Shades of 1968 in 2020?
As I look at
the way things are shaping up among the Democrats vying for the party
nomination in 2010, I can’t help thinking of the violent and crazy 1968 Democratic National Convention. The
Republican Party of today might not be having
its most illustrious moment, but the environment for Democrat candidates for
President is toxic,and potentially
violent. Democrats are clearly heading
for a train wreck.
While the
protesters of the 1968 Democratic Party Convention had concrete political and
moral concerns like racism, the Vietnam war, women’s rights, and the unsettling
effects of a spate of horrendous assassinations, Democrats today are fretting about their fundamental political
philosophy. How far left can we go
without re-electing Trump? How can we indulge the far-left and yet prevent the
crazies from taking over the electoral spotlight as they did in 1968?
Fact is,
they can’t. Not with far left crazies
like Rep. Ilhan Omar,
Rashida Tlaib, and the
bartender (no offense, bartenders, it’s a noble profession but just doesn’t automatically
qualify you for congress) Alexandria
Ocasio Cortez becoming the new face of the party. And let’s face it, that’s where the clicks
are, and that’s where the media goes when it wants to hear venom pouring upon
the Trump administration.
This coven (and their well-heeled sponsors) is tactical, unafraid to use classic
propaganda techniques to gain the spotlight, and willing to attack anyone, especially fellow Democrats, under the banner of left-wing
ideological purity. The language will be
Marxist-Maoist-Alinsky and no Democrats will be immune to shaming.
They’re not too bright and they can’t win but
they’re willing to do a lot of damage, especially to members of their own
party, to achieve ideological goals: isolate
Israel, establish socialism, and
redistribute wealth, mainly among themselves, although you can be sure plenty
of sops will be thrown to the ‘impoverished” to buy rare items like toilet paper in
Venezuela.
It would be funny except that I fear violence. It will be a toxic soup of fresh-faced but
bizarre charmers like Beto O’Rourke , avuncular antiques like Joe Biden, long-time progressive harpies like Elizabeth
Pocohontas Warren, and early twentieth centry Wobblies like Bernie
Sanders. All of these will compete
against Trump and the Republicans who may be unable to block the crazies in
their own bloc. Expect lots of foul
language from Tlaib who called Trump a “mother**cker* and also other crazies including those on the right who might abide or
even vote for a Democrat like Joe Manchin.
But the real problem is that, because of the identity politics the
Democrats have used to steer minority votes in their direction, white men (and
perhaps white “original people” women) need not apply. The numbers held up today would seem to favor
Beto-Nut who is reported to have (as a prank?) put his child’s feces into a
bowl and told his wife it was an avocado.
Another of his supposed high school peccadilloes was to entertain by
writing a story about killing children.
Don’t believe me b/c I am No One? Here’s an
except from Peggy Noonan’s excellent column in the Wall Street Journal today: “Ben Terris of the Washington
Post had a striking piece this week in which he reports Mr. O’Rourke ate dirt
for its “regenerative powers” after losing to Ted Cruz, has pranked his wife
with “Psycho”-style scenes in the shower, and once placed his child’s feces in
a bowl and told his wife it was an avocado.”
