Kennedy Qualified and Palin Unqualified? That’s Just Plain Snobbery
“The crowd, seeming made up in large part by “liberals” such as Clinton, Kennedy, and others of their mindset appear to be a case of history repeating itself…they appear, to me at least, to be identical to the aristocracy of France just prior to 1789.”
The problem is, James, that the noble aristocracy of France prior to 1789 was not made up of ‘liberals’ such as Kennedy and Clinton. The aristocracy was conservative, and would have most likely sympathized with the modern conservative agenda. As an example, look at the ways in which modern conservatives condemn the “evil socialists,” the democrats. Socialism was born out of the revolution of 1789, i.e. the idea that the state should provide for people who could not provide for themselves, that a “common good” existed at all, ideas directly opposed to the institutionalized conservative aristocracy. The aristocracy stood in the way of these ideas, much in the same way as conservatives sneer at Obama the socialist.
To draw a parallel between the conservative aristocracy of pre-revolutionary France and the modern Democratic leadership is ridiculous. It seems that your predecessors were in fact the ones whose heads were landing in baskets at the foot of the guillotine, so maybe you’re the one who needs to open a book and get informed.
