Been - I apologize in advance for the long reply - but I really want to address each of your points. I want to be clear in my purpose here. I strongly believe you to have political ideologies much closer to my own than to say...
...and to start with, I really want to re-ask you a question that I think you may have missed recently. Is she the new face of your democratic party? You are an entrepreneur. Are you comfortable with her platform?
I'm pretty sure you aren't a "democratic socialist" and neither am I. One thing I once was considered to be though? A liberal. It's a very different thing to be liberal than to be a leftist - and you'll never find evidence of me throwing "liberals" under the bus. Leftists? I have no use for them. One is a perfectly honorable thing to be in a constitutional republic and one is an anathema that cannot coexist with capitalism. Like it or not, at some point, you'll have a choice to make - given the direction your party is strongly taking. Your instinct is to be the loyal opposition and that is a healthy thing to be. But whom are you actually opposing and why? That's what I want to make you think about.
Trump invokes visceral reactions - yes, I agree. But as you recognize - terms like liberal and conservative are bigly generalized here... I would submit to you that they are more than that - they are outdated, antiquated 80's/90's era terms at this point that are as relevant as a VHS from the same time period. I do not consider myself to be a conservative. If I had to strictly define my political leanings, the word "liberal" would come up far sooner than conservative. Most accurately and succinctly, I am a constitutionalist.
In fact, most people you would consider traditionally to be conservatives... Bush(s), Romney, McCain, Cheney, etc etc are or were at one time - openly anti-trump. This is absolutely nothing like a R v D issue. I personally despise Republicans in general and hold absolutely zero loyalty to them.
Inversely, liberals are quickly being phased out of favor in the DNC. Cortez is being touted as the new face of your party. She is a leftist and a socialist, by her own words and admission. Leftists believe free speech can be hate speech or even violence in and of itself. I seriously doubt that's your real position. So here we are Been. Two guys in the political center who are constantly being told we are liberal or conservative. I am neither. I am both.
To me and people like me - Trump is a refreshing dose of F* You to the establishment (uniparty). Does he always make me proud with the way he says and does things? Nope. But I would be lying if I didn't say I really enjoy the carnage his banality and guy from Queens style causes when he gores the establishment's sacred cows and takes a giant shit on fake decorum. I love that. This concept of being presidential is simply a veneer to keep doing things comfortably the way both parties have been doing them for a long time.
His crassness to you says boor. To me it says, this is a guy who actually wants to keep campaign promises and hold people accountable.
The economic numbers (4.5 GDP projections as of today by the way) and the Constitutionalist judicial appointments continue to validate my point of view every day. I couldn't care less if he's crass. He is a harsh antibiotic that was needed to expose the corruption in our system that has been covered up for decades by more polished and presidential sounding men of both parties.
Perhaps @Been Jammin the next man or woman who follows him will again have the luxury of being a pleasant and moral person. Right now, we need an antibiotic.
Been - I apologize in advance for the long reply - but I really want to address each of your points. I want to be clear in my purpose here. I strongly believe you to have political ideologies much closer to my own than to say...
...and to start with, I really want to re-ask you a question that I think you may have missed recently. Is she the new face of your democratic party? You are an entrepreneur. Are you comfortable with her platform?
I'm pretty sure you aren't a "democratic socialist" and neither am I. One thing I once was considered to be though? A liberal. It's a very different thing to be liberal than to be a leftist - and you'll never find evidence of me throwing "liberals" under the bus. Leftists? I have no use for them. One is a perfectly honorable thing to be in a constitutional republic and one is an anathema that cannot coexist with capitalism. Like it or not, at some point, you'll have a choice to make - given the direction your party is strongly taking. Your instinct is to be the loyal opposition and that is a healthy thing to be. But whom are you actually opposing and why? That's what I want to make you think about.
Trump invokes visceral reactions - yes, I agree. But as you recognize - terms like liberal and conservative are bigly generalized here... I would submit to you that they are more than that - they are outdated, antiquated 80's/90's era terms at this point that are as relevant as a VHS from the same time period. I do not consider myself to be a conservative. If I had to strictly define my political leanings, the word "liberal" would come up far sooner than conservative. Most accurately and succinctly, I am a constitutionalist.
In fact, most people you would consider traditionally to be conservatives... Bush(s), Romney, McCain, Cheney, etc etc are or were at one time - openly anti-trump. This is absolutely nothing like a R v D issue. I personally despise Republicans in general and hold absolutely zero loyalty to them.
Inversely, liberals are quickly being phased out of favor in the DNC. Cortez is being touted as the new face of your party. She is a leftist and a socialist, by her own words and admission. Leftists believe free speech can be hate speech or even violence in and of itself. I seriously doubt that's your real position. So here we are Been. Two guys in the political center who are constantly being told we are liberal or conservative. I am neither. I am both.
To me and people like me - Trump is a refreshing dose of F* You to the establishment (uniparty). Does he always make me proud with the way he says and does things? Nope. But I would be lying if I didn't say I really enjoy the carnage his banality and guy from Queens style causes when he gores the establishment's sacred cows and takes a giant shit on fake decorum. I love that. This concept of being presidential is simply a veneer to keep doing things comfortably the way both parties have been doing them for a long time.
His crassness to you says boor. To me it says, this is a guy who actually wants to keep campaign promises and hold people accountable.
The economic numbers (4.5 GDP projections as of today by the way) and the Constitutionalist judicial appointments continue to validate my point of view every day. I couldn't care less if he's crass. He is a harsh antibiotic that was needed to expose the corruption in our system that has been covered up for decades by more polished and presidential sounding men of both parties.
Perhaps @Been Jammin the next man or woman who follows him will again have the luxury of being a pleasant and moral person. Right now, we need an antibiotic.
The country? Nah, just the Democratic Party. Us non-Democrats will make sure the country is fine for generations to come.
Maybe if the state had some decent Democratic leadership, they would be in charge. Oklahoma long supported state Democrats until they sucked worse than Republicans. How sad is that?
