No Second Thoughts
When times get tough, it’s really important to believe in yourself. This is something the Democrats have done splendidly this year. The polls have been terrible, and the party may be heading for a historic defeat, but Democrats have done a magnificent job of maintaining their own self-esteem. This is vital, because even if the public doesn’t approve of you, it is important to approve of yourself… TO READ MORE CLICK HERE
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One word comes to mind: Delusional.
No second thoughts? Seems like they haven’t even had first thoughts.
I took Brooks to be sarcastic — though I’d rather see him grovel and admit he was wrong to support Obama first.
I took Brooks to be sarcastic
Yeah, I don’t think the following is sincere praise:
Over the past year, many Democrats have resolutely paid attention to those things that make them feel good, and they have carefully filtered out those negative things that make them feel sad.
For example, Democrats and their media enablers have paid lavish attention to Christine O’Donnell and Carl Paladino, even though these two Republican candidates have almost no chance of winning. That’s because it feels so delicious to feel superior to opponents you consider to be feeble-minded wackos.
On the other hand, Democrats and their enablers have paid no attention to Republicans like Rob Portman, Dan Coats, John Boozman and Roy Blunt, who are likely to actually get elected. It doesn’t feel good when your opponents are experienced people who simply have different points of view. The existence of these impressive opponents introduces tension into the chi of your self-esteem.
Also, I was surprised to see Nancy Pelosi channeling MM:
As Nancy Pelosi put it at a $50,000-a-couple fund-raiser, “Everything was going great and all of a sudden secret money from God knows where — because they won’t disclose it — is pouring in.”
Even allowing the menace of secret money, embracing this Paradise Lost epic means obscuring a few inconvenient facts: that Democrats were happy to benefit from millions of anonymous dollars in 2006, 2008 and today; that the spending by Rove’s group amounts to less than 1 percent of the total money spent on campaigns this year; that Democrats retain an overall spending advantage.
But legend rises above mere facticity, and this Lancelots-of-the-Left tale underlines a self-affirming message — that Democrats are engaged in a righteous crusade against the dark villain who tricked Americans into voting against John Kerry.
As Nancy Pelosi put it at a $50,000-a-couple fund-raiser, “Everything was going great and all of a sudden secret money from God knows where — because they won’t disclose it — is pouring in.”
Pelosi is attempting to begin constructing an explanation for loss of the House. Goodness knows the explanation could not be the worst economy since the Great Depression, the greatest spending spree in our nation’s history that has had almost no positive impact on the economy, and policies that have driven independents into the arms of the GOP. Expect quite a few defeated Democrat members of the House to be especially vituperative against Pelosi in the weeks following the election.
“By they way, here’s a fun party game: Get a bottle of vodka and read Peter Baker’s article “The Education of President Obama” from The New York Times Magazine a few weeks ago. Take a shot every time a White House official is quoted blaming Republicans for the Democrats’ political plight. You’ll be unconscious by page three.”
I just wanted to say I laughed harder at this sardonic suggestion by Mr. Brooks than I have for several weeks now.
Brooks is good at the stylish put-down — though as with most such low pleasures I’m enjoying it right now because it’s aimed at the Left for a change.