It was right after it had become painfully clear just
how badly he had botched his analysis of the 2012 election, having all but guaranteed
a Romney victory, that I gave up listening to anything that Karl Rove, the
so-called ‘Architect’, has since had to say about pretty much anything that’s even
remotely defined as politics. And I see
no reason to alter that position today as Mr. Rove does his best to paint a
rosy picture for 2016. I think that, as
we saw in the run up to 2012, he simply leaves too many things overlooked.
You see, it’s according to our esteemed Mr. Rove’s
recent piece in The Wall Street Journal, that despite all of Barry's talk in
the State of the Union address about the middle class, those who are genuinely
in that category are rapidly losing faith with the Democrats, making it likely that
the party will go down to defeat in 2016.
He makes the claim that those who make up the white working class, college-educated
Americans earning in the $50,000 to $100,000 range annually, are drifting away
from the Democrats.
Rove cites a John Judis essay in the National
Journal that argues that Democrats have lost the electoral advantages they had
not long ago. Reagan Republicanism,
writes the left-leaning Judis, now appears to be the default position of many
Americans. The party's prospects are
also stymied by the demoralized ranks of Senate Democrats. ‘Dingy Harry’ Reid
has returned to work after an accident, but his leadership team, comprised of
‘Little Dick’ Durbin, Chuckie Schumer, and Patty Murray, remain quite divided.
Guided by Barry, Democrats have chosen
"confrontation over conciliation and posturing over legislating," at
least according to Mr. Rove. Senate
Democrats can do little more than vote no as "the upper chamber is again a
functioning legislative body" under the new Republican majority. They may be able to obstruct Republicans from
using a Homeland Security funding bill to stop Barry's immigration policies.
But their agenda is not taken seriously, leaving them with "little to
stand for," writes Rove. I lack
Rove’s confidence in our Republican majority.
Roves makes the claim that it will not be easy to
run in 2016 as a Democrat in a swing state. The president's proposal to hike
"taxes on the top 20 percent to provide more refundable tax credits to the
bottom 20 percent" is said not to be a winning strategy. Nor are Barry's budget proposals that would
increase discretionary spending, thereby raising the national debt another $7 Trillion
by 2025. He claims that a solid majority of Americans think reducing the yearly
deficit should be an "absolute priority." But I have yet to see evidence of that.
Rove says, "The year's arc is set: Led by their
stubborn and ideologically rigid president, Democrats will obstruct popular
Republican proposals in Congress." And
that could well set the stage for the GOP to capture the White House next year. However, there is much that can happen over
the course of the next 20, or so, months, and if there is one certainty in the
world of politics, it’s that nothing is for certain especially when taking into
consideration the incredible ignorance of the American people.
And while Mr. Rove may think he has his finger on
the pulse of America, it’s far more likely that he has that finger buried
somewhere else, a place quite unpleasant.
Because the ignorance of the American people quickly becomes all the
more apparent when, as their country is being destroyed right before their
eyes, they seem to be far more interested in the fact that Bruce Jenner is now
on his way to becoming a woman. And it
seems frightening, to say the least, that the future of our country lies in the
hands of such people.
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