J’Accuse

Sorry but I had to get this off of my chest .

What do you all think?

I accuse Bernie Sanders, and the Progressives in general , with giving us the nightmare of Donald Trump and  his pernicious incompetent and destructive  administration.

Why you ask?

It was Sanders who first  strongly called Hillary’s integrity in question which played into the Trump’s  motto of Crooked Hillary and Lock Her Up.

It was Sanders and the Progressives who continued to denigrate the Obama economic recovery.  With the media basically going along, they fostered the weak economy narrative . This false narrative then of course was picked up gladly by Trump and the Republicans.

The fact that the Trump economy has simply been a continuation of the Obama recovery was not recognized by the media or indeed Sanders and the Progressives.

Look at the facts. The rise in Stock Market, GDP, and job growth  during Obama’s term has been at least as good or better than Trump’s . Yes, the unemployment rate is lower now under Trump, but that’s what happens with continued job growth for so many months. The same is true with respect to increase wages. Things were all building in that direction.

Bernie and the Progressives continued to denigrate Obama‘s economic performance and the media didn’t contradict them.

When Trump accomplished the same thing , the entire GOP cheered him on and the media had no choice but to agree.

When the public was told that things are bad by Sanders, the Progressives, Trump and the GOP, with the media’s acquiescence  , the public “felt” bad as well.

However, when Trump and the GOP, along with the media, loudly exclaimed that  the economy was now great (even if essentially the same economy as Obama’s) the public began to feel good as well.  

The Democrats and Sanders and the Progressives were responsible for allowing this to happen.

As President Obama said it was a mistake by the Democrats letting the “perfect be the enemy of the good”.

We are now faced with a similar dynamic within the Democratic Party. Those pushing for The Green New Deal, “Socialism”, Reparations, Voting Rights for those incarcerated, Identity Politics, Wealth Taxes ; Free College and Medicare for All - all without raising taxes on other than the wealthy- are making the re-election of Trump more likely; irrespective of how horrible he is.




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Thank You Mike Bloomberg



I now have someone I can believe in, not just settle for, or fear. 

Michael Bloomberg is an honest man of high intelligence and extraordinary competence whose views I agree with. 

It feels great to be for someone; especially someone who can defeat Donald Trump and push back against the forces of Trumpism. 

Bloomberg is someone who can move our country forward in a positive direction rather than tearing it down and trying to rebuild it in a radical, risky and unproven way.

No one is perfect, but if Trump has taught us anything it’s not necessary to be perfect to be elected President of our very large heterogenous  country. 

Bloomberg is not a moderate,  but rather what I call myself- a radical centrist. He rejects both the extreme Right and Left and would boldly pursue a course which is consistent with the values and virtues of our country, both domestically and globally. 

He would be a world leader we can be proud of, who would restore our world leadership and who would most effectively counteract our enemies. 

Fortunately he has the means to convey his message and his qualifications to the American people.

Will they understand all this and come to support him? 

That’s where people like me have a job to do. 

Eric

The Base

Who is the Democrat’s’ Base?

The young Millennials who didn’t bother to vote for Hillary last election, or the  voters who voted for Democrats for President consistently the last ten elections or so ?

And who decides who the Base is?

Police State Tactics

I’m worried that the announcement of a criminal investigation of the DOJ and FBI regarding the investigation by the Trump administration with respect to Russian interference in the 2016 election smacks of internal police state tactics and intimation.

Down this path is tyranny.

Unsolicited advice for Joe Biden

I’m a bit worried Biden’s going to “step in it” somehow. 

I hope he has a great policy team. 

Here’s my suggestions:

1. Instead of Medicare for All, which the public has no clue as to cost, let’s fine tune the ACA and add a public option and restore the mandate. 

2. Roll back tax cuts, but only for the really rich.  Not the “sort of rich” upper middle class. 

Close corporate and rich people loopholes and  give aways which were slipped into,  or hidden in , the Tax Cut Bill. Many of which mostly helped only people like Trump. 

3. Forget about reparations and focus on economic development in marginalized neighborhoods. How would reparations work anyway?

4. Reject voting rights for prisoners in jail. Incredibly stupid. 

5. Smart, effective climate change initiatives; not The Green New Deal which was more of a socialist screed than a program to address climate change. 

6. Reject identity politics and silly political correctness . Only causes unnecessary resentment. 

7. Instead of free college, allow refinancing of student loans and  bankruptcy protection option for student debtors. No reason student debt should be treated differently from other consumer debt. 

8.  Biden is the only one who can make the effective case that the current strong economy is essentially a continuation of the strong economy ( jobs, stock market etc) begun in the Obama / Biden administration. 

9. Don’t say  stupid things; stop talking while you’re ahead.

Eric

Observations

Actually Trump is doing quite a job uniting the country— against him.

Chris Wallace and Shepard Smith speak truth to power. 

It was Comey’s  dam morality that undermined Hillary and tipped the election to Trump.  

 Barr was a very effective defense lawyer for Trump’s personal benefit ; however , I thought his job was Attorney General of the Country. 

In the entire Mueller Report the word “collusion” is never mentioned even once. Yet Barr’s four page summary and press conference used the word “collusion “ over a dozen times. 

 I guess when Trump and Barr say “ no collusion “ they are referring the the total absence of that word in the entire Mueller Report !

Remind me about the scandals that took place  in the Obama presidency. 

3 or 43?

And here I thought  43 new Dems won seats and flipped the House; and 3 women,( AOC, Omar and Talib) we always hear about  weren’t even 1 of them? Not one so called Progressive flipped a single seat from Red to Blue 

How many of those 43 Moderates who flipped seats can you even name. 

No , the media is obsessed with AOC and her mean girls. 

What’s up with that?