Jan. 16, 2004: PoliSat
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Latest
Iowa polls show Howard Dean sinking despite Rob Reiner and Martin Sheen support.·
The
Dean of Mean and Doctor of Spleen.·
If current polls reflect reality in Iowa (notwithstanding the reported high
percentage of youthful voters relying only upon cell phones rather than
traditional phones with numbers available to pollsters in land-line directories)
we may be witnessing the counter productive effects of politics driven more by
visceral hatred for, rather than respectful but strenuous disagreement with,
Bush. Although John Kerry has often been harsh in his criticism of Bush,
such criticisms have never reached the level of contemptuous, visceral hatred
exemplified by such a high percentage of the ardent supporters of Howard
Dean. Perhaps the rapid and simultaneous drop in the polls for Dean and
rises for Kerry and Edwards almost immediately after Rob Reiner and Martin Sheen
traveled to Iowa for in-person displays of their support for Dean signifies that
even among the left-leaning Democratic activists in Iowa, infatuation with
political hatred and celebrity activists is devolving.
Among, the contenders in Iowa, only Gephardt seems to understand the history of
the future-- i.e., that from a perspective of 10 to 20 years from now, the
toppling of Saddam Hussein will be recognized as a pivotal historical event
sparking a gradual evolution of modernity in those portions of the Arab world
currently teetering between pre-modernity and the dark ages. Gephardt
deserves credit for having the courage to refuse to abandon the principled (and
correct) position he took by supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom even though his
criticisms of Bush raise doubts about whether a President Gephardt wouldn't have
made the situation worse. His criticisms certainly haven't exhibited
as much astuteness as those of Joe Lieberman, who seems destined to join the
extinct wing of the Democratic party where Zell Miller left only his hat after
moving into temporary political quarters with Ed Koch.
Regarding Edwards, perhaps his apparent shallowness is a misperception. At
least he seems to eschew appealing to political hatred to the extent to which
Dean has done so-- i.e., Edwards seems unwilling to go beyond the traditional
class-warfare so dear to the hearts of Democratic activists in the opposite side
of the tent from Zell Miller (and John F. Kennedy). His efforts, like
Kerry's, to claim that he would have done a better job of procuring
international support than Bush was able to muster for Iraq, seem founded on
little more than naive wishful thinking rather than concrete plans for procuring
their support without eviscerating the mission.
One of the best hopes for the future of the Democratic party is that after what
will be their 2004 debacle, new leadership will emerge from smart, principled
and classy Democrats such as Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. He, rather than
John Kerry, could be the Democrats' John F. Kennedy of the new millennium.
He exhibits the ability to disagree respectfully but strenuously and seems also
to possess a vision of how liberal democracy (i.e., democracy tempered by
guarantees of human rights) can and must transform the world into a
freedom-friendly place.
Finally, here's the limerick to accompany the animation above:
We're actors, we're Reiner and Sheen
We're here to support Doctor Dean
to serve as our proctor
with skills of a doctor
to help us in venting our spleen.
--Jim Wrenn, Editor@PoliSat.Com.
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Among, the contenders in Iowa, only Gephardt seems to understand the history of
the future-- i.e., that from a perspective of 10 to 20 years from now, the
toppling of Saddam Hussein will be recognized as a pivotal historical event
sparking a gradual evolution of modernity in those portions of the Arab world
currently teetering between pre-modernity and the dark ages. Gephardt
deserves credit for having the courage to refuse to abandon the principled (and
correct) position he took by supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom even though his
criticisms of Bush raise doubts about whether a President Gephardt wouldn't have
made the situation worse. His criticisms certainly haven't exhibited
as much astuteness as those of Joe Lieberman, who seems destined to join the
extinct wing of the Democratic party where Zell Miller left only his hat after
moving into temporary political quarters with Ed Koch.
