Paglia (D): Democrats Lost in an Orgy of Rage and Spite

[JimBowie1958]

Paglia is a very perceptive commentator for the left, but since she deals in Reality, the Left cannot tolerate her.

Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, Transgenderism, and Islamist Terror

After Trump's victory (for which there were abundant signs in the preceding months), both the Democratic party and the big-city media urgently needed to do a scathingly honest self-analysis, because the election results plainly demonstrated that Trump was speaking to vital concerns (jobs, immigration, and terrorism among them) for which the Democrats had few concrete solutions. Indeed, throughout the campaign, too many leading Democratic politicians were preoccupied with domestic issues and acted strangely uninterested in international affairs. Among the electorate, the most fervid Hillary acolytes (especially young and middle-aged women and assorted show biz celebs) seemed obtusely indifferent to her tepid performance as Secretary of State, during which she doggedly piled up air miles while accomplishing virtually nothing except the destabilization of North Africa.

Had Hillary won, everyone would have expected disappointed Trump voters to show a modicum of respect for the electoral results as well as for the historic ceremony of the inauguration, during which former combatants momentarily unite to pay homage to the peaceful transition of power in our democracy. But that was not the reaction of a vast cadre of Democrats shocked by Trump's win. In an abject failure of leadership that may be one of the most disgraceful episodes in the history of the modern Democratic party, Chuck Schumer, who had risen to become the Senate Democratic leader after the retirement of Harry Reid, asserted absolutely no moral authority as the party spun out of control in a nationwide orgy of rage and spite. Nor were there statesmanlike words of caution and restraint from two seasoned politicians whom I have admired for decades and believe should have run for president long ago—Senator Dianne Feinstein and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. How do Democrats imagine they can ever expand their electoral support if they go on and on in this self-destructive way, impugning half the nation as vile racists and homophobes?​

A very good question and we might have to wait till 2024 to find out.

 

[Pogo]

ummm...... what kind of mothballs have you been snorting that put Camille Paglia on the left?

Or did you forget which way "left" and "right" are?

 

[Iceweasel]

ummm...... what kind of mothballs have you been snorting that put Camille Paglia on the left?

Or did you forget which way "left" and "right" are?

She was a Bernie supporter. Your political compass is broken.

 

[JimBowie1958]

ummm...... what kind of mothballs have you been snorting that put Camille Paglia on the left?
Or did you forget which way "left" and "right" are?

She was a Bernie supporter. Your political compass is broken.

To libtards like Pogo, one cannot a leftist if one ever criticizes the left.

 

[Mac1958]

Paglia is a very perceptive commentator for the left, but since she deals in Reality, the Left cannot tolerate her.

Yeah, I mentioned somewhere else that I'm a fan - and that she and Maher are pretty much in the same boat with the regressives.

For obvious reasons.


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[JimBowie1958]

Paglia is a very perceptive commentator for the left, but since she deals in Reality, the Left cannot tolerate her.

Yeah, I mentioned somewhere else that I'm a fan - and that she and Maher are pretty much in the same boat with the regressives.

For obvious reasons.


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Well, I think that Paglia is much more honest than Maher. Maher still lies about being a degenerate, but Paglia freely owns up to it, lol.

 

[depotoo]

According to her-
Camille Paglia is an American author, social critic, liberal democrat and Obama supporter.

ummm...... what kind of mothballs have you been snorting that put Camille Paglia on the left?

Or did you forget which way "left" and "right" are?

 

[Mac1958]

Paglia is a very perceptive commentator for the left, but since she deals in Reality, the Left cannot tolerate her.

Yeah, I mentioned somewhere else that I'm a fan - and that she and Maher are pretty much in the same boat with the regressives.

For obvious reasons.


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Well, I think that Paglia is much more honest than Maher. Maher still lies about being a degenerate, but Paglia freely owns up to it, lol.

Well, maybe after a couple o' beers...
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[hjmick]

ummm...... what kind of mothballs have you been snorting that put Camille Paglia on the left?

Or did you forget which way "left" and "right" are?

Apparently you are unfamiliar with Camille Paglia...


I read this interview earlier today and thought it brilliant. Say what you will about Paglia, but she gets what's going on in this country and she's honest.