Thomas B. Edsall Undercuts Democrats’ Phony Message of Moderation

Rush: Well, Mr. Thomas B. Edsall is back. And this piece is in the New York Times. And the headline: “The Democrats’ Left Turn Is Not an Illusion.” Mr. Edsall, we didn’t think it was. There’s nothing about the stark raving mad aspects of today’s Democrat Party that is an illusion. It is all too real. So I’m trying to wonder why in the…?

What’s the purpose of this piece? “The Democrats’ Left Turn Is Not an Illusion.” They want you to know, they want readers to know that this left turn is by golly, by gosh for real. The subhead: “Like many overnight sensations, it has been years in the making.” Well, we know this too! Like go back to the 1920s in the Soviet Union if you want to trace the beginnings of this. “Over the past 18 years,” begins Mr. Thomas B. Edsall, “the Democratic electorate has moved steadily to the left, as liberals have displaced moderates.

“Self-identified liberals of all races and ethnicities now command a majority in the party, raising the possibility that views once confined mainly to the party elite have spread into the rank and file.” Come on! Come on! The Democrat Party elite, sad to say, were never these radical leftists! Now, I’m going back pre-Clinton. The Democrat Party moderate elite has been overtaken by the left-wing radicals, and that’s why some are scratching their heads.

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