What has happened to the Democrat Party?

President Trump’s State of the Union Speech was immensely popular with the viewers of some of the most liberal media in the country. According to a CBS poll 76 percent of those watching approved of the speech, including 30 percent of those who call themselves Democrats. CNN similarly reported 76 percent of watchers approved of the speech.

Once again media coverage shows the disconnect between the American people and the media covering the President.
CNN dismissed the poll saying the audience was largely partisan Trump supporters and 53 percent of viewers did not believe his speech would increase bipartisanship in the future. However in making their claim of an audience of largely Trump supporters, CNN did not define that claim.

CBS reported that the viewers were 43 percent Republicans, 24 percent Democrats and 30 percent Independents. More importantly CBS reported that 30 percent of the Democrats that viewed the speech rated is as favorable.

President Trump’s speech was a reminder of the things that make America great.  A strong economy, honoring success and highlighting the sacrifice of Americans who have made personal sacrifices to make the world a better place.

Finding themselves in the minority the Democrats refuse to celebrate the success of this President and have become even more radical in their opposition.
Despite the historic evidence of the failures of socialism leading Democrats continue to call for socialized medicine and increasing taxes on the rich.

Leading the charge today is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. AOC is a 28 year old Democrat activist from New York. She is the youngest person ever elected to Congress. Her latest program is the “Green New Deal.” It calls for economic security for everyone including those who are either unwilling or unable to work.

AOC claims that unless her program is implemented the planet will die in 12 years because of our failure to address climate change. She calls for elimination of all airplane travel and replacement of every building in America in the next ten years. We could dismiss this as naïve youthful meanderings but many of our youth today are calling for a guaranteed national income and massive government programs to overcome the evils of capitalism.

In another travesty, Democrats across the country are moving to expand abortion rights to even include infanticide. Concerned that Republican appointments to the Supreme Court might result in the reversal of Roe v. Wade, Democrats are clearly pushing to build support from women voters by expanding their support of abortion rights. But few are questioning when our concerns for the health of a mother conflict with our concerns for protecting human life.
We should all be concerned about the extremes the Democrats are willing to go to in order to regain their political influence.

While some conservatives are rejoicing at the seeming implosion of the Democrat party, I am not. I am concerned about their apparent need to grab onto fringe political concepts in the hope that they can cobble together a majority to regain their lost political influence.

We need a viable opposition party. I am not for a one party system whether that be a Republican one or a Democrat one. Part of our system of checks and balances calls for free and open debate on big political issues.

When you try to be all things to all people you often become of no real value to anyone. Democrats for decades have proclaimed they are the party of the big tent. Everybody is welcome. While they describe Republicans as racist, sexist, homophobes.

The Democrat party has now become the party where anything goes. There are no limits to what is considered acceptable policy or behavior.
While they engage in the politics of personal destruction many of their own are now coming under fire for the same transgressions that they used to try and derail Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.

Today’s Democrat Party has no soul. No moral compass with which to make important decisions.
We need a party that stands for something not just a party that stands against the things that have made America great.
President Trump has called on Americans to remember what has made us great. He is calling on all of us to come together and remember that while we are not perfect we are still the envy of the world.

It is time for the Democrats to remember that they lost the election because they put up a flawed candidate. If they want to return to being a substantial player in the political arena they must abandon their flawed agenda of demonizing their opponents and offer real substantive debate on the issues of the day.