Radical Socialists?




I got worried when I saw the “corrupt Democrats” ad sponsored by the North Carolina conservative group Wake Up America.  But I felt better once the ad ended.

 
The ad’s beginning goes right at a real Democratic vulnerability in North Carolina: the combination of corruption and higher taxes.
 
“Are state Democrats the most politically corrupt in America?” the ad asks.
 
Ouch.
 
Then, as always, they go too far. The ad ends by accusing Democrats of promoting “radical socialism.”
 
I’m sorry, guys, but the only people who get exercised about creeping socialism are already watching Fox News.
 
It’s too big a stretch. Especially when Democratic leaders in Raleigh are getting pounded by teachers, health-care groups and others for not spending enough money on the state’s problems.
 
As always, my worries about Democrats are assuaged by my certainty that the right will overreach.
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Radical Socialists?




I got worried when I saw the “corrupt Democrats” ad sponsored by the North Carolina conservative group Wake Up America.  But I felt better once the ad ended.

 
The ad’s beginning goes right at a real Democratic vulnerability in North Carolina: the combination of corruption and higher taxes.
 
“Are state Democrats the most politically corrupt in America?” the ad asks.
 
Ouch.
 
Then, as always, they go too far. The ad ends by accusing Democrats of promoting “radical socialism.”
 
I’m sorry, guys, but the only people who get exercised about creeping socialism are already watching Fox News.
 
It’s too big a stretch. Especially when Democratic leaders in Raleigh are getting pounded by teachers, health-care groups and others for not spending enough money on the state’s problems.
 
As always, my worries about Democrats are assuaged by my certainty that the right will overreach.
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