Are The Democrats For Real

WHAT IS it that really worries Republicans and conservatives as we lick our wounds after November? It is the nagging fear that the Democrats didn’t just win because it’s an off year election and the voters are in a foul mood.

Not that the voters don’t deserve to be a foul mood, mind you.

But what if the Democrats were executing a secret plan, a grand strategic concept, a new approach to politics and we right-wing foot-soldiers didn’t have a clue what hit us? That is what keeps us awake at night.

Fortunately an evil Republican spy has come up with the answer. She sneaked into the Pelosi victory party with all the heavy hitter Democratic contributors.

And everything is ok. There’s no "there" there in the new Democratic Congress.

Writer Lisa Schiffren talked to a contributor, a real-estate developer, at the party.

I asked the real-estate developer what he thought of Pelosi. “I spent a lot of time with her. She told me she could win. She said she had a plan.”ť What was the plan? “The idea was that they would just criticize whatever plans the Republicans put out there”¦.They would tear them down -- like they did with Social Security -- and not put out their own plans. They have been very disciplined.”ť Indeed. No stray substance at all -- and this sharp businessman had forked over $25 grand in support.

So that’s all right. That six point plan was just what it seemed to be, a lot of nothing.

Of course, the assembled party faithful had some interesting things to say. Take a load of this. Here’s what Schriffen’s real estate developer had to say about the issues.

“All the wealthy people I know, they only care about having their taxes cut. I don’t think that’s right.”ť “What are the issues you really care about?”ť I asked. “Rich and poor in this country. It’s not right,”ť he said, as if it was obvious what that implied.

OK, conservatives, stop laughing and get back to work. When are you going to come up with the next brilliant conservative idea to reform the Democrats’ corrupt and unjust welfare state?

You can’t beat nothing with nothing, you know.

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Christopher Chantrill blogs at www.roadtothemiddleclass.com. His Road to the Middle Class is forthcoming.

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