In the wake of that massive

transformation, present-day Democrats have become a loose coalition of

four groups: (1) The remnants of the old-line unionists, joined at the

hip to militant left-wing unions; (2) The far-left militant radical groups;

(3) the entitlement groups; and (4) what I call the "feel good"

folks.

First, the unions from the

shrinking manufacturing sector are still concerned mainly with economic

issues and are generally still a part of the Democratic Party, although

we see them breaking from the Dems on issues such as the right to bear

arms. To fill the gap, the traditional unionists have now been joined

Education Association.

The unionists are aligned with

a motley collection of far-left radical groups, including militant homosexuals

such as Queer Nation; pro-aborts such as NARAL; environmental fanatics

such as Earth First; and animal rights extremists such as PETA. These

extremists groups are the political storm troopers of the far left.

Next is a much larger group

of people who normally vote for Democrats because they receive an entitlement

of some kind: Social Security, Medicare, ADC, etc. The people who receive

these entitlements are generally hard-working folks. The Democrats are

forever trying to frighten them, especially during elections, by spreading

disinformation that the GOP is trying to take away their benefits, poison

them with environmental pollutants, and starve their school-age children.

However, this mantra is starting to wear thin, and these people are becoming

increasingly aware that the Democrats are playing a thinly disguised game

of money-for-votes with them.

The final component is a more

heterogeneous group of people who generally vote for Democrats out of

emotion, because they feel that Democrats are somehow better human beings:

more giving, more loving, more trusting, and generally more understanding

of the human condition. This group consists of younger people, intellectual

idealists, and those who feel that if we all just play nice together,

the world will be a better place.

The people guiding this coalition

are bound and determined to change American by changing the fabric of

our society. Naturally, this socialist message can't be overt. The "New

Democrats" can't say they have a socialist agenda. Such an agenda

doesn't play well in America. So they camouflage their message as "progressive."

The propaganda arms of this

amalgam of diverse interests are the traditional liberal media and the

entertainment industry. The objective of the entertainment industry is

to break down the traditional family, especially the ties between children

and their parents, by presenting song lyrics, movies, and TV content that

encourage a young person's natural tendency to "just do it."

Whenever I think of what's

happening to the family in America, I think of a scene from the movie

"Killing Fields," which is about the Communist atrocities in

Cambodia. In this scene, a Communist is teaching a small group of children.

On the blackboard are stick figures of a family: father, mother, and two

children, all holding hands. The teacher slowly and deliberately erases

the connection between the parents and the children. The message is clear:

children belong to the state, not to their parents.

Through the years, the media's

role has been to help disguise this transformation, make it more palatable

to the American people. To this end, the traditional liberal media overtly

and conscientiously managed the news, always presenting the Democrats

in the best light, while presenting the Republicans in the worst light

possible. While Water Cronkite was telling it the "way it was"

the apparent guardian of traditional American values he was all along

apparently a closet socialist and a recently self-admitted pacifist.

As long as the Washington Post,

the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times, et al, controlled print

media, and as long as NBC, CBS, and ABC controlled the airwaves (and together

they controlled the news) the Democrats could say and do whatever they

wanted and always be assured that their words and deeds would be portrayed

to the American people in the best possible light.

Ah, but the times, they are

a changin'. These days, it's not so easy for the liberal media to give

cover to the Democrats. There are other news outlets, where Americans

can get a more fair and balanced view of politics and world events. We

are beginning to see that the Democrats look more and more like French

and German socialists. We are beginning to see that they would rather

trust the charter of the United Nations than the Constitution of the United

States.

In conclusion, we are beginning

to see that today's "Democrats" bear little resemblance to the

true Democrats of 40 years ago. They have become DINOs, Democrats in Name

Only, trying to take America down the disastrous path to socialism.

Lawrence A. De Marino

Peachtree City, GA

[email protected]