While most people who watched last night’s convention are focused on Tim Walz’s moment with his son, Oprah Winfrey’s star power, or the SNL guy who tried to be funny, Bill Clinton had the line of the night that perfectly sums up the deep divisions within the Democratic Party.
The Right absolutely needs to reflect on this. The fringe that is pushing for us to act like them is taking Obama's path. Both on the Left and Right are tolerantarians they claim the other side is because that must stop the other side.
The devil doesn't really care who wins because he wins when his tactics are used.
Not sure who is running the show in the demobrat party. One thing my small mind has really figured out is that the demobrats (whoever is running things) want to be in control period. They want to call the shots, they want to rule and they really don't care about the people in this country, only they make all the calls. This whole thing is and has been a power control since Jan. 21st, 2021. Bad news is I think the "they" are bigger than we realize and they are terrified of Donald J. Trump.
Totally agree. Obama sees himself as king and his presidency was an absolute nothing burger. Hillary continued in Obama’s footsteps thinking that she was untouchable and could do anything that she wanted. Selling influence for donations to the Clinton foundation for one. She saw herself as an elitist, everyone one the right was a “deplorable “. And so goes the Democratic Party, they are the ruling class and we are………….. Can you imagine if when Hillary was running for president if she would have listened to good ole Bill.
Obama has the personality but he was and still is an empty suit who rose to fame with no accomplishments and one memorable speech. His whole rise to fame was a mirage. Unremarkable in college. Became Law Review editor without ever even publishing an article. How does that happen? Announced his Senate run in the home of a domestic terrorist. Won that seat by suing to have his opponent's divorce records unsealed. Never took a stand on anything by consistently voting present and avoiding any scrutiny. Wrote a poor book but then wrote a good one that everyone believes was written by someone else. Touted hope and change but always worked to divide. Clean and articulate. It's storybook, man!
The disgusting state of our politics formed under Obama.
Before Obama the primary method used was positive branding your party (candidates, ideas, policies, etc.). Obama brought in a form of thuggery where the primary strategy was to negative brand the opponent.
I keep using the analogy of Coke and Pepsi. Think about the "I like to teach the world to sing" advertisement campaign from Coke. Now think about it being like this.
Coke delivers a massive media-coordinated negative branding campaign against Pepsi... claiming the CEO is a racist and misogynist... claiming that Pepsi uses toxic chemicals in their products and pollutes the environment. Journalists repeat it.... and take it to the next level claiming Pepsi drinkers are uneducated and fascists... who are a threat to democracy.
Think about how destructive that would be to common decency and good feelings about the state of society.
That is what the Democrats started doing under Obama, and what Trump picked up on as the political game that needed to be played in competition. The Uniparty is 80% Democrat controlled and 30% of the GOP. The GOP establishment is the absolutely most guilty of this degradation because they have never really directly opposed the crap behavior of the Democrats (because they too have their hand in the ruling class power cookie jar)... but then have the hypocritic position opposing Trump for doing the same. It is like safe-space virtue signaling... not damaging the globalist, corporatist ruling class cabal and their related looting sandbox... while showing that they are good and moral "Reagan" types of GOPers.
Bipartisan efforts are the backbone of America. But since Obama and arguably Pelosi in 2006 the dems have decided they are the only hope for America and that there way is best or the highway. They have no intent to hear another side.
Obamacare was the beginning when they realized they could get around the constitution and grab America by its throat and throttle it away into a socialists heck hole.
Freedoms be damned.
So since the dem labeled 50% of America as enemies of the state and republicans forgot to bring their backbones, you got Trump.
Brash and hotheaded he was saying what republicans would not.
But Dems took it personally when Hillary lost. Fast forward to Feb 2020 and things were looking bleak. Trump was on his way to reelection with a strong economy and stable world.
In comes COVID.
Which gave them the opp to seize back power by any means necessary.
They got it back and largely kept it through 2022. Which they took it as validation that they could do anything they wanted. They didn’t have to rely on republican voters or catering to all of America. Just enough voters to keep them in power.
This dnc has one message alone. “We are progressive socialists, and we don’t care that you know it.”
All the bad socialist and even communist policy that comes with it.
It will be the first convention ever where the party doesn’t get any bump in the polls. It’s too far left to attract any middle swing voters. And while that is low this time around it’s still a good portion of voters that Dems are taking for granted.
The Ronald Reagan ad trump is distributing is extremely impactful. It will win him the election.
Play it hour by hour. On every TV.
Final point. You’re right Erick. And Clinton is right. We are far and away from these days.
The Right absolutely needs to reflect on this. The fringe that is pushing for us to act like them is taking Obama's path. Both on the Left and Right are tolerantarians they claim the other side is because that must stop the other side.
The devil doesn't really care who wins because he wins when his tactics are used.
Not sure who is running the show in the demobrat party. One thing my small mind has really figured out is that the demobrats (whoever is running things) want to be in control period. They want to call the shots, they want to rule and they really don't care about the people in this country, only they make all the calls. This whole thing is and has been a power control since Jan. 21st, 2021. Bad news is I think the "they" are bigger than we realize and they are terrified of Donald J. Trump.
Totally agree. Obama sees himself as king and his presidency was an absolute nothing burger. Hillary continued in Obama’s footsteps thinking that she was untouchable and could do anything that she wanted. Selling influence for donations to the Clinton foundation for one. She saw herself as an elitist, everyone one the right was a “deplorable “. And so goes the Democratic Party, they are the ruling class and we are………….. Can you imagine if when Hillary was running for president if she would have listened to good ole Bill.
Obama has the personality but he was and still is an empty suit who rose to fame with no accomplishments and one memorable speech. His whole rise to fame was a mirage. Unremarkable in college. Became Law Review editor without ever even publishing an article. How does that happen? Announced his Senate run in the home of a domestic terrorist. Won that seat by suing to have his opponent's divorce records unsealed. Never took a stand on anything by consistently voting present and avoiding any scrutiny. Wrote a poor book but then wrote a good one that everyone believes was written by someone else. Touted hope and change but always worked to divide. Clean and articulate. It's storybook, man!
Great piece Erick. Thanks
Today's clown show almost makes me miss Bill Clinton (but not George W. Bush).
The disgusting state of our politics formed under Obama.
Before Obama the primary method used was positive branding your party (candidates, ideas, policies, etc.). Obama brought in a form of thuggery where the primary strategy was to negative brand the opponent.
I keep using the analogy of Coke and Pepsi. Think about the "I like to teach the world to sing" advertisement campaign from Coke. Now think about it being like this.
Coke delivers a massive media-coordinated negative branding campaign against Pepsi... claiming the CEO is a racist and misogynist... claiming that Pepsi uses toxic chemicals in their products and pollutes the environment. Journalists repeat it.... and take it to the next level claiming Pepsi drinkers are uneducated and fascists... who are a threat to democracy.
Think about how destructive that would be to common decency and good feelings about the state of society.
That is what the Democrats started doing under Obama, and what Trump picked up on as the political game that needed to be played in competition. The Uniparty is 80% Democrat controlled and 30% of the GOP. The GOP establishment is the absolutely most guilty of this degradation because they have never really directly opposed the crap behavior of the Democrats (because they too have their hand in the ruling class power cookie jar)... but then have the hypocritic position opposing Trump for doing the same. It is like safe-space virtue signaling... not damaging the globalist, corporatist ruling class cabal and their related looting sandbox... while showing that they are good and moral "Reagan" types of GOPers.
Gag me.
Bipartisan efforts are the backbone of America. But since Obama and arguably Pelosi in 2006 the dems have decided they are the only hope for America and that there way is best or the highway. They have no intent to hear another side.
Obamacare was the beginning when they realized they could get around the constitution and grab America by its throat and throttle it away into a socialists heck hole.
Freedoms be damned.
So since the dem labeled 50% of America as enemies of the state and republicans forgot to bring their backbones, you got Trump.
Brash and hotheaded he was saying what republicans would not.
But Dems took it personally when Hillary lost. Fast forward to Feb 2020 and things were looking bleak. Trump was on his way to reelection with a strong economy and stable world.
In comes COVID.
Which gave them the opp to seize back power by any means necessary.
They got it back and largely kept it through 2022. Which they took it as validation that they could do anything they wanted. They didn’t have to rely on republican voters or catering to all of America. Just enough voters to keep them in power.
This dnc has one message alone. “We are progressive socialists, and we don’t care that you know it.”
All the bad socialist and even communist policy that comes with it.
It will be the first convention ever where the party doesn’t get any bump in the polls. It’s too far left to attract any middle swing voters. And while that is low this time around it’s still a good portion of voters that Dems are taking for granted.
The Ronald Reagan ad trump is distributing is extremely impactful. It will win him the election.
Play it hour by hour. On every TV.
Final point. You’re right Erick. And Clinton is right. We are far and away from these days.