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Today’s my birthday and illuminating donkey mischief is a great way to celebrate.
For starters Democrat powerbrokers do a splendid job of concealing their role as America’s socialist party. That’s what you are if you push legislation, regulation, and taxation that swells government and shrivels people.
Socialism plays to needs and entitlements. Aristotle taught us that in the real world responsibility and productivity are the keys to happiness. As the unraveling of his motherland reveals, there’s a difference in bait and food.
The Democratic Party is like the cigarette industry. They’re great at marketing, but offer a toxic product. In the real world smoke and unearned benefits are both carcinogens.
Donkey, Inc’s advertising campaign relies heavily on fear and other emotional appeals like, “Republicans hate clean air and poor people and want to take away grandma’s social security.” Voters, like smokers, are easier to maneuver when feeling good replaces thinking good.
Politicians, Republicans as surely as Democrats, are like teenagers. You can’t measure their status by words, charm or self-descriptions. Actions are the sincere yardstick. Voting records pin a stinging tale on this donkey.
There are eleven Democrats, one Independent, and zero Republicans currently serving on Asheville’s city and county boards. Voting records expose one indisputable fact – they’re all liberals. Apologies to those successfully hiding in the closet, but having a business bias or occasional conservative burp doesn’t make you a moderate or conservative anymore than citing a few scriptures makes you a preacher.
Eliminating all conservative representation isn’t smart for the same reason a car full of teens with a case of beer isn’t smart.
It’s amazing how so many voters with traditional conservative values, including minorities and older folks, support a political party diligently working against their core beliefs. Donkey pretenses of being for the little man are backed up by a capable propaganda machine, not truth. No one ever uplifted anyone by increasing their dependence on politicians.
My party deserves much of the credit for Democrat success. In failing to offer a reliable and principled option, the Republican Party power structure has detoured millions of Americans to that cliff on the left.
The Democratic Party has a fatal flaw. They’ve made too many promises they can’t keep and violated too many realities they can’t dodge. For those few Democrats still operating from conscience versus habit, I’d offer one more birthday indulgence – people make poor pets.
(398 words) Carl Mumpower is a practicing psychologist and a former U.S. congressional candidate and Asheville city council member. Contact him at drmumpower@thecandidconservative.com
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