Laura Echevarria

Dennis Prager on Left-Wing Ideologues

Dennis Prager addressed the annual Republican retreat this weekend. During his remarks, he made the following observation about just how dedicated the left is:

I can give you an example from our side. There are many folks on our side who, if they could pass an amendment against abortion, would happily sacrifice both houses for a period of time. Understand that just as strongly as some are pro-life or religiously Christian or Jewish, that is how strongly many leftists believe in leftism. Leftism is a substitute religion. For the Left, the “health-care” bill transcends politics. You are fighting people who will go down with the ship in order to transform this country into a leftist one. And an ever expanding state is the Left’s central credo.

I wholeheartedly agree with him. Health care reform is a big picture issue for the left and I think we sometimes fail to understand just how dedicated they are. Prager is right, for many of those who believe in left-wing ideals, those beliefs are their faith and their “god.”