Dems Find Enemy Opponent They Can Fight---Walmart!

Those courageous Dems may shy away from strategic involvements overseas, but they know who the real enemy is---successful capitalism! Hot Air deconstructs the nanny-state brigade of girlie-men hitting the Iowa stump decrying the evil influence Wal-Mart is purveying nationwide with its low prices and high employment numbers.

Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters has more on how the Dems only hit their stride when preaching class warfare and union solidarity. Plus, the dumbed-down Dems do denigrate Wal-Mart while reinforcing an educational monopoly for union racketeers like AFTA and NEA:

Besides, the effect of the reforms that Democrats want to force on Wal-Mart would require the company to raise prices. The money for all of these higher wages and benefits have to come from somewhere, and just as with any other retail business, it will come from the customers. In Wal-Mart's case, the low prices allow working-class families to have access to goods that would otherwise take a bigger bite out of their income. The working poor that the Democrats want to protect will find that their income has less buying power, and as Wal-Mart becomes less competitive, their numbers will increase as Wal-Mart starts laying off workers and closing stores in less-profitable areas.

None of this is a secret; it's basic economics. The Democrats want to fool people into thinking that government edicts can somehow override market forces of supply and demand. They would do better by ending the public-school monopoly that delivers so many graduates with minimal job skills, forcing them into choices that limit themselves to Wal-Mart's entry-level positions. The truth is that the job market values skills such as literacy, competence, and education, and rewards hard work and experience, and that is what allows people to live middle-class lives. Joe Biden's outrage does nothing to solve the underlying problems for lower-wage workers, and the Democratic Party's war on Wal-Mart will make their lives worse, not better.

Even the originalNYT article quotes a Wal-Mart representative as saying that the tiny crowds Biden and his fellow bloviators bellow at are union-organizers and fellow-travellers---preaching to the choir is the best Dems can do on this issue, which basically touts Mark Dayton [D-MN]'s Target [whose board is crammed with Dem superhacks like James A. Johnson and Richard Holbrooke] versus Wal-Mart. Just another example of rich Dems gaming unions to promote their own fat wallets.

Global War On Terror---Dems don't want to go their, and their mouthpieces in the MSM will try to move the thwarted 9/11 Redux 8/10 Plot [which would have taken place yesterday].

That would be Haute Politique, and the Dems are best rooting about in the Back Forty.