Democrat Always Better

I've paid attention to all of the criticism of Governor Corzine, some of it quite detailed and seemingly authoritative, but so what? No matter how many times he fumbles the ball, no matter how beholden to and hog-tied by the NJ Democratic machine, no matter how tone-deaf to public opinion his actions may be, he still is a Democrat. He still is supported by the President, strongly in fact, and by the administration and the party. He still will make decisions basically in accord with the party's positions in general.

Christy, need I say it, reveals himself as a pompous fool every time he opens his mouth. Christy is a complete tool of the Republican disinformation machine, with no ideas of his own, no insight or self-reflection, who will work his hardest to destroy every vestige of humanity or decency he can find. Christy will appoint his administration from among the cess pool of GOP stooges.

Whitman and Kean, for example, were far more respectable, honest public servants than this clown ever thought of being, yet does anyone really think they were better for the state than their Democratic opponents? Has there been any example in recent history of any Republican being better than his or her, scarce as female candidates are on the GOP side, Democratic opponent? Weicker appears from afar to have been better than Lieberman, especially after he became governor as an independent, but I am not familiar enough with the details of his voting record to be sure even of that.

To go back much further, many Democrats apparently felt that Carter was such a bad President that they supported Kennedy's run against him in 1980, greatly weakening Carter for the fall campaign. Many Democrats then supported Anderson in November over Carter in the general election. Even so Carter led through much of the campaign with Reagan pulling out a plurality victory with a late surge fueled mostly by adolescent jingoistic fretting over 80 or so American hostages in Teheran, as though somehow a handful of Americans aren't always available to a wayward regime that is fanatical enough to make a point at any cost. The hostages were then released unharmed as soon as Reagan won in a move still suspicious to this day. Reagan proceeded to land the marines into Lebanon, get many more of them senselessly slaughtered, and then summarily turn tail and run with no outcry whatsoever.

If we could take back one series of foolishly petulant moves in the last forty years, wouldn't Kennedy's and Anderson's campaigns be first on the list? Look at Reagan's record in office and look at Carter's record since he left office and think about the contrast. Can anyone even remember why so many voters were so upset at Carter?

The same goes for Governor Perdue in NC. Even if as some say McCrory had certain leadership qualities that were superior to Perdue's, which I do not believe for a minute, he would be drawing the members of his administration from the same old Helms, Morgan, Dole, Burr rat's nest that have served us so ill all these years. An administration is a team, a large group of coordinated players, not just one person supposedly marginally better than the particular opponent.

Remember what LBJ said when asked if he was supporting McGovern in 1972 - "I believe the Democratic Party serves the interests of the nation better." That about sums it up - Democrat always better.