Mitch McConnell, current majority leader of the US Senate, has stated publicly that we will not bring any bills to the senate floor unless they have the support of the president. This was a fairly stunning abdication of his responsibility as the leader of a major part of our government that is meant, among other things, to serve as a check and balance to the executive branch. He has basically said he now does whatever the president wants.
The recent midterms put the democrats in charge of the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi is Mitch McConnell's counterpart in that legislative body. She has stated that she will not support a bill of impeachment unless she has bipartisan support, which would of course include the GOP-controlled Senate.
The Senate will not act unless the president agrees. The House will not act unless the Senate agrees. This essentially elevates the president to the level of a dictator. A dictator who is stuffing the judiciary with judges sympathetic to him and his agenda.
How is it possible that our system has so completely collapsed?
Is it citizen's united, and the flood of money into politics?
It is the rise of balkanized journalism in the form of cable news?
Is it corrupt social media, and/or foreign governments manipulating us?
Is it the re-emergence of virulent racism as a reaction to the first black president?
Has this country run its course? Are we seeing the final days of Rome?
Friday, April 19, 2019
Bernie Frustrates Me
...not because I think he is wrong, but because he seems to miss the obvious opportunities to communicate.
Case in point: it turns out his book did very well and now he's a "millionaire", seemingly causing him a problem since he is the guy who constantly rails against "millionaires and billionaires".
Isn't it completely obvious what his message should be?
"Yes, I have made a lot of money recently, and you know what? Now that I am a millionaire I still think millionaires should pay their fair share of taxes. If I didn't, you could rightly call me a hypocrite, but I do. And if I ever became a billionaire I'd still feel the same way. Making money is not the problem. Avoiding your social responsibilities is."
This has been the problem with him all along. He calls himself a "democratic socialist" then does not adequately explain what that is. He does not point out that the military, first responders, interstate highway system, sewage processing, etc... are all socialist programs, and that the country has always been a mix of socialism and capitalism. And because he does not do this, the right calls him a "communist" and writes him off.
Bernie, you are right. You just need to learn how to communicate. You have John Kerry disease, and you need a really good communications director to cure it.
Case in point: it turns out his book did very well and now he's a "millionaire", seemingly causing him a problem since he is the guy who constantly rails against "millionaires and billionaires".
Isn't it completely obvious what his message should be?
"Yes, I have made a lot of money recently, and you know what? Now that I am a millionaire I still think millionaires should pay their fair share of taxes. If I didn't, you could rightly call me a hypocrite, but I do. And if I ever became a billionaire I'd still feel the same way. Making money is not the problem. Avoiding your social responsibilities is."
This has been the problem with him all along. He calls himself a "democratic socialist" then does not adequately explain what that is. He does not point out that the military, first responders, interstate highway system, sewage processing, etc... are all socialist programs, and that the country has always been a mix of socialism and capitalism. And because he does not do this, the right calls him a "communist" and writes him off.
Bernie, you are right. You just need to learn how to communicate. You have John Kerry disease, and you need a really good communications director to cure it.
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