"Doesn't this reflect a swing between competing factions? The Republican
minority wins control, then the Democratic majority responds. But with
each swing, the country tips further to the right. Has it fallen over?" – link
"But [Comey's] emails." – link
"I think most of the authoritarianism we are now experiencing can be
summarized as 'same s*** different century.' It's not new, it's not
brilliant, it's not anything except brutal and terrifying." – link
Until the Dems come out with a unified very progressive platform they are doomed to failure every time. Right now too many of them are Republican lite.
ReplyDeleteIn Canada, we have the Conservatives who are rapidly becoming Republican North, the NDP who are somewhat progressive but can never achieve power and the Liberals who steal enough ideas from the NDP to get elected but in general benefit the wealthy and corporations, just not to the same extent as today's conservatives