L2E, Dem and Repub conventions, 2020
Listening to the speakers at the Democratic Convention, you'd hardly know they voted for the Patriot Act, the various wars the US is embroiled in, all that "Defense" spending (more than 50% of your federal tax dollars), only two articles of impeachment (when rootsaction.org was proposing 25 -- at least Nixon had three), that many Democrats support fracking which amounts to drill, baby, drill, that Greenpeace gave the Democratic Party Climate Platform only a ‘C+’ on climate, that the Democrats will not unite behind Medicare-for-All letting their fall-back be so-called Obamacare, a plan invented by Republicans as then-governor Mitt Romney instituted it in Massachusetts.
More locally, Governor Evers signed an ALEC-inspired bill
to criminalize protest, area Democrats voted for enriching Foxconn* with the
destruction of wetlands thrown in, and so forth.
Of course, I can well
imagine that listening to the Republican Convention speakers will be quite
beyond nauseating.
Republicans, the GEP -- Greater-Evil
Party.
Then there is Gore Vidal's assessment: "The U.S. is run by the
Property Party and its two right wings." Right and
righter.
*inverted totalitarianism
https://journaltimes.com/opinion/letters/letters/article_96b8e900-9075-5e91-b339-a3fb3b8a825f.html
Written about day two of the Dem convention.
Posted Sep 2 after the subsequent Repub convention with "Democrat" and "Greenpeace" not capitalized making me seem illiterate.
Online comment:
Mr. Giese, I give you an "A" in faultfinding - but you get an "F" in loyalty. You are clearly a democrat in name only. Anyone who spends this much time finding fault with those he claims to support really needs to examine his loyalty. Unless you're a complete bias-to-the-bone idiot, there is no way you would not have questioned your "name only" democratic support after listening to any of those who spoke at the RNC.
Apparently, your political analysis is somewhat aligned with Gore Vidal. But next time you try to convey his assessment, please don't put your own thoughts into his reference. It truly doesn't reflect integrity.
He actually said - "There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party ... and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat." His actual statement concludes both parties are guilty. You obviously wanted the republicans to look more evil. Perhaps a little more humility would help improve your intelligence.
I can't ever remember declaring myself a Dem.
