Ed Koch on Belafonte

Ed Koch, former democratic mayor of New York, has a few comments about the lunatic fringe of the Democrat Party in the World Tribune, this time directed at Harry Belafonte.

The expectation that Democrats would take back the House, Senate or both in this year’s general election diminishes with each passing day, and it is not difficult to understand why. The American public does not want to see the president demeaned or humbled before the world. They expect and demand that simple courtesy be afforded that office. In philosophy, the country is much closer to George W. Bush than it is to Ted Kennedy. A sane and wise voice is that of liberal Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)who in response to the recent Alito confirmation hearings said, “George Bush won the election. If you don’t like it, you better win elections.” In his simple and direct statement, he is absolutely right. In a commercial for brokerage firm Smith Barney, John Houseman once said, “They make money the old fashioned way…they earn it.” George W. Bush was reelected the old fashioned way…he earned it through hard work and on the merits.

I do not agree with much of what Ed Koch has to say, but on this particular comment he is 100% correct. It is time for the democrats to tone down the rhetoric, or at the very least, to denounce the crackpot liberal mouthpieces that are very closely associated to the Democrat Party.

Anything less is going to result in a disappointed donkey come this November.

(h/t to Drudge.)