Friday, February 22, 2008
The Audacity of Blind Adoration
What exactly is so exciting about the Democrats' "message?" Specifically, how does the latest idol of Democrat idealism differ from any other leftist clown? "Change...change...change..." Wow! There's a program for success. The wealthiest, most diverse, creative, and – relatively, for now – free country "needs a change" ... again. Why exactly? ...Because it sounds so cool!
Ronald Reagan instituted considerable change, but the groupies of Demo-left-land certainly weren't interested in ways to bring down an evil empire (the former Soviet Union) or deregulating a bureau-weighted economy. No, change in itself isn't quite what they're about.
How exactly is the neo-comms' amorphous call for "change" and the related rhetoric they use any different from the following caricature:
(To be spoken with deep conviction and a resonating voice that inspires awe and mystical adoration):
"Rainy days are bad! The time has come for the sun to shine, for sunny days to prevail. Flowers are pretty. I support the beauty of flowers and would thoroughly oppose anyone who would deprive the human spirit of pretty colors!..."
"Oh yeah...did I also mention that we need a change!"
What hollow nonsense...but, they're buying it. Zombies love a "populist" message even if it ultimately says nothing.
