The Elites v. the Folks
Somewhere back there, the political contest quietly shifted from Democrats vs. Republicans to Elites vs. the Folks. It’s almost as if new political parties got formed.
Tagged: Liberalism
Crisis on the Vineyard.
If one of the wealthiest enclaves in the western hemisphere can’t feed and house 50 impoverished migrants, how do they imagine that a poor town like, say, Eagle Pass, Texas deals with thousands of such migrants every single week?
The importance of precise language.
It confers misplaced respect when one refers to leftists as liberals.
Let’s explain it to David Brooks.
People who get up every day and go make the country work are tired of getting screwed.
Waiting for epiphany.
Any objective and sober analysis of readily observable facts reveals in stark, undeniable detail that liberalism destroys everything it touches.
Working America’s shifting allegiance.
For most of the 20th century, the Democratic Party was seen as the unquestioned champion of the guy who ate his lunch from a pail and had to wipe his hands before he could shake yours.
What leftism touches it ruins.
Leftism, such as that which now pervades the Democratic party, destroys everything it touches.
Muzzled.
According to a Cato Institute study, save for those who self-describe as very liberal, most Americans are keeping their politics close to their vests.
California as Exhibit “A”
California has been run by liberal Democrats for a generation now and the results are undeniable.
An elitist pulls back the curtain.
Bill Maher mistakenly believes that people like us are envious of places like New York, LA and San Francisco. He thinks we’re envious of people like him.
It’s only going to get worse.
Democrats are instinctively aware that their effectiveness as a political force is gravely wounded and they’re acting accordingly.
Seattle city council votes for decline.
The very liberal Seattle city council has done what Democrats who run successful cities do. They voted nine to nothing to impose a tax on businesses of $275 per employee per year.