Vile self destruction

It never ceases to amaze me how unimaginative and predictable a large segment of Progressive Liberalism is and how the Democratic Party has allowed itself to be defined by the rantings and total falsehoods of an extremist segment of its constituency. Not only are they being defined by this extremist element, in many ways they have embraced it in much the way a frightened man would embrace a grizzly in order not to be mauled to death by it.

Consider these two recent stories both from left leaning publications. The first is titled "Jesse Jackson Blasts Tea Party at Martin Luther King Jr. Event" with the sub-header stating, The civil rights leader says the group is up to old racist tricks. and begins:

"The Tea Party is not new," Jackson said. "It's just a new name for an old game."

Jackson told the audience that the Tea Party's tenets are simply a form of veiled racism that was used in the past to oppose federally mandated integration on the basis of state’s rights. The luncheon honored civil rights pioneers and featured guests and speakers such as Andrew Young, former United Nations ambassador and mayor of Atlanta, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.

Note that this was not just a typical race baiting speech given by Jackson, but one at a very important event attended by members of key Democratic constituencies the administration and congress. By not denouncing this hateful rhetoric the Democratic Party tactically endorses it.

Now consider the next story which appeared in Politco the same day titled "Tim Scott is the tea party talent scout". Really the picture which accompanies the story, as they say, is worth a thousand words.

Tim Scott is not only a freshman congressman from South Carolina, he represents a conservative district and beat the grandson of Strom Thurmond in the Republican primary to get to the general election which he won with 65% of the vote. He along with Allen West of Florida are considered Tea Party favorites and as the Politico story points out with its typical liberal elitist snarkiness:

Scott’s town halls are hosted by a number of local GOP and tea party groups, uneasy allies in the feverish pitch to find a nominee to defeat President Barack Obama in 2012. But his fans in the state describe him as the elected official who could unite the two groups: he is tea party in ideology and but not in temperament, able to keep one foot in official Washington, where he’s an elected freshmen representative to the House leadership team, and one foot firmly planted in the South Carolinian tradition of political rebellion. That’s evident in his frequent votes against party leaders on major bills like the continuing resolution and debt ceiling deal this year, when Scott and his fellow South Carolina freshmen refused to support leadership despite late-night lobbying efforts to bring the delegation on board.

The definition of racism is:

rac·ism   [rey-siz-uhm] Show IPA
noun
1.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2.a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3.hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Under no definition of racism could Tim Scott, Allen West, Herman Cain or the many other African American, Hispanic, Indian-American, candidates enthusiastically supported by Tea Party groups throughout the country be possible. As Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots said in reponse to Jessie Jackson's comments:

"It is unfortunate that at an event intended to honor the memory of an American hero who gave his life to ensure equal rights for every American, Jesse Jackson would choose to use the moment to make false statements which detract from the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.,"

This continued smearing of every day Americans is becoming more and more vile and is beginning to backfire on Democrats, as the truth of what they have become is growing more apparent to the general population. It is just a matter of time before the Democratic Party implodes, brought down by the acceptance and embracing of an ideology far from the mainstream of American values and principles. A party which accepts and promotes lies as a strategy to attain and maintain power can not and will not survive in America.