Posted on 12/03/2016 9:51:50 PM PST by Beave Meister
During a shouting matching Thursday night between top aides of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the President-elect’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway summed up a key reason for why my Democratic Party lost – and will likely continue to lose. “There’s a difference for voters between what offends you and what affects you.”
To understand what she meant, look to the recent developments in Indiana. Millions of voters in the Rust Belt are in awe as 1,100 of their fellow blue-collar workers at Carrier narrowly missed being laid off. Instead of training Mexican replacements, these Hoosiers are celebrating an American paycheck.
In normal times, my fellow Democrats would have celebrated this modest victory in the fight against globalization. They might have even applauded the president-elect for helping make it happen.
But these are not normal times.
Media reaction captures how tone deaf we have become. My party is advancing stories of outrage over the generous tax incentives that Carrier received – some $7.0 million at present.
We’re hearing disbelief that companies can now blackmail Trump into getting their own sweetheart tax deals. Even trade critics like Bernie Sanders are complaining that Trump didn’t save enough jobs from being shipped overseas.
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Here is one product for collecting cow farts. Why it is the ‘rave’ wave of the future. And you can bet the costs of dairy products will soar.
The only thing democrats should be ashamed of is being a democrat their party died in the 60’s.
Uber Liberal NY State has a fixed program of special tax breaks for companies that keep their jobs in the state, so what’s the big deal. The big deal? The hypocrisy of the Left/Liberal/Progressive crowd.
In addition, crony capitalism doesn’t freaking work. Upstate is a rapidly depopulating ghost town.
The death of common sense would be the “tone”. And it’s been dead in the dem’s world for a minute now. Novelty candidates are paper tigers. Wake the F up. We will welcome you. Can your people say that?
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