Another sign of unhealthy politics on the left is the current issue of Harper's. It contains a lead article "None Dare Call It Stolen," about the 2004 presidential election in Ohio, and a forum on the Conyers Report concerning alleged election fraud. The forum, of which an audio transcript is available at the Harper's site, consists only of liberal Democrats, and pretty wingy ones at that. I haven't had a chance to listen through it yet, so I can't comment on how it went, but the introduction by Harper's publisher Rick MacArthur is probably a good indication. More important is the fact that the panel is so obviously biased that it discredits itself. No one who is not solidly on the left could take it seriously or trust anything that is said there. Harper's has decided that half the country is not worth talking to anymore.
What is remarkable is that Harper's used to be an independent voice. It was slanted left, to be sure, but you could never be sure what was in it. Until recently, that is. Now you can be sure that two more articles will be devoted to denouncing Republicans and anything with which they are associated. Much as the forum may protest that George Bush stole another election, they know full well that he represents about half of the American people, give or take a few million. And they are utterly contemptuous of that half. That is not a promising view from which to sustain a national party.
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