Heh, realized I spent my entire post on Islamic, Byzantine, and Merovingian/Carolingian Empire history.... (sorry guys, I took my Western Civ Final today, I was in that sort of mood). Anyways, I think it goes without saying that I agree with a lot of what the article has to say, (National Review is on my favorites list). I do disagree with the "there's no islamophobia..." thing, that's not true, because there's always going to be a fear of things we don't understand, and there are people that over-react. The fact does remain that the left has been losing ground since 1994 (not that I'm complaining, I actually work to continue that
, yeah, that's right, official card carrying member of the vast right wing conspiracy) anywho... I am completely baffled by the Democrats insistence to go with a major left wing guy when most of America is centrist. The Democrats were BRILLIANT when they nominated Bill Clinton, I mean, I disagree with the guy and what he did, but he made serious inroads in Republican strongholds and I'm not so party blind as to say something wasn't a great political move when it was. I would actually like to meet Bill Clinton to pick his brain about winning elections and such, because he's got it figured out, and he's a brilliant politician, I am in awe of his political prowess. He made you feel like he cared about YOU, he had compassion one on one and was able to connect with you, which is some of what Dubya has. Just look at some of the photos of him with 9/11 Victims Family Members, you can see the passion in his face and you can probably even discern a tear. He got choked up when he was talking about the soldiers in his convention speech. Choosing an aloof candidate is not the way to win, I thought this was learned with Bob Dole, Al Gore, Walter Mondale, Gerald Ford, etc. The Democrats just don't seem to have the ability to nominate someone who can at least act like they care (yeah, they've got Obama, but he is unelectable, there are still too many people who will vote against him because he's black, I wouldn't, but not because he's black, but because I disagree with his social policies, then again, I'm one of the few Americans who actually LIKES politics and pays attention). Anyways, until the Democrats can find someone who has a pulse they won't win an election where a lot of things like the economy are non-factors for most Americans.