Democrats' Message Misses Middle Class

That isn't just my opinion. It's the title of Martin Frost's article on FNC's website . Here's a glimpse into the article:
According to Third-way, "Americans are optimistic about the nation's future and their own; (Democratic) messaging is not. Americans see our society as a basically fair one, where hard work is rewarded; progressives emphasize obstacles to middle-class success." The study faults Democrats for always attacking the wealthy, noting "the middle-class aspires to wealth and doesn't see big business or the wealthy as enemies." It adds that Democrats "downplay the strengths of the American economy" and fail to inspire conviction that America can continue to lead the world.
This analysis is right on the money but it's missing the point. Today's progressives don't think at all like that. Moonbats like Katrina van den Huevel, Ted Kennedy and Bernie Sanders think that American society is unfair and that big business is at the heart of that.

It also seems to me that telling a Democrat to acknowledge that the Bush economy isn't running America's middle class into the ground is like telling a lion to stop being king of the jungle. It's nice-sounding advice but it's totally useless. Progressives think in terms of victimology. The idea of winners, especially winning big, is against their mindset.
The study added, "It is in the American nature to believe that America will prevail in an economic battle against China, Japan and India and that the American standard of living can only get better. If progressives believe otherwise, they will be wrong on substance as well as wrong on the politics."
America's history is the ultimate success story. Yes, we have faults but America is the nation that figures out how to excel. There's no reason to believe that we won't continue being that nation well into the future. If people want to be pessimistic about America's future, that's their God-given right but it's also foolish.

Ronald Reagan taught us that America's best days still lie ahead and America loved him for that optimism, especially when we saw that optimism bear its fruit. America's best days still lie ahead. All it takes is hard work, wisdom and the belief in American superiority. That's what's gotten us this far. It's what'll take us far in the future.


Posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:23 AM

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