I want to talk about a couple of political topics. I will try to make this amusing to offset the
apocalyptic nature of them. Well, the
first one, the second thing I want to talk about is how lame the Democrats are
that they might just lose again while playing on easy mode.
Let’s start with the bleak one
As of right now there are numerous criminal charges being
brought by the Mueller investigation into the illegal dealings of the Trump
Campaign for President and the numerous connections between it and Russian
Oligarchs. While not all of the criminal
dealings they have uncovered trace back to Russia (a lot of it is just good old
fashioned domestic crime) they are conducting one of the most important investigations
in the history of the world.
Yes, the fucking world.
The US has nukes and if the President is a criminal then that is a
historical hot potato.
My real point is this, Short of Anubis, the Egyptian God of
Death and Judgement, I can think of no other being I would more readily trust
with this investigation.
And let's be clear, I am not 100% sure Bob isn't secretly
some mythological creature of grim and glowering expressions toward
disappointing and criminal persons. He
has the face of a sphinx.
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But there is another narrative taking shape that is scary in
a way that really is the death knell of Law and Order. It is the break down of the public trust that
is not coming back. It starts here.
"It is a deep state conspiracy to keep President Trump
from being President."
Why did they let him win the election then?
"They tried to stop him with millions of fraudulent votes."
Why did they put those fraudulent votes in states that wouldn't affect the
outcome?
All of this is the language of making a boogeyman. The villains are
degenerate, weak, unable to stop the might of the glorious leader;
simultaneously they are well organized, deeply implanted, and cunning enough to
make innocent lawyers plead guilty.
It is part of the victim complex that is necessary for President Trump to rally
his followers. The narrative that
claims, “you have to apologize for being white these days” or that “Christian
values are under attack”.
In a political environment where the Conservative (capitalized for emphasis, not for proper noun status) party
is in total control, able to push out policy after policy if they had the
patience to write it all out coherently, they claim that they are victims of a
grand conspiracy. For the record they
don’t have the patience to write out all their policies because they are dumb.
Rather than admit that they just can’t be bothered to actually
accomplish thing… I mean they can't just admit that they are indifferent,
because even though they don't care to do anything with the power (again, dumb),
having power for its own sake IS WHAT THEY WANT.
In order to justify keeping the power they don't need or want, they have to
construct some bad guy that keeps hamstringing them, "We want to save you,
but those assholes won't let us. I am for the good things,
BELIEVE ME.
I know the best people, believe me. We
are against the bad things; those bad things are a disaster.
Total disaster, those bad things. Not
like the good things that I am definitely for."
Now onto the funnier story, if you find the Democrats fucking
up to be funny
How will the Democratic Party snatch defeat from the jaws of
victory this time?
(Checks notes).
Oh. Yeah, that is
certainly a step in the right direction.
You don’t have to follow that link, here is the stupid
tagline,
And that link leads to this boring and rambling mission
statement that is pathetically weak.
Seriously, "A Better Deal" or "For Our Democracy"
EITHER ONE WOULD HAVE WORKED, but both of them together is bloated and
fails. Just like every policy position paper put forth by Secretary Clinton
in the Presidential election. Too many words, too much nuance.
How do you fuck up a slogan?
Beyond that there is a deeper issue.
The boring and rambling article linked up
there is boring not because they are off topic, they have a policy agenda, but
here is the thing, it is basic.
There is
a quote that cycles online it goes something like, “
The Democrats are better than the Republicans, the problem is, that is all they aspire to be.”
The policies spelled out in that mission
statement boil down to, “Voting”, “Ethics”, and “Campaign Finance”.
That is about it.
Here is why all of that is boring, “Ahem…. THAT SHOULDN’T
HAVE TO BE SAID!”
Why? How? Why is the bar so low?
Well, I guess I am stuck with them.
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