On November 9, 2004, Dennis Prager (www.townhall.com) outlined his views as to why the Democratic Party is seen by many as the party without values. He did so in response to Arizona Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano who asked “how did a party that is filled with people with values… get tagged as the party without values?”
Mr. Prager answered her question quite succinctly. He described the Democratic Party that most Americans see. I have included some of his responses and paraphrase his words below.
“Here is the Democratic Party as most Americans … see it.”
A party that worships Michael Moore when most Americans see his as a Marxist with “ utter contempt for his fellow Americans”.
A party that condones the actions of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton when most Americans view them as “race-baiting demagogues”.
A party whose presidential candidate stated that Eminem’s anti-Bush hate video was worthy of endorsement while most Americans view Eminem as a “vulgar nihilist who poisons young American’s minds”.
A party that views objection to obscenity at Democrat fund-raisers as “judgmental, hypocritical, and narrow minded” when most Americans believe such language is best reserved for "R-rated films or
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A party that views the military as, “at best, a necessary evil” while most of Americans views America’s military as not only heroic but critical to safeguarding our freedoms.
A party that voted against banning partial-birth abortion when most Americans view such a procedure as killing a viable fetus.
Mr. Prager is correct on all counts. I was once a Democrat…a JFK Democrat. In their day, John and Robert Kennedy still led a party that believed in eliminating communism. They also believed in civil rights, but not in race-baiting and the extortion that goes with it. They believed in values like respect of others, respect of the law, accountability, and teaching people to fish and not just handing them fish every day. President Kennedy proposed that we ask what we can do for our country instead of what the country can do for us. JFK Democrats also believed in taking preemptive action in the name of national security. They funded our military, used tax cuts to bolster the economy, and still showed concern for those truly unable to take care of themselves.
The Democratic Party of the 60’s is but a distant relative of the Democratic Party of the 21st Century. Yet, Democrats cannot seem to understand that fact. Instead of taking stock of themselves they rage against the Republicans who continue to defeat them. That is the reason that it has been tagged the party without values. Until they find their center and move to ostracize the leftists now controlling them, Democrats will find the going very difficult for years to come.
