Posted on 05/21/2019 8:49:13 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Democrats have become increasingly cognizant of the anger, but too often they’ve drawn the wrong conclusions. The answer certainly isn’t socialism. Middle-class voters currently presume that elites already control the government—so why would they want to give the bureaucracy any more power? Rather, Democrats need to become the party of justice. They need to demand accountability from bad actors—and point out where Republicans would give them a pass.
They don’t need to castigate entire industries, as some might recommend. But when people make decisions that affect innocent bystanders—beating the drums for an ill-conceived war, making complicated financial instruments—they should be the party standing up for middle-class interests and values.
Every time Democrats look at a problem, they think of a program. And while those programs often point the way forward, Democrats need to focus their energy on convincing the middle class that they share their values more than just their economic interests. There is more to voters than their wallets. To do that, Democrats need to prove to them that they know the difference between right and wrong, and that begins with owning the terms accountability and responsibility. Democrats need to be the ones demanding that those who fall short, no matter how privileged, be made to answer for their own decisions. Every one of us should have to live by the same moral and ethical codes. The nation’s elite shouldn’t have any special license to take the easy way out.
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Did some one hit him in the head??
Read the article. He isn’t promoting our viewpoint even though the Headline says otherwise.
Sounds like advice the IMF was circulating on how to blunt the force of nationalism and anti-globalism.
What I got from reading this, “We just have to lie better”.
To become the parry of justice the Democrats will have to imprison every man, woman, and child in their ranks.
Yes, Hillary Clinton drew more votes, but she was 1,000 times as qualified, and 10,000 times as personally appealing. She should have demolished him—but something drew many voters to Trump instead.
She is certainly qualified (corrupt, should have been in jail years ago, but she did sleep with an elected president, everything else she’s done is completely null.) and most certainly she is PERSONALLY APPEALING!
What a delusional idiot.
He’s projecting more than 6 IMAX theaters.
Helter-skelter. He’s trying to clear the field above him so he can be viewed as a Democrat savior after it all falls down. The Manson strategy.
The answer certainly isn’t socialism. >>>>>>>>>
Rahm Emanuel wants us to buy his camoflauged socialism as “justice.”
What Rahm is talking about is liberal fascism, which brings about historical justice, a common theme on every fascist movement that ever existed, including all those of WWII era fame.For Germany it was realization of the German people in the justice of throwing off WWI reparations and getting their ancestral Liebenshraum.
For the fascists of Japan it was reinstating the code of Samurai bushido through a moddrn arm and the totalitarian state , displacing the entrepreneurs who had controlled Japan.
Rahm is no different in what he says. JUSTICE! Its national socialism barely disguised.
So to the Rahms of the World, I bid a fond farewell as we slide them into the dust bin of history as fascists. We need to rid ourselves of them.
You want to read a great analysis of why Obama and Emanuel had become dedicated liberal fascists, who even went so far as to weaponize the FBI, DOJ, CIA IRS and the NSA against a presidential candidate ( Donald Trump) ?
Good Read:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
“Barack Obama: The Quintessential Liberal Fascist”
Did she, really? When all the fraudulent voting is taken onto account (as many as three million in California alone) did she even come close?
But they don't share our values...
It's why Washington hates Trump - he's unmasking the phonies - from their fake English accents to their cheap 'new money' values.
The United States has the tackiest government ‘elites’ in the world: white trash in power.
some were from illegals, but that’s cool with the dems. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so wild about letting them in.
They simply cannot do this. Their entire worldview is predicated on substituting emotion for justice. The concept of doing otherwise is totally alien to them.
What Rahm means is to emphasize calling conservative virtues unjust - in an emotional, needy sense - and then attacking those virtues with escalated political rhetoric. This is not justice in any form, just a lying corruption of the word.
Exactly
Consider the source; the mob servant ex Mayor of Chicago and Obozo butt boy.
Article is total BS. And definitely isn’t talking about accountability for Rahm, Hillary, Obama, etc.
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