Democrats channeling Star Trek? thefederalist/2014/11/03/with-defeat-looming-democrats-retreat-into-fantasy/ With prospects of Republicans recapturing the Senate a chilling reality—though certainly not a given—I’ve noticed a number of pundits, including, the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson [washingtonpost/opinions/eugene-robinson-what-would-republicans-do/2014/10/30/daba9d2a-6070-11e4-91f7-5d89b5e8c251_story.html], embrace some conventional self-soothing myths about our political situation. Each one means to reaffirm liberal intellectual and moral superiority and rationalize events that aren’t exactly going according to plan. Republicans Scaremonger. Democrats Appeal to Reason It is inconceivable voters could be unhappy with Democrats’ recent body of work or the content of their message. A GOP victory will sit atop a mandate-free edifice of anxiety, hate, rage, and lies. “Republicans are conducting a campaign of atmospherics,” Robinson explains. “Be afraid, they tell voters. Be unhappy. Be angry.” Is Robinson referring to the campaign to persuade voters that plutocrats have the ability to steal democracy by drilling into the collective subconscious of America and forcing all of us vote for Republicans? That kind of atmospheric? Or is he talking about the condom-thieving vote-stealing white men whose detestation of entire genders and races is so fervent that it leads them to a career in reactionary politics? You know the type. The kind of scum that still supports slavery [businessinsider/charlie-rangel-some-republicans-believe-that-slavery-isnt-over-2014-10]. Or maybe, when Minnesota becomes a desert because we haven’t pumped enough subsidies into windmills conservatives will be happy? After all, “civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate,” says [dailycaller/2014/09/12/nancy-pelosi-civilization-in-jeopardy-if-gop-takes-senate-video/] the rational, idea-driven leader of the House Democrats.
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