Frank Bruni, gay-Liberal-Democrat-NYTimes columnist, writes what those of us on the Right knew years ago.
Liberals, Liberal policies, are a failure.
1. The 'proof of the pudding'...
"A party that keeps the White House for eight years customarily suffers losses elsewhere, as if the electorate insists on some kind of equilibrium. That happened under Bill Clinton and again under George W. Bush — but not to the extent that it has happened under Obama.
His presidency will end with Democrats in possession of 11 fewer Senate seats (depending on how you count), more than 60 fewer House seats, at least 14 fewer governorships and more than 900 fewer seats in state legislatures than when it began. That’s a staggering toll."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/o...est&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0
2. You voted for Obama, despite what we on the Right warned you about, either
a. because you hoped that his skin color would mark you as a good-hearted individual...
or because
b. you actually imagined that one (or two) pulls of the vote lever would end racial strife.
You couldn't have been more wrong.
And, for those wrong reasons, you chose an incompetent, one never qualified for the office.
Bruni continues:
3. "We geniuses in the news media spent only the last month telling you how Donald Trump was losing this election. We spent the last year telling you how the Republican Party was unraveling.
And here we are, with the Democrats in tatters.
...the G.O.P.....will soon control the presidency as well as both chambers of Congress and two of every three governor’s offices. And that’s not just a function of James Comey, Julian Assange and misogyny. Democrats who believe so are dangerously mistaken.
4. ...Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded a hefty share of Americans and consigned many to a “basket of deplorables” who aren’t all deplorable.
5. Liberals miss this by being illiberal. They shame not just the racists and sexists who deserve it but all who disagree.
A 64-year-old Southern woman not onboard with marriage equality finds herself characterized as a hateful boob. Never mind that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton weren’t themselves onboard just five short years ago.
6. Political correctness has morphed into a moral purity that may feel exhilarating but isn’t remotely tactical. It’s a handmaiden to smugness and sanctimony, undermining its own goals.
I worry about my and my colleagues’ culpability along these lines.
I plan to use greater care in how I talk to and about Americans more culturally conservative than I am."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/o...est&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0
Perhaps in the future Liberals well consider voting policy rather than party.
Liberals, Liberal policies, are a failure.
1. The 'proof of the pudding'...
"A party that keeps the White House for eight years customarily suffers losses elsewhere, as if the electorate insists on some kind of equilibrium. That happened under Bill Clinton and again under George W. Bush — but not to the extent that it has happened under Obama.
His presidency will end with Democrats in possession of 11 fewer Senate seats (depending on how you count), more than 60 fewer House seats, at least 14 fewer governorships and more than 900 fewer seats in state legislatures than when it began. That’s a staggering toll."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/o...est&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0
2. You voted for Obama, despite what we on the Right warned you about, either
a. because you hoped that his skin color would mark you as a good-hearted individual...
or because
b. you actually imagined that one (or two) pulls of the vote lever would end racial strife.
You couldn't have been more wrong.
And, for those wrong reasons, you chose an incompetent, one never qualified for the office.
Bruni continues:
3. "We geniuses in the news media spent only the last month telling you how Donald Trump was losing this election. We spent the last year telling you how the Republican Party was unraveling.
And here we are, with the Democrats in tatters.
...the G.O.P.....will soon control the presidency as well as both chambers of Congress and two of every three governor’s offices. And that’s not just a function of James Comey, Julian Assange and misogyny. Democrats who believe so are dangerously mistaken.
4. ...Democrats adopted a strategy of inclusiveness that excluded a hefty share of Americans and consigned many to a “basket of deplorables” who aren’t all deplorable.
5. Liberals miss this by being illiberal. They shame not just the racists and sexists who deserve it but all who disagree.
A 64-year-old Southern woman not onboard with marriage equality finds herself characterized as a hateful boob. Never mind that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton weren’t themselves onboard just five short years ago.
6. Political correctness has morphed into a moral purity that may feel exhilarating but isn’t remotely tactical. It’s a handmaiden to smugness and sanctimony, undermining its own goals.
I worry about my and my colleagues’ culpability along these lines.
I plan to use greater care in how I talk to and about Americans more culturally conservative than I am."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/o...est&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0
Perhaps in the future Liberals well consider voting policy rather than party.
