Analysis, Commentary, Opinion
03.07.2020
Momentum Shift
And so it happened, the momentum in the race for
the Democratic Party’s nominee for President has shifted.
It is important to note that the shift is not
hypothetical, it is marked by the fact that primaries and caucuses have been
held and the people have come out to vote. The field has winnowed and we are
down to a two person race.
There are many people who cast this race in terms
of so-called “progressive wing” and the so-called “corporate wing” of the
Democratic Party. Please be aware that while Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have many
different policy proscription for what ails America, they have much more in
common with each other, and their values are far more closely aligned with the
values of the average American than the vacuous and amoral menace, that confused
and cowardly villain who is currently operating a criminal regime out of the oval
office.
There are many of my friends who are upset about
what took place in the primaries over the last week, suggesting that the elites
in the democratic party rigged the vote against Bernie’ no they didn’t. The
voters voted, and the votes that were cast came from a demographic sampling
that represents America, and the Democratic Party.
One condescending friend of mine, a middle-aged,
middle-class European American had the nerve to suggest that the Presidential
race has come down to two white-racist-septugenarians, and he was angry about
it. Never mind the fact that African Americans voted overwhelmingly for Joe
Biden. My out-of-touch white friend thinks he knows a thing or two about
racism, and about what is good for people of color, and he wants everyone else
to think that people of color don’t know what is good for themselves, and
thought hat person is a friend of mine, I think the sentiment is disgusting. He
and all the other Bernie supporters need to just settle down and check their
own implicit bias at the door.
Be mindful, the race is far from over. The momentum
has shifted, but only enough to make it a contest. The next few weeks might
show us that the shift in momentum represent ted a C change, but we are not
there yet.
Both candidates, and everyone who follows them
should stay positive, spend their time and energy articulating the values of
the Democratic Party, move forward, and not succumb to the kind of internal feuding
that the Trump campaign and Russia are fueling.
That should both stay in the race until it mathematically
impossible for them to win, and then the certain loser should drop out, endorse
the other, and work not just for their election, but work tirelessly for
democratic candidates up and down the line, in both local and national races.
I have this last thing to say to my progressive
friends.
The progressive platform they are dreaming of and
working toward is a grass roots movement. Grass roots movements do not
typically work through the implementation of executive action at the top. They
work from the ground up, and if we want the Green New Deal, Single Payer Health
Care, College Financing Reform etc…we are going to need Senators and
Representatives in Congress to author and sponsor and pass that legislation.
If you want Constitutional Amendments, you need to
have super majorities everywhere, not just in Federal Offices, but in State
Houses and Governor’s Mansions all across the country.
If we refuse to stand together, then we will fall
apart.
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