This is so true. The Democratic Party, the original insurrectionists and racists, have become a party built on divisive hatred of American values and one that is bereft of common sense and decency.
Yet there was an undeniable aura of excitement Friday as New York Democrats laid their party to rest.
There were no mourners at the last rites in Syracuse, only several thousand giddy born-again socialists.
The convention formalities were limited to perfunctory nominations of incumbents for statewide offices.
Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James would be on the fall ballot.
The only real significance was that the party’s agenda now increasingly echoes that of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The end of the Democratic Party as we know it comes as a shock, though not a surprise.
The signs of demise were impossible to ignore as the party bosses and many voters moved further and further left with each election.
The arrival at this juncture recalls the great Hemingway line from “The Sun Also Rises.”
Asked how he went bankrupt, a character responds, “gradually and then suddenly.”
So it is with the embrace of socialism by New York Dems.
It was only a few short years ago that Hochul repeatedly flashed her upstate “moderate” roots as proof that she was no fan of the radical leftists who were making inroads in the party nationally and in Gotham.
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Another symptom is the compulsion to suddenly and fervently embrace fringe ideas, the more radical the better.
A plague of antisemitism is now sweeping through the left’s swamps, and Mamdani is propelling it forward.
Another obvious example of the rise of the fringe is the infatuation with economic policies that have failed every time and everywhere they’ve been tried throughout history.
Then there’s the compulsion to defend the idea of throwing open the border to all comers, and refusing to arrest and deport the worst of the worst — brilliant!
Anyone calling for the elimination of ICE is effectively supporting freedom for criminal aliens and ignoring the safety of citizens.
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The Democratic Party we once knew is dead
Swirling confetti, blaring music, loud cheering and excited applause are not the sort of things one expects to see at a funeral.Yet there was an undeniable aura of excitement Friday as New York Democrats laid their party to rest.
There were no mourners at the last rites in Syracuse, only several thousand giddy born-again socialists.
The convention formalities were limited to perfunctory nominations of incumbents for statewide offices.
Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James would be on the fall ballot.
The only real significance was that the party’s agenda now increasingly echoes that of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The end of the Democratic Party as we know it comes as a shock, though not a surprise.
The signs of demise were impossible to ignore as the party bosses and many voters moved further and further left with each election.
The arrival at this juncture recalls the great Hemingway line from “The Sun Also Rises.”
Asked how he went bankrupt, a character responds, “gradually and then suddenly.”
So it is with the embrace of socialism by New York Dems.
It was only a few short years ago that Hochul repeatedly flashed her upstate “moderate” roots as proof that she was no fan of the radical leftists who were making inroads in the party nationally and in Gotham.
............................
Another symptom is the compulsion to suddenly and fervently embrace fringe ideas, the more radical the better.
A plague of antisemitism is now sweeping through the left’s swamps, and Mamdani is propelling it forward.
Another obvious example of the rise of the fringe is the infatuation with economic policies that have failed every time and everywhere they’ve been tried throughout history.
Then there’s the compulsion to defend the idea of throwing open the border to all comers, and refusing to arrest and deport the worst of the worst — brilliant!
Anyone calling for the elimination of ICE is effectively supporting freedom for criminal aliens and ignoring the safety of citizens.
Michael Goodwin: The Democratic Party we once knew is dead
Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James would be on the fall ballot.
nypost.com
