02-14-2020, 01:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-15-2020, 01:10 AM by Eric the Green.)
"So whatever his electoral fate, the socialist from Vermont who is pushing 80 is likely to be remembered as a more transformative figure than many politicians who won an election but whom most Americans were quite glad to put behind them. Mr. Sanders wants to be the next Franklin Roosevelt — but if he can’t, better to be the next William Jennings Bryan or Jesse Jackson than the next William Howard Taft."
Indeed; I hope so, if his ideas do prevail to a large extent after the 4T has done its work on us.
And indeed, after McGovern the Democratic Party of Harry Truman (Korea) and LBJ (Vietnam) became much more of a peacenik party. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton "waged peace" and did not cause any American war casualties. John Kerry ran against the Iraq War, and so did Barack Obama. True, Democratic presidents and candidates don't oppose all wars, and they make some mistakes and errors, but they often oppose senseless wars and unnecessary interventions and seek diplomacy first.
Pointing out the error of Dukakis that he offered the choice of a competent administrator rather than an inspired new direction is reflected by the fact that he had the lowest horoscope score of any modern candidate. He could not connect with what the people really wanted in a president. Some of our current contenders make similar appeals, notably Klobuchar and Bloomberg, and they have lower scores than Trump who offers incompetence but satisfies his crowds with his fake promises of different policies (and more than that, with his appeals to their prejudices and fears).
Indeed; I hope so, if his ideas do prevail to a large extent after the 4T has done its work on us.
And indeed, after McGovern the Democratic Party of Harry Truman (Korea) and LBJ (Vietnam) became much more of a peacenik party. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton "waged peace" and did not cause any American war casualties. John Kerry ran against the Iraq War, and so did Barack Obama. True, Democratic presidents and candidates don't oppose all wars, and they make some mistakes and errors, but they often oppose senseless wars and unnecessary interventions and seek diplomacy first.
Pointing out the error of Dukakis that he offered the choice of a competent administrator rather than an inspired new direction is reflected by the fact that he had the lowest horoscope score of any modern candidate. He could not connect with what the people really wanted in a president. Some of our current contenders make similar appeals, notably Klobuchar and Bloomberg, and they have lower scores than Trump who offers incompetence but satisfies his crowds with his fake promises of different policies (and more than that, with his appeals to their prejudices and fears).