The methods are to use the system to weaken the system to the point where it can be pushed aside and ignored. The process was started many years ago with the push to fight every legislative and electoral setback in court to take advantage of judicial usurpation.

The results have progressed to the point where the left feels safe enough to begin using the initial phases of strong arm tactics (primarily intimidation and property destruction) along with accelerating “legal” challenges. If they are not effectively countered they will, at some point relatively soon, forego the expensive and time consuming “legalisms” and move to ever more aggressive strong arming.

Once upon a time the Democratic Party used these methods to establish and maintain Jim Crow in the south and to establish and maintain the urban ghettos. The Jim Crow south evaporated on them and they have replaced it by capturing the social and economic mechanisms used by the snerds (the sneering elite who see themselves as the nation’s “meritocracy” and “intelligencia”).

Both the ghettos and the power centers of the snerds, however, require hi-density, urban or near-urban settings to thrive – at least this stage of their development. The suburbification and the rise of “exurbs”, however, are placing demographic pressure on the ability of the leftists to keep pressing the advantages they once held. It seemed like victory was within their grasp but now?

The great-center of the country is not moving “right”. What’s happened is that we’ve dug our heels in and decided we’ve moved far enough – probably too far – left. The left can’t stand this and is, as Roger so aptly points out, becoming reactionary as they see victory slipping from their grasp.

We need to keep hammering the Leftists in elections and fighting them when they try to subvert elections.

Or they merely accept “leaks” from partisans, and foreign enemies trying to influence the election, without giving a crap about their motivation or authenticity.

Similar to how they handled this story from way back when.

You are seeing them now,all the methods being used now,the cheating,the intimidation and coercion we are used by the Nazi Party prior to their election.Those who gain power by such methods rule by those same methods.

Does anyone else worry about where they are going? I am not alone in my worries see this article by the first Libertarian Candidate for President. He is worried as well.

Sadly I don’t know enough about the history of Facism to know what the first steps are away from a free society to a fascist state. Seems to me that the world doesn’t have a lot of experience with a society as liberal as our descending to Facism.

Thanks for listening.

Pierre

Kerry is oblivious to the fact that it is not Bush he is really insulting, it is the military. It is unlikely that Bush said, “Whatever you do let the bad guys loot the nytro”. No, if there was a mistake made, it was made on the ground and as usual Kerry makes sure his ass is covered before he starts telling other people how they fucked up.

The man is an idiot. You would think that if he was going to do an ad he would at least get his facts straight.

I think the fact that none of these explosives have been used tells us they are probably in the same place the fabled VX is.

The UN only managed to further complicate things.

Kerry has and ad concerning this,is he once again traducing the military by calling them liars?

That explains it!!

380 tons up Rather’s nose.

BTW I looked in at the Corner and soldiers who were there are talking about how the place was empty of these explosives.

People forget, the soldiers have email now.

I take it you have no problem with this “revelation” coming out like this right before an election? It would seem to me that if it could wait 18 months it could wait another week or two and isn’t amazing how all these media folks work and play together?

Does this not strike you as odd?

I thought there was no scarey stuff in Iraq.

I thought Saddam and his brave insurgents had every right to have whatever they want and use it to kill who ever they wanted?

What is the deal Swopa? Are you pissed we went or that we did not send more men or that we bothered poor Saddam at all or exactly what?

It is enormously destructive in its own right, yes?

Al-Qaqa was one of the UN’s most suspected WMD sites which they examined a dozen times, true?

The Brits had al-Qaqa as a likely WMD site, uh-huh?

Has the NYTimes just unwittingly shown that there were WMD in Iraq after all?