By Douglas V. Gibbs
Self‑examination is a deeply Christian discipline. It requires humility, honesty, and the willingness to confront one’s own failures; traits that historically lead to repentance and course correction. But the modern hard‑left, and the Democratic Party increasingly shaped by it, appears fundamentally incapable of such introspection. To look inward would be to unravel the very foundations of what they have built.
The Democratic Party has become so entangled in layers of deception, radical ideology, and moral inversion that a genuine look in the mirror would expose far more than they can afford to admit. Their political survival depends on avoiding that mirror at all costs.
Every election cycle ultimately returns to the economy – After all, “it’s the economy, stupid,” right? And time after time, the Democrats’ Keynesian prescriptions fail to deliver prosperity.
Yet the pattern repeats:
• pump more fiat money into the system,
• impose heavier regulations and fees,
• raise the cost of doing business,
• obstruct producers and job creators,
• and then blame their opponents when the inevitable failing consequences arrive.
Rather than self‑correct, they double down. Admitting error would require acknowledging the flaws in their worldview, and that is something the party’s current ideological trajectory simply cannot allow.
For years, Democrats have shouted that they are “saving democracy” from their GOP opponents. But their own actions tell a different story.
• In 2016, party leadership sidelined the grassroots to ensure Hillary Clinton’s nomination.
• In 2020, they cleared the field for Joe Biden with ruthless efficiency.
• In 2024, they bypassed the primary process entirely to install Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket.
So much for the defenders of democracy, much less keeping the republic…
Some observers have even raised concerns about election integrity during these cycles, 2020 being the most glaring example. Electoral monkey-business seems to have become the norm anymore for them… but if you question it you are a conspiracy theorist or insurrectionist. And, when evidence pops up supporting such claims, the absent concerns by the Democrats become dismissals rather than any consideration to address such claims.
A movement that claims to champion democracy while manipulating its own internal processes cannot afford to self‑examine. Any movement that claims to champion democracy but plays games with the electoral process also cannot afford to self-examine. Doing so would expose the contradictions.
The Democrats also insist they are the party of inclusion, yet their policies increasingly alienate the very groups they once relied upon.
• Men are turning away in large numbers, frustrated by ideological wokeness.
• Minority voters, long considered a reliable bloc, are drifting as cultural radicalism and economic stagnation take their toll.
The only group not bleeding numbers away from the Democratic Party are the progressive, hard-left, feminist women.
The party’s response is not reflection but accusation. Rather than ask why voters are leaving, they label dissenters as misled, manipulated, or morally suspect.
The lies and deception have become such a norm for them that they couldn’t even admit to anything that everyone saw with their own two eyes when Biden’s mental acuity was falling up the stairs. The truth about Joe Biden’s mental decline became hidden by them in a manner that reminded me of a child hiding behind a mailbox during a game of hide and seek. They were hiding nothing from the public for years, yet still claim there was no problem with Biden’s mental health. The subsequent revelations point to a level of systemic corruption that may require a political cleansing far deeper than the party is prepared to undertake.
Meanwhile, the relentless attacks on Donald Trump, be it lawfare, legislative maneuvers, and prosecutorial crusades, have exposed a network of partisan actors whose conduct raises serious questions. Names like Letitia James, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, James Comey, John Brennan, and others have become symbols of a broader institutional decay and corruption. Add to that the scandals involving figures like Tim Walz in Minnesota or the political machinations of Gavin Newsom, and the pattern becomes impossible to ignore.
The deeper the corruption is exposed, the louder the denials become.
And all of that noise is rising up and it is becoming much louder than their claims that Donald Trump is some kind of fascist. As a result, the Democratic Party now finds itself locked in an internal struggle between its traditional base and its increasingly radicalized left flank as the country watches the fireworks and recognizes that the Democratic Party’s self-inflicted wounds are now becoming a fatal infection. The louder the internal conflict grows, the more the party projects its own failings onto Trump and the GOP, and reveals its own weaknesses and deceptions.
The cries of victimhood, the frantic accusations, and the desperate attempts to hide connections and bury scandals… none of it serves as signs of confidence. They are all spasms of a movement losing control because of its flawed narrative.
History offers a warning. The Federalist Party and the Whig Party both collapsed under the weight of internal contradictions and ideological exhaustion. Their final years were marked by denial, infighting, and frantic attempts to maintain relevance.
The parallels are hard to ignore.
One wonders if we are witnessing the last gasps of a fading party.
As the Democratic Party continues its march toward ideological extremism, its ability to self‑examine diminishes. And without self‑examination, there can be no repentance, no correction, and no return to sanity.
Instead, we see projection, secrecy, and a desperate clinging to power.
The question now is not whether the party will change course. It is whether it still possesses the capacity to do so. And if not, we may indeed be witnessing the final convulsions of a once‑dominant political force that has forgotten how to look in the mirror.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
