Commentary -- Philosophically Switching Places

by Joe Dahl --  Since early in the twentieth century the Democratic party has been leaning toward progressiveness – left leaning, more government, people need help. Before that the federal government dealt with issues between states and international stuff, not much with social concerns except when keeping the peace involved strikes and riots. In the early nineteen nineties the campaign committee for the candidate running against Harry Reid for the U. S. Senate, wondered if they were brave enough to call Harry the “L” word, liberal. Even Harry, at that time, would have been offended if labeled a liberal. This is the party of influence that stopped prayer in school, public Christian religious displays, resents “in God we trust” on the money. Democrats were the source of our learning that Christopher Columbus was a bad guy, that the nation’s founders were old, white slave holders, and especially that the Constitution should be a flexible, liquid thing that should easily be adapted to the circumstances of our time. Our last President went around the world apologizing for America. All in all they don’t like America very much, too much inequality, which has caused us not to teach Americana nor history in our schools. Now, like the drunken derelict who finds out that the church will take care of him so he gets religion, the Democrats in congress got patriotism. They now preach the founders who they have disparaged, they preach the Constitution as written, because these support their impeachment effort. Speaker of the House Pelosi, in her introductory remarks for the impeachment debate, centered on the flag and the Constitution. She gave us a civics lesson, a rare thing in our public schools. Her lesson was good and heartfelt and included some old fashioned Americana. The point of her lesson was that we need to impeach Trump, and her argument, lacking facts and crimes, reminded us of the Tea Party rhetoric which now suits her needs. What if this nation, disregarding impeachment, could hold on to this patriot fervor that the Democrats have adopted to save our Republic, to save our democracy, to be a shining city on the hill, and we could resume teaching that to our children?       Sign up to receive updates and the Friday File email notices. Support local, independent news – contribute to The Fallon Post, your non-profit (501c3) online news source for all things Fallon.