What Artur Davis is telling us - Right Turn - The Washington Post Quote: Former Democratic congressman Artur Davis writes on his blog:
As I told a reporter last week, this is not Bill Clinton’s Democratic Party . . . [I have described] growth as a deeper problem than exaggerated inequality; who wants to radically reform the way we educate our children; who despises identity politics and the practice of speaking for groups and not one national interest; who knows that our current course on entitlements will eventually break our solvency and cause us to break promises to our most vulnerable — that is, if we don’t start the hard work of fixing it.
On the specifics, I have regularly criticized an agenda that would punish businesses and job creators with more taxes just as they are trying to thrive again. I have taken issue with an administration that has lapsed into a bloc by bloc appeal to group grievances when the country is already too fractured: frankly, the symbolism of Barack Obama winning has not given us the substance of a united country. You have also seen me write that faith institutions should not be compelled to violate their teachings because faith is a freedom, too. You’ve read that in my view, the law can’t continue to favor one race over another in offering hard-earned slots in colleges: America has changed, and we are now diverse enough that we don’t need to accommodate a racial spoils system. And you know from these pages that I still think the way we have gone about mending the flaws in our health-care system is the wrong way—it goes further than we need and costs more than we can bear.
Now, that’s one searing indictment of the modern Democratic Party, which has become increasingly anti-free markets under President Obama and a prisoner of its constituent groups, which demand more political goodies each year.
You’d think the media would be buzzing about the extremism of the Democratic Party? You’d think there would be panels assembled and Charlie Rose-hosted round tables bemoaning the polarization of the political scene? Oh, no. Birds chirp. Walk along, nothing to see here.
Hmmm, lets see:
"who knows that our current course on entitlements will eventually break our solvency and cause us to break promises to our most vulnerable " - So we break them now rather than later, since we will anyway, and save money in the bargain.
"frankly, the symbolism of Barack Obama winning has not given us the substance of a united country." mainly due to Republican obstruction and the usual Democrat unruliness...
"And you know from these pages that I still think the way we have gone about mending the flaws in our health-care system is the wrong way—it goes further than we need and costs more than we can bear" - the free market approach will solve this problem. Those wealthy enough or employed by large corporations will pay through the nose for insurance and be glad to do so, those poor or locked out due to pre-existing conditions won't be able to afford medical care. So more people will be ill and die; but that's how God always intended it. Once nobody can afford either insurance or medical care the providers will have no choice but to lower costs. Presto- a free market solution!
I apologize to any Republican die-hards here, but the rest of the above quote sounds to me like Soviet - Cuban short wave radio propaganda. Which probably means my preferred political speech sounds that way to you all.