OLD FAILED LEFTWING LIBERAL STATIST &
SOCIALIST AGENDA, IN HOPES THE AMERICAN VOTERS WILL EVENTUALLY FALL FOR IT
FULL STORY:
James Carville, the failed court jester of the Left, unwittingly revealed a key insight as to why the Democratic Party, U.S.A., is presently
floundering so severely. In a statement made this past weekend to Tim Russert, Carville asserted that the purpose of political parties is
merely “to get people elected.”
According to such thinking, political philosophies and/or principles are either incidental, or entirely irrelevant to the party affiliation of
those seeking elective office. Judging from the actions of Democrats during the most recent election cycle, Carville’s admission cannot
be denied.
Once again, Democrats throughout the country, and particularly their de facto leader John Kerry, were willing to take any stance, on any
side of each major issue, in hopes of persuading a majority of the populace that the Democrats were like-minded with the majority. And
once again, on Election Day, this ruse failed miserably.
From their outset, political parties were never intended to serve the purposes of those at their innermost echelons. Rather, they were
instituted as a means of implementing a particular agenda. The inherent strength of numbers resulted in an assembling of like-minded
individuals who, in the hopes of seeing their common interests realized, established a “platform” of ideas that defined them.
Yet, for many who rise to the top of such organizations, the seductive lure of power and prestige often overtake any originating cause.
It is at the point where the party leadership presumes itself and its interests to be of sole importance that it risks completely losing touch
with its base.
As the evening of November 2 wore on, it became increasingly obvious that such a “disconnect” had taken place among the Democrats.
In the wake of the election, they are desperately trying to pick up the pieces. The problem is that they dare not attempt to do so by
being honest about what they really are.
Fortunately for the likes of Carville, all is not lost. Such flawed thinking is not the exclusive property of the Democrats. Many among the
Republican “Moderates” hold to similar ideas, even positing them as “conventional wisdom.” Nevertheless, Carville’s inadvertent
candor serves to highlight the actions of Democrats that occurred prior to the election, and that have gone into high gear in the
election's aftermath.
At present, several convoluted messages are being loudly broadcast by prominent Democrats. Among the most contradictory are their
claims that, on the one hand, Christian Conservatives are to blame for their diminishing electoral fortunes. Yet, on the other hand, they
need to reinvent themselves so as to better appeal to those very people.
Among the most transparent attempts of doing so was the recent presentation of the Gospel according to Saint Hillary, offered in the
days following the election. Initially, she claimed to be of a like mind with America’s Christian voters. But then, in virtually the same
breath, she attempted to redefine Christianity, not surprisingly, in Liberal and Socialist terms.
Clearly, Hillary Clinton was seeking to follow in the footsteps of the “Reverend” Jesse Jackson, who employed this same line of
thinking while stumping for John Kerry. According to Jackson, Christians ought not let themselves be sidetracked by such purely
partisan and subjective issues as Biblical truth and morality, but should instead focus on the things that he considered spiritually
important, government handouts and the other precepts of Liberalism being chief among them.
Stumbling forth from the aftershocks of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle’s loss in South Dakota (an event that carries almost as
much significance as the presidential election), Senate Democrats are attempting their own image makeover by replacing Daschle with
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.
Reid, ostensibly a “pro-life” Democrat, might be an improvement over Daschle’s partisanship and obstruction. No doubt, his
ascension to the position of Minority Leader is meant to be perceived that way. But Reid was hardly an outspoken critic of Daschle’s
antics. Nor did he lead the charge to break Daschle’s stonewalling.
It is obvious that the failed ideologies of the Left, so firmly entrenched at the core of the Democratic Party power structure, aren’t
going away any time soon. Meanwhile, occasional lapses into honesty by key players such as Carville can remind us that their
ultimate intentions really haven’t changed a bit.
So, the same old failed Liberal Leftist agenda will likely be repackaged, in hopes that the public might eventually fall for it. The only
alternative is to increase the shrillness and venom of their condemnation of Conservatism. And, lately, that approach hasn’t served
them too well.
I confess that I find it amusing to see all of this "tapdancing" by people who hate the Judeo-Christian ethic.
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Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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