Project Logic Ga

I dislike labels but if I must, I declare myself to be a Hybrid Democrat.  I just made that term up.  We have gas powered, electric and hybrid cars.  A Hybrid Democrat is a voter who has elements of different segments of the Blue Team.  Personally, my views are socially moderate, fiscally conservative and extremely pro-rural, pro-black.

It’s my understanding that radical elements of the Blue Team like progressives are rubbing their hands together as they sinisterly aim to take over the Democrat Party.  The Tea Party did that to the Republican Party.

While I wish Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Socialists would go start their own party, I appreciate some of what they think– hear me out.  We know America isn’t right to everyone.  If I were a white guy, I would so love my American experience because as President Jefferson Davis wrote, America to Confederates has a ruling class and a servant class.  Of course, blacks were the servant class.  Are poor whites in the current servant class because the rich have them thinking that they are on the same team?

While cash reparations are not realistic, we must acknowledge that America got great because it had free and systematically low-cost Black labor until the 1970s.  Also, current rich white families in my community are still reaping the benefits of this unjustice in the form of inherited wealth and we know which families worked for which families.

The progressives are wildly radical to advocate wealth redistribution based on some folks being poor.  However, the rich have lobbied government since 1776 to ensure the abovementioned class system.  Look, if you are poor, it should be based on your actions.

Progressives seem to have a rose-colored glasses view of the poor: all poor people struggling as a result of a horrible system of oppression; all poor people are naturally good folks.  Who knows?  A quarter of poor people might not have a quarter because of their personal actions.  A quarter of rich people could be diabolical rats seeking to stay-paid off someone else’s labor.

As the only hybrid Democrat, I am concerned that laziness is fostered by too much free governmental assistance.  Also, I am puzzled by the alarmingly low voting numbers from the poorest segment of the community.   Liberals and progressives aren’t bold enough to speak frankly with low income people about the limited role of government and their part in their self-destruction.

Another vehicle comparison is the crossover.  The O.J. type Ford Bronco was basically a pickup truck with a built-in camper top and seats in the back.  The old station wagons and minivans moved kids around and brought home groceries but they were so not sexy.  The current SUV and CUV sit tall on the road like a pickup but have smooth rides like a car.  They weren’t built for logging crews, construction personnel or farm workers; let that register.

Suburban soccer moms needed flexibility in a crossover utility vehicle and the same families need political party flexibility.  It’s my understanding that Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Democrats to stop voting for Republicans.  I voted for Ohio Governor John Kasich in the Republican presidential primary because Hillary had secured the nomination and I wanted the GOP nominee to be someone smart just in case the unimaginable happened.  Kasich was the lesser of evils (not evil at all) and the unimaginable did happen.  I was right.

The mission isn’t to battle other Americans in a political party fight.  The mission is a more perfect union.  The crossover moderates are current versions of Reagan Democrats or Republicans who voted for Obama.  The sensible center makes up the majority of American voters; blow us off at your peril.

In red congressional districts, Democrats are often hybrid or crossover.  Fox News would have you think moderate to conservative Democrats don’t exist and the far-left progressives say Democrats can’t be Blue Dog moderates.  The Democrats can’t win without flexibility in our ranks.

During 2019, we should listen to what is important to the voters.  Love him or hate him, Trump did just that and won the Oval with a long list of empty promises.  The Democrats can’t win by dispatching urban hip liberals to “teach” rural voters in pickup truck country what is important.