Fine article, John. I always try to remember, especially at this time of year, words from Mary's song:
"He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty."
Guess we'll just have to wait and see; and when will that be? Someday or century. Meanwhile, we Democrats can try to do what needs doing and always speaking truth to power.
What is the 'forty years' referring to? I am a bit confused. Good article otherwise, and Social Darwinism is a great label. As noted below by Luke O'Connor, all sides 'pretend' for instance, Hillary pretended that her husband was a moral man when in fact, he played out immorality in plain sight. As did JFK. The GOP have just taken greed, entitlement, bad taste, lies and ignorance to new levels.
That's the part hardest for me to understand. Like the current talk about pursuing Trump for crimes or even talking too harshly about his horrible administration will divide the country. We're divided. To NOT pursue him and hold him and more importantly his enablers accountable, will be condoning their actions and inviting more of worse.
Republicans show whatever "face" will gets them the most power; there is no "true" version. Starting January 20th, they'll be screaming again about balancing the budget and reducing the national debt at the expense of social programs, and defending other fake "moral" stances that they haven't ranted about in 4 years. Their God is selfish greed, not the Christ whose teachings they corrupt for their own purposes. I'm exhausted already.
Fine article, John. I always try to remember, especially at this time of year, words from Mary's song:
"He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty."
Guess we'll just have to wait and see; and when will that be? Someday or century. Meanwhile, we Democrats can try to do what needs doing and always speaking truth to power.
What is the 'forty years' referring to? I am a bit confused. Good article otherwise, and Social Darwinism is a great label. As noted below by Luke O'Connor, all sides 'pretend' for instance, Hillary pretended that her husband was a moral man when in fact, he played out immorality in plain sight. As did JFK. The GOP have just taken greed, entitlement, bad taste, lies and ignorance to new levels.
Excellent observations. How do we respond over the next 4 years as the GOP hypocrites rediscover their ‘values?’
And Democrats, too, have pretended: that Republicans are a normal political party who disagree in good faith about their vision of government.
The divide in the Democratic party is between those who would go back to pretending and those who have been fooled enough.
Dems are pretending less than they used to. That's the only positive.
That's the part hardest for me to understand. Like the current talk about pursuing Trump for crimes or even talking too harshly about his horrible administration will divide the country. We're divided. To NOT pursue him and hold him and more importantly his enablers accountable, will be condoning their actions and inviting more of worse.
Republicans show whatever "face" will gets them the most power; there is no "true" version. Starting January 20th, they'll be screaming again about balancing the budget and reducing the national debt at the expense of social programs, and defending other fake "moral" stances that they haven't ranted about in 4 years. Their God is selfish greed, not the Christ whose teachings they corrupt for their own purposes. I'm exhausted already.