Dems Can't Keep Losing Dixie

[Mort from NewYawk]

That the encroaching "liberal" culture disdains organized religion is not the only explanation for the failure of the national Democratic party to make any inroads in the South.

The lack of support on the left for the the men and women in uniform who serve their country, the failure by every Democratic presidential candidate to articulate when and how they would project military force to defeat our enemies (the failure to articulate that we even have enemies!), the failure to articulate when freedom from tyranny is worth fighting for - all of this lack of allegiance to the founding values of this country - sits very poorly with Southern (and Midwest) culture.

The last great "liberal" issue (as in post-Vietnam "liberal", not to be confused with Truman/JFK liberal), was the civil rights movement. In the last 40 or so years, as the movement claimed victory by becoming mainstream in America, the left has had no positive agenda to promote, only carping, whining, and wistful recollections of the "glory" years, when people could actually be persuaded to vote based on anti-war and anti-power rhetoric.

[Mort from NewYawk]

Wow. Ain't seen you in a long time. Welcome back, man.

Thanks. Slow day at work.