What Are Democrats Running On?
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The 2018 midterms are fast approaching, and Democrats are still crowing about the coming "blue wave." If past is precedent, I suspect that this is just media-fueled propaganda. (Remember Hillary Clinton's 98 percent certainty of winning the presidency?) There has been recent news about how Democrats lead Republicans in voter registrations by a significant margin. But the larger question is not whether Democratic voters will turn out, but what it is they are being asked to vote for. What does the Democratic Party stand for these days?
We can look at the headlines for clues.
The latest Democratic wunderkind is 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist" (emphasis on "socialist") who has stretched the truth about her background, is explicitly anti-capitalism, and who has displayed remarkable ignorance about unemployment and about Israel despite degrees from Boston University in economics and international relations.
Then there's the left's comic darling, Michelle Wolf, who recently celebrated the Fourth of July with a vile video "Salute to Abortion." Bye, bye "safe, legal and rare," hello "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and D&C." Her shtick plays right into the Democrats' slobbering love affair with abortion giant Planned Parenthood, and their manufactured hysteria about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Democrats -- once a reliable bastion of support for First Amendment rights -- have largely abandoned them. (At least for conservatives.) In place of litigation and legislation to protect speech, Democrats now use their political power to silence speech they don't like and compel that which they do. You don't approve of gay marriage? Too bad. Democrats would -- if they controlled the Supreme Court -- force you to bake that wedding cake or arrange those flowers. Morally opposed to abortion and trying to offer pregnant women one of those much-heralded choices? Alas, you'd be forced to promote and advertise for abortion. Dare to stand up for your rights of free speech or free exercise of your religion? You'll find yourself accused of "weaponizing the First Amendment."
And the left has long since given up on the Second Amendment, which they now call to be repealed.
The left's callous disregard for the ability to defend one's self brings up Democratic positions on crime, homelessness and immigration. San Francisco is a bastion of leftist governance; the news is filled with headlines about its exploding homeless population, and corresponding problems with trash, used drug needles, and human urine and feces and all over the streets.
Baltimore -- described by The Washington Post as a "Democratic stronghold" -- has endured "years of record-breaking homicide rates" rivaling those of Chicago -- another city run for decades by Democrats.
As recently as 2009, Democrats at the highest levels of government, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, proclaimed the need for border enforcement. Now, the party's platform is to "Abolish ICE" and embrace de facto open borders.
Nearly 70 percent of Americans identify as Christian (another 7 percent expressly identify with another faith), but Democrats notoriously booed God (at least, reference to Him in their party platform) not once, but three times, at their 2012 national convention.
And Democrats' political hypocrisy is off the charts. The party stopped caring about personal character in its national candidates decades ago -- Bill Clinton is the most salient example -- but pretend to be outraged because Donald Trump has a potty mouth. They profess to want civility and truth in politics, but routinely
lie about political opponents (and judicial nominees of Republican presidents).
Their latest Kabuki outrage is calling Trump a "traitor" for his statements at a press conference following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16. But they never blinked when Obama sent $1.7 billion in cold hard cash to Iran -- one of the largest sponsors of terror on the planet.
I get it. Democrats hate Donald Trump. But that is not a platform. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders are all reportedly gearing up for a 2020 presidential run. Warren claims she'll "clean up the mess" Trump will have left behind. What mess is she referring to? Record low unemployment for blacks and Hispanics? Massive job creation? Reduced taxes for taxpayers (but record receipts for government)? Defeat of ISIS in the Middle East? (Defeating its ideology is admittedly another matter.)
Democratic politicians count on the party loyalty of third- and fourth-generation Democratic voters. But those voters -- and others -- are figuring out that the party left them a long time ago. The party, for its part, doesn't seem to get this. Voters expressed their discontent with Democrats in the 2010, 2014 and 2016 elections. In response, Democrats are doubling down on their worst impulses, and the Pravda press is dutifully reporting that they're really gonna clean up in November
No wonder the #WalkAway movement is gaining such steam.
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What are Republicans running on?
The integrity of Donald Trump?
The social progress of Paul Ryan?
The leadership of Mitch McConnell?
Lower taxes, conservative Supreme Court Justices, deregulation, fighting amnesty for illegals, less welfare and government subsidies and acting as a speed bump for socialism.
OK. That sounds about right.
Why don't we ever see NT seeds explaining why these are good for "we the people"?
For example...
... the "lower taxes" were almost entirely for the already-rich...
... the Supreme Court conservatives will not benefit "we the people", but rather the already-rich (more Citizens United)...
... no one is arguing for "amnesty for illegals" except Dreamers. Would you expel Dreamers?
... less welfare means ending Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Right?
... no more subsidies for Big Business is a great idea! But it's ummm... a progressive idea...
... what is "a speed bump for socialism"?
Please explain to me, specifically, what this means to you, personally? Exactly what do you want a conservative SCOTUS to do for you, personally?
Look, I am not trying to kick you in the nuts... But what do YOU expect a conservative SCOTUS will do to change YOUR life.... Just curious.
Not a bad thing.... But.... What happens when there are lower taxes, and increased spending? That's what trump wants.... So who is going to pay for the increased spending? Hint? I won't be the rich.
So? How does this help a nation?
Of what? I am all for capitalism, but not a big fan of pollution... Where is the line drawn?
No
Yes. Massively.
I'm astonished that someone as politically aware as you didn't know that.
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In a heartbeat or faster.
What are the Democrats running on this time ?
If they're smart, they're running on "The GOP wants to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid... again... in order to pay for the tax break they gave to the already-rich".
With that, they have a true cause that should worry We The People... and get votes.
And here I didn't know I was rich. I shoulda complained less when Obama gave us 40 bucks back. What was I thinking when Trump gave us a grand or so of "Crumbs" back, and I was a happy camper. 40 bucks was soooo much better.
Oh....face palm on my part.....Business is so good now on my end
, I should just hand over all my new income to the poor, out of total humiliation 
for receiving that new money of mine .
How do you define "Business is good"?
Salaries are flat. Do you feel that business can be "good" if employees' remuneration is not improving?
It's funny when someone trying to make a point, pieces and parts a sentence when referencing the sentence.
WTF?
You said
... so I asked how you defined "good" here. What do you find strange about that? Or do you have no particular definition for "business is good"? Maybe you just sniff the air?
Exactly !
YOU RESPONDED:
"How do you define "Business is good" ? Salaries are flat." Do you feel that business can be "good" if employees' remuneration is not improving?
WTF...….Get it yet ?
What I get is that you don't know how to justify your "business is good" statement.
Not surprising...
What I get is that you didn't read your original post.
Need help Mr. Comment 2.2.3 ?
I don't know why you have a problem explaining why you said business is good for you, but if it is so difficult, I'll let it drop.
That's not what your initial comment was all about. You went on to explain why "Other" business's shouldn't be doing well. Ignoring your own comment and how you portrayed it....then putting it on the responder for your MISTAKE....ISN'T a good thing.
What kind of childish game are you playing?
When I realized we were on different wave lengths, I reformulated. That's a problem for you?
Making you look at your OWN post's ?
I didn't know that was childish behavior.
I thought....OMG my bad
.....that was an ADULT thing to do.
I didn't ask for a justification.
My wife and I paid $42,000 in Federal Tax this year. Trump's TAX BREAK FOR BILLIONAIRES did not help us. In fact,
it is hurting us by eliminating a number of deductions.
But, go on believe, if you must, that a BILLIONAIRE Con Man, who has "bilked" everyone he has ever done business with is REPRESENTING your interest.
If he is, you are a billionaire and part of the problem, not the solution.
At the Midterm Election in less than 108 days from now,
we are running on one message and one message ONLY:
The best way to determine if BUSINESS IS GOOD, now, is to simply calculate how many more American factories, our budget-minded Republicans, super patriotic, Christian friends are sending overseas to COMMUNIST CHINA.
Trump is a corporate thief, not a successful businessman. He is a successful BUSINESS CROOK, on the order of Bernie Madoff!
At last count, it was 50,000 FACTORIES, over 5,000,000 good-paying American jobs sent to China, where workers are paid $1.00 per hour, work 10 hour days, six days per week for a whopping $240.00 per week. In 1958, I made that, but gas was $.35 per gallon, rent $25.00 per month and hamburgers at Mac Donald's' $.15 cents.
The solution is not to pay workers less, it is to hold
Can you calculate the CORPORATE SAVINGS that these American and International Corporations make annually by abandoning their country, in her hour of need, and sending a COMMUNIST country good American jobs, so, the shareholder might benefits, while the towns, the workers, their retirement are looted by the corporations with the help of GREEDY Republican politicians who promote "DEREGULATION" in exchange for huge donations to their re-election campaigns?
It is easy to spout nonsense when one is not in possession of the facts, nor, understands what they are talking about.
These issues are not simply black and white fixes. They are complex issues, that, at the present, are ONLY benefiting the SUPER RICH!
STOP REPEATING RUSH LIMBAUGH, a billionaire, and FOX TV NETWORK NEWS' "Talking Points", which, also is co-owned by Billionaire Rupert Murdoch and a Saudi Prince with family ties to many of the 9/11 terrorist.
Our greatest enemy is our selves when we allow others to do our thinking for us, then, simply repeat what they tell us because it makes us sound smart, even when we are losing ground every second of every day.
The ENEMY is CORPORATE GREED , political corruption, and, religious bigotry. PUTIN is simply taking advantage of the opportunities we are presenting him.
Take a CHILL PILL, Dump supporters, till after the Midterm Election.
For sure !
That has been tried since 2010. Sometimes, lessons learned......work. But one would need to be able to LEARN..... first.
If the economy is one sector is good, that is not the BAROMETER for the entire country. That is why we have national publications, economic scholars, newspapers, worldwide meeting, to better inform folks, rather, making an assumption from what one sees "from their KITCHEN WINDOW!
Do you see child and babies ripped from their mother's arms? Can you see Republican corruption in every aspect of this incompetent Trump Administration? Do you see the number of indictments and guilty pleas of high ranking Trump associates? Do you see the number of school-age children killed in their classrooms? Do you hear the scream and pains of their parents?
Do you see Trump turning our allies into enemies, and our ARCH ENEMIES, North Korea and Russia into friends? Are you awake or dreaming of what you want to see in an All White America where the SUPER RICH MAKES BILLIONS, while the mass struggle with two and three minimum jobs to pay for gas, food, and their rent.
Do you see the elderly dying from lack of medical care?
Do you see from your vantage point the $3.5 BILLION dollars "the dollar" has stuffed into his and his family pockets from only one and a half year in office.
Ignorance is NOT an excuse. In Germany, many of the Germany Citizen saw only what was happening in their neck of the woods, and, did not see, or, care to see all of the NECKS that were being snapped by RUTHLESS orders of a psychopath.
Um, because the tax cuts did not go into effect until this year. You will see your positive effect when you file next year.
The Party of the left...... still is ? JFK would be appalled.
Your little picture is just idiotic. Let me ask you this...Is the new Democratic Socialist party the same as your parents? If you say yes, you are a blatant liar.
Anyone else having problems with the private note system? I sent one to our site person, "PH", a while ago and got nothing in return...
She has the right to be offline, too. For only very short periods of time, of course.....
Maybe it's an on purpose thing.
It's so nice of HA to be concerned about what Dems are going to run on in 2018. For my part, I'm wondering what Republicans are going to run on. Will it be "Make Putin Even Greater Again" or "Let Russia Hack Our Elections Even More?"
Democrats can run on draining the new swamp of white collar criminals, russian collaborators, and partisan traitors. Trumpster spin reached maximum rpm with this weeks revelations. That might be difficult to maintain for another 3.5 months. Mueller has a ticking time bomb and teapublicans won't know which way to goose step into November until it goes off, hopefully a week before the mid-terms.
Being the mid terms is basically a race ran on the state level , yes I can say I am interested in what either party is saying they are running on . So I not only have to look at the national party platform but also the individual party platforms within my state since they can and do differ sometimes.
I recently saw a representative for a Dem candidate for gov, say that the current POTUS is Hitler incarnate, and that every single one of his supporters are Nazis . And there has been some blowback , when I heard it , I basically said , "there is National political tactics coming to the local political environment , cant say I liked it .
I have also had a discussion with a democratic candidate running against the incumbent in the house of reps, went and looked at his page online , read his views and policy beliefs , and I let him know that I do not agree with any of his positions , so basically I would not be giving him my vote come election day.
I feel it is incumbent on the voter to be informed , to the best of their ability on both the candidates themselves , AND the candidates political positions . and in the age of the internet , that really isn't that difficult. every candidate thus far I have looked at has a web page for their campaign.