Democrats: the Let Somebody Else Do It ADHD Party?

It was funny. Listening to David Sirota's talk show this morning on AM 760 Progressive Talk, he heard what I did from one caller. She said, "We need someone..."

This translates out to, "We can't motivate ourselves; so, we need somebody palatable enough to everybody to do it."

This is why Democrats rarely win elections. This is why Democrats rarely enforce effective policy. This is why Democrats are regarded by the right as weak (and I think justifiably so).

 

The truth is both the GOP and Dems are motivated by fear. It's sad, but true. 

 

When the GOP are afraid, they organize and fight back against that fear, real or imagined. And, they can imagine a LOT of fearful things, many of which do not exist.

 

When the Dems are afraid, however, most simply whimper and complain. They rarely act. They look for somebody else to act, to lead the flock (as long as it doesn't interfere with other activities, like mountain biking, having meetings about other things, standing on street corners waving signs, [as if that ever changed anything], etc.).

For all the accusing Dems do about the GOP, that they're sheeple who walk in lockstep, the Dems sure don't act unless they see somebody with a shepherd's crook standing in front of them. The truth is before Dems agree to follow, a person must first show he/she is not too pushy, not too far to the left, and not too this way or that. By the time they Dems decide this person is the right shepherd, something else comes along to occupy their attention, and they walk away.

I'm beginning to think the Democrats are the Let Somebody Else DO It-ADHD party. 

 

Pathetic.

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