First, I'm not in favor of the sophomoric tactic of bastardizing people's names in politics or elsewhere; some may get off on cuties names like Ron Sanctimonious, but not me. Keep on the high road.
It's just GOP and Republicans who abandoned policies and running for election on them. Democrats are more typical of the long time habits of appealing to voters on issues. Pity the marginally and casually interested and involved voters who rely on historic party affiliations and last minute (before election) dipping into candidates qualifications who make elections into mostly beauty contests. They are the ones who put Trump into office in 2016. When will 'the rich and famous' not get voter envy as Trump promised, then passed, lower taxes for his ilk, average citizen taxes lowered only temporarily. Those of us on the right side of history and politics today must open our mouths and personally campaign for the 'go getter' and 'doer' named Biden for 2024. Handful of non-thinking friends and relatives be damned, if they cut us off.
Next, I'm dismayed that Joe Biden doesn't put all of his cabinet members on the hustings to tout his/their many accomplishments for average Americans. They are missing a primary campaign tactic leaving it all to Joe and Kamala to tout accomplishments that make all lives better. Virtually the only cabinet member visible is Pete Butigieg (and Antony Blinking for Ukraine occasionally). Why adopt the Trump--I'm the only one who can do it--strategy with polls showing so many think Biden incompetent to govern?
The House may be held hostage by 8-10 radical rightists behind Speaker McCarthy; they may be in safe districts, but widespread Democratic breast-beating in campaigns could elect a Democratic majority with the other 425 House districts getting infrastructure money thanks to the Dems. Let's start the drumbeat of campaigning today, not primary season next year--too late.
Finally, when will ordinary reporters, investigative sleuths and talking heads on cable/network TV and media resume fact checking all right wing candidates and interviewee stopping them cold at the first whiff of any lies or misrepresentations on air or broadcasting or social media? Only the middle and left leaning talking heads can thwart the Trump style corrupt lying. When will DNC put a cadre of writers together to counter blogs and all media lying by the right?
Trump and his ilk are receding in importance nationally but let's help them out the door of politics with legislative truth, administrative activity, and judicial accomplishments affecting 'Joe Q. Public'.
As I would expect, you make great points, elucidating on the points I made with well-developed observations. As for the high road, I struggle at times with my voice in these pieces as I am aware of not coming across as though I writing an undergrad term paper... Hence, the nicknames. They also reflect my disdain for those people. I would like to capture a conversational tone rather than a lecturing tone. The critiques help.
You could never be accused of writing anything like a a term paper at any level. Having been a doctoral student research advisor and dissertation reader plus writing myself professionally I know the difference. You could be accepted for excellence at the Writer's Blog at any time. Stay on the high road for reading by Independents, unaffiliated voters and the left; the right wing extremists aren't taking in anything you write in their resumed headlong rush toward nominating Trump again for president. I know receiving replies on extremists' blogs to my own comments against the anti-Constitutionalists, those seeking authoritarian and dictatorial rule and for truth and justice the American way. Nobody maintains a 'conversation' with those right wingers hell bent on tanking America as ordinary people know and want it to continue; write for Lincoln Project readers, critical thinkers, and ordinary patriots on the left like me.
First, I'm not in favor of the sophomoric tactic of bastardizing people's names in politics or elsewhere; some may get off on cuties names like Ron Sanctimonious, but not me. Keep on the high road.
It's just GOP and Republicans who abandoned policies and running for election on them. Democrats are more typical of the long time habits of appealing to voters on issues. Pity the marginally and casually interested and involved voters who rely on historic party affiliations and last minute (before election) dipping into candidates qualifications who make elections into mostly beauty contests. They are the ones who put Trump into office in 2016. When will 'the rich and famous' not get voter envy as Trump promised, then passed, lower taxes for his ilk, average citizen taxes lowered only temporarily. Those of us on the right side of history and politics today must open our mouths and personally campaign for the 'go getter' and 'doer' named Biden for 2024. Handful of non-thinking friends and relatives be damned, if they cut us off.
Next, I'm dismayed that Joe Biden doesn't put all of his cabinet members on the hustings to tout his/their many accomplishments for average Americans. They are missing a primary campaign tactic leaving it all to Joe and Kamala to tout accomplishments that make all lives better. Virtually the only cabinet member visible is Pete Butigieg (and Antony Blinking for Ukraine occasionally). Why adopt the Trump--I'm the only one who can do it--strategy with polls showing so many think Biden incompetent to govern?
The House may be held hostage by 8-10 radical rightists behind Speaker McCarthy; they may be in safe districts, but widespread Democratic breast-beating in campaigns could elect a Democratic majority with the other 425 House districts getting infrastructure money thanks to the Dems. Let's start the drumbeat of campaigning today, not primary season next year--too late.
Finally, when will ordinary reporters, investigative sleuths and talking heads on cable/network TV and media resume fact checking all right wing candidates and interviewee stopping them cold at the first whiff of any lies or misrepresentations on air or broadcasting or social media? Only the middle and left leaning talking heads can thwart the Trump style corrupt lying. When will DNC put a cadre of writers together to counter blogs and all media lying by the right?
Trump and his ilk are receding in importance nationally but let's help them out the door of politics with legislative truth, administrative activity, and judicial accomplishments affecting 'Joe Q. Public'.
As I would expect, you make great points, elucidating on the points I made with well-developed observations. As for the high road, I struggle at times with my voice in these pieces as I am aware of not coming across as though I writing an undergrad term paper... Hence, the nicknames. They also reflect my disdain for those people. I would like to capture a conversational tone rather than a lecturing tone. The critiques help.
You could never be accused of writing anything like a a term paper at any level. Having been a doctoral student research advisor and dissertation reader plus writing myself professionally I know the difference. You could be accepted for excellence at the Writer's Blog at any time. Stay on the high road for reading by Independents, unaffiliated voters and the left; the right wing extremists aren't taking in anything you write in their resumed headlong rush toward nominating Trump again for president. I know receiving replies on extremists' blogs to my own comments against the anti-Constitutionalists, those seeking authoritarian and dictatorial rule and for truth and justice the American way. Nobody maintains a 'conversation' with those right wingers hell bent on tanking America as ordinary people know and want it to continue; write for Lincoln Project readers, critical thinkers, and ordinary patriots on the left like me.