The Democrat's Choice

[TexasTowelie]

Last edited Fri Apr 12, 2019, 05:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Before the election of 2008 when Republicans were counting on a black Democrat to guarantee them the White House and before it dawned on them that Silicon Valley had spawned a new kind of election campaign, Facebook was a happy place. I had a Facebook page myself but ignored for years until my daughter started posting photos of my grandsons on her page. I’m now a self-hating devotee.

After it evolved from a college hook up ap, Facebook became like the Great British Baking Show a competition so sweet that bakers cry when their rivals fail to advance. That cooking show, not Facebook, ought to be required watching in prisons everywhere. This happy state continued until the campaign to replace Barack Obama. Then Facebook was invaded by Russian trolls and Steve Bannon’s army of rumor mongers full of bile, paranoia and false flags. That made Facebook a cage match like the Iron Chef with one man left standing in oodles of Octopus tentacles and broccolini. It helped elect America’s first Narcissist President who lucked into the credit for Obama’s surging economy.

As the 2020 election creeps closer Democrats are torn between fighting President Donald John Trump or fighting among themselves. It would be this Republican’s suggestion they that they follow the example of Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry.
It won’t be easy. Herding cats never is. No one knew that better than the Depression’s Will Roger’s who declared, “I don’t belong to any organized political party. I’m a Democrat!”

I don’t mind offering Democrats some advice. Unless or until a new Lincoln emerges in the GOP it’s not the party I remember from my youth - a boring white cake full of public service-oriented moderates with a sprinkle of John Birchers – the original Deep State. Although I haven’t changed the GOP has evolved and in so doing has turned me into an apostate. Maybe that’s why I got an invitation to join the “members only” Reach High Minnesota Facebook page.

Read more: http://duluthreader.com/articles/2019/04/11/16594_the_democrats_choice

[sheshe2]

1. Great read.

Here’s my advice to Democrats in a Will Rogers’ paraphrase, “I never met a Democratic candidate for President that I didn’t like.” You should treat yours like the contestants in the Great British Bake Off.

Thanks, TT.

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome.

Will Rogers' advice is still valuable decades later.

[sheshe2]

3. Yep.

“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”
-- Will Rogers

“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
-- Will Rogers

“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
-- Will Rogers

https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/5081-will-rogers

[onit2day]

6. Not on Facebook. Know so many who aren't. Too paranoid lol

[TexasTowelie]

7. I know.

I've cut back significantly on Facebook over the past year.

My brother was getting scammed on Facebook Messenger yesterday by a company saying that he could get a large grant for $150K. The message came from his former supervisor who had his account hacked/duplicated so it appeared that the solicitation was from a trusted friend.

I did a quick search on the company and learned that they want people to send $500 to enroll in the grant program...and of course, they never pay out the $150K to the person who gets duped.

Afterwards, I adjusted the privacy settings on my brother's and my account from "Everyone" to "me" can few the list of friends

[BlueFlorida]

4. K&R nt

[onit2day]

5. It's like casually talking about candidates while the world is burning outside

They better have extinguishers and a bold plan for survival

[Hortensis]

8. Doesn't ring true. Our candidates are not quarreling among

themselves. They are overwhelmingly united on all the major issues, with just the usual variations in approaches to them. And they're all crossing the nation, clustering in Iowa right now , telling America what Democrats are for.

(Of course a few outliers on this looong list are different. The only one worth mentioning, Sanders, is a special case who...walks alone.)