Masters of Disaster
By Robert Stacy McCain
The American Spectator
Somewhere, there should be a Hall of Fame honoring profoundly stupid Democratic Party campaign ideas. Among the featured exhibits would be Michael Dukakis's 1988 tank ride and John Kerry's 2004 Ohio duck-hunting trip. ("Can I get me a hunting license here?")
The important thing to remember about such classic campaign blunders, however, is that Democrats didn't realize their disastrous potential until it was too late to prevent them.
Whether it's George McGovern's choice of Thomas Eagleton as his 1972 running mate or Fritz Mondale's promise to raise taxes in 1984, for some reason there's never anybody around Democrat HQ with the foresight to shout an advance warning.
The American Spectator
Somewhere, there should be a Hall of Fame honoring profoundly stupid Democratic Party campaign ideas. Among the featured exhibits would be Michael Dukakis's 1988 tank ride and John Kerry's 2004 Ohio duck-hunting trip. ("Can I get me a hunting license here?")
The important thing to remember about such classic campaign blunders, however, is that Democrats didn't realize their disastrous potential until it was too late to prevent them.
Whether it's George McGovern's choice of Thomas Eagleton as his 1972 running mate or Fritz Mondale's promise to raise taxes in 1984, for some reason there's never anybody around Democrat HQ with the foresight to shout an advance warning.
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 7:02 PM
1 Comments:
There is no lesser evil in this election cycle.
Obama will bring that special brand of black Marxism to the White House and will probably propel us into a decades long slide into the abyss of Euro-style socialism. McCain will revive the early 20th century kind of fascism that prompted the explosion of the size and intrusiveness of government. Either way, freedom and prosperity will both take a serious hit over the next decade or so.
On the bright side, maybe even more people will begin to realize what an evil system a socialist democracy is. Maybe the whole mess will collapse in on itself and we can begin the long, slow process of rebuilding the republic. Optimism is hard to come by just now.
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