This week we were treated to yet more whining and complaining by the left in the wake of the election which carried George W. Bush to victory along with the people in Fly-Over-Country. The results from this election should have been as clear to the left as a two by four to the side of the head. But it would seem that they are not learning from their mistakes. We have all heard by now that the moonbat websites are talking about secession and “JesusLand” as if they were about to fight another civil war. And perhaps in their minds they might think such a thing will happen and is even possible. But the left is losing power and credibility along with their sanity and are no longer willing, if they ever were, to see the dead end at the road they have chosen. There will be no civil war, although we are in for a long cultural battle yet to come in which, I believe, the left will ultimately be defeated as a cultural force. And they have already lost significant ground in this election. They have had their moment on the stage and their influence is now on the wane. It is only a matter of time until they are rendered truly irrelevant.
It’s sad in a way; at least for them.
I selected the tag line for this site, “The View From Fly Over Country” for a good reason and it sums up my motivation for keeping this blog up, even if I don’t post every day and even though it has relatively few readers. There are, after all, thousands and thousands of blogs, many of which are vastly more well known than this one. But that is not the reason I keep this one going. I do so because, like many other bloggers from this side of the political spectrum, I do not wish to remain silent in the face of the continuous assault on the very ideas on which America was founded. And let’s be clear about what those are. The left opposes individualism and individual rights, the objective rule of law, private property, free and open markets and the concept of limited government with all that it implies. And of course they oppose any attempt to defend America from those who would gladly destroy it and everything it stands for. The concept of America as a nation of free individuals is diametrically opposed to everything the left stands for. And what do they stand for when we sweep away all of the spin and hysteria? In a word, socialism.
The dream of The Great Socialist Utopia is the foundation on which the left was built and on which it continues to stand. For the last century, the left has maintained the dream that society could be re-ordered and re-fashioned into that utopian vision described by various 19th and 20th century writers and philosophers. But the dream of socialism brought with it a very high price tag in human lives and misery. Millions have died all around the world in the pursuit of that goal. When socialism is put into practice as its adherents desire, the results are suffering, death and misery on a scale not seen before in human history. Gulags, torture chambers, failed economies, stagnation and war are the fruit which socialism ultimately bears for those who are tempted by its false promise of heaven on Earth.
The left has never come to terms with this fact. Nor do they appear likely to do so even after the failure of their candidate and their party yet again. The desperation which we are seeing, and which will no doubt become ever more hysterical until the day it finally fades into silence, is the long, agonizing death scream of their ideology; Marxism. For while there will always be thugs and dictators who long for power over the lives of others, there will be no moral authority from the left to give them cover for their deeds when they try to brutalize imprisoned populations in countries that still resist human rights and economic progress. The long trend of history is in the direction of more and more freedom for people around the globe as the ideas of the free society are spread more and more widely. The left however has avoided any real introspection which might allow them to see this trend and their electoral failure for what it is. Instead they offer us two views to ‘explain’ why they lost this election, as well as others in the past, both of which are designed to prevent them from taking responsibility for their loss and which blame the American people, rather than themselves.
The first we will call the argument from stupidity and the second, the argument from malevolence.
The argument from stupidity says that the people in Fly-Over-Country are basically a bunch of dumb, uneducated knuckle dragging hicks who don’t know any better than to vote for Republicans. The arguments are all too familiar and all too common. But the argument is a circular one. The results of the election are offered as proof of the stupidity of the red states while at the same time the left claims Republicans, like George Bush, are encouraging ignorance and stupidity in the population. Well, either the red states started out stupid, or they didn't. But they can't be both stupid and not stupid at the same time, which is what the left is really claiming. Just like they want to claim that Bush is a retard and an evil genius as the situation requires. As always, the left ignores the laws of logic when making their claims.
Now they are arguing that all of the talent in the nation resides in the blue states while the red states are living off of the effort of the elites in the land of Kedwards. But they offer little evidence of this either. Just more assertions without merit. And as a matter of common sense, one would have to recognize that talent exists everywhere in the country, not just in Manhattan and Los Angeles. Indeed, much of the manufacturing base of the country can now be found in the south, the very same states that voted for Bush in such large numbers. And many business are leaving the blue states for obvious reasons related to high taxes and a hostile business climate. So if the blue state folks are so smart, why can't they keep the productive classes in their states? No answer is given by the angry left.
The argument from malevolence says that the people in Fly-Over-Country are a bunch of racist, bigoted, greedy, selfish homophobic, religiously fanatic angry white males who would just as soon run you over with their pickup trucks as spit on you, if they even noticed anyone else but themselves. But if the left really believed this, why would they not be leaving in droves to other more hospitable countries? There are plenty of places around the globe which still offer the attempt at the socialist paradise, such as France for instance. But the lefties never seem to act on their complaints; they just complain more. One can conclude from this dichotomy between words and actions that the left is as hypocritical as ever, saying one thing while doing another. What they want is to be free to blame America as much as they can, while still living the good life which America affords. No leftist really believes, deep, deep down, that evil Republicans are waiting just around the corner to accost them; they just want you to believe it when they say it.
Of course both of these arguments avoid the obvious third reason for the continuing demise of the left and their loss in this year’s election; the people in Fly-Over-Country don’t agree with them. And that is the real message of this election. Democrats just can't bring themselves to face the fact that their view of the world and America's place in it does not sell in the American heartland. It is a product which no one wants to buy and a view which no person with any common sense believes. And the elites can't get us to buy it no matter how hard they try. The left no longer has the power to sway the public. The left threw everything they had at the Republicans and George Bush this year, and the result was a big fat zero for the elites. How it must sting them when they realize that their money, influence and power are just so much haze to be washed away by the bright morning sun as it rises over Bush country.
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