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Democrats' Dangerous Game of Indifference Christopher G. AdamoThroughout the 1990s, an ominous series of incidents unfolded which ought to have sent a message to America's leaders. The growing threat of an increasingly brazen and aggressive Islamic militancy should have forewarned America that a major confrontation was becoming unavoidable. Yet little was done to properly prepare for the conflict. Worse yet, a significant pattern of inaction, and even counterproductive actions, spotlighted the ineptitude of America's response. Thus its enemies were emboldened to pursue their plot. Insofar as officials at the highest levels of American government should have been watchful and responsive to the impending danger, but were otherwise preoccupied with their own political agendas, they bear culpability for allowing the disaster to ensue. Story Continues Below Nevertheless, were those in power during that critical time to have since recognized the extent to which their self-serving actions had left the nation vulnerable, they could be forgiven. And had they refocused their energies on the betterment of the nation instead of remaining fixed in their historical pattern of self-aggrandizement, some good might have resulted from catastrophe. Yet on all fronts, this is inarguably proving not to be the case. Consider, for a prime example, the similar manner in which Democrats in Washington are playing games with Social Security. Each successive day in which no decisive action is taken to correct the problems threatening the future viability of Social Security is one less day that will be available for Americans to plan and invest for their futures, in order to avert financial disaster. The unilateral Democrat reaction to President Bush's proposals to fix the problems with Social Security, before they become unfixable, has been to deny the inevitability of those impending problems while fanning the flames of fear and hysteria, particularly among the nation's elderly. But Democrats are not merely engaging in such behavior because they are devoid of their own ideas. Rather, they are committed to a policy of inaction, whereby they have taken up a deliberate posture of offering only criticism. Their efforts are fixated only on the possibilities of political gain, with no interest whatsoever in addressing the issues at hand. Once again, they bask in a false belief that they have the luxury of indifference, with no regard for the harm they will inflict on the American people. Thus they continue to stoke the fears of gullible constituents, misrepresenting Republican attempts at finding real solutions to fuel their fire. So far, this scenario has provided a "win-win" for them, with the only real losers being those people who will someday find themselves the recipients of an unnecessarily meager Social Security check. This contemptible strategy is the result of a cold, purely political calculation. The reform of Social Security, and the avoidance of its financial meltdown, would indeed reflect positively on Democrats, were they to support the institution of meaningful reforms. However, public discourse will eventually shift to other matters. On the other hand, incessant demagoguing of this issue holds the potential for ongoing advantages for them, at least until the general public figures out which political operatives are intent on keeping them scared, vulnerable and dependent. Democrats clamored throughout last year for the creation of the 9/11 Commission, ostensibly in an effort to determine the nature of security lapses that left the nation vulnerable to attack. Yet once the commission commenced its work, the partisan politics that ultimately governed it became disgracefully apparent. Jamie Gorelick, a commission member, proved to be untouchable, though she had obviously played a key role in the bureaucratic bungling that unraveled America's security network. And few people honestly doubt that Sandy Berger's purpose for pilfering and destroying documents from the National Archives was to hide evidence of Clinton administration lapses that seriously degraded national security. Other examples abound. Whether in regards to education, national security, or the rule of law, it is no exaggeration to conclude that the modern Democrat party has become an obsessively self-serving political animal. Its refusal to take any action, other than issuing incessant demands for more money, proves that it holds an ultimate loyalty to special interests at expense of those supposedly intended to be beneficiaries. Democrats are indeed playing games of fraud and deceit when discussing the future of Social Security. During the last decade, they played such games with the nation's security apparatus, smug in their presumptions of immunity from any consequences. But reality hit home on September 11, 2001. The clock is ticking on Social Security. Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer whose weekly columns have appeared on AIM.org, GOPUSA.com and CNSnews.com. He has been involved in grassroots politics for many years, and has served on the Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee. His archives can be found at chrisadamo.com.
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