The Limits Of Self-Hate
By Lisa Fabrizio
September 10, 2009

It started decades ago in this country; the hammering away at the notion that ours is a noble and commendable history. From the demonization of Christopher Columbus and our founding fathers to the endless recriminations concerning reparations--both moral and pecuniary--for past sins that are due to those who never suffered directly under them. And now our president has the uncontrollable urge to apologize for every action by the United States which may or may not have caused pain to anyone, anywhere around the globe.

Some of us who take a more charitable view, have tried to explain this attitude away as an erosion of the concept of American exceptionalism; but the simple truth is, that what most liberals are selling is a program of national self-hate. But liberal logic is never lacking in irony. These very same feelings of patriotism and pride in our heritage that they disparage are, of course, lauded in others; particularly our Muslim enemies. And it is this kind of thinking that is finally catching up to them.

That Barack Obama's poll numbers have tanked is not news. Considering the cloying adoration the media have shown him, it's the speed with which they've dropped that should be cause for alarm for his supporters. But from the viewpoint of the loyal opposition, the delicious poll numbers are those which suggest a growing distaste for some of the pillars of the liberal agenda. A glance at the latest Rasmussen Reports should send shivers down the spines of Democrats everywhere.

For the first time, the number of Americans not buying into the human-caused global warming canard is greater than those who have bowed to the near-total propaganda campaign supporting it. 45 percent of us think that labors unions weaken our country and nearly half think they have outlived their usefulness. And in a development sure to impact future elections, a whopping 83 percent of those polled think that only U.S. citizens should have access to government healthcare subsidies. And speaking of same, while opposition to health care reform is now at 53 percent overall, the shocking number is that 62 percent of independent voters are opposed to it. So it's not surprising that Republicans are gaining in the generic congressional ballot polling. But why?

I have long contended that the liberal desire to impose socialism on America is one that must be induced gradually and covertly; much like Mary Poppins' contention that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Were its aims not couched in sweet-sounding terms like 'social justice', 'saving the planet' and 'it's for the children', Americans would have rejected liberalism's tender mercies years ago. Without these niceties, naked ambition can be seen as it really is: naked.

Because, at its heart, the true goal of 'progressives' is the repudiation of all that this country was founded on; particularly the right of its people to govern themselves in a way that counts the protections of private property and personal freedom as sacrosanct, and is codified under the tenets of natural law as defined by the Judeo-Christian ethic. And this is why, under the guise of their decades-long campaign to raise the self-esteem of our countrymen and especially our children, what has taken place is just the opposite; at least where it concerns their citizenship.

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