Once more, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has refused to say what the difference is between a Democrat and a socialist. (Wasserman Schultz is a congressman, by the way, and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.) She will only answer what the difference is between a Democrat and a Republican. In her view, Democrats are good people (in short) and Republicans are “extremists.” That’s what she says, repeatedly: “extremists.”
Consider something with me, please. The Republicans currently hold the great majority of the state legislatures — 31 of them, versus 11 for the Democrats. (Eight are split.)
The Republicans hold the great majority of the governorships — 31 to 18. (One governor is independent.)
The Republicans hold the great majority of the U.S. House — 246 seats to 188. And a decent majority in the Senate — 54 seats to 44. (Two senators are independent.) The Republicans have a greater hold on Congress than at any time since the early 1930s.
So, you can say that the Republicans stink, or the voters stink. But is a party with such majorities “extremist”? Doesn’t that make the country at large extreme? And doesn’t that upset the definitions of “extreme,” “extremist,” and so on?
Majorities aren’t always right, for heaven’s sake. But I guess politicians have a hard time admitting that. And DWS is pretty funny, inadvertently.