Party like its 1968!

 

In January of 1968, then President Lyndon B Johnson announced he was not running for re-election. Clearly, he was burned out by the Vietnam War.  That led to a scramble in the Democratic Party for a new candidate.  They eventually selected Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota in a Chicago convention that was chaotic and near riots outside the convention hall every day.  Humphry would go on to be destroyed by Richard Nixon in the election.

In 2024, Joe Biden, after a disastrous debate performance that bordered on elder abuse, announced he was not going to run in the 2024 election.  Some also allege that the Democratic Party leadership forced his out, but the point is that the current occupant of the Oval Office, in both 1968 and 2024, was not running for re-election. 

In 1968 and 2024, the Republican candidates, Richard Nixon and Donald Trump were "comeback kids" of sorts.  Nixon had lost a contentious election in 1960 and was back.  Trump had been in an election with many irregularities in 2020, and he is back, having also survived an assassination attempt!

Continuing the parallels, is the fact the Democratic Convention is in Chicago in 2024.  

And the protesters are coming!

Bonus info: The Democratic Convention of 1924, also chaotic, was in Chicago.

Each convention was chaotic and each led to a Democratic loss.

Since Kamala Harris did not run in any primary, this is hardly "democratic".  

The Democratic voters elected--for better or worse--Joe Biden.  There is time for primaries even if it is a bit rushed.  If this had happened three days before the convention or election, then fine.  Not perfect, but orderly at least.  Now, it seems the "Party of the People" has invalidated the votes of its own members.

Things called "democratic"--Democratic People Republic of Korea (North Korea) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany) usually are not.  

Is the Democratic (?) Party in America on that list too now?

If History does not repeat, it certainly rhymes!   

No excuse for this in America

 

I was not surprised when some leftist tried to shoot former President Trump.  I was surprised someone did not try something this stupid even earlier.

All the failed attack did was galvanize Trump supporters and this pic will be the defining picture of the 2024 campaign.

The root cause of this attack the the hyper-charged rhetoric, usually from the left side of the political spectrum, about Trump being a "threat to democracy" though this is never defined. They speak of a fear of "authoritarianism" though they happily went along with the COVID nonsense. 

Liberalism is supposed to be about tolerance, kindness and empathy.

That is not the case anymore.  Any delusions that these people support such things is gone.

The country appears to be lurching toward some sort of split and something this stupid could lead to violence.  It could be argued it all ready has.

Remember the ones who want wars lose.

Be careful what you wish for.

Time to return to civility and common sense.

Hopefully, America has not gone completely around the bend.

Happy Fourth of July!

 

Elder Abuse

I tuned in to watch the Trump-Biden debate and was horrified.

As much as I don't like Biden, I actually said "This is elder abuse" 

They should have thrown in the towel.

I have seen presidential debates where on side did not do very well.  Those were like football games where the score was 31-10 or something.  At least they got on the board.  This one seemed to have a score of 47-0...at halftime!

I reminded me of "Rocky IV" where Apollo Creed was getting clobbered by Dragov and Rocky was thinking about throwing in the towel even though his friend was going to be mad at him.  Fine...at least you are alive to be mad!

I don't know if there is enough time to find a replacement for Biden and, personally, I hope they don't so that he goes out and gets demolished.  If I had the misfortune to be running the DNC this year, I would concentrate on Senate and House races.  No candidate there would want to be seen with Biden.

It is beyond time for him to go.  Biden has put the country in danger with the open border nonsense and people have died. Some maintain he has blood on his hands.  It could be seen as that way.  Others are talking about invoking the XXV Amendment and having him removed.  That might be one way around the ballot deadlines.  They know this better than me.

If Biden were to be replaced, who makes that decision.  Are they going to have primaries so the people can decided?  Or is it going to be some backroom deal? 

Given the recent "Democratic" predilection for authoritarianism, I see backroom deal.

So much for the "Party of the People" 

Gotta better idea.  Go back to representing the People (yes, capital P) and go back to your working-class roots and classical liberalism.  Not this failed pseduo-Communist garbage. 

As I said before, they will end up in the dustbin of History.

Hopefully, sooner than later. 

Hurtling across PA and Ohio!

Chelly and I spent the week in Pittsburgh, tromping around Steeltown.  We went to the Cathedral of Learning before heading off to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.  I paid homage to my old friend, the holotype skeleton of Tyrannosaurs, and spent four hours in the museum.  The we found the site of Forbes Field, the old home of the Pirates and Steelers.  After going up and down the inclines at Dusqune and Monongahela, we grabbed some pizza and got ready to hurtle westward.  

 The next day, we charged into Ohio, making our way to Cleveland.  I growled at the Browns stadium before making out way to Canton.  After hanging out around there for a few hours, we headed for home.  Going through West Virginia and "Lizard Tail" Virginia, we made it home in time to feed the cats, who angrily demanded where we had been.

The furry overlords rule over all....LOL

Even T-Rex yields to their authority.

Happy Memorial Day!

 

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

The kicker gets famous

 

Kickers are usually the smallest players on the field, but they have outsized influence.  Often, they are the difference between winning and losing and frequently hit the field goal at the end...or miss and lose.

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a graduation speech at Benedictine College in Atkinson, Kansas, that seems to have ruffled the liberal elite.  He called on women to be homemakers and mothers.  

  Immediately, we see the "outrage" from the usual crowd.  We even saw the NFL Diversity, Inclusion, Equity guy distance himself from the opinion, which, by the way, is the opposite of inclusion.

Meanwhile jersey sales for Butker's #7 have skyrockets and may degree-bearing women have come out in his defense. His own teammates have supported him as well,  It is pretty obvious that the "wokism" stuff is getting stale.

We have freedom of speech in this country.  Attempts to "dox" people or get them fired for something that is not "fashionable" is akin to MacCarthyism.  

Like I said before, wokism needs to make room in the dustbin of history somewhere between Nazis, feudal monarchies, and communism.   

And disco!

Go Butker