Liberals have no conception of the meaning of words, have no ideas, and no idea about moral absolutes. Reading this story (below) from NewsMax in juxtaposition to my earlier blog entry directing people to read Dennis Prager’s latest column, really sets off the chasm between thinking people—conservatives; and utter numbskulls—liberals such as Howard Dean and so many others exactly like him in the U.S., and here in droves.
It’s all the more reason to read Dennis Prager’s column today (3-minute read).
Dean Says Conservatives Are ‘Evil’
NewsMax.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2005 4:28 p.m. ESTThis time, Democratic Party chief Howard Dean didn’t have to scream to get some attention.
The former presidential candidate told party faithful at a Kansas fundraiser last week that the party’s conservative opponents are “evil,” according to the Lawrence Journal-World.
“This is a struggle of good and evil,” he told the gathered activists, who paid $100 apiece to hear the new Democratic chairman. “And we’re the good.”
Republican reaction came fast and furious.
Derrick Sontag, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, was “shocked” by Dean’s comments. Said Sontag: “My immediate reaction to that whole dialogue is, it’s full of hatred. The Democratic Party has elected a leader that’s full of hatred.”
Media weren’t allowed at the meeting, where Dean provided hungry donors with plenty of red meat amid the “Dean for America” signs. But Dean spoke over a public address system in the backyard of a private home, making it easy for the Journal-World’s reporters to listen in.
At one point, Dean asserted that “moderate Republicans can’t stand these people (conservatives), because they’re intolerant. They don’t think tolerance is a virtue.” He added: “I’m not going to have these right-wingers throw away our right to be tolerant.”
Borrowing a phrase from the former President Clinton, Dean also said the party must commit to making abortions “safe, legal and rare” while maintaining a woman’s rights to choose.
“The issue is not abortion,” Dean told the closed-door crowd. “The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.”
Kansas Democratic Party executive director Mark Simpson was unavailable to say how much the party raised at the private home of Lawrence, Kansas residents John and Nancy Hiebert. But the appearance, along with a nearby $5-a-head rally that drew 1,000 party loyalists, provided the state party with much-needed cash, the paper reported.
Apparently, the Democratic chairman’s public rally was more positive than his private message to party insiders.
“It was wonderful, very energizing, a very positive, powerful message,” said Micheline Burger, who attended the large gathering. “It gives me a hope there’s a good future ahead of us, as opposed to what we’ve been having the last four years.”
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