The Sewer Speaks, The Dummies Listen
Well, well, if after the President’s post-acquittal tirade, which departed from the legitimate respect normal American politicians have for one another, and sunk into the Trumpian gutter, are any Republican Senators still not convinced that the scoundrel they just acquitted in his impeachment trial isn’t a raving maniac deserving of commitment to a mental institution? Many!
His intemperate words not only disgraced his office, but added to his disgracing the nation’s highest civilian honor (the Medal of Freedom) by awarding it to the undeserving Rush Limbaugh, who is himself a disgrace to the entertainment and journalism professions, both of which he claims his vile pronouncements are part of.
There is no limit to the depths to which this President will not burrow. Calling him a P.O.S. (which I have occasionally done in these postings) demeans and insults the human gastro-intestinal system.
Jack Lippman
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So, what are YOU going to do about it? Thomas Paine said it many years ago: "These are the times that try men's souls."
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Advice to Dems
Here’s my advice to the Democratic Party. Let’s start with the title of Thomas Wolfe’s famous masterwork, “You Can’t Go Home Again” and apply it to the Democratic Party. Going back to what once was just won’t work in today’s world. Democrats must deal with today’s challenges with today’s technology and most importantly, with today’s people. They are not doing that.
Joe Biden was Vice President from 2009 until 2016. We cannot look back to him, as deserving as he might be, to deal with what faces the nation today. Bernie Sanders fought mightily for the Democratic nomination in 2016 but lost to Hillary Clinton. He had his shot. Joe and Bernie are now the age of most retirees, whose ranks they should join. It is not time to try to emulate Konrad Adenauer. (As an aside, nominating Bernie in 2020 would be handing the election to the Trumpublicans, who would scream “socialism” 24 hours a day. It matters not that they and their supporters don’t know what socialism is, but for them it is a potent weapon to use. I am not equally sure that Joe would lose to the G.O.P., but frankly, I doubt that he is up to the job for four years.)
You can’t go home again! The Democratic Party’s last three Presidents were not chosen by looking backwards. In their day, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were new faces and voices on the scene. That is the direction where the Democratic Party must now go. New faces and new directions.
It sickens me to see MSNBC occasionally use an attractive blond panelist whose claim to fame is that she was something or other in Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Hillary should not be mentioned. Ever. That’s going back! It also should be noted that the company which screwed up the vote tally in the disastrous (for Democrats) Iowa caucus was composed of former Hillary Clinton technology people. Enough said?
With apologies to those who have already dropped out of the race, like Senators Harris and Booker, the only people the Democrats should now be considering for the presidency in 2020 ought to include Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Mike Bloomberg and the rarely mentioned Michael Bennet, Senator from Colorado.
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| Amy or Pete |
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| or Mike or Elizabeth |
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| or Michael Bennet |
I would hope two of them comprise the ticket and they will defeat Donald John Trump, something Bernie would not do, and Joe should not be asked to try to do. (Steyer and Yang have the right ideas but lack the kind of experience the job requires. Both should get Cabinet posts.)
Any other course of action means four more years of Trump and a reactionary Supreme Court until at least 2050! Believe me! I will not be here in 2050, and you might not be here either if we leave the country to the Trumpublicans.
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So, what are YOU going to do about it? Thomas Paine said it many years ago: "These are the times that try men's souls."
JL
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