The New Populist Left

As I posted below, using the generic term "liberal" for Okie Funk/Dr. Kurt is technically incorrect, according to the purpose statement in the upper right margin of his blog "Providing Populist and Liberal information and ideas...".

While there is virtually no information about Populism or liberalism on his blog, it's very easy to figure out what Okie Funk is AGAINST ...the war, the Imperialist Bush Presidency, the neoconservative whatever, the Miltary-Industrial Complex and the threat of the Christian right are his major targets... (aside from rightwing Democrats lately...lol) but never do you get a glimpse of what Okie Funk is in FAVOR of. In the "ideas" department he is severely lacking for a college professor.
He supports and obviously votes Democrat (providing he votes) but Democrats are not far enough to the left to suit this liberal populist.
Populist Liberal...Liberal Leftist ...Leftist Populist... hmmm let's see if we can find examples in the wide world of sports where Leftist liberals and Populist parties combined.

Leftists and Populists Combine, Pose Threat To Democracy

April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The results of the latest and most comprehensive study of public opinion in the Americas concludes that Latin America is drifting toward the political left and experiencing a rise in populism.

The power shift away from government institutions and toward charismatic leaders who claim to know "the will of the people" could weaken democracy in the region, according to the study."

But how can the Left and Populists agree you ask?

"While leftists certainly have held power in the past, never before in Latin America have so many countries been governed by presidents of the left, even though the variation of leftist ideology is great, running from Presidents Lula in Brazil and Bachellet in Chile, both of whom support free trade and close ties with the U.S., to Chavez in Venezuela, who openly espouses socialist, anti-capitalist, anti-U.S. doctrines," Seligson said.

At the same time, populist governments are on the rise. What unifies these governments is "not their left-right orientation. Rather it is a core belief that the institutions of classical liberal democracy, especially the legislature and the courts, are anachronistic, inefficient and inconsistent with their own interpretation of the 'will of the people.'"

The result, Seligson said, is "populist leaders propose instead to listen to 'the people' and to personally carry out their will, while isolating the 'rejectionists,' usually running roughshod over fundamental democratic guarantees of civil liberties, especially free expression and the right to due process".... (and are) "...willing to follow the sharply leftist and strongly populist lead of Hugo Chavez.

Another article about the new Left and Populists describes the term Populist like this

Latin American Leaders Reinvent the Left

"The term (Populist) has come to mean short-term pandering to the masses at the expense of the long-term good for all. Similar policies left many Latin American nations deeply in debt and doomed to boom-and-bust economic cycles."

And finally we cut through all of the mumbo-jumbo to the bottom line definition in terms of the New Populists and Latin America from the Venezuelan News and Analysis website...

"Any moderately intelligent person knows that there is actually no significant difference between populism, marxism or socialism."

So are we to believe that Okie Funk is demanding to rebuild the Democrat party in the image of Hugo and Fidel?

We can only speculate, but two things are for sure... Okie Funk/Dochoc/Dr Kurt isn't demanding to rebuild the Democrat party in the image of the current Democrat party nor in the image of the Republican party or anything else we would recognize as pro American... that is certain.

It's time Oklahoman's new the truth about Dr. Kurt Hochenauer and the Leftist Populist movement.

I was able to find this nugget tucked away in the diaries over at Blue Oklahoma where DocHoc (Dr Kurt) posts on a regular basis along with regular posts at the Daily Kos.

"What we need now is a new populist movement in Oklahoma, a movement that will sweep out the new dregs of disguised fascism and restore democracy and opportunity to our state."

Glad I could be the one to clear this up, but it was a lot easier when I could just call him a moonbat.

Here is a link to the Midwest Populist Party of America... isn't it odd though that Okie Funk doesn't have any links to any populist info sites considering this is one of the main purposes of his blog?

Let The Unraveling Begin

When liberals attack liberals and call for their heads (or jobs) you know there is a problem.

As other liberals and Democrats have said, "You. just. don't. do. it". Liberals should never ever attack other liberals... no matter what, according to the company line that is.

In power for nearly a year, Democrats find themselves in a real pickle however as they have failed to deliver on campaign promises. (according to the left)
Their highly touted fix of all of America's problems in their "First 100 Hours" turned into 100 hours of nothing followed by 100 days of nothing followed by another 200 days of nothing (except giving minimum wage earners a .75cent raise.) unless you call endless investigations that lead nowhere something.

Upset, discouraged and sounding defeated, OKIE FUNK turns his moonbat hate machine on Democrats who aren't toeing the extremist liberal line like good little socialists. But Dochoc (Okie Funk) is not alone in his war on Democrats. Several leftwing bloggers are calling for a large number of select Democrats to be "primaried" (defeated in primaries) as they call it.

This ever widening crack in the base of the Democrat party is possibly just the beginning of a giant separation and ultimate grand canyon to come. Extremist radical liberals like those at moveon.org, the Daily Kos and here in Oklahoma at Okie Funk who believe they are responsible for Democrats being in power in the first place are threatening... (no) DEMANDING total destruction of the Democrat party and a total remake in true socialist fashion. Won't THAT be fun?

Moderates like Joe Liberman and local blogger Oklahoma Lefty along with other mature, rational thinking Democrats have been warning of the dangers associated with the extreme far radical left....and trying to provide a more palatable reasonable platform. The arrogance and impatience of those radicals may cause the split that moderate liberals need in order to make a clean break from the wacko extremists who are bent on destruction and reconstruction of the Democrat party.

For those of us on the right, it comes as no surprise considering the lies, rhetoric and hatred for America that moveon.org, Daily Kos, Okie Funk and their ilk have spewed for the past 7+ years, but to most Democrats it will come as a complete shock and awe when that venom is spewed at them.

Target: Former San Francisco Mayor, US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) CA- Described by Okie Funk as extreme rightwing and a patsy for the Bush Imperial Presidency along with a long list of Democrats OkieFunk has targeted for "un-election" are now in the crosshairs. Okie Funk is calling to break up the Democrat party at the same time he urges all Democrats to come together in order to prevent what he frighteningly describes as "a new totalitarian America" which he claims without any evidence whatsoever is certain to come if Republicans win in '08. (Like the draft predicted in 04?)

But don't take my word for it... Okie Funk unplugged, unraveled, unglued and unhinged HERE.
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy... and laughing out loud at the same time.

-red

UPDATE Okie Funk:
Since I began this post by referring to Okie Funk as "a liberal", I must now apologize to all "true liberals" (David Horowitz definition) and "moderate liberals" (Joe Liberman, Oklahoma Lefty) out there for not having researched and made the distinction previously, which from here on out, I assure you will be done regarding Okie Funk.
So, when reading previous posts where I referred to OkieFunk/Dochoc/DrKurt as a "liberal" please insert the phrase "Populist Liberal" (from the webpage mission of Okie Funk) whatever that means.
More to follow in an upcoming post titled: "True Liberals, Moderate Liberals, Leftists, Socialists, New Populists, Populist Liberals" Communists, Totalitarians Fascists and the rest of the Democratic Party" or "The New Liberal Populist/Old Democratic Party of America".
Coming soon...