The Vast Center-Wing Conspiracy

I picked up a book called 'The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy' by Byron York who writes for the 'National Review'.

From my perspective (before, during and after the elections), the biggest problem with the Democrats was twofold. One, it wallowed in a culture of self-defeatism and two they simply nominated the wrong candidate to take on Bush. It was clear that the Republicans were organized and unified while the Democrats operated like a Middle-Eastern caucus. That is, it was fractured in its many factions and no middle voice was around to bring it together into a cohesive unit. Or, if you prefer, it resembled the frat house on 'Animal House'.

What took the right 50 years to build the left is trying to do in but a mere few years which explains why they sounded so out of tune with anything remotely sane and sober. There seems to be a prevailing attitude in leftist circles that they have to trade punches with the hyperbole's that come from the right. If this is so, then what we have are two sides that shout without accomplishing much. Assume the left does succeed in winning in 2008, do the ends justify the means? Will they not be cut from the same cloth as the people they seek to defeat?

Looking beyond this, however, they do bring with them some issues that Americans will need to confront in the upcoming years. For example, the use of private security firms can indeed threaten democracy. And yes, companies like Haliburton do benefit from it. Nonetheless, while the left portrays this as a vast conspiracy, the problem is in fact wider in scope as many Western companies engage with PSF's these days. Never mind that no laws have been broken.

There is a left-wing movement and this can't be anything but healthy for American democracy. The last thing Americans need to do is suppress it. Only good can come from this. Democrats need to look less at Bush and concentrate on what they need to do. They need to resonate with moderate minds. They would benefit, however, by doing this slowly and legitimately. There's no need to resort to hyperbolic shrills. Sending defective nano-robotic celebrity spokespeople is not a solution but part of the problem.

But that's just me.

Coincidentally, Canada as a nation needs to focus less on pointing out American blemishes and comparing themselves to America and focus more on what we need to do to improve our struggling democracy.

While I mostly (if not always) disagree with men like Soros, Pedesta, Franken, Moveon.org, The Left Coast and other assortments of modern leftism, to much concentration of power on side of the ideological coin is not necessarily always good. While it may bring more stability in governance it discourages (if not censor outright) freedom of speech and expression. They will discover that things are not as simplistic as they painted in their failed attempts to defeat Bush.

People will disagree. But the real winner is democracy. Canada could learn a thing or two on this front from its cousin. It helps to keep things balanced. Perhaps one day we will be more balanced and speak of only a center-wing conspiracy.

Aw shucks, who am I kidding?