Trump as 4T Leader

[David Horn]

(08-30-2019, 03:40 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: It would be nice if we could hand over leadership to someone besides the geezers. I call them that rather than fossils; at least geezers are still alive. But that's the ONLY choice we have in this election. There just is no-one else to turn to now; period! That's the luck of the draw. Democrats are stuck with who steps up. To call Sanders or Biden "my choice" is not exactly correct. They are whom the Democrats among themselves have chosen to run.

There is indeed a sea change in the works, which I have predicted for the 2020s for something like 50 years now. That time is indeed almost upon us, as hard as it is to believe. Our current complacent ideas of what is normal may be totally upended within the next 5 or 10 years.

But saying that, is not to say that the particular candidates who have stepped up for the 2020 campaign are the ones who will lead us forward into the change through the rest of the decade. The best candidates, according to my very reliable system, were Mitch Landrieu and Terry McAuliffe. 

As you say, McAuliffe is a salesman and not so much a visionary, but a salesman is exactly what we need. The ideas are already there, and have been for decades; we needed a candidate who was good at selling them. That's what wins elections. Warren I don't think is up to the task, and the others are not even in Trump's or even in Warren's league. I'm afraid we are stuck with Biden or Sanders as the only ones with the talent to beat the Drump. Their age may not matter at all; only the inherent talent of the candidate, as indicated by their horoscopes! 

And they may only serve for 4 years if they win, which will open the door to the best 2 candidates to step forward; otherwise we would have to wait until 2032. But I don't think that will happen, because as you said, the world can't wait for 12 more years of nothing.

So nowhere did I say we have to wait until 2030 for things to get going. One way or another they will get going after 2020. It just will probably happen with a geezer at the helm for the first few years. If it's Trump again, as it might very well be, then I am saying he will have a very rough time of it, and congress will take the lead, if not in 2021, then certainly after a 6th-year midterm.

If by some miracle Warren wins, then I will have to eat my words about her. So be it. But she is my age and probably just another "fossil" too. Anyone who thinks Pete can win and lead the country is out of his or her mind. Younger candidates who can win may very well appear through the 2020s, but they did not line up at the starting gate in 2020. And thank goodness they are starting to pull out now.

This is the election where the Millennials either show up or they don't. If the latter, then we get four more years of Mafia Don, and nothing you, I or anyone with our philosophical bent will be able to change that. The hate is too great. Only the young have avoided the hate (mostly, though there are pockets in that demographic too). The GOP is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trump Inc, and they'll go to the mat rather than admit error. The Dems are their typical selves: more cats than dogs, which is the reason for the huge number of candidates with 0% chance of actually winning at the POTUS level.

Even more important than the top job, how does the power get ripped from Mitch McConnell's hand? Trump has already "appointed" far too many judges and might be able to tilt the SCOTUS to the far right for decades, yet extremely strong candidates from hard-to-win states stay in the POTUS race. It's disgraceful.

The one bright light: serious and strong candidates of the future, like Pete Buttigieg and AOC, are already out there, preparing for the mess they will be handed. Shame on us for making that necessary.