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 Obamacare was to be repealed, or, at the least, relief was to be offered for the suffering the program is causing.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.
No need for guillotines when there are chainsaws.
Not exactly. They will have to ,sooner or later, eat and shit. new York City learned how fast things go south without anyone to tale care of the trash. The same goes for food. Like all whose ego is higher that their i.q., they do not think far enough ahead. And this always results in disaster.
BUMP!
bump
We are being Punk’d.
Great job.
I, myself, have been feeling an increasing resentment of the ruling elites for quite a few years now. I don’t know how things will end - back to foundational principles or to the gulag. I’m kinda thinking the gulag is going to win. Too many takers, not enough makers.
100%
Hey, Laz, I’m not sure how I have failed to be on your sometimes-funny, sometimes disturbing ping list, but hereby respectfully request that you add me. Thanks!
It isn't just Washington. It is everyone who feels they deserve more because they are prettier/richer/smarter/better/more fashionable/whatever than the average flyover country hick.
It is the urbane, the credentialed, the swarms of government officers and even some local LEOs who are convinced they are better than the rest of us and the rules don't apply to them, because they make or enforce those rules, which incidentally, mean what they say they mean when they say they mean it.
They are those who crow about "equality" while looking down their collective nostrils at the rest of us.
Unfortunately it is a plague of attitude which has infected far and wide and is endemic in some parts of American culture.
Yes, the ground Zero is in Washington D.C. and other select urban areas, but hardly confined to those.
You've got it Laz... great job...
Boehner et al could at least stop giving the minority opposition 60 votes.
I understand what you're saying. And I'm in agreement.
However, I'd argue that one is the Political War, the other is the Culture War. But you could argue that the Political War is a sub-set of the Culture War.
Nevertheless, there is a distinction...and we need to be aware of it.
Remember also tat Marxists have always found the animus against the ruling class to be advantageous.
OT, but I may been known to hit after I ate............
Great essay.....
I think that is key to his popularity.
His positions are common sense American middle of the road positions.
But they are the kind of positions that liberal politicians abhor and conservative politicians are generally scared to push.
Laz, my dear,
You stated, “...elitists have been around since the 1600’s or even earlier...”
“Elitists” have been around forever.
Common folk have been fighting against the “elitists” since well before the 1600’s. Many common folk desire for the “elitists” to LEAVE US ALONE and abide by The United States Constitution and its first ten amendments: The Bill of Rights.
The ideals of our founding fathers unfortunately have not come to fruition.
What a shame.
I believe their premise to be what we are all about...
Unfortunately, there is EVIL in this world. There are people who want what we have - er, HAD: FREEDOM.
D*mn. There is so much EVIL in this world.
Good statement Laz. Also thank you for using “elitist” rather than “elite” like the media whores
I think you may be on to something. You identified the very reason the elitist elephants didn’t welcome the tea party participants into the fold but kept them at arms length.
all you say is true enough but...... absent 60 senators nothing gets passed
if it does get passed, 7 more are required to overturn the veto
the raw political power required to depose the president is lacking
the result is stagnation and rot
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