Irritation is the sickliest form of robbery.
Posted on 07/29/2015 3:48:26 PM PDT by Lazamataz
Edited on 07/30/2015 10:39:17 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Many people are under the mistaken impression that the political battle lines in America are Democrats vs. Republicans. Some even erroneously believe the battle lines are Liberal vs. Conservative. However, if you wish to truly understand modern politics in our country -- if you want to make sense of the seemingly-irrational behaviors of both parties -- consider the reality that the battle lines are actually Elitists vs. The People.
In 2014, Republicans were swept into office in the midterms, ostensibly to turn back Obamaism. Obamacare was to be repealed, or, at the least, relief was to be offered for the suffering the program is causing. Iran was to be denied resources for developing a nuclear weapon, or, at the least, slowed in that development. Obama's penchant for going outside the bounds of the Constitution by sidestepping Congress with overreaching and illegal Executive Orders was to be halted, or, at the least, censured. Illegal alien invasion was to be stopped or curtailed and violators were to be prosecuted and shipped back to their countries of origin.
Instead, the establishment Republicans re-elected the Crying Cheeto John Boehner and Yertel the Turtle Mitch McConnell to head the two Legislative bodies (have we ever had such freakish House and Senate leaders?). Lead by those two feckless elitists, we got the following results:
In the Republican grassroots, there was and is great frustration when the lack of opposition (by the establishment Republicans) to Democrat policies became apparent. There are murmurings of discontent on the far-left, as well, that the Democrats are only paying lip service to their important issues.
It has become quite clear that the real fight that of Elitists against The People.
This explains the vigorous support and consistently-meteoric poll numbers that Donald Trump is seeing. Whether he is truly a Populist remains to be seen, but at minimum, he is speaking as one. This seldom-heard speech in Washington is appealing to a large number of people who feel ignored by the Elitist Party, be they Republican or Democrat. Donald Trump is even appealing to the Democrat-coveted minority population.
Ronald Reagan won as a Populist. He fought the Republican establishment and won the primary in 1980, and went on to become the most anti-big-government, anti-communist, pro-ordinary-citizen President in modern history. His sweeping re- election in 1984, capturing nearly every single state (including liberal ones), showed that Populist policies are popular even in liberal bastions. Of course, there will always be liberals that cling to Elitism, and those are usually the ones who favor Socialism or Communism.
I do not mean to compare Trump to Reagan in any way except to show that Trump's populism is a winning strategy, and it appears that -- whatever Trumps other faults, such as a recent political change-of-heart and his many personal issues over the years -- Donald Trump does understand where the actual battle lines lie. His repeated disregard and dislike for the propaganda outlets called the 'news media', his brutal honesty, and his stated positions show a Populism that has not been seen in national politics for more than twenty years. This explains why many of us regard him as a breath of fresh air.
Elitists like Planned Abortionhood. That group helps to reduce the 'surplus population', as Ebenezer Scrooge once called it in Dickens' novel. Elitists like Obamacare, with the Death Panels poised to deny treatment to 'useless old people'. Elitists like Communism and/or Socialism, with its control over the masses and the tendency to gather wealth at the top. Elitists like big government and fascist police-state controls, to better keep the populace from rising up in anger. Elitists like illegal alien invasion (and have encouraged it not only in America, but other European nations), because that form of invasion dilutes national identities, erases borders, and leads the world to a 'nationless' global government. Elitist are using Islam's threat to increase the police-state tactics in nation after nation. Elitists like Agenda 21, with the stated purpose of herding us into vast cities, where we can be more efficiently worked and better controlled.
If you have signed up on the sides of the Elitists, you have many choices, foremost among those being Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. If you are on the side of the people, your choices can only be Ted Cruz or Donald Trump.
Cast an eye upon my work and see if you can improve the grammar, punctuation, or even presentation. I can buff it up before shipping it out to the blogs that publish me.
I too have had a gnawing feeling for a number of years now myself.
The sense that our central government no longer works for the average working person/taxpayer anymore. We are taken for granted.
I see this in a sense that things will never get better because of the way we currently operate. We have run out of road.
We have lost control of our government and how it operates.
It’s strange how the people who want to eliminate the “surplus population” never consider themselves to be a part of it.
Excellent. I think you have hit the nail on he head.
OUTSTANDING, Lazamataz. One of your best. Thank you.
Eggs Ackley! If the GOPe nominate another Bush, The Donald should run as third party and we will elect him if for no other reason than spite! Then there would at least be a two party system with an independent party.
“It’s strange how the people who want to eliminate the “surplus population” never consider themselves to be a part of it.”
You just defined a portion of elitism. Somebody has to CONTROL the masses. Plus somebody has to own the leftover Netjets, lobster, and California oceanfront property.
Good job, Laz : )
Another way of putting it; Washington vs The Rest Of Us.
Well Done.
Interestingly enough, Trump the Multi-Billionaire, is not an elitist.
Why?
The Billionaire Populist?
Say what?
I suspect that his populism is the direct result of, like Reagan, being Honest.
Yeah, there is definitely a battle between the DC cartel and us, but there is also a culture war between godless liberals and god-fearing conservatives.
I refer to the Democrats as the American Soviet Party.
I think you are exactly right. There are no Democrats/Republicans any longer. It’s one big swamp of shared corruption.
The Washington uppercrust won’t have to deal with the ramifications of their action/inaction. They’ll be shielded from it all.
Excellent!
The other thing is -- it's hard to get things done in politics. Major changes only come around once in a generation. A minority party can't get anything done in any case. But in practice you need over 60 seats in the Senate to pass significant laws. That happens very rarely. I doubt Boehner and McConnell would exercise much leadership even if they had those 60 votes, but without them, there's not that much that they can do to change things.
Absolutely on target! GREAT job!
That, a rope and a handy lamp-post or oak tree...
Or we could get all Parisian on them and bring out the ox cart and guillotines!
About the no pregnancies...
I heard the Skipper and Gilligan were... Well, let’s just say they would applaud the Supreme Court’s affirmation of Gay Marriage.
The professor spent too much time in the lab around the radium samples and no longer shoots live ammo.
Irritation is the sickliest form of robbery.
The ruling coalition is united around several things that the people are against. They are skilled at setting up phony issues (or issues that don’t concern the Federal government) to break up the formation of any possible other coalition.
Republicans and Democrats agree that the purpose of the State is redistribution. How much, and to whom, and under what circumstances, there are disagreements. But no elected officials of either Party believe that it is wrong to take from you and give to another of their own choosing, for reasons that make sense to them.
Republicans and Democrats agree that you have “rights” - lots of them. They also agree that any question ABOUT your “rights”, or whether or not something IS a “right”, should not be decided by a political process because that is “divisive”. So, they both agree that the voice of “the People” as contemplated in Articles IX and X can only be voiced by nine unelected life tenure judges, and that five of them, at any time or for any reason, can give new “rights” and take away old ones, particularly if those old ones arise out of majority voting.
Republicans and Democrats all believe in “diversity”. They, ignoring completely the results of all social science research on this subject, and contrary to millennia of human experience and wisdom, believe that the more “diverse” our country, its institutions, and any private entities within her become, the more cohesive and productive we will become.
Republicans and Democrats almost all believe in “free trade” and “immigration”. These things are good for various constituencies of both parties while they wreck the economy and the nation.
Many of the People, perhaps a majority, do not believe in any of these things. But in our existing system, captive as it is to the MSM-mandated “process” for choosing two candidates for POTUS neither of whom will change a thing, leaves the People with no voice.
Something’s gonna blow.
Nice job on the op ed. I agree with you on all points.
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