Democrats Admit Big Hard-Left Problem
By Gary Aldrich (06/16/03)
The other day I had the privilege of meeting with one of our country's leading patriotic Southern Democrats - quite possibly an endangered species. The reason for my visit was to ask him if he agreed with my conclusions that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by radical elements of the Hard-Left. What I learned should make every flag-waving American stand up and take notice.
Instead of arguing with me, he agreed that the Democratic Party is being held hostage by various "groups" who are not shy about using their power to shift Democratic policy to the Left. He stated that one of his biggest disappointments when he came to Washington was to learn that Democratic Party leaders were ultra sensitive to the reactions of these groups.
The Hard-Left interest groups include those you would recognize - the environmental zealots, the radical and oftentimes self-described lesbian feminists and their soul mates, the ever hysterical gay men with a political agenda, the unionized employee groups, and especially the federal-level employee unions now fighting President Bush's attempts to bring merit and excellence back to the federal agencies.
Do President Bush and his administrators have a fetish about excellence and accountability? Are they perfectionists? I believe they are simply trying to protect this country by making sure dysfunctional and incompetent federal employees are weeded out. It is no secret that the federal government has become a massive "TVA" make-work project for the Democrats. It's no shock to learn that incompetent federal employees favor the Democrats because they believe the Democrats will protect them in return for their loyal vote and some level of financial political support.
What's wrong with "threatening" federal employees by insisting that they work hard and produce a high-quality product? Why would any political party insist that we stick to old-fashioned civil service protections when our country's safety is on the line? What happened to the idea that the Democratic Party is the party of change and progress?
The answer is obvious - the Democratic Party is being held hostage by the knee-cappers who run the employee unions. The Hard-Left groups would rather see more confusion and incompetence, I guess, than go along with anything George W. Bush would suggest. Isn't it a fact that unions have brought giant corporations to the brink of bankruptcy and beyond before they would ever agree to cave in to the hated capitalistic, greedy management? It's clear that the Hard-Left groups hate Bush and wish him ill.
What makes anybody believe that employee unions will back off in the interest of fighting terrorism? Everyone knows the federal government is flooded with employees who ought to be disciplined and dismissed, but nothing is ever done about it. But when the Republicans try to make positive change, the Democrats gleefully monkey-wrench their efforts. This is because the Hard-Left controls those in congress who would otherwise do something to restore excellence to the federal government.
In my new book, Thunder on the Left, I make the connection between the missteps in the FBI in recent years, and the typical Hard-Left policies, such as decades-long quota hiring, ridiculous PC personnel policies related to the punishment of poor performance, and accelerated promotions designed to "help" so-called favored employees. These disastrous, misguided policies might have pleased certain Hard-Left pressure groups, but the outcome has been low performance, corruptions, and massive morale problems. It's so obvious, but nobody's brave enough to talk about it.
In all my years in the FBI, I never met a person in the favored groups who appreciated the stigma of having anything given to them as a result of their gender or ethnic roots. Those I met wanted to move ahead based on merit - as a result of their good works. The aggressive actions on the part of Congress - held hostage to the groups and certain attorneys general - have all but destroyed morale within the ranks of the FBI by making them pretend that every employee is the same. All are equal, but some are more equal - you understand?
Now that our nation is at war, perhaps we can revisit the policies that have been shoved down our throats by the bullies from the Hard-Left who've been pushing us around and shouting us down for more than thirty years. Their flawed socialistic policies have done nothing but create a more dangerous world and massive resentment, but the changes wrought by the Hard-Left have always enhanced the power and influence of the Hard-Left.
Hard-Left socialistic policies have come at a high price for our nation - and also for the Democratic Party - but today's dangerous world gives us an opportunity to renew the American dream by making sure every citizen has equal opportunity. We can no longer afford to continue to listen to the flawed pipe-dreams of the Hard-Left. They are poisoning our political system with their hateful rhetoric and disingenuous hysteria.
On this, the 267th birthday of one of America's greatest truth-tellers, Patrick Henry, is it possible to enjoy some straight talk and some common sense? It would be healthy for the country, and it would be a nice change from the usual nonsense that has lately come out of the mouths of too many of our national leaders on both sides of the aisle.
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