A View From the Right

Some Conservative fodder:

The Unpopularity Of Leftist Democrats By Bruce Walker (08/06/2004) ....Those of us who care about America should fondly hope that moderate or moderately liberal Democrat governors from Flyover Country, men who live in the real world, capture control of the Democrat Party and nominated two candidates compatible with American values four years from now. Many of us have had false hopes before. When Carter won in 1976, I deeply hoped that his experience at Annapolis and his professed Christian faith would make him different from other Democrats. When Clinton won in 1992, I hoped that the "centrist" positions he propounded were honestly believed. The truth in both cases was different, but that does not mean that all the good Democrats are gone. What if, in 1992, Democrats had nominated another "centrist" Southern governor to be their candidate - Zell Miller? Although it seems unthinkable to us today, Clinton and Miller were considered extremely close politically in 1992. What if Ed Koch, instead of Al Gore, had been Vice President? Patriotic Americans - and I have said this many times - should want Democrats to begin choosing as their leaders decent, serious and thoughtful men like Scoop Jackson, Hubert Humphrey, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Robert Casey (the Pennsylvania governor whose Pro-Life position kept him from speaking at the Democrat National Convention in 1992.) The process of reforming the Democrat Party involves a big stick - showing Democrats that they will have PMS (permanent minority status) as long as they nominate Leftists like Kerry - but it also must involve a juicy carrot as well. We should want good men to win every presidential election. That means we should want Democrats to start nominated good men again.

Sheesh, talk about living in the past...