And if they don't get them back, real quick, they can look forward to continued minority status. On the other hand, there's a damn good chance they enjoy that status, or are more than willing at least to accept it, as long as the contributions from their idiotic extremist supporters come rolling in. Howard Dean. What can I tell you, except that I was wrong about him. I was one of the ones that supported his recene elevation to chairman of the national party. I thought he had the vision, and the energy, and the sheer moxy, to get the party out of the rock bottom they had sunk down to and infuse new life into it.
Well, I changed my mind as of his latest outburst about how the Republican Party is about to target foreigners as a method of attracting more votes from the more racist oriented elements of the American population. Is he putting me on with this? I mean, really. For one thing, what the fuck does he mean by "foreigners"?
If he's talking about foreign born American citizens, people who came into this country legally, and became American citizens, or are in the process of becoming so, and are willing to assimilate into the culture of this country while yet retaining the individual traits of their countries and selves that made them who they are, and are otherwise determined to become law-abiding citizens who contribute to the country, well, okay, I would easily agree with him. I would, that is, only I don't think that's what the hell he is talking about. And if he is, I think he's still off base, as I don't think Bush and the Republicans in general are targeting people such as this.
If, on the other hand, he is talking about illegal aliens, who come into this country illegally, who drain the social sercvices resources of this country, serve to drive down workers wages, and are responsible for a great percentage of the crime that occurs here, in addition to the possibility of foreign terrorists that might have entered the country, either legally or illegally, then again, I have to wonder just what the fuck his point is.
To begin with, as far as I and a great many others are concerned, George Bush has been extremely lax in regards to protecting our borders with Mexico, and in dealing with the problem of illegal imigration. A far cry from "targeting" them. I should only wish that he would. So do most other rational Americans, including, by the way, immigrants and descendants of immigrants who came to this country legally and have contributed to this country in positive ways.
Howard Dean is trying to create an issue where one doesn't exist, and goddamned if he ain't trying to get on the wrong fucking side of it at the same time. Now that takes some doing. If he thinks the Democratic party is going to win elections by looking out for the interests of illegal aliens, well, that's just another nail in the coffin of the Democratic Party. Other Democratic Party activists, and "strategists" have even recently been floating the idea that voters should not be forced to present valid identification when going to vote, in order to prevent illegal aliens from voting. How can anybody possibly be against this idea? How could they possibly be in favor of alowing illegal aliens to vote, as has been proposed in some states? Yet, this is what the Democratic Party, or at least a sizeable and vocal part of it, have been advocating.
I always used to hear it say, the Republicans have good sense, but they don't have a heart. While the Democrats have good hearts, but they don't have any sense. Right here is a perfect example of the validity of that saying, and why the Democrats are destined to remain the minority party in the U. S, for some time to come. A cold hearted mind is going to win out on sentimental foolishness in the long run. It's only a matter of time.
The Democratic Party isn't merely foolish, however. They've come down with collective fucking Alzheimer's.
