Washington Democratic Platform

If you're in the mood for a good laugh, take a peek at the Washington State Democratic Party's Platform, passed at the recent convention. I already mentioned the Platform's Jew-abandoning jihad-friendly statement of moral equivalence, here. But that's not all. According to the platform, the Democrats believe in:

Government control of the media:

the public owns the broadcast airwaves and the Internet, which should be managed to serve the public interest.

The Liberation of Iraq (although many would probably be surprised if it were explained to them what they approved):

U.S. foreign policy must empower and support the right of all people to self governance and self determination;

but at the same time they support

developing and implementing an equitable and rapid exit strategy from Iraq and Afghanistan;

If foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, what is foolish inconsistency?

A symptom of being a Democrat, apparently. Another example of this is that the Democrats believe in "affirmative action" and

using diversity of ownership as the centermost principle of broadcast licensing;

[ you know what "diversity" is code for] but at the same time, they call for

elimination of all forms of racial profiling by government or law enforcement;

Can any Democrat explain to me how you intend to achieve the former without the latter?

More inconsistency: The Democrats affirm

the right to sovereignty over our own bodies.

But as you might expect, their belief in individual choice extends only to a woman's right to have an abortion. They do oppose a parent's sovereignty over their own children's minds:

We oppose:
• Charter Schools;
• voucher payments to private schools;

The Democrats want to nullify all immigration laws and appear to endorse cultural suicide:

We Oppose:
• any immigration policy that denies civil and/or human rights or educational opportunities for immigrants and their children regardless of their immigration status.

and

We Support:
• challenging any legislation that:
o declares English as the official language of the United States;

Finally, my favorite planks in the Democrat platform are found in the Transportation section:

• vigorously encourage revising safety standards for tires based on real world safety performance for new and retread passenger tires, medium and heavy vehicles;

• safer intersections for vehicles and pedestrians through better design, improved traffic control measures, and where warranted, revision of existing practices for traffic control devices to permit longer phasing to pedestrian signals to enable safer crossing at highvolume roadways;

Now there's a party that can not only see all the trees in spite of the forest, but can also see the veins on their leaves!

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at June 15, 2004 01:50 PM