I don't know about you, but I just keep asking myself these days, "Where the hell did the Democrats go?" There was a Senate election in Louisiana last weekend, and just as with Patrick Murphy in Florida, nary a Democrat around to throw their support to him. It was that important that, even though the republicans had already won the Senate, both Trump and Pence were out there stumping for their guy. But no Dems.
And we here in South Carolina have resorted to sending thanks to republican Senator Lindsey Graham for taking a stand on investigating Russia's manipulation of our presidential election. Meanwhile, google our own Jim Clyburn and all you come up with for news is that on November 30 he announced his support for Jaime Harrison for head of the DNC. Try googling "Jim Clyburn Russia" and the lack of news will make you want to cry.
Or spit. Which is what I have been doing a lot of lately. With twitter rants that threaten to destroy US / Fill In Country Here diplomacy and major US businesses, our president-elect is just beginning to enjoy the power he will wield on January 20. As we have come to expect, our Democrats in Congress, with a very few notable exceptions, are willing to crawl as one under a rock and wait till it all blows over, at which time we may well no longer have a democracy.
Let us take a moment to remember the Obama Inauguration in 2009. At the very time we were tearfully welcoming in our hope and change president, republican leaders were secretly congregating to figure out how to block him from seeing any of that hope and change materialize. And then they came out in public and said the same thing. It was just that important to them. So all we can conclude is that the threat of disemboweling all the positive change that Obama got through that obstructionist congress is just not worth sticking your neck out for.
And those brave Democrats who are speaking out against this clear threat? The republicans have them in their sights. Elizabeth Warren will be attacked at every turn. Al Franken will be in the crosshairs. Nancy Pelosi, well, they might leave her alone this time because her considerable power is already being eroded by those white men of the Blue Dog conservatives.
Way to stick together, Dems. Don't ever disappoint us.
While creeps like Tim Ryan advise that the reason the Dems lost was that they didn't fawn over the white middle class enough, the Russians and Giuliani's New York FBI got away with the most egregious fowl play ever to happen in US electoral politics. Trump was in charge of misdirecting the uninformed masses, Russia provided the props in terms of constant email leaks, republicans like Trey Gowdy gave the lies the guise of authenticity in Congress, and FBI Director James Comey was coerced into nailing the election with the last-minute sleight-of-hand that kept just enough Democrats away from the polls. Meanwhile, idiots like Andrea Mitchell and Chuck Todd did the dirty work we all thought was the purview of Fox News by prefacing every damn news segment by saying that Trump and Clinton were the most disliked candidates in history, equating the proven crimes of Donald Trump with the mistruths being spread about Clinton.
And when our Democratic Party adds that all up, what do they come up with? That Hillary didn't reach all those white voters; that she didn't show enough of herself; that people don't trust her; that she wasn't genuine; that blah blah blah....
Well, let me tell you, Party Dems. You may be afraid to come out and represent all of us. Or you may not think it is possible to reach out to all those white middle class working folk if you keep talking about what the rest of us need.
Or maybe you think that the country blames you for being in the "do-nothing" congress. If that is true, it is because you have failed to speak up EVERY TIME the republicans blocked progress. This should have been a piece of cake. The republicans gave the narrative to us on a silver platter: "Our economy has gotten stronger since the last failed republican administration in spite of the obstructionist republicans. Just imagine if Obama had had a majority in congress that was willing to work with him to move the country forward -- imagine what he could have done."
But instead, in 2010, Blue Dogs lost in Kentucky and Texas (yes I mean you Wendy Davis), by backing away from both liberal issues and from President Obama.
And here they are, once again, after the incredible popularity of Bernie Sanders, talking about how they are going to cooperate with the takeover of our government by a plutocracy which purpose is to further the wealth of the few, predominantly the Trumps. Admitted ties to Russia, and nobody on our side is yelling for the release of tax returns. Remember Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign manager? After he was found to have ties to the Ukraine, Trump let him go with a nod and a wink, and sure enough, now that he doesn't need your vote anymore, Manafort is back, bigger and dirty as ever. For gods' sake, Democrats have been heard singing the praises of racist Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, likely our next attorney general.
So while Paul Ryan is scheming over taking away our social security and medicare (food stamps is small potatoes these days), the Democratic Party is waiting for the republicans to take front and center against the incoming corrupt regime. That is, when they are not debating among themselves as to whether they should bring a gift or just wave a white flag on Inauguration Day.
Shame on you for not uniting to depose the biggest threat to the country we have had in our lifetimes. Stop fighting over what you think Hillary did wrong and get it together to fight the real bad guy. The voters will remember you if you do; if you don't they may never have the chance.
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