And I Think to Myself: What a Wonderful World

Over on the Daily Kos, Bill in Portland Maine makes great fun of Washington Post columnist David Broder who spins that the problem with the country is that the parties are too ideologically set and that, to fix the country, the parties need to become even more alike in ideology.

Bill offers this list of things Democrats can do to become closer aligned to Republicans and hasten Border's wonderful world:

• Discriminate against minorities a little more.


• Be a little more skeptical about global warming, and give "global cooling" advocates a seat at the table.


• Think a little less about the poor.


• Slow down on trying to provide guaranteed health care for all Americans. The ones who don’t have insurance are probably fat, drunk, chain-smoking lazy asses, anyway.


• Don’t be so quick to badmouth abstinence-only education, even though studies show it's not effective. We just need to give it more time. And money.


• Practice putting profits above people---those who don’t earn much money have been blessed by God with conveniently-located Wal-Mart stores, so everybody wins!


• Repeat after me: Every time the government takes away one of my civil liberties, I become a little safer.


• Dial down your curiosity and start trusting your leaders to know what's best for you.


• Be patient with Iraq. Give the surge more time. Six, nine, twelve months tops. And stop saying how bad the Iraq war is for the troops. They're doing what they were trained to do: be the de facto police force for a bickering, do-nothing sovereign government that's not our own.


• Ladies: a little more time in the kitchen, if you please.


• Complain a little louder about sexual immorality, but don't deny yourself the pleasure of the occasional steamy affair or public bathroom hookup.


• At least admit that the planet might be six thousand years old, and that Adam might have ridden a triceratops to get his Pabst Blue Ribbon at the local 7-11.


• Stop fretting about how Republicans gutted the government over the past seven years. Look forward, not backward. Remember the famous quote: "Those who forget the past are taking the perfect combination of fine pharmaceutical products."


• Be a little more hateful of illegal immigrants, especially now that we've just discovered over the past year that they exist. Come help build the wall---you can even carve your initials in it!


• Ask yourself: how come there's not a single liberal judge who knows how to properly interpret the United States Constitution?


• Be more skeptical of candidates for government positions who have the necessary skills and background to do their jobs well. Nobody likes a showoff.


• Buy more guns---nothing builds confidence like the feel of a Glock tucked in your shorts


• Be a little more "me me me" and a little less "we we we"