It’s quaint to see policy discussed when we’re in the final stages of a campaign based on anything but. Don and JD’s closing argument isn’t a manifesto for the working man, but rather a hate filled screed. Threats to use the military against their political opponents aka our fellow citizens, gaslighting poor hurricane victims, calling ce…
It’s quaint to see policy discussed when we’re in the final stages of a campaign based on anything but. Don and JD’s closing argument isn’t a manifesto for the working man, but rather a hate filled screed. Threats to use the military against their political opponents aka our fellow citizens, gaslighting poor hurricane victims, calling certain minority groups genetically predisposed to committing crime, continued boasts about “acing” a cognitive test, bizarre posts about his opponents allergies, need I go on? Well yes I do, there is a doubling down by both on the big lie. That pesky insurrection, the worst act ever committed by a US president. At least JD finally fessed up and explicitly said Don won in 2020, I guess he gets “credit” for that lie? Today’s right is not moored to any policy positions, it doesn’t even attempt to pass legislation. It’s all about who to hate, and what a cesspool America is. Instead of policy prescriptions, perhaps we need to take folks on a tour of the world so they can compare what we enjoy in America vs the struggles of so many elsewhere. Policy debate can wait. We need to go back to basics, and see if we can agree on a shared national vision, the notion of a common enterprise, an understanding that our enemies are not fellow Americans but rather those who seek to harm us and extinguish our way of life. One can always dream…
It’s quaint to see policy discussed when we’re in the final stages of a campaign based on anything but. Don and JD’s closing argument isn’t a manifesto for the working man, but rather a hate filled screed. Threats to use the military against their political opponents aka our fellow citizens, gaslighting poor hurricane victims, calling certain minority groups genetically predisposed to committing crime, continued boasts about “acing” a cognitive test, bizarre posts about his opponents allergies, need I go on? Well yes I do, there is a doubling down by both on the big lie. That pesky insurrection, the worst act ever committed by a US president. At least JD finally fessed up and explicitly said Don won in 2020, I guess he gets “credit” for that lie? Today’s right is not moored to any policy positions, it doesn’t even attempt to pass legislation. It’s all about who to hate, and what a cesspool America is. Instead of policy prescriptions, perhaps we need to take folks on a tour of the world so they can compare what we enjoy in America vs the struggles of so many elsewhere. Policy debate can wait. We need to go back to basics, and see if we can agree on a shared national vision, the notion of a common enterprise, an understanding that our enemies are not fellow Americans but rather those who seek to harm us and extinguish our way of life. One can always dream…