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I am sorry to say that the reason the steps to protect democracy in this country were not taken when Democrats had the power to do so was due to the occupant of the White House being unable to see that the "go along to get along" philosophy he had run his political life on from the beginning no longer made sense, so he killed those moves…
I am sorry to say that the reason the steps to protect democracy in this country were not taken when Democrats had the power to do so was due to the occupant of the White House being unable to see that the "go along to get along" philosophy he had run his political life on from the beginning no longer made sense, so he killed those moves. Joe Biden has a lot in common with Maurice Gamelin, the French General whose inability to comprehend that the Germans were not going to fight the war in 1940 he way he expected and planned for as an extension of the way war was fought in 1918, was responsible for the French defeat.
And today the Senate Democrats voted to keep the damn ninnies whose inabilities were why they were in the minority, in office. The day Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, "Wall Street Charlie" Schumer will announce he and Dick Durbin are going to the White House to negotiate the extent of the imposition of martial law, and they're bringing a nice cheese plate with them.
At least the House is moving to get some actual "infantry officers" into office. Congratulations to Jerry Nadler for seeing his day is done and leaving gracefully. Now if all the aging Senate boomers would do the same (and I say that as a contemporary). The Senate should have the same age restriction that airline pilots have, since their decisions affect lots of people, too.
Agree with you, Tom! Durbin has been egregiously lax in not dealing with SCOTUS' flagrant ethics abuses. Schumer attended a NY event where Trump spoke, normalizing him as a legit candidate. These two old pols operate with their eyes in the rearview mirror -- they're (and we're) gonna get smacked in the face!
The Democratic Party is a center right party today. Schumer Pelosi Durbin … all of them. Need to retire yesterday.
Schumer and Durbin. Pelosi's still the only one who undestands what's going on in the House and what's needed (who do you think orchestrated Nadler's decision to step down so Jaime Raskin could replace him without a fight?). Se has more balls than the rest of them combined.
Balls are the most fragile thing on a man's body. Pelosi has more STRENGTH in her pinky finger than most men I know. I still think she needs to retire.
Given the incompetence of the alternatives, she's still valuable.
I disagree about Pelosi. She's full of fire, clear sight, and effectiveness. She is not an "old pol with their eyes in the rearview mirror"--thank you, SCS, a brilliant characterization of 90% of the Democrats in power.
This argument ignores the basic reality of Biden’s first two years. There was no “Trifecta” because the Senate majority was not real—Senators Man him and Sinema would not vote to expand the Supreme Court. To everyone’s amazement, Biden persuaded Mam Jin to let the Inflation Reduction.Act pass, but court expansion was never I the cards. It will not be possible until we get a solid Democratic majority.
Agreed, and I was happy to see Manchin gone, and didn't care that the seat went to a Republican. He and Sinema had too much power. They weren't the only Democrats who would have voted against expanding the court.
Well stated.
Yay! Let’s hear it for age discrimination!
Yeh, I deal with age discrimination all the time. I usually beat them because I'm smarter than they are (and none of them can write like I do). But with these guys, you stay in the Senate 30-40 years, you get too comfortable, you lose "the fire in the belly," if you ever had it. Most of the airline pilots I have known would probably do just fine flying on past 60.