Democrats are divided. If something doesn’t change, these geniuses are going to give President Trump a second term. To be a political party in a diverse nation, you need flexibility or as Senator Ted Kennedy said a half a loaf is better than no loaf. Progressives want the whole loaf or starve.
The well-intended Progressive Movement is just that..a movement. Winning elections to them might be second to progressing their causes in general. When the Bernie Sanders crew didn’t get their guy the nomination, some of them blew off the general election while others voted for Trump.
Recently, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper was booed by California Democrats for saying Socialism isn’t the answer. Well, rural Black southerners who actually vote are Moderates who would say “Say What?” if you broke down socialism for them. “Ok, I am at the factory in steel-toed shoes all day while fools are at home thinking about getting free stuff from the government but it isn’t free because those are my tax dollars. No one wants to see hungry babies but these grown folks with their hands out could work HERE…we are hiring. But they are too cool to get dirty at work.”
Dare I ask: Was Dr. Martin Luther King naïve? In our journey up from slavery, we basically assume that Blacks just needed a fair opportunity to prosper. M.L.K.’s dream turned into a nightmare when you understand that not everyone is doing their best. Some White, Black, Yellow and Brown people are just lazy and shiftless. Blacks of the civil rights movement were generally rooted in the family and church. The freedoms we enjoy today unfortunately include the freedom to be weak and a self-made victim. Dr. King is likely disappointed on the other side.
Barack Obama was equally naïve on some level. When horrible things happened, he would say that’s not who we are. Actually, Obama’s vision was who we should be (like Lincoln’s better angels.) Trump exploits who we really are….warts and all. He is the greatest opportunist in American history and shame on the GOP for giving him a platform.
If things don’t change quickly, this is how the election season will go. The Progressive minority inside the Democrat Party will push presidential and congressional candidates from the Left. The old Clinton/Gore and Obama/Biden working class/church attending Dems in the Midwest and South will reject that much liberalism. The resulting ticket and slate of candidates will go down because pouting babies didn’t get their way. Trump wins and we head toward global isolationism and possible war.
We should mention that the poor people Liberals want to help vote infrequently.
The following is hard for Progressives to understand: Southern rural Blacks never really trust the government. We see the same local, state and federal governments that sanctioned our oppression. If Trump wins again, we will be fine because your best life comes from being a better you; not governmental involvement. I wrote a blog series once called The Best Interest Initiatives. Moderate Blacks loved it. If we had more Moderate talk inside the Democrat Party, we could pull enough suburban voters from the Republicans and Trump would lose.
https://projectlogicga.com/best-interests-initiative/
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