The irony is rich indeed. The Left is working overtime to see that the notion that Steve Bannon is a racist and antisemite takes root in the American psyche. Without any substantiation, I might add. (See post below.) Meanwhile, the major political party that is the receptacle for its ideology is seriously considering making Keith Ellison its chair.
That would be the Keith Ellison who wrote a number of articles glowingly depicting Louis Farrakhan, calling him a "role model for black youth." That would be the Keith Ellison who has twice received a 100 percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America, who spoke at a closed-door CAIR meeting in 2006, who compared 9/11 to the 1933 Reichstag fire in Germany, who served on the steering committee of the National Lawyers Guild.
They don't come any more radical.
There is a temptation to shrug and say that last week's elections proved the Democrats' minority status, exposed just how out of touch they are, and how all their demonstrations and stunts are destined to ultimately come to naught.
One more thing to consider, though: leftists, by their very nature, are easily given to fiercely militant defense of what they stand for. Conservatives are inherently inclined toward pursuing their ends through polemics and the workings of institutions, both governmental and private. That's a tricky fact to present without coming off as smug, but there it is. You don't see the Federalist Society, the American Enterprise Institute or the Family Research Council organizing riots.
Of course, the recent groundswell of enthusiasm for the current Republican president-elect presented us with a new element upon which some want to pin the label "alt-right." Hence the cacophony that was the subject of the post below.
But while Bannon may be pushy, boorish and one who routinely ruffles feathers, he has nothing that, in a sane world, would be as disqualifying as the track record of the man the Democrats want to lead them.
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