Blue Dog Democrats, Your Party Has Left You

If you're a moderate in your party and consider yourself middle-of-the-road on political issues, you're probably in the majority of voters in this country regardless of party affiliation. Republicans have moderated over the years and have moved a little left, but the left hasn't moved one millimeter right.

Looking at the Democrats running for President, it is obvious they have moved far left. They now reside with the extremist element on the far left. I'll highlight some of the radical ideas below, but before I do I want to issue an invitation to those blue-dog moderate Democrats who are being abandoned by your party's radical takeover by the far-left extremists:

Consider joining the Republican Party. If you can't bring yourself to do that, at least leave the party and join a smaller third party. If you can't bring yourself to do that, change your party enrollment to "no party."

Why should you consider another party?

Because your party has hopped on the insane bus and left you behind already. Oh, they want your vote, but not your centrist views.

Insane bus? What do you mean?

Exactly that. Insane. Scan the list below and tell me these ideas and proposals are good for our country. If you think they are, then consider that you're a passenger on the insane bus already, and stay put.

• Open borders: If you believe that a country is defined by and needs borders, border security and enforcement of existing immigration law, welcome to the Republican Party. If not, enjoy the view from the far left.
• Illegal Aliens: If you believe that immigrants should apply to come to the US, wait for their turn, go through background checks, learn about America and its history complete with a thorough test before becoming legal citizens, welcome to the Republican Party. If you drink the Kool-Aid that these are just 'undocumented people,' and it's ok that they drain the resources of every US taxpayer, again, stay where you are.
• Free college: If you believe that people should be responsible for continuing their education after high school, and that if they or their children choose to go to college, that every other taxpayer shouldn't pick up the tab, welcome to the Republican Party.
• Democratic Socialism: If you're wise enough to understand that money doesn't fall out of the sky and that forcefully taking money from somebody who earned it and giving it to somebody that didn't or refuses to is wealth redistribution via legal robbery, welcome to the Republican Party. If you believe that no matter how hard or smart you work, that you should not be rewarded for your efforts any more than any other person, again, stay where you are in the new Democrat Party, which rightfully should be named the Democrat Socialist party now... and oh, by the way, congratulations on becoming a Communist, Comrade.
• Socialized medicine: If you like your doctor and want to keep him/her, or if you like your health insurance plan and would like to keep it, welcome to the Republican Party. Oops, too late, somebody already took those promises away from you even though he said he wouldn't. Seriously, if you understand the advancements in medicine are directly linked to money and that the healthcare system in the US has been and remains the leader in medical innovation because money is available to fund it ... ... and that other countries with socialized medicine fall short as evidenced by the number of foreigners coming here for medical treatment, again, welcome to the Republican Party.
• Criminal Justice reform: If you believe that eliminating bail for all but the most serious crimes is a bad idea, and that giving appearance tickets to criminals after arrest doesn't result in more crime, just look at how the Democrats ruined the NY criminal justice system this year ... and then consider your Democrat Socialist candidate for President just campaigned on making this part of the Federal system. If you think this is wrong, welcome to the Republican Party.
• Antisemitism: If you believe this is wrong, welcome to the Republican Party. If you agree with it, then consider yourself on the insane bus driving left again, and the passengers with you are named AOC, Rashida, Ilhan, Al and Jesse.
• Gun control: If you think the framers of the Constitution got it right, welcome to the Republican Party. If you think the words the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed  means people -don't- have the right to keep and bear arms, then you're already far-left ... and again, stay put.
• Full-term abortion aka infanticide: If you are repulsed by the idea of a full-term human being being legally murdered seconds before taking their first breath, welcome to the Republican Party. If this doesn't bother you, or worse agree with the refusal of Democrats to sign onto legislation requiring immediate medical treatment for just-born survivors of abortion, again, enjoy your view from the far-left.
• Climate change: If you are opposed to the idea of the government significantly taxing you more in the name of climate change because they promise this somehow will miraculously fix the problem, welcome to the Republican Party. If you think putting restrictions on US industry in the name of climate change is wise and that other industrialized countries won't take advantage of it when we do, again, keep in your seat on the insane bus. It's going to be made of Chinese steel in the near future anyway.

Seriously.  If you are a moderate Democrat and have difficulty moving farther left because you're wondering what happened to the party that used to espouse your views, you're not alone. Many Democrats are wondering what happened to the party of JFK, and I suspect that if he were alive right now, he'd probably consider switching parties after seeing the craziness coming from (now far) left.

We're waiting for you, and it's easy to do. You can probably even do it online now, check with your local Board of Elections.

I'll see you in November. Either way, even if you remain a Democrat ... I suspect a rather substantial portion of you are probably going to vote for the same person I'm going to vote for ... not somebody that promises free everything while promising to do it for no extra cost.

The Week in Review 9 Feb 2020

We are living in truly great times because we are alive to witness important history being made. This week was quite the week and history will probably break it into two divisions: Either Trump got away with a crime or the Democrats abused their majority power in the House to attempt a coup on the Presidency. Both theories will persevere long after we're gone, but one will gain more traction. I'm thinking it will be the latter, not the former that wins out. If it doesn't, history is sure to repeat itself down the road and I'm not sure the next bite at the apple is going to be as bloodless as this one was.

America witnessed a dose of politics, the likes of which have never been seen to date this past week and we should keep the memory of what happened alive in our minds, at least until election day later this year.

On Tuesday evening, the President gave his State of the Union (SOTU) address to Congress. The cheers were louder than the jeers and it doesn't take Einstein to figure out which party was responsible for either one. It was a good speech; it touched on accomplishments and was clean. There was no mention of impeachment or the acquittal that was almost guaranteed less than 24 hours later. Undoubtedly, the President used the platform as a kickoff for the political season as have many others that preceded him.

The Speaker of the House clearly saw his speech was a good one; she knew it would resound with the electorate and she sat behind him stewing. I'm not sure if she pre-planned it or came up with the idea during the speech, but as he stood giving his speech the video clearly shows her starting to tear the pages of her speech copy. When he was finished and waited for the applause to die down before leaving the podium, she seized her opportunity to make history and, in full view of the audience and cameras, stood and tore up the speech. It was a moment in history that America will never forget.

Nance the ripper had her 15 seconds of special fame with her stunt and may think she damaged the President, but it is obvious she made a big mistake. The undecided voters in America didn't really think much of her little show; the end result is Democrat blunders (impeachment and her tantrum) have pumped energy into Donald Trump. His popularity numbers have never been higher than they are as of this date.

The next day, the Senate acquitted the President. The required 67 votes (out of 100) required to convict Trump fell short by 19 votes on one count and 20 on the other. Only 1 Republican voted to impeach and that was only on one count, not both. The end result of the votes (52-48 and 53-47) did not even reach the halfway mark, much less the two-thirds mark needed. Mitt Romney broke ranks with his party and again we witnessed history as he was the first ever to break ranks in a Senate trial. Again, history will judge him, but for the short term, his vote will undoubtedly impact his constituency negatively.

Nancy Pelosi can explain away her SOTU actions and pretend she occupies the high road, but look no farther than the Democrat complaints of the video playing in an endless loop for the real truth: She damaged her party again; this time she nicked it real good.

Capping off this week was the fiasco called the Iowa Democrat primaries. They really have an insignificant number of delegates to elect and in reality, they were divided up so badly that nobody won. Watching how they campaigned and botched the voting results was theater in the absurd. Before the count was even in, the Dems were on the way to New Hampshire to gladhand for votes. As an aside, Fauxcahontas aka Elizabeth Warren came in 5th in Pocahontas County, Iowa! Yes, Toto, there really is a county in Iowa named ... Pocahontas. (You can't make this stuff up!)

It was also nice to see her deplane from a chartered business jet in New Hampshire and when she saw the cameras, she tried to hide behind the taller people in front of her. If you can't tell what a fake she is from that stunt, take a pill and think about how you can increase your intelligence so as to be cognizant of what is going on around you.

Also, take a look at the Democrat copycats trying to emulate Trump: Biden wants to look like a tough guy by verbally attacking people. He's trying to be the Joe the Trump wannabe and ... well, it's not going very well for Sleepy Joe. Time will tell; we'll see.

Anyway, that's some of what happened this week. If we can only survive the deluge of TV ads that are already coming our way (Mike Bloomingidiotberg for President, yeah, right) we'll be all right. In German, the phrase that comes to mind is Irgendwie, wir werden überleben. Yes, somehow we will survive, in spite of the ration of bullshit from Democrats headed to our homes this year.

As it stands right now, Donald Trump is in the pole position to be re-elected and after watching the circus freakshow we saw from the left this week, I'm not thinking that's a bad thing.