“Never
underestimate the ability of the Democratic Party to snatch defeat
from the jaws of victory”
----from The Quotations of Chairman Joe
We are now a month into this crisis; a month that
America has been held hostage by a madman in the White House. What
has struck me is not only the madness of the petulant would-be
Caesar, but the ham-handedness with which the Democrats have
responded.
As his support craters, now falling below 40 per cent of
the polled population, and his disapproval numbers skyrocketing,
Disgustus took to the airwaves once again to present his
'compromise'. True to form, it was no compromise at all, it was a
proposal hammered out between himself, his Vice President, and his
idiot son-in-law, presented to the nation as some form of concession.
It is not.
He's offering temporary sanctuary for the “Dreamers”
whose unsettled status was of his own making in the first place, and
he's still demanding the 5.7 billion for his wall. He creates a
'crisis' and then holds the resolution over the nation as demands to
get his own way. And, as Disgustus cries out “Oh, Piss Boy!”,
Majority Leader McConnell comes running with the chamber pot so that
he can put the contents before the Senate. McConnell, of course, can
be relied upon to declare the contents 'liquid gold', leaving the
House to reveal its true worth. This initiative is nothing but a
transparent attempt the White House to regain control of the
narrative, kind of like LBJ offering to negotiate once the North
Vietnamese have surrendered. We shall see what becomes of it.
What strikes me is that the Democrats, always able to
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, risk losing control over the
terms of this debate.
It is well and good to demand that nothing will be done
until the Jackass in the White House behaves himself. This, with
Disgustus, is always a forlorn hope. Nevertheless, it is clear that
pressure is mounting as the FBI announced today that it is running
out of materials with which to do forensic analysis, running out of
even typing paper. Officials are warning that further delay in
getting this crisis resolved will degrade national security.
It is an open question whether Disgustus and his
ReSCUMlickan enablers want the government up and running. The longer
this goes on, it has been noted on national media, the harder it will
be to recruit qualified people to work for government. This is the
Conservative wet dream come true.
It seems to me that the Democrats are squandering an
opportunity here. The modern ReSCUMlickan party has degenerated into
an unholy alliance between the religious wrong, libertarians, racists
and the assorted unwashed in uneasy alliance with nouveau riche
billionaires. It is an unsteady alliance held together by the
willful ignorance of the great unwashed blindingly servicing their
capitalist overlords. An alliance held together by 'divide and rule'
politics based upon social issues and racist appeal in the service of
Capital. The wall means nothing to the likes of Sheldon Adelson or
the the Koch Brothers, but it has become the rallying standard behind
which the great unwashed take to the ramparts.
To separate the racists from the money—for just as in
slavery racism serves the money—the Democrats need to force the
issue by emphasizing not the racial and cultural issues but the
economic ones. If they stand solely in defense of the 'huddled
masses', they will end up laying into the hands of the capitalist
manipulators. If, on the other hand, Democrats make their stand on
economic issues—principally who will pay for the wall—greater
opportunities present themselves.
The Democrats need to drive a wedge in this crack in the
ReSCUMlickan foundation and they can do this with one simple demand:
Tell tRUMP he can have his wall but that he and his rich friends are
going to pay for it. Demand that in return for the wall, all changes
in the tax code from Reagan on will be repealed and that we will
return to the tax code of the Kennedy-Johnson administrations
adjusted for inflation. The Democrats can further make the case by
reminding the nation that the last time the middle and working
classes were invited to the party it was under this tax code.
Suddenly the government will presented with trillions of dollars over
the next decade, money with which to rebuild our schools, our roads,
our communities, money to invest once again in ourselves.
Our faux Caesar will now be confronted with a choice
between his rich friends and the great unwashed. We know which he
will choose and as he comes to the defense of the moneyed interests
it will be clear where his real priorities lie. Disgustus would be
revealed as the fraud he is, having to admit that it isn't Mexico or
the wealthy that are going to be burdened with this monument to
tRUMP, but the very fools that put him into office in the first
place. When it becomes obvious where the burden will fall, he will
hemorrhage support from all but the most deluded making him eminently
impeachable.
Don't hold your breath for one must never underestimate
the ability of the Democratic Party to snatch defeat from the jaws of
victory.
“Br'er
Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh”
Impeach and Imprison.
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