This is not Trump-specific so I think it deserves a thread of its own.

One of my favorite op-ed authors, Christopher Chantrill. Link.

OK, I know. First of all, what is left of Republicans when Trump leaves the scene? Never mind! That is a question for another day.

Seriously. All the Democratic presidents we grew to know and love were elected as mere pikers. FDR was elected at 50, JFK at 43, Carter at 52; Clinton at 46; Obama at 47.

Only Harry Truman was over 60 on becoming president. That just shows it!

Now we have Joe Biden, who will be 77 on election day. Elizabeth Warren, who will be 71. If we look at Democratic leaders in Congress, we have Our Nance, from a distinguished Baltimore political family, who will be 79 in March. Chuck Schumer will be 70 next November.

If you ask me, this is an unfortunate consequence of modern health care and medicine, that politicians live a lot longer than they used to. And since politicians never retire, it means that the younger set now grow old waiting for their olders and betters to retire. Perhaps we should bring back the smoke-filled room to hasten our politicians on their way.

I remember back in the day when the MSM was scandalized by all those ancient Southern Democrats occupying chairmanships of Congressional committees that should have been going to worthy young northern liberal Democrats.

The problem is, of course, that when the current crop of veteran Democrats retires the folks that step into their shoes will either be vile monsters like Adam Schiff, 59, or minority members from inner-city one-party districts.

I know that we are all supposed to be thrilled by multicultural America, but I have a feeling that it will be nasty, brutish, and short compared to the current America that we have been taught to hate.

In other words, I think that multiculturalism is all very well when liberal professors are instructing their students at Deep State U, but not so much fun when open racist sexist multiculturalists are practicing what they have been carefully taught on the political stage.

See, I know that all the good people know that nationalism equals Hitler. But I think nationalism is one of the most remarkable ideas ever, to persuade a motley crew of people that really have nothing in common to believe that they are all joyful members of the fake tribe of the nation.

And I think that when you do the reverse procedure and persuade men and women and LGBTs and various racial and ethnic minorities that they have nothing in common.-- Well I think you are sowing the wind and will shortly reap the whirlwind.

But what do I know!

Here's another problem that I don't think our Democratic friends have thought about. We all had a grand old time in the 20th century cranking government spending from 10 percent of GDP up to the present 36 percent, as below:


But do you see what has been happening? The growth of government spending has been slowing, except for that blip in the Great Recession. I just think that the good years of bribing the voters will lovely free stuff is coming to the end of its useful life.

That's why Elizabeth Warrn has run into a buzz-saw with her Medicare-for-all thingy. Most Americans don't think they will benefit. Right now a lot of Americans are all in favor of climate change policy. That's because they don't understand that the money is going to billionaires and bottom feeders not to good ordinary Americans like them.

And when it comes down to it, the basis of modern democracy is that voters believe that the free stuff should only be going to people like them. And we have carefully taught folks to believe in this. There's the geezer saying that "they'd better not cut My Social Security" because he paid in all his life. Or the girl geezer just flat out saying "they'd better not cut My Medicare." Just sayin'.

Somewhere out there is an newly fledged politician in the process of figuring out how you play free-stuff politics when all the good ones are taken.

That guy is a genius.

I wonder what he is doing right now? Maybe he will sweep in and send sweep the current crop of septuagenarians out to the retirement community.

The Democrats will become even more radicalized, farther and farther to the left, eventually openly embracing communist totalitarianism.

They DEMAND a corrupt communist dictator to give them free shit that will never materialize.

Oh wait, they are doing that now.

AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

With the massive student debt and the secular trend of the millennials, get use to President AOC 2032.

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But do you see what has been happening? The growth of government spending has been slowing, except for that blip in the Great Recession. I just think that the good years of bribing the voters will lovely free stuff is coming to the end of its useful life.

I think you are right about that...
When government spending becomes a huge percentage (35%) of the economy it starts to become obvious to most people that they are not being bribed with other people's money, they are being bribed with their own money.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
The Democrats will become even more radicalized, farther and farther to the left, eventually openly embracing communist totalitarianism.

Some of them already are.

flashguy

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

This. You’ll have Cortez, Tliab, Omar, Buttgieg, a string of young radical socialists and their followers increasingly openly communist.

Cortez, Tliab, Omar, Buttgieg, etc..

I don't necessarily believe they will be young but a wide range of ages that are of a radical make up.

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Originally posted by Leemur:

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

This. You’ll have Cortez, Tliab, Omar, Buttgieg, a string of young radical socialists and their followers increasingly openly communist.

Agree 100%, that group is the beginning of the next wave.

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Originally posted by az4783054:
As the democrat politicians age (retire, die or get indicted), the voters also age. We've seen with bernie that the younger generations like free stuff rather than saving and working to achieve their goals.

Makes one appreciate death as an alternative.

But where will the free stuff come from if there isn't some old guy to pay for it?

At what point will enemies of our country be dealt with as such?

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Originally posted by Leemur:

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

This. You’ll have Cortez, Tliab, Omar, Buttgieg, a string of young radical socialists and their followers increasingly openly communist.

AOC and company have already revealed they are going to go after all the moderate D candidates in the field next election, putting in further left idealist to replace the incumbents..

Especially in districts where Trump won which I believe is about 30....

Bolshevism

Oh c'mon fellas, what's with the negativity?[sarcasm]

Personal opinion:

Look at the population demographics, from anywhere:

25-34: 45.7 million
35-44: 41.3 million

In 15 years time, if any of these pop demographics are in politics, they would have been politicians for ... 15+ years.

Those in the early 40's / 50's.

No longer angry that mommy didn't hug them enough, or a dawning of understanding that the world in fact, doesn't owe them an explanation.

If term limits haven't been imposed, well by that timeframe, they have been long term Congress/Senate, and have got the gist of how to maintain a party line, and how to continue to be voted in repetitiously.

President Trump's second term will set the country even further right, in terms of the good for all.

Another self made billionaire, who doesn't care about him/herself, more for the People.

There's no-one in that category that I think of right now.

But soon ...



--chris

I'm convinced that there's still a war going on for control of the Democratic Party. Otherwise there's no reason why both Joe Biden and AOC would both be major players within the party.

IMHO the war won't be fully fought out until after the 2024 election, if then. By that time, though, we'll have a better idea of who's going to replace Nancy et al. For right now the question is somewhat skewed. Nancy and Schumer are convinced they're on top because they're so good at surfing the issues and keeping a majority of the Dem legislators in line. If you ask around, though, you might find that they're really tolerated as place keepers at a time when no one has a clear inside track to the leadership and Dem dominance is unlikely to grow beyond the House in the next two to four years - which is a big reason why the Dems have invested so heavily in state races in the last couple of elections but not focused too heavily on federal elections in general.

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

Please somebody make it stop!

My friend in Austin tells me the gay flag is hung all over the PUBLIC elementary school. Those children aren’t even in puberty yet. fuck all this!

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Originally posted by k5blazer:
AOC and the squad is what happens. We are already seeing it.

You could be right but I’m thinking that the money in the Democratic Party has already pulled her aside and told her if she wants a career she better STFU. Listening to her drivel used to be a daily occurrence but I haven’t heard shit from that bimbo in a long time.

Whether we hear more or less from her, and who asks her to speak (or, I guess, shut up) in the run-up to the upcoming elections will speak volumes.