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Hypocracy 101
By Justin Byma
 Justing Byma -- Guest Column
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The Democratic Party has revealed its inner being lately. With a month to go before the elections, the Liberals, faced with the prospect of a crushing defeat, are clawing to regain some of their lost ground.
The Dem's majority in the senate is quickly fading away. Faced with a sure beating in New Jersey, Bob Torricelli, recently admonished by his peers for ethics violations, withdrew from the race. In a tearful address to the local and national press, he laid out the reasons for his departure from the race � none of which involved an apology for his actions. Said Torricelli, "When did we become such an unforgiving people." Preposterous.
What righteous indignation to imply that his plummeting poll numbers had not hastened from his own unethical actions but from a public that holds grudges. I suppose in Torricelli's own world, New Jersey is obligated to elect him.
Of course, the left-wing aristocracy has on its side a bench full of social constructionists, who, citing the "public interest", deemed it appropriate to ignore the laws on the books. The Republicans are appealing to the Supreme Court. Will we see a replay of Bush v. Gore? I surely hope so.
A similar liberal hoax is playing out right here in our own wonderful state. But instead of using the bench to hedge their losses, the Minnesota Liberal establishment is using good ol' scare mongering � manifest in the Sierra Club's Wellstone door knocking campaign.
What a great idea. Going door to door telling people that there are large levels of mercury and arsenic in the water and the Norm Coleman will make it worse should scare up some votes. This is a perfect example of the Democratic Party's commitment to situational ethics. What the heck, if lies, lies, and more lies will get them elected why shouldn't they keep on lying?
Need another example? Observe the scare mongering revolving around the social security debate. The Wellstone camp is terrorizing seniors by saying that Norm Coleman will cut their benefits. Who would cut benefits? To do so would be political suicide. Every partial privatization plan that I have seen calls for short term spending to make up for the lost revenue from individual retirement accounts. This is what Coleman supports, not taking away Grandma's money.
But Wellstone does not care. His entire worldview is the product of his years in academia. It follows that so long as scaring families and seniors does the trick, as it has in the past, the Carleton Socialist will keep the bus rolling.
Wellstone cannot win on the issues. His positions are unpopular everywhere outside the campus spheres of influence. Utopian visions and anti-American sentiment mar his philosophy. Without strong-arming the voters, Wellstone would have no chance to hold his seat.
This is why I hate liberals. Cheating the electoral process, lying to voters, and scaring seniors are tools of the left-wing trade. But their fraud can only last so long. I very much look forward to the day when the Democrats lose the senate, and Minnesota sends its favorite Liberal back to school.
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