PrintSeptember 1, 2006
Why the Dems Don't Get It
The descent of the Democrats into seeming madness is both frightening and puzzling. To those paying attention and of stable mind, the Democrats look something like Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Ancient Mariner:
It is an ancient Mariner,
And he stoppeth one of three.
'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?
He holds him with his skinny hand,
'There was a ship,' quoth he.
'Hold off! unhand me, grey—beard loon!' [....]
He holds him with his glittering eye—— [....]
'I fear thee, ancient Mariner!
I fear thy skinny hand!
And thou art long, and lank, and brown,
As is the ribbed sea—sand.
I fear thee and thy glittering eye,
And thy skinny hand, so brown.'——
Coleridge wove madness into his poem to show that the Ancient Mariner was still living with his albatross around his neck. It makes for wonderful poetry. But it's not exactly comforting when one of our great national parties tries to grab voters...(Read Full Article)
