Michael Novak itemizes the ways in which Democrats behave like Hypocrats. A few excerpts:
Being a Hypocrat means never having to recognize a moral fault — in oneself. . .
Most religious people, at least those who are serious about churchgoing, and who reflect on what their beliefs actually mean, try hard to cut individuals a lot of slack in mercy and forgiveness. Yet the slack they cut is for individuals, not for principles. Conservative religious people tend to be faithful to principle, but nonjudgmental about individuals: “Forgive the sinner...etc.” They are not willing to cut slack about what is right and wrong.
Hypocrats do pretty much the reverse. They are wholly flexible on principle, and merciless to individuals who get in their way — from gay men like Congressmen Foley (whom they would have treated differently, were he a Democrat) to a Hall-of-Fame wrestling coach from Illinois . . .
Since Hypocrats today are living in a world of illusions about public policy, the only way they can win elections is by deception and dirty tricks.
Hypocrats hold that the Boy Scouts are wrong for demanding strict rules regarding gay scoutmasters. Simultaneously, they think that gay congressmen should not be trusted with male pages, except under close supervision, in order to “keep our children safe” — but only if the congressman is a Republican.It ill becomes the traditions of their own party when Hypocrats allow “liberal” to mean “less constrained by traditional values,” so that the word becomes synonymous with “looser living.” At least, that’s what it looks like to the more traditional. (More)