I totally agree, Biden is a weak ass, ameliorating, comity, bipartisan woose when what we needed as a strong, decisive, but not authoritarian, leader.
His 34 years in the Senate taught him the wrong lessons for governing, thankfully Kamala's experience is as a prosecutor and she didn't serve in the Senate long enough to have her mind warp…
I totally agree, Biden is a weak ass, ameliorating, comity, bipartisan woose when what we needed as a strong, decisive, but not authoritarian, leader.
His 34 years in the Senate taught him the wrong lessons for governing, thankfully Kamala's experience is as a prosecutor and she didn't serve in the Senate long enough to have her mind warped, but long enough to know how it works, and who the problems are.
The Democratic party should have allowed the people to choose Bernie Sanders. Have you seen him on the campaign trail for Harris lately? He's as energetic and eloquent as ever.
You are correct Gloria, the DNC definitely put their thumb on the scale for Bernie, and did it again this time for Biden by moving the SC primary to the first in the nation.
I am thankful that Joe had the good sense to listen to Nancy and back down.
The DNC had a chance after the last election to reform, by getting new leadership, but they chose Tom Perez, finally Jaime Harrison took over, although he got raves from progressives, the move of the 1st Primary to SC was a transparent attempt to put the thumb on the scale, as the S C Democratic party is controlled by black women.
The problem with the "black women are the heart of the Democratic party" which I use to hear all of the time on shows like Joy Reid's, is that the qualities needed to win the Democratic Primary, are, to our chagin, the very qualities that will lose the general
While identity politics are the leifmotif of the Republican party (white Christian males). identity politics in the Democratic party is counter productive to achieving desired results.
It isn't right, it isn't fair, but it is the way it is.
The Democratic party has built it's base on that 50% of America has been left behind, ostracized, excluded, discriminated against, even lynched, not just blacks but Trans and gays like Matthew Shephard, and that has resulted in the charge of identity politics, while true, the media is saying nothing about the identity politics of the right.
Identity politics has been a loser for the Democratic party, so why do they double down on a losing position. ?
The specifics and qualities need to win the Democratic primary, namely support from black women, are the very spcifics and qualities that lose them the general.
I heard on TV today, that fear is the great motivator, and indeed it is, fear is the oxygen of Republican party, the fear that men, (black, white and brown), are losing their primacy, their power to women and gays, and toss in white Christian nationalism and that is why Trump has a MAGA cult, and the cult has existed before Trump it just needed someone to give them voice, to legitimize them, now that they are out of the closet and can say out loud what they have been thinking they aren't going away, but only growing stronger.
The Republican party has a head lock on the collective amygdala, the pre frontal cortex of the Democratic party is effete, simpering, whining. We whine why do they vote against their own self interests? Because we don't understand what they perceive as their own self interests.
The Democrats believe that giving them a pay raise, a job is their own self interest, like Carville's "it is the economy stupid", but it isn't the economy that made MAGA. They will be glad to live in a single wide trailer in Appalachia, so long as they are the socially powerful, everyone knows their place in the pecking order and the sexually threatening are eliminated, or subjugated.
In their minds and lexicon, liberalization has upended the "natural order", DEI in their minds is unnatural and order must be restored. That is why owning the libs is, for them, orgastic.
For the right wing trolls that habituate substack, Shitter and the Internet, in their sexless lives, owning the libs is a way to have multiple orgasms.
The Democrats need to strike fear in the hearts of the right, not by threats, like Trump is doing to the Democrats and his adversaries, but fear of their fuhrer, their dear leader and what he will be doing to them, not as they believe for them.
Very insightful. I'm afraid you're right when you say, "They will be glad to live in a single wide trailer in Appalachia, so long as they are the socially powerful, everyone knows their place in the pecking order and the sexually threatening are eliminated, or subjugated."
But then some only care about the amount of their taxes and fear "free riders." They still hold onto the belief that with hard work and a bit of luck, they can climb the economic ladder and achieve wealth, perhaps even by winning the lottery.
You're correct about the Democrats, too. They underestimate the inclination of the population to vote for policies other than identity. Why isn't Harris doubling down on the issues of healthcare, education, and the vast prison population? Harris should emphasize that the Republicans want to cut Social Security and that the private insurance industry is taking over Medicare.
Harris should emphasize that taking away reproductive rights is only the beginning of the rights and security that the GOP intends to take away the first chance they have. But they're not listening to her. Maybe Harris got through to some when she appeared on Fox.
Again we are in agreement. Harris's campaign staff is setting her agenda, and they are afraid of touching the culture war issues like abortion and prison population. The latter because we know that talking about the prison population is bringing up the race issue and that is bringing up the culture war, which the Democrats are steering clear of as best they can.
The Dems know, that almost 50% of the population, those that vote for Trump, cult or not, are culture warriors, that is his only agenda for the middle and lower class. Kamala will mention women's rights, peripherally, but not go full scale attack.
As regards the "free riders: you mention. I call to mind Alexandar Pelosi's documentary "The Right feeling wronged". After Obama's election she toured the south. The interview I remember is her standing amidst broken furniture and litter , looking up at a toothless redneck in his bib overalls, in Mississippi, on the rickety step in front ofhis single wide. When she asked him why he as so against food stamps, he replied because them lazy coloreds get them, she then said "you get them too", his reply was "that's different I deserve them"
Those people are against "free riders" or welfare, they are against non whites getting government aid, the problem is, that more whites than non whites get government aid, including virtually every red state, which would starve were it not for government aid. Now the ruby red states of Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina are sucking at the same government teat that they say is the enemy.
Go figure, and I have to live with these people, and if Trump wins maybe that live is not too long.
I totally agree, Biden is a weak ass, ameliorating, comity, bipartisan woose when what we needed as a strong, decisive, but not authoritarian, leader.
His 34 years in the Senate taught him the wrong lessons for governing, thankfully Kamala's experience is as a prosecutor and she didn't serve in the Senate long enough to have her mind warped, but long enough to know how it works, and who the problems are.
The Democratic party should have allowed the people to choose Bernie Sanders. Have you seen him on the campaign trail for Harris lately? He's as energetic and eloquent as ever.
You are correct Gloria, the DNC definitely put their thumb on the scale for Bernie, and did it again this time for Biden by moving the SC primary to the first in the nation.
I am thankful that Joe had the good sense to listen to Nancy and back down.
The DNC had a chance after the last election to reform, by getting new leadership, but they chose Tom Perez, finally Jaime Harrison took over, although he got raves from progressives, the move of the 1st Primary to SC was a transparent attempt to put the thumb on the scale, as the S C Democratic party is controlled by black women.
The problem with the "black women are the heart of the Democratic party" which I use to hear all of the time on shows like Joy Reid's, is that the qualities needed to win the Democratic Primary, are, to our chagin, the very qualities that will lose the general
While identity politics are the leifmotif of the Republican party (white Christian males). identity politics in the Democratic party is counter productive to achieving desired results.
It isn't right, it isn't fair, but it is the way it is.
The Democratic party has built it's base on that 50% of America has been left behind, ostracized, excluded, discriminated against, even lynched, not just blacks but Trans and gays like Matthew Shephard, and that has resulted in the charge of identity politics, while true, the media is saying nothing about the identity politics of the right.
Identity politics has been a loser for the Democratic party, so why do they double down on a losing position. ?
The specifics and qualities need to win the Democratic primary, namely support from black women, are the very spcifics and qualities that lose them the general.
I heard on TV today, that fear is the great motivator, and indeed it is, fear is the oxygen of Republican party, the fear that men, (black, white and brown), are losing their primacy, their power to women and gays, and toss in white Christian nationalism and that is why Trump has a MAGA cult, and the cult has existed before Trump it just needed someone to give them voice, to legitimize them, now that they are out of the closet and can say out loud what they have been thinking they aren't going away, but only growing stronger.
The Republican party has a head lock on the collective amygdala, the pre frontal cortex of the Democratic party is effete, simpering, whining. We whine why do they vote against their own self interests? Because we don't understand what they perceive as their own self interests.
The Democrats believe that giving them a pay raise, a job is their own self interest, like Carville's "it is the economy stupid", but it isn't the economy that made MAGA. They will be glad to live in a single wide trailer in Appalachia, so long as they are the socially powerful, everyone knows their place in the pecking order and the sexually threatening are eliminated, or subjugated.
In their minds and lexicon, liberalization has upended the "natural order", DEI in their minds is unnatural and order must be restored. That is why owning the libs is, for them, orgastic.
For the right wing trolls that habituate substack, Shitter and the Internet, in their sexless lives, owning the libs is a way to have multiple orgasms.
The Democrats need to strike fear in the hearts of the right, not by threats, like Trump is doing to the Democrats and his adversaries, but fear of their fuhrer, their dear leader and what he will be doing to them, not as they believe for them.
Very insightful. I'm afraid you're right when you say, "They will be glad to live in a single wide trailer in Appalachia, so long as they are the socially powerful, everyone knows their place in the pecking order and the sexually threatening are eliminated, or subjugated."
But then some only care about the amount of their taxes and fear "free riders." They still hold onto the belief that with hard work and a bit of luck, they can climb the economic ladder and achieve wealth, perhaps even by winning the lottery.
You're correct about the Democrats, too. They underestimate the inclination of the population to vote for policies other than identity. Why isn't Harris doubling down on the issues of healthcare, education, and the vast prison population? Harris should emphasize that the Republicans want to cut Social Security and that the private insurance industry is taking over Medicare.
Harris should emphasize that taking away reproductive rights is only the beginning of the rights and security that the GOP intends to take away the first chance they have. But they're not listening to her. Maybe Harris got through to some when she appeared on Fox.
Again we are in agreement. Harris's campaign staff is setting her agenda, and they are afraid of touching the culture war issues like abortion and prison population. The latter because we know that talking about the prison population is bringing up the race issue and that is bringing up the culture war, which the Democrats are steering clear of as best they can.
The Dems know, that almost 50% of the population, those that vote for Trump, cult or not, are culture warriors, that is his only agenda for the middle and lower class. Kamala will mention women's rights, peripherally, but not go full scale attack.
As regards the "free riders: you mention. I call to mind Alexandar Pelosi's documentary "The Right feeling wronged". After Obama's election she toured the south. The interview I remember is her standing amidst broken furniture and litter , looking up at a toothless redneck in his bib overalls, in Mississippi, on the rickety step in front ofhis single wide. When she asked him why he as so against food stamps, he replied because them lazy coloreds get them, she then said "you get them too", his reply was "that's different I deserve them"
Those people are against "free riders" or welfare, they are against non whites getting government aid, the problem is, that more whites than non whites get government aid, including virtually every red state, which would starve were it not for government aid. Now the ruby red states of Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina are sucking at the same government teat that they say is the enemy.
Go figure, and I have to live with these people, and if Trump wins maybe that live is not too long.
That said, he's the most effective since LBJ.
From a progressive point of view, you are absolutely correct, especially when compared to that ersatz Democrat, Bill Clinton