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Okay, my functional memory only goes back about sixty-five years, so I can’t claim the last ten months are completely unprecedented, but I think they are. Before Trump took his second oath, I have no memory of any political party becoming so obsessed with the need to “fight” in opposition.
Political violence is, sadly, not unprecedented. Political violence spurred on by officeholders is less common, but still, not unprecedented. What I’ve never seen before are officeholders declaring the need for themselves to react to the extraordinarily evil Trump by providing extraordinarily “tough” resistance.
Members of Congress are politicians. They don’t “fight.” They give speeches and they vote on things. Because Democrats are not currently in the majority, they don’t control the floor. Therefore, they don’t control what bills are brought up for a vote. So basically, they sit around a lot and vote No a lot.
So they talk the talk about the need for “fighting” Trump, but there is no way to walk the walk. There just isn’t. Their first solution was pathetic — profanity. It wasn’t even authentic profanity. It was obviously performance profanity. It was a show. A pathetic, unnatural show.
As the weeks wore on, the profanity got old but the pressure to “fight” remained. Normal resistance would include new proposals to demonstrate what they would do if returned to power. But, they have no new proposals, and the voters are sick and tired of their old ones: climate change, DEI, men in places and activities reserved for women, illegal immigration, land acknowledgments, and tearing down statues.
The only positive thing their pollsters and consultants told them was that Democrat voters still disliked Trump. So that was it. Be anti-Trump, 24/7. If Trump announces he likes Apple Pie, denounce Apple Pie. Deport Criminals? Terrible idea. Build a nice ballroom? It’s tyranny.
The consultants suggested opposing Trump without expressly opposing popular policies, and so “No Kings” was born. Does it make sense? No, so what?
160 years ago, we fought a civil war to establish once and for all that when push comes to shove, governors and mayors don’t get to defy the federal government. But, Democrat governors and mayors must also mindlessly fight/resist.
In red states, local sheriffs call ICE and say they have deportable criminals in their jail, and ICE drives over to pick them up. Those cities don’t have ICE driving around town in unmarked vans because there is no need. But in blue states, the need to resist means sheriffs are forbidden to call ICE. Sheriffs are ordered to quietly release deportable criminals out the back door.
Which brings us to poor Chuck Schumer. He has tried profanity. It wasn’t enough. He has tried denouncing apple pie. It wasn’t enough. So, he is shutting down the federal government. Why? To “fight.” Does it make any sense? No, of course not. Schumer knows this. Everyone knows he knows this.
Chuck Schumer is afraid of the crazies within his party. He is afraid he will lose a primary fight if he refuses to do stupid things desired by the crazies — and 44 other Democratic senators share the same fear.
Government shutdowns are not unprecedented. Stupid government shutdowns are not unprecedented. In the past, however, the people refusing to vote for government spending were people seeking to lower government spending. This time, the people refusing to vote for government spending are doing so in order to increase government spending.
That is unprecedented. I did not see that coming. Chuck Schumer, the leader of Senate Democrats, a person long assumed to be not stupid, is leading a shutdown that is unprecedentedly stupid.
Which means, at the moment anyway, the most powerful segment of the Democratic Party is the crazies — the immature children who refuse to accept that losing elections have consequences. They also refuse to accept that they may need to slow down and compromise if they wish to win future elections. The officeholders are out in front of the parade, but they are not leading the parade. The decisions are being made by the stoned-out drum section, wildly banging out a disjointed rhythm.
Nancy is leaving, Chuck. It is time to ask yourself why you are staying.
G-Pub
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You're not wrong.
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It might be amusing to watch if it wasn't all so pathetic. Which it is.
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This is essentially the issue that gave us Trump as POTUS. Politics is about controlling economic power, pretending to be or actually being in the hands of the people. Much can be said about the circumstances that prevailed when Biden was in office and work was ongoing in the attempt to return Trump to office so the American Republic would at least have a possible chance for recovery.
That's where we are now, nothing is assured.
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In Issac Asimov's Foundation series, one of the main characters makes the following statement:
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
I believe we are seeing that today by Democrat leadership, Democrat politicians, and most notably, their leftist supporters. I further believe it's because they see the end of the tunnel, and it doesn't bode well for their future. Lincoln's statement about fooling people is coming to fruition - you can't fool all of the people all of the time, and that what the Democrats have been trying to do ever since Trump entered the 2016 race.
More and more of the Democrat rank-and-file (e.g. working class) are slowly opening their eyes. A male pervert in my junior-high daughter's locker room? Eating bugs instead of steak? Driving an electric car with almost no range? No electricty during the hottest summers and coldest winters? The price of the basics - food, clothing, and shelter - going through the roof? Teaching my kids that the biology of boys and girls doesn't exist? Theaching my kids that our color is the root of all evil in the world today?
The violence we see, whether it's a targeted attack on conservative figures or random attacks on strangers in subways, is a result of the hatred fomented by the left.
And ordinary people are tired of it . . .
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