A Theme I Have Often NotedJohn Hawkins
comments on the Democrats' dearth of ideas, and the fact that they generally have to hide their real beliefs.
There are a number of reasons why liberals aren't as forthright about what they believe as conservatives are. One problem for liberals is that the Democratic Party is much more evenly divided than the GOP. Sure, the libs may run the Party, but if they're too open and up front about their agenda, they risk alienating significant numbers of moderate Democrats. Of course, given that the leftward drift of the Democratic Party has cost them much of their support in the South, perhaps the Party leadership hasn't been secretive enough about what they believe.This is a theme I have returned to quite often in the past, both here and at KH. Democrats seem to have the idea that the way to get elected is to lie about what you really believe. This is disastrous for two reasons: First because the people sense that you are lying and won't vote for you, and second because it cedes the issue to the opposition. For example, Hillary is currently trying to finesse the abortion issue by terming it a tragic choice. The problem with this (from the Democrats' standpoint) is that her position probably isn't going to sway many voters over to her side, and it undermines what most Democrats really feel, which is that abortion is just a choice involving a clump of cells that is no more a human than a dog is.
