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The Dense-o-Crats Learned Nothing

Derek H****r / Nov 09, 2014

It’s one of life’s little ironies that the political party most often screaming about “democracy!” is also the party least likely to care what the majority of citizens actually v**e for.



Tuesday’s e******n sent a clear message: We don’t like what the Democrats have been doing. What did Democrats hear? Well, one senior Democratic aide told



Politico, “As a party, we need to change. [V**ers] like our policies. All this leftie [talk], the country likes, but somehow the message about us as individual members of the conference isn’t breaking through.”



Yes, people love the policies of the past six years. They just have a weird way of showing it. Rather than re-elect the people whose policies they love so those policies can continue, v**ers treated Democrats like they’re Ray Rice and Democrats are the wife who doesn’t know when to give it a rest.



It’s not that v**ers loved the policies but somehow bewilderingly elected the people who oppose them. V**ers are s**k of failure. They don’t like what’s going on, and they v**ed against the people responsible. But that won't work well in fundraising emails, so the narrative has to be changed.



President Obama set this tone when he said he not only heard the v**ers, but he heard the two-thirds of v**ers who didn’t v**e. That rhetorical twist was a signal that the results, as embarrassing as they were for him and his party, weren’t going to pierce the bubble he’s constructed around himself. It’s “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” without the nobility of the cause behind it.



Democrats know they were rejected by v**ers, and they were especially rejected by many of the v**ers who stayed home too. Lots of Democrats stayed home because they didn’t want to support their party’s nominee, but couldn’t bring themselves to v**e for the Republican. The same thing happened in 2012, but Mitt Romney didn’t claim there was some sort of secret majority who really would’ve v**ed for him if only they’d had time, then start moving into the White House.



Not v****g is as much of a choice as v****g is. “Hearing” them is irrelevant. They didn’t say anything; they just flipped the metaphorical bird to whoever they would've v**ed for had they been forced to.



But people aren’t forced to v**e. Some stay away because they either don’t care or don’t think their v**e will make a difference. But not many stay away because they like how things are going and don’t want them to change. Those people v**e for the people they consider responsible for that change or most likely to maintain it.



Mostly, people stay away because they don’t like their party at the moment and can’t bring themselves to v**e for the other one. (Or they’re i***ts who aren’t aware there’s an e******n, which means they would tend to v**e for Democrats too, so I’m glad they didn’t v**e.)



But the president heard them, and congressional Democrats know they’re on their side, so damn the v**ers, full speed ahead!



It’s going to be a frustrating next two years. But if Republicans are smart, they can advance the cause of liberty.



Out of power, Democrats are notoriously childish. Temper tantrums will be thrown, both on the floor of the House and Senate and on cable news. Normally, with the exception of talk radio, they’ve been mostly ignored. But the Internet and Fox News now reach tens of millions of people.



The media industrial complex and its Democratic Party allies won’t publicize them, but they matter less and less every day. The words of progressive Democrats will be the anchor that dooms them.



In 2012, Democrats won while simultaneously calling every American some sort of “ist” or “phobe” at least once. Most people didn’t know about it. But the growing influence of Twitter, and the increased importance of Facebook makes under-the-radar smears virtually impossible now.



How many people were aware of Sen. Tom Harkin’s crack about Sen.-elect Joni Ernst’s looks because of social media? How many female v**es did that cost Democrats in Iowa? The mainstream media reported it and moved on, but people kept seeing it and sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. A one-day story in the media became a steady stream where people now live – online.



When First Lady Michelle Obama went on Roland Martin’s radio show and told a black audience not to worry about what candidates have done or said, just v**e for Democrats, and then they could reward themselves with fried chicken, the Internet made that a story.



The rules have changed. The president doesn’t care what the v**ers want, and neither do the Democrats. But it’s getting harder and harder for the v**ers to remain ignorant of that fact. Ignorance now has to be actively sought, and some will seek it, but many more won't be able to bask in its blissful glow. That could be the Democrats’ Achilles heel.

http://hotair.com/archives/2014/11/09/maine-wont-have-kaci-hickox-and-her-boyfriend-to-kick-around-anymore/

Maine won’t have Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend to kick around anymore


The ongoing story of the Maine Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox, along with her bicycling partner boyfriend, looks to be hitting the road. The boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, has dropped out of his nursing student program and the couple will be heading off for parts unknown.

Her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur, withdrew from an accelerated nursing program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Friday and said the couple will stay through Monday, after which a state court order expires and Hickox will no longer have to submit to daily health monitoring, inform state officials of travel plans and let them know if her health changes.

Wilbur said the couple will depart Fort Kent in the middle of next week, drop off some items in storage in southern Maine, and then leave the state.

“We’re going to try to get our lives back on track,” Wilbur said Friday night.

Up until now we’ve been focused largely on Hickox herself and how much interaction she would have with the public during her 21 day cool-down period. (That expires tomorrow, by the way.) But it turns out that the boyfriend has been getting into some confrontational situations himself. He dropped out of the nursing school program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent because they would not accommodate the conditions he set for his return.


Wilbur said he withdrew from the nursing program because university officials – who told him there had been threats against him – refused to communicate to students that any harassment, threats or demonstrations against Wilbur would not be tolerated.

Wilbur said school officials pointed out that those acts were prohibited, and said they wouldn’t act ahead of Wilbur’s return to school to reinforce the prohibitions.

Wilbur was concerned about the threats and also about potential silent protests, such as students getting up and leaving a room when he entered.

This is a curious situation. Apparently the university was allowing Wilbur to call in and listen to lectures without physically attending, but he found that process to be “hard to follow.” They were ready to let him return to classes once the quarantine time was over, but Wilbur wanted the school to address the students first and warn them about how they should behave toward him when he came back. The school is insisting that the possible negative reactions he feared were already against school policy and were trying to strike a balance between his rights and the safety concerns of the students and local residents.

Either way, negotiations broke down, Wilbur quit the program (receiving a full refund of his tuition) and now he and Kaci will head out on the road with no announced plans. It seems like an unnecessarily tense, confrontational ending to the story. I can’t help but compare their situation yet again to that of Dr. Colin Bucks. The California doctor returned from helping others in Africa and immediately went above and beyond what the state requested in terms of quarantine. He sent his own dog away to live with someone else, moved into his house, arranged to have food and supplies delivered, and refused to set foot outside the house. From every report we’ve seen, his neighbors – and everyone else involved in the situation – have treated Dr. Bucks like a returning hero. He hasn’t exhibited one symptom of being ill, but assured everyone that he wouldn’t take any chances in terms of potentially exposing them.

Would it really have been so hard for Hickox and Wilbur to adopt a similar approach, rather than taking a stand for individual rights or wh**ever the point was they were trying to make? The individual clearly has basic rights in such cases, but so too does the larger community. It just seems as if this could all have been handled so much better.

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat brings with it emotions. That is why we watch sports. We love the human drama of athletic competition. That's why we have press conferences after games. We love to hear the emotional reaction to winning and losing.

President Obama is a hollow man. He has no feelings. He feels no emotions. The human drama of competition seems to have no outward effect on him.

Can I be blunt? He got his butt kicked. Every talking head on the tube is pointing the finger at his unpopularity. "The bloom is off of the rose. It is a direct repudiation of his policies. The era of Obama is over." It is as if everyone knows it but him.

Politics is nothing more than a beauty contest, and Obama has been v**ed off of the island. But he acts as if he still owns the island. There seems to be no agony in his defeat. It is not normal. His emotions do not line up with reality. He is either sick, or he is possessed. I'm not laughing. I am serious.

His party rejected him. The American people rejected him. His fawning media has turned their affections in a different direction, yet he shows no emotion. I watch him on the TV. I watch him in his press conference. I watch his eyes as he responds to the media's questions. I believe he is a sick, dangerous man.

I Googled the word 'sociopath.' "A person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience."

Bingo. That's him. That's the guy living the life of President of the United States.

I went a bit further and Googled "Characteristics of a Sociopath." Read it for yourself. Permit me to summarize. You recognize his mental illness by these traits. -An over-sized ego.

-Lying and showing manipulative behavior.

-Incapable of showing empathy.

-Lack of shame or remorse.

-Staying eerily calm in dangerous situations.

-Behaving irresponsibly or with extreme impulsivity.

-Having few close friends.

-Being charming ---but only superficially.

-Living by the pleasure principle.

-Showing disregard for societal norms.

-Having intense eyes.

The man is either sick or non-human. He does not react like a normal human being.

Consider this from the article:

"Sociopaths can be very charismatic and friendly -- because they know it will help them get what they want. "They are expert con artists and always have a secret agenda," Rosenberg said. "People are so amazed when they find that someone is a sociopath because they're so amazingly effective at blending in. They're masters of disguise. Their main tool to keep them from being discovered is a creation of an outer personality."

As M.E. Thomas described in a post for Psychology Today: "You would like me if you met me. I have the kind of smile that is common among television show characters and rare in real life, perfect in its sparkly teeth dimensions and ability to express pleasant invitation."

Reading that gives me the willies...how about you?

No emotions. Cold. Calculating. He doesn't even know that he lost. He is unaware that he has been rejected. He acts as if it is business as usual while the entire Democratic Party is wishing for a moving van out in front of the White House.

In my coaching career, I lost a lot of games. I know how it feels. I know how it makes you react. He has destroyed his party. His friends are running for cover, but he acts as if he has just won.

Sociopaths are dangerous. Some famous sociopaths in recent history include Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gazy.

You laugh at me. You ridicule what I say because I compare him to serial k**lers. Go ahead. Laugh. He displays all of the characteristics of the above mentioned goons. They were charismatic and likeable.

What kind of man plays golf after a young man's head is chopped off? What kind of man disappears for hours while some of his "employees" are being k**led overseas? What kind of man permits a deadly disease to be freely introduced into a society? What kind of man acts as if he won when the whole world watched him lose? What kind of man believes his own lies?

President Obama is either sick or demon possessed. Red f**gs are everywhere we look.

Will his own party stop him? Will anyone stop him? President Obama is a sick, dangerous man.

I just thought someone needed to point that out.