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First, you have to bring them into the fold
Today’s WaPo reports that Nancy Pelosi has again insulted American voters.
“The president won’t be able to blame anyone, because the Republicans have full control,” Pelosi said. Although Republicans have controlled the White House, Senate and House for two years, she said, “the American people did not know that. And now they do.”
Excuse me, Ms. Pelosi, but are you really saying that John Kerry lost because the American people didn’t agree with the agenda of Congressional Democrats, whom they thought were in control in either the House or the Senate? Or are you saying that the American people think that George Bush ran as a Democrat in 2000 and switched parties this year?
Consider what she’s saying: “This election has been good for one thing, at least: Now the ignorant American people know which political party to hold responsible. They didn’t know that before, but now they do.”
This is also typical of liberal responses since the election. I’ve mentioned it. Power Line has documented a few here, here, here. Michelle Malkin has also documented this here, and here. And, of course, INDC Journal is always a good source for finding the lunacy of the left with posts like this one.
What is it with Ms. Pelosi and others like her? Steve H. at Hog On Ice really does a good job of summarizing their reaction with the title of that post:
“Democrat Wisdom: If You Hold His Head Under Long Enough, the Horse Will Drink”
There really are two different potentially valid interpretations of the 2004 election:
- This was a referendum on the George W. Bush presidency and there were not enough people looking to vote for “Anybody But Bush” for Kerry to get the nod, or
- This was an election about policy and not enough people liked John Kerry’s policies for him to get the nod.
Neither of those interpretations are based upon a notion that the American people have somehow been fooled into thinking that the Republicans have not been the majority party for the last two years.
I guess you should try to find a silver lining in every cloud, and if you’re a Democrat there’s not much of a bigger or darker one possible than President Bush’s re-election last week. But this is just reaching.
Here’s some advice for my Democratic friends: Listen to James Carville. As much as I dislike Serpentor, he’s right to point out that viable political parties should probably win more than three elections out of ten spread out over forty years.
MickC @ November 10, 2004