Yesterday, Wednesday January the sixth, is a day that will forever live in some kind of infamy. Thousands of rioters and terrorists descended on our capital in a coup-attempt to overthrow democracy and thwart the results of a free and fair democratically-held election. Their intent was to keep a dictator in power.
Let's be clear. I am referring to the Republican party and Trump.
To everyone in the Republican party; starting with Trump and his cabinet. McConnell and all of the senators that supported him and continued to until their own was invaded. This includes Jim Jordan. Steve Daines. Ron Johnson. Marco Rubio. Everyone. The congressman and women, the representatives, and the citizens of this country that supported and continue to support the Republican party.
Every single of one them - nearly half the country - is a traitor. They're wicked and evil. They're traitors to everything good and right. They are without principal. Barbarians. They represent the ideals of a fanatical and radical ideology that our ancestors fled from and our forefathers fought against. They're not patriots. They're not heroes. They're uneducated and undereducated. Ignorant. Children. Weak. Seditious. Vile. Repulsive. They're are without any moral compass or good desire.
To the ones who have openly committed both federal and state crimes: they deserve punishment. They should be locked away for years. This includes the high ranking cabinet members, senators, congressman and women, representatives, and everyone and anyone else.
Charge them. Prosecute them. Lock them up and throw away the key.
And pursue the police and officials who stood-by and watched it happen. They failed in their duties. They ignored their oaths. They're part of the coup attempt and should be locked away.
Now that I have vented - let's discuss.
First - it's important we address the Democratic party - of which I am a member.
The Democratic party is weak, confused, and a mess. It is lead by old-timer Dems like Schumer and Pelosi. These are folks over 65 years old, who placed in power the president-elect, Joe Biden - who is also over 65 years old.
And this is a problem. Anyone and everyone over 65 years of age is simply out-of-touch with the heartbeat of the country. They do not understand the norms, the young people, the needs, the wants, and the dreams and desires of the day simply because it has been so long since they were an embedded part of society. I don't mean any disrespect to them here, my own parents are in their sixties, but after so many years you simply lose touch with most folks. I am in my thirties now and still don't understand TicToc, Instagram, and a lot of things that are popular with the youth and younger generation.
We need young blood in the Democratic party. Leaders and politicians who have fire, desire, who are determined to make a difference, and who do not simply fall in line with the file and rank of the party. One member who represents this well is Alexandria O'Casio-Cortez.
She is a wonderful example of the difference between the legacy Dems and the new, fresh Dems that represent both my generation and every other generation. And I am certainly not the only one who feels this way. She speaks with pose, grace, and enthusiasm - which, is incredibly important in politics. Being assertive and enthusiastic about the issues says a lot about a politician believe it or not. Their voting record and effectiveness obviously matters as well but it goes hand in hand with their speech. Trump is the textbook definition of voice over everything else. His followers worship him as a god - not because he's intelligent, courageous, or a good leader, but because he uses language they understand and he doesn't sound pretentious.
The Dems are a legacy party - old, stale, slow-moving, unable to adapt to changing times, and incredibly weak.
Listen to Schumer or Pelosi speak. They consistently speak of unity and "reach across the aisle" and "bipartisanship". - I'm sorry, but when was the last time the Republican party made any sort of realistic attempt at unity and compromise? Here is one of the biggest issues that the Dems refuse to address: change, adaptation. The Republican party today is not the Republican party of the 1980's or 1990's - the decades in which many of the Dem leadership either entered or rose to power. The Republican party isn't even the same party it was five years ago! The Democratic party meanwhile hasn't changed at all. They play by the same rules they did thirty, forty years ago.
They're scared to liberal ideology. Scared to push their own agendas because of fear the Right may not agree with them. They're passive and weak. Constantly attempting to work with Republicans and appease them. Meanwhile, the Republican wants nothing to do with the Dems. They don't want to compromise. They don't want to to work together. They want things their way. They have a vision of a dictatorship and riches and dreams for their political leaders. They don't care about the people - their constituents. They're selfish, wicked, and evil. The very antithesis of all that is good and righteous in the world.
Dems don't understand that - mostly due to their advanced age.
Look at Joe Biden. He was one of the worst Democratic candidates of the entire lot. He's old, out of touch with reality, slow, ineffective, and weak. He's not even in office yet and he's already discussing bipartisanship, and working with the Republicans.
- What the hell? We now own the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. Why the hell do we need to work with Republicans on anything? I say this not just out of anger and frustration, but logically why do we? They refused to work with us for the last twelve years. They attempted to overthrow our democracy. They refused to help us when we were (and still are) dying of a virus they refused (and some still refuse) to acknowledge existed. Even after they acknowledged the virus was a real-thing they still refused to supply or support mask-mandates, bar closures, crowd control measures, and worst of all, they refused to supply PPE to our doctors, nurses, and front-line medical workers. They refused (and still do) to provide temporary financial relief to us. The Dems supported $2,000 checks for every citizen. The republicans shot this down multiple times claiming it's socialism and that the government cannot afford it. At the same time they're providing record amounts of financial assistance to farmers because the very tariffs they enacted didn't work the way they thought they would. It turns out - tariffs actually hurt both consumers and producers of the nation enacting the tariffs. Who would have guessed? They also just passed a record setting military and budget funding bill - the budget actually has relief for corporations in the form of tax breaks, COVID revenue offsetting, and even "three-martini lunches". The people got absolutely nothing from it. Go ahead and look for yourself. There is nothing in the bill for us.
After all this - Dems still want to work with Republicans?
It's astounding. This goes to show how out-of-touch the Democratic party. First for not adapting to change during the Obama era and allowing Trump to rise to power (Hillary Clinton was one of, if not the worst candidate for the job), and now they have done it again by empowering Biden and attempting to work with Republicans. It's insane. How can you be this dull, dumb, and out of touch with literally everything in the country?
We need strength and we need it now - don't work with Republicans. Forge our way regardless of whether or not Republicans agree. Expand socialist programs like Medicare for all, stimulus checks, tax breaks for the middle and lower classes, decrease military funding, increase taxes on the wealthy and rich, tax corporations, and for the love of God prosecute and actually pursue these Republicans for their crimes.
My biggest fear is that Biden will sweep all of this under the rug and try to "reset" the country and beg for unity. For Godsake that is not what we need. We need prosecute all of these Republicans. We need to reform the justice system and law-enforcement. Racism and general stupidity abound within law enforcement. Require four year degrees for law enforcement. Remove qualified immunity. Prosecute the cops that don't do their job - they should be held to a higher standard than the average citizen.
I give the Biden administration one term unless they can actually and effectively enact change. The only reason the Dems have the power they have now is due to how terrible the Republican party. It says more about the Republicans than it does the Democrats. Literally - Biden won the office of the presidency not because of his intelligence, poise, morals, old-timer story-telling, or his incredible oratory skills - no, he won because the candidate he was going against just happened to be so terribly and hated that barely more than half of the country actually united against him. It's incredible sad. He didn't win on his own merit - rather, he won due to the lack of his opponents merit. had the Republicans had a better candidate, namely, anyone other than Trump, they would have destroyed the Dems. Corey Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, any of them would have been a better fit for the office of the presidency.
We find ourselves in tumultuous times with no shining light at the end of the tunnel yet - even though we control the sphere of politics in the country right now - we still don't control the government.
There is an unwinding justice system stemming from the DOJ down to the courts and law enforcement to which the Dems have yet to present a plan explaining how they will address those issues.
There is no excuse for the Dems now. We should see radical change in this country within six-months. If not, then everything I am discussing here will remain true and an accurate representation of the Democratic party. They literally have nothing and no one in their way now. If they cannot change to a similar, if not greater degree and with more speed than the Republican party did under Trump, than they ought to just pack their bags and go home.
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