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| Gary Hart: Pathetic Anachronism |
| 2003-05-05 |
RE: PAGING GARY HART [Rod Dreher] Gary Hart recently paid a visit to our editorial board here in Dallas. He was singularly unimpressive, if you ask me. Isn't this what Donna Rice said, also? He whined that the country was going to have on offer a series of Democratic candidates who were self-selected based on the ability to raise money, thus depriving the nation of a campaign based on "ideas." Of course, it is almost certainly the case that the reason Sen. Hart doesn't have any money to run for president is that no one thinks he has any fresh or interesting ideas, or at least no political juice to turn them into policy. He droned on and on about "multilateralism," without offering any real specifics. I told a colleague later that Hart sounded like the kind of worthy who was born to run a chin-stroking, left-of-center think tank. I could hardly believe my ears when he trashed Bush for trying to repeal the New Deal. That line was fresher back in 1984, when Hart and other Dems used it against Reagan. Is it just me, but when I think Gary Hart I think of Hill Street Blues, E.T., Flock of Seagulls, the L.A. Olympics, and other hallmarks of the early '80s? He has no clue how irrelevant he is. How sad and pathetic. I started to remind Hart that a Democratic president declared famously that "the era of big government is over," but I decided it was a waste of breath. This guy's not going anywhere. And the same could be said of the noxious nine that are currently running. |
| Posted by:ColoradoConservative |
| #7 Dave, did you have to remind me??? CC - Patsy Schroder isn't all bad - she QUIT, rather than being voted out of office like the other two. Unfortunately, Diane DeGette used Pat as a role model... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-05-05 19:54:34 |
| #6 And of course, Patsy Schroeder. |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-05 16:39:53 |
| #5 O.P.: Don't forget Tim Wirth- every bit as obnoxious as Hart. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-05-05 16:22:18 |
| #4 CC: Don't put Hill Street Blues in the same category as Gary Hart. Hill Street is timeless classic drama. Gary Hart is dated farce. |
| Posted by: Mike 2003-05-05 15:52:19 |
| #3 Regarding Packer: Packer was convicted of cannibalism--the only person ever to be convicted of that crime in the United States. The apocryphal story has it that during the proceedings, the judge is reported to have addressed Mr. Packer, saying "There were only seven Democrats in this county and you, you bastard, you ate five of them!" So, you see, Alferd had some redeeming qualities. |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-05 15:24:07 |
| #2 One of the amusing things about Gary Hart is that not only did he oppose both the Gulf War and the liberation of Iraq, he also wanted the Navy to abandon big air craft carriers and use little ones (because little ones cost less - this was one of his great 'new ideas'). Had we followed his advice, Gulf War one probably would have been more costly and the Iraq liberation might have been three times as difficult. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-05-05 15:21:36 |
| #1 There are two things Colorado is famous for that I'm ashamed of: Alferd Packer and Gary Hart. (BTW, the spelling is correct - it's even like that on his tombstone.) |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-05-05 15:16:41 |