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In reply to the discussion: OK, thanks to DUers I think I'm seeing a "Shock Doctrine" pattern here........ [View all]ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)Is clearly a slam against Karl Rove. Which is why I use it.
Remember however that reality goes both ways. This whole OP is scare-mongering against something that has absolutely ZERO evidence of happening. If anything, Democratic electeds are even more united than ever, since this kind of hostage taking, if successful, would make it a new tactic forevermore deemed a normal part of governance.
Something else a lot of people around here also forget, is that the hard left was strongly in favor of this tactic back in 2006. People like me were saying it was playing with fire, but of course not shutting down the government or hostage taking with the debt ceiling meant that we (and all adult Democratic electeds) were "traitors" to the one and only true Real Democrats®, and we had to be in "favor" of the Iraq war. This is the "evidence" wingnuts use to pretend that Democrats "don't have a spine", and/or are secretly trying to sell everyone out.
I leave you to consider, given the public's current response to the GOP's hostage taking, what kind of electoral drubbing we would have received in 2008 if Democrats had done so. We'd be looking at President McCain right now. And likely the REAL end of Social Security.
Bottom line: if Democrats are to claim "reality" as one of our attributes, Democrats need to make sure it fits.
- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community