From Virginia to New Jersey to Long Island to Minneapolis to Seattle the Democrats got shellacked in Tuesday’s voting. They forgot that America is primarily a centrist country and that they only have bare majorities in the House and Senate. Simply put, even as I write this, they are over-reaching in their attempts to pass the Build Back Better reconciliation bill in the House. They do not understand that you cannot rewrite America’s social contract with bare majorities; they need the majorities that FDR and LBJ put together in 1933 and 1964, respectively. Further Biden was elected to stop the craziness of Trump, not to usher in an overarching expansion of the welfare state. (See my Open Letter to President Biden Shulmaven: An Open Letter to President Joe Biden)
On a more local level the Democrats have forgotten the
role of engaged parents in the education of their children. Although
technically Critical Race Theory was not taught in Virginia’s schools, many of
the aspects of the theory are being taught. It is obvious if you accuse all
white people of being inherently racist, perhaps more than a few would be
turned away and that is precisely what happened in Virginia. And it is
understood that “defund the police” is an absolute loser.
If the Democrats are going to have a chance to hold their
slender majorities in Congress next year, they are going to have to abandon the
crazy town ideas of the “woke” left. The Squad and their acolytes live in very
insular worlds. If they ever ventured out into the real world, they would
realize how off-putting their ideas are. As long as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck
Schumer cozy up to them, the Democrats will be in a world of hurt in 2022. Better they should heed the words of Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
*With apologies to Pete Seeger
Oh, right, heed the words of Joe Manchin --- can you give me another few hundred thousand dollars, energy lobbyists? And the rest of you, please by the coal my company distributes, and by the way, didn't I do a great job raising an ethical daughter because she only raised the price of insulin to $60? And is my Maserati cool, or what?
ReplyDeleteI agree that Biden was elected to undo a clusterfuck, not be FDR. But Manchin and Sinema are role models on how not to be.
Sorry Art but you are championing a roadmap to disaster. Biden is allowing a minority of inexperienced “back benchers” to control the Democrat narrative. Virginia has made that crystal clear. He needs to take control of the narratives on CRT, Gender, immigration, Israel, energy , education and defunding of the police. Instead he acts confused and weak. His biggest achievement so far seems to be alienating everyone.
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