Cyrano
Cyrano's JournalRepublicans have a built in advantage. Propaganda, lies, and voters that buy it all.
Republicans have spent decades building their propaganda machine. We Democrats can't match it.
Republicans will lie in your face about, literally, anything and everything. Some Democrats will, but the majority of them wont.
Many (most?) Republican voters buy the propaganda and lies. Democratic voters tend to know bullshit when they smell it.
Perhaps this explains polls in Trump's favor. There's a saying that, "A lie will travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on it's shoes." This is the reality that we Democrats are facing.
This morning, Gym Jordan, (and some other Republican cretin), were live on TV explaining why Joe Biden had to be impeached and why his son was in contempt of congress. Actually, their arguments were just a ton of word salad, but they kept talking over any reporters who tried to dispute them.
This is the kind of crap we're going to see between now and the next election. Most people aren't paying as much attention as we here on DU are. So how does the point come across that Republicans are peddling whatever poison they want to from the parallel universe in which they dwell?
Next year, we are going to require the biggest Democratic voter turnout in history to keep Republican fascism out of (permanent) power. In short, America is currently a country in which a dangerous political disease is on the loose. And there's no vaccine for it.
Are Republicans genetically different from Democrats? Or just dumber?
Most of us Democrats care about the world we live in. We want to see an end to wars, an end to hunger, an end to greed, an end to bigotry and hatred, an end to human misery. We're far from perfect, but at a bare minimum, we care about the overall well being of humanity.
Many (most?) Republicans don't seem to think or care about any of this. They want to "own the Dems," they want an insane Orange Jesus as their president, they want all the "THEMS" thrown and kept out of the country, they declare themselves "patriots" while trying to destroy the very meaning of the word, and they want white "Christians" in charge of everything.
I realize these are broad generalities, nonetheless, these are some of the major differences between Democrats and Republicans. And given this, I have no idea why Joe Biden is trailing Trump in what seems to be public opinion. In 2016, we all "Knew for a fact that Hillary was going to win." This time around, many seem certain that "Dear Leader" will reclaim his rightful place in the White House. Let's hope that "the many" are as wrong as we were in 2016.
And one more thought. How in the world did The Republican Party turn into "The American Fascist Party?" -- I guess it happened while we were off in some fantasy land thinking of how to make the world a better place.
Earth's population has exceeded 8 billion. Will "pro-lifers" soon be demanding universal abortion?
Scientists differ greatly on how many human beings the Earth can sustain. How much fresh water is needed? How much food can be bred and grown? How much edible wild life from the land and seas can our planet supply us with?
No one is sure of the answers to these questions. But IMO, within the next few decades, shortages of ... everything, will become the norm. And if I'm right, how will this affect us politically?
I guess the most ironic thing I foresee is the change of tune among "pro-life" extremists. As we're seeing right now, getting an abortion, for any reason in many red states has been turned into an impossibility. But what if world overpopulation starts affecting everyone on a daily basis? My guess is the "pro-life" extremists will be among the first demanding that abortion be made the law of the land. In fact, they'll adjust their "religious beliefs" to justify universal abortion.
But the hypocrisy of anti-abortionists aside, I truly believe that the human species must adopt some form of population control. The alternative is the kinds of starvation we see in many corners of the world. Does anyone really want to live on a planet where people will kill over a slice of bread or a sip of water?
There is, of course, another solution to a world that can't sustain 8 billion people. Genocide on an unimaginable scale. I think some would opt for that. (Think Trump, Putin, billionaires, etc.)
Then again, climate change may solve the problem for us. After all, humanity has spent over a century fucking up Mother Nature.
Hatred
To me, that single word describes today's Republican Party.
They want revenge. Why? -- Hatred.
They want to rid the country of all non-white "Christians." Why? -- Hatred.
They want a country in which all hold the same beliefs. -- Umm, sorry, this is where their hatred takes them. No two people will think and believe exactly the same way. So what does that result in? -- Hatred of everyone who doesn't think and believe exactly the same.
What will destroy them? -- Hatred.
But they'll probably take the rest of us with them.
This is what we're up against. And even if we win the whole enchilada next year, it will only increase Republican hatred.
They aren't going away. The fight for freedom is a lifelong battle. It always has been.
The House is getting ready to impeach Joe Biden, but they can't tell us why.
Perhaps Joe was seen jay walking when he was a kid. Jay walking is against the law. And the fact that a president committed it? Horrors!
America's House of Representatives is currently under the control of crazy people. They want to impeach Joe Biden because they can. There's no other reason.
This act of insanity by the House is just a symptom of how sick our country has become. The fact that their are so many weirdos, nuts, and outright lunatics in the Republican Party is proof that America has become a dysfunctional madhouse.
Next November, we need a blue tsunami from the presidency on down. It must happen. If our opponents/enemies win or steal it, America is over.
Tomorrow is December 7th. On this day in 1941, we were attacked at Pearl Harbor
In retrospect, it may have been what was needed to stop fascism from taking over the world.
Germany, Japan and Italy (The Axis) were the three allies who believed they could own the entire planet. For the most part, the United Kingdom was all that was standing against them.
Franklin Roosevelt recognized the danger to the entire world, but was being held back because most people thought we shouldn't get involved in another world war. December 7th changed that.
We declared war on Japan on December 8th, and Japan's ally, German, declared war on us.
We all know how it turned out. The ambitions of world-wide fascism were defeated.
But it's back. And this time, half of Americans are on the side of THE AMERICAN FASCIST PARTY, who like to call themselves The Republican Party. Next year's presidential election will decide whether fascism will control America and the rest of the world. Or whether democracy will hold, and eventually spread to all.
Abraham, Martin and John ... and Bobby. -- But then there's Donald.
It seems to me that the human species is self destructive, and perhaps an inexplicable mistake by whatever universal intelligence/awareness may exist.
This small rock in space is our home and provides for all of our needs. Yet, there have always been those among us who desire far more than their needs. They want it all. They are different from us and have been incredibly successful at steering us off the path of sanity. And, as a result of them, the one thing that humanity has excelled at, for thousands of years, is death.
All human discoveries, from fire, to spears, to splitting the atom, have been turned into instruments of destruction. And of course, AI will follow that well traveled path.
Those who saw the reality and truth of what our species is capable of, and the direction we should have taken, have always been eliminated. And those who want it all, have always triumphed, for a while.
So let's get real. What does Donald Trump (and those who own him) want? They want more. They want it all.
We, --all of us, -- have allowed a minority driven by greed, to put the environment of our planet on the edge of disaster. And we've allowed them to own the thoughts and beliefs of those who can't understand what's best for their own well being.
So here we are. We've poisoned our world's environment and have precious little time to turn it around. And America, the world's best hope for fulfilling the concept of universal freedom, is teetering on the edge of the unthinkable, which may come to be next November.
What can we do to change the course in which the momentum of history seems to be taking us? I don't have an answer. But I can say that each and every one of us must do anything and everything we possible can to make a difference. We've all learned to recycle that which diminishes our environment. -- It's past time to recycle the madness that has our world by the throat.
Muslim/Arab Americans start an anti Joe Biden campaign. I guess they'd prefer a madman deciding their fate.
Whatever problem Muslims have with Biden, opposing him is helping Trump no matter how you view it. And if Trump wins/steals the presidency, many/most of them may be deported at best, or end up in camps at worst. (And even worse, they may be death camps. If you find that statement extreme, check out a bit of 20th Century history.)
Why it matters: Arab American and Muslim American anger could hurt Biden's re-election prospects in most of the 2024 swing states he won in 2020, as those groups have been heavily Democratic.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/02/muslim-americans-swing-states-anti-biden-campaign
How often have we heard "The Constitution Isn't a Suicide Pact"
Evidently, given everything that Trump has done and is still doing every minute of every day, we are deluding ourselves that the Constitution will protect us against a full out fascist attack on America. Playing by the rules is useless when your enemies don't recognize any rules.
Even if we can win next year's general election, there's still the electoral college. And there are also red states that have bought into the "Members of the state legislature choose who gets the state's electoral votes" argument.
We Dems are still putting our pants on, while Republican lies are spreading around the world. And are being bought into by a vast number of American voters who don't know any better, or are just plain brain dead.
Many MSM and TV pundits are finally saying out loud that our democracy is hanging by a thread. And it is.
We're counting on the American electorial system to save us. But that system has all too often been abused.
(For example: Ex Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner, who just died, was the fifth vote on the court to APPOINT George W. Bush the President of the United States.) Where the fuck in the Constitution does it say that the Supreme Court gets to appoint a president?
I wish I had all the answers, but I don't. And if you're not sitting up worrying if democracy will exist after next November's election, you perhaps don't see the threat,
So here we are, three years after an attempted coup d'etat. And those who tried it are about to try it again.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH US?
The NY gag order on Trump was reinstated. So he goes after the Judge's wife.
And if the Judge's wife is added to the gag order, Trump will go after the Judge's dog, or some distant cousin. The only way to shut this prick up is to throw him in a dungeon with no access to a phone.
But even that won't be sufficient, because he'll still have access to a lawyer, through whom he can get his message out to his mindless drones. He's a disease. And the fact that he still might again be president is proof of a deep sickness in our country.
We really need to exile him to a desert island, or another planet.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/1/2209048/-With-gag-order-reinstated-Trump-shifts-attacks-to-judge-s-wife?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web
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