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| Oy! Look Who Looms Over the Democratic Candidates ___________________________________________ |
As depicted in the above image, 45 (I
refuse to say his name) looms large over our 2020 candidates – the orange elephant in the room, so to speak.
April 27, 2019: It’s not
too early to get serious.
My Facebook friend Diana
Manister is urging all Democratic voters to begin vetting the Democratic voters
and weighing the pros and cons of the current slate.
Why?
Because, if we don’t, the
GOP will find the weakest spots of our candidates and zero in on them at a most
crucial time – say October 2020 – when, perhaps, it would be too late.
Diana is right that we
need to get the negatives out now and
not after the nomination. The negatives don’t have to be deal killers, but it’s
easier to defuse them early in the game and not when they will have the most
impact.
Also, weighing the pros
and cons can help voters to make informed decisions at primary and caucus
times.
There is a way to do this
vetting in a positive manner without demonizing anyone; there is a way to
articulate our views and findings in a positive or, at best, neutral manner.
It never helps to call a
candidate a “corporate whore” or a “communist.” One never wins hearts and
support with such language – it just makes supporters dig in deeper.
I will block such folks
on Facebook and delete hater comments on this site. I no longer have the
patience for such garbage.
Give me specifics, such
as “So and so took $$,$$$ in oil money from X company in 20XX.” And back it up
with proof – links to credible sources.
Otherwise, just stay away
from my Facebook threads and this site.
For example, I recently
shared on Facebook that Joe Biden had some health issues, namely two aneurysms
20 years ago. I included this link from CNN and the caveat that he has been aneurysm-free
since and that it was not likely that
the aneurysms would recur (according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta). But I felt it was something
voters should know about.
Save your vitriol for 45,
who deserves it more than any of our candidates.
I’m going to try like
hell to present my comments in a better way than I have in the past, even
Bernie Sanders, who I don’t like very much. But he does bring something to the
table, so it would be a good idea to listen before writing him off totally.
I just hope enough of us
care enough about our Democracy to do the work necessary to find the right
nominee -- and he or she may be our personal 4th or 5th choice.
Get over it.
Vetting Democrats is Not Eating Our Own, a short article, expands a bit on
what I’m trying to say.
