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Why Some So-Called Progressives Don’t Get It?

By Larry Johnson on September 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM in Current Affairs

You can not script this madness. There are many on the extreme left of the political spectrum–the Barack Obama, Tom Hayden, Nancy Pelosi side of the ledger–who hate the Clintons for moving the Democratic party towards the positions of the Democratic Leadership Council. Let’s face it, if Bill Clinton had kept his pecker in his pants he would have gone down in history as arguably one of the great Presidents of the 20th Century. Balanced budgets and prosperity leave a good taste in peoples’ mouths.

Now the Democrats under the “leadership” of Howard Dean and Barack Obama appear poised to commit suicide. Deepak Chopra put up a piece at Huffington Post that is mind numbing in the ignorance and bigotry it portrays. Despite Chopra’s prejudice, most Americans are not coastal elitists who imagine themselves to be “world citizens.” Don’t these Democrats realize they need to win votes in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Indiana, and Kentucky? Chopra writes:

I recognize that psychological analysis of politics is usually not welcome by the public, but I believe such a perspective can be helpful here to understand Palin’s message. In her acceptance speech Gov. Palin sent a rousing call to those who want to celebrate their resistance to change and a higher vision.

Look at what she stands for:

–Small town values — a denial of America’s global role, a return to petty, small-minded parochialism.

–Ignorance of world affairs — a repudiation of the need to repair America’s image abroad.

–Family values — a code for walling out anybody who makes a claim for social justice. Such strangers, being outside the family, don’t need to be heeded.

–Rigid stands on guns and abortion — a scornful repudiation that these issues can be negotiated with those who disagree.

–Patriotism — the usual fallback in a failed war.

–”Reform” — an italicized term, since in addition to cleaning out corruption and excessive spending, one also throws out anyone who doesn’t fit your ideology.

These clowns are playing into the hands of the Republicans. Keep telling them they are small minded, God and gun loving bigots who wave the flag too much and they will kick your ass. Is the far left really this crazy?