Today we got a perfect view of where the Democratic Party is at. Today a man with a rifle decided to go hunting Congressmen based solely on their party affiliation. I’m trying to think if there ever has been an instance where some Conservative has gone on a hunting spree of Democrats - there are a few folks who read who I know would set me straight.
I’ve got to hand it to you folks... it was the President’s birthday and you gave him the biggest gift you could possibly give him.
Surprisingly enough, dopes like Peter David who regularly has a Friday hissy was noticeably mum about this development. Me, I was taking bets on how long it would take for the Liberal Left to get around to shifting the blame to the President and of course it wasn't even 24 hours before the pundits at MSNBC were all a tizzy trying to pass it off as Trump’s fault.
Thing is the people at MSNBC are a big part of the problem.
Now understand, I have never in my life been a person who flips levers (or fills in dots) on the basis of party affiliation alone but I have to say, watching what has gone on from the Left in the last few months has proven to be so repulsive to me I wonder if I will ever pull a lever for a Democrat again.
That’s an indication of a failure in a strategy. I don’t like the Tea Party and I think Paul Ryan is an asshole but you’re losing me. You’re losing me because it is very apparent and very transparent that no matter what the administration does, there is a segment of the populace that is determined to bring him down.
In and of itself I would likely have less of a problem with that than one might think only because we do live in a Democracy and there is supposed to be a plurality of voices. It’s an essential part of any healthy Republic but that isn’t what I’ve been seeing.
Over the last year, I’ve seen where people were attacked at political rallies (Trump rallies) and in those cases there was a justification that it was okay to take that kind of action. There was rioting, violence directed towards the attendees and also fights with the Police.
I don’t seem to remember a comparable thing happening conducted by opponents of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders at their rallies.
Then there is what happened in Berkeley... and I’m speaking as someone who isn’t a fan of that Milos guy.
And now there’s a guy that decides he should go out and take potshots at Republican Congressman on the basis of party affiliation alone.
Sorry, not right.
I’ve seen this false equivocation on the Left and that’s not working for me either. You didn’t have people in a huge demonstration in front of the White House when Obama was President talking about how they wanted to blow up the White House and if you had there would have been a firestorm over it. Nor, did you have a public figure go out and put a picture of themselves up with the President’s bloody head.
Look I understand every side has their assortment of nuts and I’m willing to accept that, but when I see Rachel Maddow on night after night channeling Fox Mulder and playing into the craziness of conspiracy theories I have a bit of a problem.
The truth of it is, the Russians who now are the bogeyman of the moment have never had a better ally than the Democrats of today. In the last five months, the Democrats have done more to undermine the faith in the mechanisms of our government than anything the Russians themselves could do and no doubt they are at this moment having a grand old time laughing at us.
Look, you’ve got Hillary Clinton out there blaming the Russians and then the DNC itself for her loss which only underscores how paranoid she is. She literally came out and tried to foist the blame for a poorly managed campaign on a DNC that bent over backwards to give her the nomination. And the burn here has to be that in their heart of hearts, there can’t be more than a few Democrats who know that if Bernie Sanders had been the nominee he would be President today.
Seriously.
However, even with all that... when there are people in this country who start shooting other people on the basis of party affiliation then you lose me entirely. The violence at the rallies was the first step along the path, the things at Berkeley was the second and this might have been the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.
So, you have only yourselves to blame because I wasn’t one of those people who blindly pulled a lever. And honestly, if you’re one of those people who crows about how smart you are but who consistently votes Democratic, I have got some bad news for you because you’re really not as smart as you may imagine yourself to be.
I’ve got to hand it to you folks... it was the President’s birthday and you gave him the biggest gift you could possibly give him.
Surprisingly enough, dopes like Peter David who regularly has a Friday hissy was noticeably mum about this development. Me, I was taking bets on how long it would take for the Liberal Left to get around to shifting the blame to the President and of course it wasn't even 24 hours before the pundits at MSNBC were all a tizzy trying to pass it off as Trump’s fault.
Thing is the people at MSNBC are a big part of the problem.
Now understand, I have never in my life been a person who flips levers (or fills in dots) on the basis of party affiliation alone but I have to say, watching what has gone on from the Left in the last few months has proven to be so repulsive to me I wonder if I will ever pull a lever for a Democrat again.
That’s an indication of a failure in a strategy. I don’t like the Tea Party and I think Paul Ryan is an asshole but you’re losing me. You’re losing me because it is very apparent and very transparent that no matter what the administration does, there is a segment of the populace that is determined to bring him down.
In and of itself I would likely have less of a problem with that than one might think only because we do live in a Democracy and there is supposed to be a plurality of voices. It’s an essential part of any healthy Republic but that isn’t what I’ve been seeing.
Over the last year, I’ve seen where people were attacked at political rallies (Trump rallies) and in those cases there was a justification that it was okay to take that kind of action. There was rioting, violence directed towards the attendees and also fights with the Police.
I don’t seem to remember a comparable thing happening conducted by opponents of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders at their rallies.
Then there is what happened in Berkeley... and I’m speaking as someone who isn’t a fan of that Milos guy.
And now there’s a guy that decides he should go out and take potshots at Republican Congressman on the basis of party affiliation alone.
Sorry, not right.
I’ve seen this false equivocation on the Left and that’s not working for me either. You didn’t have people in a huge demonstration in front of the White House when Obama was President talking about how they wanted to blow up the White House and if you had there would have been a firestorm over it. Nor, did you have a public figure go out and put a picture of themselves up with the President’s bloody head.
Look I understand every side has their assortment of nuts and I’m willing to accept that, but when I see Rachel Maddow on night after night channeling Fox Mulder and playing into the craziness of conspiracy theories I have a bit of a problem.
The truth of it is, the Russians who now are the bogeyman of the moment have never had a better ally than the Democrats of today. In the last five months, the Democrats have done more to undermine the faith in the mechanisms of our government than anything the Russians themselves could do and no doubt they are at this moment having a grand old time laughing at us.
Look, you’ve got Hillary Clinton out there blaming the Russians and then the DNC itself for her loss which only underscores how paranoid she is. She literally came out and tried to foist the blame for a poorly managed campaign on a DNC that bent over backwards to give her the nomination. And the burn here has to be that in their heart of hearts, there can’t be more than a few Democrats who know that if Bernie Sanders had been the nominee he would be President today.
Seriously.
However, even with all that... when there are people in this country who start shooting other people on the basis of party affiliation then you lose me entirely. The violence at the rallies was the first step along the path, the things at Berkeley was the second and this might have been the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.
So, you have only yourselves to blame because I wasn’t one of those people who blindly pulled a lever. And honestly, if you’re one of those people who crows about how smart you are but who consistently votes Democratic, I have got some bad news for you because you’re really not as smart as you may imagine yourself to be.
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