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Saturday, July 16, 2005What the Democratic Leadership Thinks of RepublicansWe've heard it from Howard Dean. Most rational folks would put that his hate-filled comments about Republicans on the backburner and consider it the opinion of one man. But when you hear it from former Clinton advisor Paul Begala, that's a problem: Begala's presence on the panel created a stir when he declared that Republicans had 'done a p***-poor job of defending' the U.S.It doesn't stop there, A panel discussion entitled 'Winning the War of Ideas' centered on topics discussed in the book 'What's the Matter with Kansas' by Thomas Frank and detailed the challenges that Democrats face in persuading voters in the American heartland and elsewhere to embrace their agenda and support their candidates.Of course, this article shows shades of what has to be the most glaring of criticisms against Democratic stewardship of our intelligence services pre-9/11. The Clinton administration's national security efforts involved the right blend of 'experience' and 'strength,' Begala said, an assertion with which the 9/11 Commission apparently disagreed.For all the criticism against President Bush post-9/11, is it too much of a stretch to say that Republcians are literally playing catch-up for the Clinton-era faliures duing the 1990's when al-Qaeda was festering under the surface? A festering that Begala permitted under his tenure? Maybe it's the idea that the smaller a group, the more fanatical its members become. I don't know. Some Republicans would like to sit back and let Dean, Frank, and Begala roll on, but they aren't going to go away. My concern is that these fanatical ideologues - and they are little else - will mainstream themselves in their own party for no other reason than they are the only ones providing vision and direction. God help the Democratic Party. They need it.
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JEFFERSONIAD POLL: Whom do you support for Virginia Attorney General?1) John Brownlee2) Ken Cuccinelli AboutShaunKenney.com is one of Virginia's oldest political blogs, focusing on the role of religion and politics in public life. Shaun Kenney, 30, lives in Fluvanna County, Virginia.ContactThe Jeffersoniad
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