Op-Ed Columnist - Where Did ‘We’ Go? - NYTimes.comThis is starting to sound like a mantra,from Nancy Pelosia,Chris Matthews,Patrick Kennedy,and many others in the media and blogasphere,all warning of the possible violence from conservatives(or the right-wing as they like to say)in our opposition to Barack Obama's socialist agenda.Now,not to be outdone,the great Thomas Friedman has finally gotten the memo:
But something very dangerous is happening. Criticism from the far right has
begun tipping over into delegitimation and creating the same kind of climate
here that existed in Israel on the eve of the Rabin assassination.
Now the Democrats would love for us to believe that Rush Limbaugh,Michelle Malkin,and Glenn Back are out there creating the next Lee Harvey Oswald's of the world through their defence of freedom and capitalism.Never mind the fact of the countless assassination fantasy's that was put forward by the left during President George W. Bush's term in office,some which can still be found on YouTube today.
What the Democrats really fear,is not acts violence against themselves or the president,but the collapse of their big government/socialist agenda.They entered office earlier this year with virtually no opposition,with an almost unlimitless bounds of opportunity to enact their agenda,Rahm Emauel saying,"never let a crisis go to waste."Now just 11 months after winning the White House their agenda is failing badly and has created a firestorm of opposition to it,and they know it,the crisis is going to waste.
Since they are losing the debate over,health care,cap and trade(tax), and an assortment of other big government schemes,without ever having an effective argument for their defence,they must resort now to character assassination,kill the messenger.
They are establishing now a narrative of possible violence hoping that somewhere in the future something horrible may happen that they can say"see I told you so" and bring discredit to those that oppose them(the Sparkman murder in KY case in point). That is absolutely sick and pathetic,that to win a political debate you have to place your hope in some lunatic to harm you or the president.
They also know that the force of the opposition is not in Washington but in the Heartland,where the Tea Party Movement took shape.By accusing us of possible violence they are trying to drive a wedge between weak kneed Republicans and the opposition,that they would be able then to arm twist the moderate/liberal Congressional Republicans to push their agenda through.
