The debate. Maybe, maybe, we received a bit of a fresh breeze, giving hope that the Democratic Party knows what needs to be done and what needs to be avoided. There was no real snarking backbiting of each other as they played like adults. Ahem - as contrasted to another, who was described as making foreign policy dressed in his bathrobe at 5 AM. Gee, who could that be!
Perhaps more details are needed to back up or fill out some answers, but the time was very limited. Some of the candidates were called upon more than others, such as Warren, but that was kind of inevitable even as all contributed to what looks like a developing converging set of planks for a platform, with a key point being that the economy, so often bragged about by Trump, is an economy that has served the wealthy and not the rest of the people. I wholeheartedly agree with that!
Klobuchar got in another good line when she reminded people that there were three women up there who fought hard for women's rights. I think she did pretty well, as did DeBlasio, surprisingly enough, but I doubt there is much future in his run, though perhaps his voice could be heard and influence to a degree.
What I took away from here is that there is a certain amount of disagreement amongst the candidates, but there is also a significant convergence, a major difference from that which is espoused by Trump, he who sat there in his plane going off to "save the world", the same world which he has endangered. He had the utter heartlessness to tweet BORING after seeing the picture of the father and toddler, drowned, after trying to reach American soil after having been delayed for months due to Trump's policies. Yes, Trump bears great responsibility for the deaths of immigrants and the mistreatment, reaching to a perilous degree to a definition of torture, particularly as the targets of these policies are children. Children!!
I pray, hope and pray, plead and pray, that we get rid of that Demented Toddler who has endangered us all, who has attempted to discard the structure of our country, who talks of remaining in office past term and this man would just about do anything to remain there despite reality and facts. He is that demented and if one cannot believe me, just look at his difficulty to string together a coherent sentence, let alone a paragraph, and the immense difficulty he has in choosing words, limiting himself to a small bank of words which he repeats over and over again.
So maybe, just maybe, we can pull it off, get rid of this guy after his one disastrous term in office, his corruption of the judiciary, his corruption of the executive branch with all his fat cat selfish appointees, and his unmanning of the legislative branch, particularly the Republicans. We so desperately need this to happen and we need to fight against all attempts to strike down the voting rights of so many, a blatant attempt to limit the votes for the Democrats, just as blatant as the census citizenship question, the gerrymandering, and the open return of acceptable hatred and prejudice. There are about 8 children a day being killed by guns, yet this problem remains unaddressed. We are losing the war on climate change, but new plans to ruin pristine waters are in the pipeline and worse - it is given to a foreign country! What happened to making America great and buy American? Guess it is not important when it cuts into profits. Never mind the Americans that will be hurt with this plan.
Watch tonight's debate and then compare. I hope they are the adults they should be, as this group was and concentrate on thoughtful answers and references to Trump as needed, and not snipe at each other and give that Demented Toddler any ammunition and let him shoot himself in his feet, mouth, whatever, as he rants and raves, the only 'talent' he seems to have.
Maybe, just maybe.....Lordy, but I hope so.
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