If the democrats had even half an ounce of common sense
they would sit down and shut up and mind their own business for eight years
while the republicans mind their own business, which is tending
to healing the wounds of the United States of America.
Once we have regained a healthy nation we will be in a
much better position to be generous to others. All we can do is the best we can
do with what we have to work with at any given time. If we can’t afford to be
generous, we can’t afford it. At least let us get back onto our feet before you
pull the rug out from under us again, for pete’s sake.
I know that sounds kind of harsh.
Standing in the middle can be entertaining at times. It can
also cause a Quaker to cuss.
Out loud.
I swear.
Sometimes.
Out loud and everything.
That’s the literal interpretation of ‘I swear’.
Actually, it’s a figure of speech that’s an expression of
frustration and disgust.
On the entertaining side of things, I’ve been watching
and waiting to see what the democrats are going to come up with for a platform.
As a middle-stander, I generally have to choose between left and right so it
behooves me to keep an eye and an ear on both. A couple of weeks ago I caught a
bit of a glimmer but thought to myself, ‘Self, this has got to be a joke. Everything
that guy just spouted comes straight from the Trump administration.’
And so I waited
and watched some more. Jobs, they’re saying. We’ve got a million more jobs now
than we did six months ago, and it’s not the democrats who are doing that.
Money, they’re saying. The stock market is going strong and steady, on the rise
in the past months and it’s not the democrats who are doing that. Justice for
all, they’re saying. The hammer of Justice is about to fall hard on some who apparently
thought they were exempt and it’s not the democrats who are making that happen.
Yada yada.
So you tell me: if you were in my shoes, standing in the
middle, watching and listening, what would you think about what you’re seeing
and hearing?
On the one side there are people actively doing stuff
every which way from Tuesday while people on the other side deride them for
what they’re doing. Then the other side’s folks start yapping about how they’re
gonna do this that and the other thing – and it’s all the same stuff the first
side’s people are already in the middle of doing (you know, the ones that are
being derided).
Me, I’m going, ‘Well if you were going to do all that
stuff, how come you didn’t when you had the chance? You really think I’m going
to fall for a line of baloney like that? Come up with something of your own for
crying’ out loud. All you’re spouting, that I’ve heard so far, is pretty much
plagiarism. You think just because it’s working for the republicans you can
just take what they’re doing, claim it, and people are going to believe it was
all your
brilliant idea? Gedouddaheah.’
I’m still waiting, watching and listening.
IF the
democrats can come up with a ‘uniquely their own’ viable party platform, that
would be a good thing. I think the problem for them might be proving their case,
but I look forward to finding out what’s on their agenda in a real sense as
opposed to the rhetorical sense.
Getting a bit fed up with rhetoric, to be honest. A little
less talk and a lot more action would be nice, and I’m not talking about action
in terms of demonstrations, protests, and riots. There are democratic ‘strongholds’
in the United States. When those places, without the
intervention of republicans and/or their resources, prove themselves to be ‘better’
in terms of fiscal responsibility, personal safety, environmental concerns,
international security, employment opportunities, educational excellence, family
and community involvement, etc. I might take a closer look at whatever platform
has produced all of the above. At the moment, I’m not seeing anything of the
sort, so there’s the challenge – to take what is and turn it into what the
democrats say they’re going to create.
They can turn their minds to that while they’re sitting
down and shutting up about what the republicans are doing.
And yes, I’m serious.
I would dearly love to have California and Illinois, for
example, get what they want – which seems to be having the republicans bow out
of their lives – and watch while they, without ‘outside interference’, do what
they say they can do. It hasn’t gone too well for them just lately, but that’s
doubtless the fault of the republicans. So … I say let them have at it. They’ve
got almost eight years; that ought to be plenty of time to get their agenda
implemented.
Oh yeah.
Well, as soon as they can come up with a party platform
of their own, they can get started. I’m thinking they’d best hurry up on that.
Because in the next eight years the USA is going to find
her footing again. As her strength returns her ability to be generous will
return too, and it will be the republicans who do that. Because there is
apparently NO support from democrats, it’s going to be almighty clear who’s
doing what and who isn’t.
Just sayin’.
If the democrats want to be viewed as credible in any
way, any way at all, they’d best get off their howling hinders and figure out
how to prove themselves in an observable, quantifiable fashion. Rhetoric isn’t
going to cut it any more. They have to actually do something positive and constructive,
and it had better be outstanding because the republicans are setting that bar
pretty darned high.
Watching, listening, and waiting for the next almost
eight years ought to be an enlightening experience.
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