More Dem Nat'l Conv Rants

           Sorry about this one posting rather late. Been Watching the Olympics! I'll have something on them a little later.

             

            Opening speaker for the Dems Sen. Booker said, “individualism didn’t get us to the moon; we did it together”. This said after acknowledging the “rugged individualism this country was built on”. Going so far as to say he admired this “rugged individualism”. Ok, but his next remark challenges what he just said. He’s forgetting that this “we did it together” wasn’t a “group think” but individuals coming together to accomplish something great. There is a difference.

These were individuals with their own unique reasons and motivations for what they did. Again, these accomplishments, Sen. Bookers example was going to the moon, were done by individuals working together. Not some collective “group think”. Human beings are individual by definition. This pandering to Pres. Obamas assertions that great business leaders and company founders didn’t build their business empires themselves. This despite almost all of our history to the contrary. Instead, only succeeded because of the “people”. Make no mistake, he meant the “body politic” or if you prefer, the federal government.

                If you think your job asking “you want fries with that” is in anyway of the same value or importance to the likes of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and such, you sir, are badly mistaken. And if you think you deserve to be rewarded the same, to that, all I can say is WTF.

                Sen. Booker says Clinton has “fought for people and delivered”. This in support of his assertion that it’s “not how many billionaires you create but how many people you have living in poverty”. Ok, I whole heartedly agree with this. So, after almost eight years of Pres. Obama and his administration, which included Hilary Clinton, what have we got? More blacks and Latinos living in poverty than ever before. Thanks Hilary! You may be fighting for the people, but all you’ve delivered is failure with those numbers. Much like your foreign policies that have your hands stained with blood. Good work on that, Pres. Dumbass want-a-be.

                Equal pay for equal work. Sure, but remember, your customer service job taking peoples orders for fries, isn’t equal to the people building roads, bridges and the like. And you certainly don’t deserve the same pay. Sorry, but no matter how hard the job might be compared to another, just because it’s hard, doesn’t mean it’s hard to master and certainly doesn’t mean you deserve equal pay to jobs that, like I just said, build the infrastructure and the future. Again, if you think standing behind a counter ringing up people’s snacks deserves equal pay because for you it’s hard to do, you are mistaken.

                You want an example of group think, well since the Mayor of Baltimore “gaveled” open the convention, after the debacle that was Debbie Wasserman Schultz, just think back to the riots her city hosted. That’s what you get with “group think”. And of course, Nazi’s goose-stepping across Europe. Mustn’t forget them. Great “group think” that was.

                When Michelle Obama’s turn came, I kid you not, she said she “lives in a house built by slaves”. Get your conspiracy straight. The White House was built by the Freemasons to further some nebulous future goal. I get it. You’re the first black First Lady and your place in history his secure. As for your husband, Pres. Professor Dumbass, that’s a bit more difficult to define. I’m a big fan of science fiction and a lot of the books I read refer to this time as the “terror wars” long before we had a war on terror.

                And Pres. Professor Dumbass’s contribution? To completely ignore it. To pretend it’s not happening. To call acts of terrorism “workplace violence” undermines the tragedy of these events and ties our hands in the fight to come. I’m old enough to probably miss most of the bloodshed coming our way, but the millennials are not so fortunate. Their blood will be spilled and it will be on Pres. Obama’s hands. History will not judge Pres. Professor Dumbass’s time as our leader well.

                And now for Sen Elizabeth Warren. She has got to be the most “pie in the sky” dumbass ever to haunt the halls of power. I’m absolutely positive she’s not buying into her own rhetoric. Yet it resonates with the poor and downtrodden. She goes so far as to say Hillary, who has been part of the power structure for decades is her choice for president. So, she can make the changes now? I’m not exactly clear why Hillary Clinton would make any changes if she becomes President. After all, the status quo gave her the White House.

Sen. Warrens narrative differed sharply from First Lady Michelle Obama’s. Sen. Warren goes on to condemn the current economic environment. Subtly hinting that it’s the Republican’s fault. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard Pres. Professor Dumbass say how rosy everything is going with him at the helm. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s, hell, I don’t even have a nickname to sum her up, “ass hat” comes to mind, but is kind of hard on the true ass hats out there. But I digress.

I just know Bill O’Reily's watching Sen. Warrens speech with a grin. It was the very definition of spin. Everything she said was deliberately miss-interpreted and her command of basic economics and history are woefully inadequate to the task at hand. That task, standing upright. How she manages to even dress herself is beyond me. I mean, Sen. Warren said Hillary Clinton will get “big money” out of politics. Where’s she been the last couple of decades? Hillary Clinton is the very definition of big money in politics. All Hillary Clintons campaign funds come from big money. All of it! Wall street and the leeches therein are HRC’s biggest contributors. What planet does Sen. Warren live on? Again, how does she even manage to dress herself.

On another note, I’ve seen a few Facebook posts regarding the absence of American Flags on the stage. What do you expect. These pandering fools don’t see themselves as part of a country. They only see themselves in power. They are ashamed of our flag. Come on, you know they are. We are a country, yet for some reason these Democratic spokespeople refuse to acknowledge this, all the while professing to love their county. I’m beginning to believe it’s not the same country you and I live in. I’m not sure it’s even on the same planet. Bizarro World, maybe? I wonder if Sen. Warren even listens to the things she says? I doubt it. On a positive note, I bet speech writing for her is a breeze. I wonder how ones goes about getting that gig.

Bernie Sanders should be interesting. He knows he was done dirty by the Democratic National Party and the Clinton political machine. Will he, unlike Sen. Cruz, come together for what he believes is the betterment of his party and country?  Well, he said it was an honor to be there, several times and called Sen. Warren a good friend. With friends like that, who needs enemies.

Now personally, I like Bernie Sanders. I truly believe him to be the only politician I’ve ever heard speak I thought actually believed what he was saying. He is or was the leader of a movement. Of course, he calls it a revolution. Hope not, too much bloodshed in revolution. Unfortunately, his ideas for a socialist America just won’t work.

Sure, countries like Demark can manage it. They have a homogenous (look it up) population all with similar hopes and goals. It’s easy to get them to work together. And with a population less than that of the greater Los Angeles area, it can be done. Now, try to imagine getting all Los Angeles to work together toward any goal, any! You can’t imagine it happening. If you can’t imagine one city working together toward a common goal, how do you truly expect all of us to manage it? It can’t be done.

In Bernie’s support, I think he believes it can work. That we can make it work. Delusional maybe, but to me all the Dems seem a bit “out there”. And by out there I mean totally not functioning in the same reality as the rest of us. And yes, I always find it easier to take apart Dems than I do Republicans. I think it’s because whenever the Democrats speak they leave more unasked questions. I find that makes me nuttier than squirrel poo.  And I secretly suspect the Democratic Party elites think I’m stupid. Of course, that’s probably just the paranoid voices in my head.

So, in the end (actually about 13 minutes into his speech) Bernie did in fact, endorse Hillary Clinton for President. However, just like many Republicans support for “The Donald”, it’s this candidate or Armageddon. It’s a rigged system, sure. Hillary Clinton wasn’t going to let another grass roots campaign derail her second bid for President. She’s had eight years to prepare. I truly believe the only people who thought the Democratic Parties system for nominating a Presidential candidate was fair, were Bernie’s supports. Go figure.

As always, that’s just my opinion. You could be wrong?

The Dems Convention: Day ONE part ONE

                 So, it’s time for the Democratic National Convention. What to say about that? First, I think the Democrat’s convention will be much less orchestrated than what the Republicans gave us. Sure, the Republicans had some missteps, which I think were organized by “The Donald” and didn’t accidentally happen. However, that’s just my paranoia talking. Bernie Sanders will almost certainly put his support behind Hillary Clinton. Probably far behind. The trick for that pony will be to get his supporters behind her.

                Thanks to WikiLeaks, Bernie supporters now have proof the Democratic elites did everything in their power to keep him out of contention for the Democratic Party’s nomination. With the release of DNC party emails making it clear Bernie Sanders wasn’t going to be given a fair shake by the Democratic elites, it’s going to be a hard sell for Bernie to make a case for supporting Hillary Clinton. At least one that his supports can get behind. After all, she is the parties “elite”.

I think you’ll see plenty of Bernie supporters stay home. I seriously doubt they’ll migrate to Donald Trump. While Sanders and Trump had similar issues defining their primary contests, their plans to achieve those issues are just too far apart. For example: both Sanders and Trump want affordable college education for everyone. Sanders plan, to make if free (meaning someone other than the students will pay for it) and “The Donald’s”?  Make sure graduates have good paying jobs after college so they can pay back their students loans. See what I mean?

                In all fairness to the Democrats, they’ve always been up front about their nominating process. It’s rigged. What I mean by that is: The Democratic Party elites set up a process that allows them [elites] to control who the party nominates.  But they’ve never pretended otherwise. For that I’ll give them credit (small pat on back). So, I suppose we didn’t actually need to hear it from WikiLeaks. However, seeing proof from WikiLeaks made it real for the millennials and they make up a substantial percentage of Bernie supporters. They [millennials] could no longer profess, to themselves anyway, that all was on the up and up. After the WikiLeaks disclosures, they had to pull their collective heads out of the sand (or would that be their ass?). Now they’re showing up in scores to protest.

                What will grow from these protests? Probably nothing. However, it will make the Democratic National Convention “TV worth watching”. If only because “liberal” protesters tend to be much more disruptive then their “conservative” counterparts. The head of the DNC, Debbie Wasserman Shultz, has already fallen on her sword. Scheduled to “gavel in” the convention, she has withdrawn and plans to step down as head of the DNC after the convention. Undoubtedly, being shouted down when speaking to the Florida delegates, her home state BTW, had something to do with it. So, I guess, something has come of the protests. But really, nothing’s going the change.

                I kind of feel sorry for Hillary Clintons’ campaign. I mean, here they have an historic event, the nominating of a women for President of the United States by one of the two political parties. Yes, I know there are more than two, but that’s just on paper, in reality (that’s where we live people, in case you need reminding) we are a two party political system. On a side note, communism is a one party system.  Just wanted to throw that out; doesn’t really have anything to do with what I’m talking about. So, where was I?

Instead of the media throwing themselves at the first women running for President story, it’s become all about the Democratic National Party “elites” and their concerted efforts to keep Bernie Sanders out of contention for the nomination. And the protests this is sparking? They will be the major stories oozing (yes, I too have a thesaurus) out of the Democrat’s convention this week. The paranoid voices in my head hint at a deliberate attempt to divert attention from their candidates’ numerous scandals. But I’m sure that’s just me?

                To add insult to injury, for the Clinton campaign, Hillary should have been able to position herself as an outsider, being a women and all. I’m serious here. Political supporters of all makes and models tend to buy into the rhetoric their chosen candidate spews. You and I know when people talk about power within the Democratic Party they’re talking Clintons. However, as I’ve already mentioned, people will believe what they want to believe, regardless of the evidence.

Why is this important? This need to be the outsider candidate? In the current political climate, the outsider candidate has a big advantage. Unfortunately for the Clinton campaign, the Republicans nominated a true outsider. Not since Eisenhower’s nomination (look it up) has either party put forward a candidate for President that hasn’t held elected office. I’m going to go out on a limb here (not) and say this makes “The Donald” the outsider candidate.

                I want to put this out there. I know it doesn’t exactly flow, but I think it’s important. Do actions speak louder than words? I was taught they [actions] do, but I’ve come to believe this is NOT the case. Take, for example, Hillary Clintons rhetoric that she’s a champion for women. I guess she gets to claim that because she’s a woman. It’s most definitely NOT supported by her actions. During Bill Clintons sexual scandals back in the 90’s, Hillary blamed the women coming forward. She called them liars and blamed them for what happened. Don’t take my word for it, look it up. Obviously, her actions don’t reflect the rhetoric of a champion for women. And she has, at least in the past, disgracefully paid her female staff less than she pays the men. Again, don’t believe me? Look it up for yourself.

                And what about “The Donald”? He’s said some rather obnoxious and unpleasant things regarding women. The most notable? His comments regarding Carly Fiorina’s, one of his opponents in the primaries, physical appearance. However, his actions reveal something different. He hired the FIRST women construction supervisor in New York history! His companies employ more women in executive positions of power than any other in that industry. And he pays them the same as their male counterparts. Who’s actually putting their money where their mouth is? That’s a rhetorical question, people!

So, look for lots of rowdy protesting at the Dem’s convention this week. And blaming the republicans for it. Should be entertaining, especially if the protesters manage to get inside the convention center and onto the floor. I doubt security will let that come to pass. Too bad really, would significantly increase viewership if it happened.

As always, that’s just my opinion. You could be wrong?

Republican National Convention - Day One

                It’s the Republican’s convention this week. Time to make the parties presidential pick (the pee, pee and pee, which is odd since it’s all a load of excrement) official. Since it looks like it will be Trump/Pence, the TP’s covered like the house of a teacher no one likes. It’s also time to see which party elites will get on board with “The Donald”. So far, the unifying theme: anyone but Hillary. The Never Trump movement did try to get some traction on day one and force a rules vote. However, behind the scenes political maneuvering killed that dead in its tracks. (Ok, enough with mixing and torturing metaphors. Bad writer!)

                What can I say about the Republican convention? Snore comes to mind. Like many, I was hoping for some drama. Fistfights on the floor and Preacher Cruz (I mean, doesn’t Senator Ted Cruz sound like a southern televangelist?) trying to pull a rope-a-dope and steal the nomination through political favors. At this point I’d settle for a little mayhem and malarkey. (I just wanted to use malarkey in a sentence.) I do think we haven’t heard the last from Preacher Cruz. Regrettably, whatever he pulls out his ass will amount to nothing more than political theater, and not very entertaining.

There are plenty of protests outside the venue and the Never Trump movement tried to make a scene on day one. Unfortunately, conservatives just don’t have the same level of passion as liberals. Not to mention the violence. Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliana did do a reasonable impression of Howard Dean and screamed his speech. Not sure why he chose to deliver it that way. His speech was all about respecting law enforcement. I guess speeches about that subject need to be screamed at us like a swat team yelling commands as they execute a raid. Who knew?

After day one of the convention, the best the opposition could say was that Melania’s speech was similar to First Lady Michelle Obamas’ 2008 speech and hint at plagiarism. Mountains out of mole hills, people. On a side note: I will now refer to “The Donald’s” wife and Melanoma. I’m a busy person with shit to do. I’m not stopping to try and remember how to pronounce her name correctly. That seems to be the big news, speech plagiarism that is, not my nickname for “The Donald’s” wife.

It doesn’t matter that the theme for day one was “Make America Safe Again”. All the speeches revolved around this theme. Although, I think, given the recent violence against police, they meant “Make Police Feel Safe Again”. If they want that to happen, it’s probably best the police stop murdering, on camera, (not that I’m saying they should do it off camera) black people. It does look like the new normal is retaliation. Simple math here, police murder black people and some of the less savory among the black population murder police. I’m not condoning violence on either side, but really, what do we expect to happen?

Check back tomorrow for a recap on day two. The nomination of “The Donald”? Maybe we’ll get a little drama out of that process. Preacher Cruz is scheduled to preach; I mean, deliver a speech. And where is former Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner when we need a crier? I’m just saying!

As always, that’s just my opinion. You could be wrong!