I spend a lot of time and effort elucidating the piss poor nature of the GOP. But make no mistake, the Democrats are just as bad.
Before I begin to dissect the appropriately-represented party, let me state that I come from a long line of Democrats/progressives. My mother's family were working class laborers in Scotland. And though I know little of their political background, I think it's safe to say they had a healthy and colorful disdain for anyone who had enough money to heat every room in the house.
They did not.
My father's lineage is equally telling. My paternal grandparents came from Eastern Europe, in a borderless region near Lithuania/Belarus/Ukraine. They too were uneducated. And slaved for the man. When my grandmother came over and settled in the Bronx, she was a shop steward for the garment workers and had very, what could only be termed, Bolshevik leanings, which in those days meant fighting for better wages, working conditions and a Ladies Bathroom.
I was a registered Democrat. That is until I started seeing their inherent fecklessness. Nowhere is that more apparent than in 2024.
Today, they find themselves in danger of losing the Senate. Not being able to hold onto the House. And several points behind in the most crucial presidential election. Ever.
They're behind, to a candidate who is also a convicted felon. Who is also facing 54 other charges in three separate indictments. A man who owes half a billion dollars in civil judgments. Who has been impeached twice. Who engineered the demise of Roe v. Wade. And has been captured on videotape proclaiming his right to grab pussy!
In short, the worst political leader to ever set foot on this planet, with the possible exception of the failed Teutonic art student and his questionable leather-clad sexual proclivities.
Making the matters worse is an astounding inability to message, the Democrat incumbent president has a track record most candidates would kill for:
* Unemployment is at record lows
* Manufacturing gains are at record highs
* the stock market (people's 401K plans) have skyrocketed over the last 4 years
* inflation -- a worldwide issue -- has been tamed
* people are no longer dying by the millions from COVID
* our armed forces are no longer at war
* infrastructure is being rebuilt thanks to bipartisan legislation
* GDP growth is on track
* Putin is being rebuked
* and, President Biden, unlike his opponent, has NOT threatened to be a DICTATOR on Day One
Democrats have figured out the governing part of the equation.
But when it comes to packaging and marketing, they seem to have gotten their playbook from the same genii responsible for this...
We're fucked.
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