Another DU Fisking: Part 3 

I don't seem to be getting many hits (probably because it's Friday night), so I'll go ahead and add something new. I've already Fisked the first couple parts of the DU article in question (go to part 1 for link), and now we come to the section entitled "The Democrats." Be prepared for moonbattery and occasional tinfoil-hattery (I'm really wearing out those stereotypes). Let's get started:

THE DEMOCRATS
It would appear that, even with the mass-media being cheerleaders for the Republican Party and attack-dogs against leading Democratic contenders...

Didn't I already laugh at you for saying that? Oh, well...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

...the Democrats can count on a solid 40% of the voters, who are appalled at what Bush&Co. have done to American national-interests abroad - making us less, not more, secure - and to the economy and civil liberties at home.

Let's review this statement: Eliminating a threat to America and humanity in general makes us less secure, an improving economy is bad, and our civil liberties are being threatened despite the fact that NOBODY CAN EVER CITE ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE!!!!!

All over this country, Dem voters have indicated that they will, if necessary, hold their noses and vote for whatever reasonable candidate the party puts forward, even if they might disagree with aspects of that candidate's program.

You hear that, Democratic candidates? Even your own party doesn't like you. This supports my theory that the people who write this kind of article haven't even examined Dubya's policies. They just assume that, because he's a Republican, he must be EEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL! Democracy at its finest.

And large segments of Greens likewise have expressed a desire not to repeat the political disaster of 2000 by running a name-candidate for president, and will go along, for the public good, by voting for the Democrat.

Yes, because the Green Party has been such a political threat in the last few elections....idiots...

(But many would-be Democratic voters are turned off by the cowardly enabling of the Dems in Congress, who have a tendency to roll over whenever push comes to shove on key issues, such as giving Bush a blank check to launch his Iraq war, and then, just recently, approving everything he wanted in his $87 billion package for that war. Not a good sign.)

More waffling! Is it a blank check, or is it $87 billion? It can't be both! Anyway, why should we hold the Dems personally responsible for "rolling over?" The fascist warmongering Republicans threatened their dissent! What could they do? I want to add one more note here: this section would've been so much better had the author used the phrase "when Bush comes to shove." Wouldn't that have been more effective?

If the Republicans and Democrats already have 80% of the vote locked up, that means, as usual, that the election will be decided by the 20% of voters in the middle. Many in that group are independents, libertarians, disaffected moderate-conservatives and small-government rightwingers/isolationists who are outraged at having their party hijacked by let's-have-a-war types and Big Brother neo-fascists.

Big Brother neo-fascists? Isn't this coming from people who want the government to say "GIVE US MORE MONEY" every time there's a flaw in society? The next time someone forgets that fascists reside on the left side of the political spectrum, I will find a way to make bad things happen to them.

Also in that tappable middle are mad-as-hell veterans, and disgruntled soldiers and their families - angered by the incompetency and militarist arrogance that are getting them and their loved ones killed and wounded for what appear to be questionable ends.

They only appear to be questionable ends if you look at the world through blue-shaded Bush-hatin' lenses. Sane people realize that letting Hussein continue his reign of terror and murder would be one of the most irresponsible decisions in the history of civilization. 300,000. Have you seen that number? 300,000 Iraqis (and that's just a fraction of the total) compared to less than 400 Americans. Do the math.

If the Democrats run an elitist-type campaign without taking those voters' concerns into consideration, they will lose.

Well, so much for their campaigns.

If they can make the citizenry understand that Bush-led Republicans are out-of-the-mainstream extremists...

I think there's a cliche in here somewhere involving a pot and a kettle.

...who are endangering America's security and the U.S. economy...

By killing our enemies and making more money.

...- including such popular programs as Medicare, Social Security, Head Start, and giving short shrift to the educational system and America's decaying infrastructure...

I think I already mentioned how effective the left has been in destroying education, and if the infrastructure is decaying, how will changing the president in the middle of a war help anyone?

...- they have a good chance to win.

Insert "Dream On" by Aerosmith. Laugh loudly. Repeat as necessary.

I wish I could post more, but I don't want to make this too long. There are a couple other sections, so I'll probably need 2 more posts to finish. I may do one more tonight.

Posted by CD on November 14, 2003 09:39 PM
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