Liberal Desperation

How desperate is the liberal establishment in America (yes, there is such a thing – de facto, if not formally!) to ensure the triumph of the Democratic candidate for president, especially in this year of “diversity heaven”? For that bastion of journalistic integrity, The New York Times (aided and abetted by the Washington Post) to pull off such a shabby trick, a front page article with anonymous sources and not a whiff of solid evidence (at least, not yet; they may have a few diversionary tricks up their sleeves, yet!) is really just another symptom of liberal determination and desperation to recapture the White House at any cost, after seven years of spreading fear and loathing of the Bush presidency. If the Republicans were to somehow retain the Presidency, no matter who the candidate, it would be a slap in the face to all liberals who have spent all that energy to demonize Bush and his policies for the last seven years. It would be catastrophic for them and their perception of their own power to influence and their right to “leadership” in this country.

Unfortunately, the smear tactic will probably have at least some of its intended effect, no matter what the truth is; some of the dirt is bound to stick, which is the real objective of any smear. For many in the uninformed American public, the operative paradigm is “where there is smoke, there must be fire”.

Poor John McCain, a great American who - to the Left - is standing in the way of “historic change”. All the daggers will be out for him. Poor fool; he doesn’t understand that an old white man is now passé in America, as far as the liberal opinion makers are concerned. The Times Editorial and Op Ed writers (Rich & Co.) are full of derision for the Republican Party, which they continually berate for being the party of Whites in this new multicultural age. For a bunch who supposedly believes in the power of ideas and the quality of the individual over “ideological” concerns, they are emphatically hung up about “identity”, even though they continue to insist we are in the “post-racial” and “post-gender” Nirvana. Apparently, that does not apply to old white men (as most of the so-called intelligentsia no doubt is, also). In any case, this canard about the Republicans is surely false, as any unbiased survey of Asians and other enterprising “people of color” would, no doubt, confirm. But why would they be interested in truth, if they have “righteousness” on their side? One can only hope that the American public, once they wake up and concentrate on the election, will see through the bamboozle job and the smears of the desperate “opinion makers” and vote for America’s best, instead of the multicultural flavor of the month.

As for McCain as a candidate, he is now undoubtedly the only one left in the presidential race who still believes in upholding America’s pride and its might in the world. All other issues: economic, social or “transcendental” pale before those considerations. His only drawback is his age; he should have been the nominee at least as far back as 1996. With luck running the Democrats’ way recently, he could have some health “event” during the fall campaign, which would give the presidency to the Democrats in a walkover. It is imperative that he choose a moderate-to-conservative, relatively young and viable running-mate to assure the public in case there are any doubts about his ability to vigorously complete his term in office. Any one of a group of young mid-western Republican Governors could be a viable candidate; no Washington retreads, please! The Republicans need to bring some new faces to the fore.