Hello Everyone. It's Super Tuesday so I've been thinking about our quadrennial Presidential contest.
Introduction
Despite its tone, this post is not intended to be a rant against the Democrat Party. As part of the Apocaloptimist series its purpose is to show that the situation in the 1960's (and early 70's) was just as bad.
Super Tuesday
The primaries this year are a non-event. On the Republican side Nikki Haley is the last woman standing against Trump's popularity. At least there were some interesting debates (sans Trump) that helped define the issues important to Conservatives.
On the Democrat side, Joe is the only candidate so there have been no debates and no discussion of future policy or direction. Only an irrational faith that the current leadership will somehow solve a faltering economy, rising crime, a migrant tragedy and a deteriorating global situation.
Right now, the contest is between two elderly white guys. One extolling past accomplishments and the other spewing excuses for current failures. SIGH
The Chicago Democrat Party Convention
Today, I'd like to talk about the absolute irony that the DNC decided to hold their national convention in Chicago. Crazy.
I was too young to vote in 1968 but, as a Chicago resident, I vividly remember the DNC Convention, the riots and the arson and looting of entire neighborhoods. (I could see the flames on the horizon from my bedroom window).
Anyone who believes that the J6 protests were an insurrection is simply living in non-reality. In 1968 6,000 troops were brought into Chicago to confront (left-wing) protestors. In 2021 Joe Biden brought in 25,000 troops for his inauguration.
Introduction
Despite its tone, this post is not intended to be a rant against the Democrat Party. As part of the Apocaloptimist series its purpose is to show that the situation in the 1960's (and early 70's) was just as bad.
Super Tuesday
The primaries this year are a non-event. On the Republican side Nikki Haley is the last woman standing against Trump's popularity. At least there were some interesting debates (sans Trump) that helped define the issues important to Conservatives.
On the Democrat side, Joe is the only candidate so there have been no debates and no discussion of future policy or direction. Only an irrational faith that the current leadership will somehow solve a faltering economy, rising crime, a migrant tragedy and a deteriorating global situation.
Right now, the contest is between two elderly white guys. One extolling past accomplishments and the other spewing excuses for current failures. SIGH
The Chicago Democrat Party Convention
Today, I'd like to talk about the absolute irony that the DNC decided to hold their national convention in Chicago. Crazy.
I was too young to vote in 1968 but, as a Chicago resident, I vividly remember the DNC Convention, the riots and the arson and looting of entire neighborhoods. (I could see the flames on the horizon from my bedroom window).
Anyone who believes that the J6 protests were an insurrection is simply living in non-reality. In 1968 6,000 troops were brought into Chicago to confront (left-wing) protestors. In 2021 Joe Biden brought in 25,000 troops for his inauguration.
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Please note, the riots at the 1968 Convention were NOT some evil MAGA group protesting against the Democrats. It was the far-left Democrats protesting that the Democrat party wasn't far-left enough. I'd like to say it was a case of the Progressives eating their own ... but it was more a case of the Progressives violently attacking the moderate Liberals.
As an aside, no one is more willing to employ military and police brutality against their own citizens than the Democrat Party. Imagine commanding the military to drive jeeps, covered in barbed wire, though crowds of "peaceful" protestors.
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As the 2024 contest becomes ever more emotional and heated I find it sad and ironic that Progressives will compare Trump to Hitler and ignore the fact that the Democrat Party has repeatedly used both military and police power to brutalize their own.
Those who revise history are doomed to repeat it.
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