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October 28, 2014      5:09 PM

Bearse: Festivus for the Rest of us

From the Right: Quorum Report’s conservative columnist argues that Democrats are resorting to fear in the closing days of the campaign

I don’t know about you, but I am tired of the politics of grievance coming from Democrats. They live in a constant state of Festivus, airing a laundry list of grievances and identity attacks as if they have nothing else to talk about.

A Democrat in Congress calls North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis, “Uncle Thom.” The Democrat running against South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said, “we are going to escort whore out the door.” DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said about the governor of Wisconsin, “Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand. I know that is stark. I know that is direct. But that is reality…What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back.” Apparently not satisfied with assailing Republicans with images of domestic violence, DWS invoked ebola and terrorism to describe her friends on the other side of the aisle, saying, “So, it seems that the Democrats’ overall message is yes, ISIS is scary. Yes, Ebola is scary, but Republicans are a lot scarier.”

The heck with Ebola tents, let’s quarantine America from Republicans!

This is a tried and true technique of Democrats to rile up the base. They thrive off resentment. Even their loftier sentiments cloaked in fairness have an unspoken message: that you are entitled to better, and would be better off if the boogiemen oppressing you were made to heel. If only we took more from those who are financially successful we could make the world a better place. Not every Democrat speaks against the “evils” of capitalism, but every time someone does they are a Democrat. It’s about the only time they think Darwinian theory is not gospel.

To live in a state of grievance, you have to believe you are not responsible for your own fate, for your own happiness, for your own family. That is the responsibility of government, which rights social wrongs and redistributes to favored constituencies.

The Democratically-contrived “war on women” stokes the fires of gender resentment. This is how Senator Leticia Van de Putte can run an ad misleading all of Texas on the premise that Senator Dan Patrick thinks there are legitimate differences about rape, without nary a protest of outrage from the sleeping supplicants in the press. Patrick’s statement was really about whether abortion should be legal in the case of rape, but those are silly nuances for those playing the gender card. It is the most disgusting, disingenuous ad of the election cycle, which is saying a lot if you have been victimized by Wendy Davis’ ads.  

The complete column from Eric Bearse can be found by clicking on the R&D Department.

By Eric Bearse