The Cocky Rhetoric" of the Left

“A tension always exists between the cocky rhetoric of the left and its undemocratic tactics. Were left-wing ideas as popular as they claim, liberals wouldn't need to advance them in such an underhanded way or lie about what they're doing. "Progress" on the causes most dear to them usually take place not at the ballot box but in judicial chambers, or, as it happens recently in an undemocratic lame-duck session of Congress. A smug and beaming Obama declared at the signing ceremony for the repeal of the ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ policy on Wednesday that people will look back and wonder why homosexuality in the military was a ‘source of controversy in the first place.’ But people are more likely to look back and wonder why such an arrogant president who enjoyed total control over Washington for two years had to wait until a lame-duck session after his party got pulverized at the polls to pass the repeal.” The answer is that he had to do it before he lost his majority in Congress to appease his ultra-left base. He didn’t want to. He HAD to. (American Spectator)