The Republican vice-presidential candidate, Congressman Paul Ryan, is the
Democrats' political version of the Anti-Christ. He believes in self-reliance;
the left believes in reliance on the state. His moral values are shaped by
religion (Catholicism); the left is frightened by religious Christian
politicians (and athletes, and members of the armed forces, and talk show hosts,
and, for that matter, clergy). He believes in individualism; the left believes
in collectivism. He believes in small government and powerful citizens; the left
believes in large government and dependent citizens.
Nevertheless, the Democratic Party claims to be overjoyed at his selection as
the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
The Democrats' glee -- even if exaggerated -- emanates from their belief that
Americans will reject Ryan's economic and social plans to reduce the American
debt, unleash private economic growth (the only type there is), and reform
unsustainable government programs such as Medicare.
Democrats believe that if Americans perceive that their entitlements may be
affected -- even if only beginning a decade from now, and even if the American
debt is thereby cut by one third, and even if they, as well as the country, will
ultimately benefit -- so many Americans have become so used to government
benefits, the Republicans stand little chance of winning the upcoming elections.
In other words, and tragically, the left and Democrats are relying on the
decline of the American character that left-wing policies have produced (not
only here but in Latin America, Europe, and everywhere else). The Democrats are
hoping that older Americans are (irrationally) frightened by Medicare reform
even though these reforms will not affect them, and that younger Americans will
likewise reject these reforms because they are counting on receiving Medicare as
it now exists.
Left-wing social policies are predicated on giving more and more Americans
more and more benefits and demanding less and less from them.
The left's party, the Democratic Party, seeks to have the state pay for
Americans' health care, give record numbers of Americans food stamps (now in a
form similar to ATM and credit cards so that no stigma be involved), provide
their children with school meals and provide women with child care and
contraceptives, while enabling more and more Americans to pay no federal taxes
to pay for any of these benefits.
The negative impact these policies have had on the character of Americans is
indisputable. Every parent -- and probably most adults who are not parents --
knows what giving things they have not earned and demanding nothing from them in
return produces: spoiled children.
Left-wing, Democratic Party policies have negatively impacted the American
character in another way. Whenever possible, the left and the Democrats have
de-stigmatized irresponsible behavior.
One example is women who give birth to and raise children without fathers in
their children's lives. This past Sunday's New York Times opinion section
featured another attack on those who stigmatize out of wedlock birth and single
motherhood.
Another example is the cultural left's glorification of graffiti -- once
regarded as vandalism of public and private property -- as "street art."
A third example is how difficult the Democratic Party and the left-wing
education establishment have made it for teachers and principals to discipline
disruptive and foul-mouthed students. The Department of Education has just
declared education the "civil rights" issue of our generation" because black
students are disproportionately suspended and otherwise punished by school
officials. The effect? Black young people who abuse their teachers and schools
feel empowered to continue their anti-social behavior.
At the same time, the left works to weaken the single most effective device
for character building in American history: Judeo-Christian religions.
Increasingly, the American motto "In God We Trust" has been replaced by "In
Government We Trust" and "In Experts We Trust."
Since the Democrats could not win any national election with the votes of
liberals alone -- according to Gallup, self-described liberals constitute just
21 percent of the electorate -- the great question of the 2012 American
presidential election is this: Have the left and Democratic Party sufficiently
weakened the character of enough Americans to enable the demonization of Paul
Ryan to lead Barack Obama to victory?
I don't believe so. But given the enormity of the national debt incurred by
this administration, its spectacular failure to improve the nation's economy,
and its commitment to weakening American defense, if there were a better
explanation for a Democratic victory, I would welcome it.
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“While there is more work that remains to be done, today’s employment
report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to
recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression,” wrote Alan
Krueger, Obama’s economic adviser. Choom is apparently some powerful
stuff.
