As November nears you can sense the panic in the Democrat ranks. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs even went on the record stating his lack of confidence for his party to retain House majority after the midterm elections. Worse yet, there’s even talk of the Democrats losing its Senate majority, and they’ve already lost their 60-seat supermajority after Scott Brown (R-MA) won Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-MA) seat after his passing.
Just how bad are things for the Democrats? Even Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) made headlines on FrumForum when a recent poll showed him ahead of his opponent by 25 points. I remember when Rep. Cao won he was thought to be a one-term House member! High-profile Democrat Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Harry Reid (D-NV) are losing steam against their Republican challengers, Carly Fiorina and Sharron Angle.
The bailouts, stimulus, depressed labor and housing markets, ObamaCare, cap-and-trade, Wall Street reform, and handling of the BP oil spill… All these issues — and lack of effective leadership from the W.H. — even have some Democrat House members up in arms. The proud and confident Democrat Party is starting to show self-doubt and cracks in its unity…
And where does the Democrat Party look for help when they’re in dire electoral trouble? They attempt to energize the union members and black communities. In the case of this administration, First Lady Michelle Obama was dispatched to speak at the NAACP convention held in Kansas City, MO. She fired up the civil rights (I use the phrase loosely, at least in modern times) organization:
“When stubborn inequalities still persist – in education and health, in income and wealth – I think those founders would urge us to increase our intensity, and to increase our discipline and our focus and keep fighting for a better future for our children and our grandchildren.”
Yes, “increase our intensity”… The next day, the NAACP adopted a resolution condemning the Tea Party of racism — or as it clarified, “certain racist elements.” The organization has put up photographs of Tea Party participants with signs containing racially offensive language, but you know what, George Bush endured the same type of insults during his presidency. It’s pretty much a given that if you are the president of the United States, you’re bound to be called a Nazi and compared to Hitler by some unhappy people here, if not elsewhere in the world.
The NAACP has lost much of its credibility these days, even within the black community. As Raynard Jackson of Hip Hop Republicans wrote:
Weak organizations take strong positions on weak issues. This is the reason no one takes the NAACP seriously anymore.
The theme for this year’s convention is: “One Nation, One Dream.” If we are to achieve this goal, then groups like the NAACP must speak out against racism whenever and wherever it happens to rear its ugly head—even if it emanates from one of our own.
I also chuckled at Michelle Malkin’s renaming of the organization: The National Association for the Advancement of Coddled People. How appropriate.
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