May 09, 2005

On the Sinking of the SS Democrat

Victor Davis Hansen's latest article (posted last Friday...yes, I'm slow) discusses the "deepening trouble" the Democrats are finding themselves in. On class warfare and why it no longer works, Hansen writes:

A Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean, George Soros, or Al Gore looks Ñ no, acts Ñ like he either came out of a hairstylist's salon or got off a Gulfstream. Those who show up at a Moveon.org rally and belong to ANSWER don't seem to have spent much time in Bakersfield or Logan, but lots in Seattle and Westwood. When most Americans have the semblance of wealth Ñ televisions, cell phones, cars, laptops, and iPods as well as benefits on the job Ñ it is hard to keep saying that "children are starving." Obesity not emaciation is the great plague of the poorer.

So the Democrats need a little more humility, a notion that the country is not so much an us/them dichotomy, but rather all of us together under siege to maintain our privileges in a tough global world Ñ and at least one spokesman who either didn't go to prep school or isn't a lawyer.

Classic and priceless...as always when it comes from the pen of VDH. Do yourself a favor and read it all.

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