Based on the way voters, pundits and candidates themselves seem to be acting, I have only one word to describe the current state of our political discourse and our electoral system in its current state: Extortion. Why extortion? Let me pull out a few phrases to sum it up for you.
We have to win the presidency because of the supreme court.
If you don’t vote for the Democratic nominee, you’re voting for Trump or Cruz.
We have to vote Democratic because scary scary Republicans.
These are the messages people here and elsewhere have been shoving up our collective asses for quite some time, and frankly, I’m sick and tired of it. Why? Because down here in Florida, none of that shit actually means anything. Most democratic reps and candidates are yellow-dogs to the core. They refuse to stand for ANYTHING, just like Hillary won’t stand for anything as it gets closer and closer to November. Will her supporters notice? Will they care? I highly fucking doubt that. Most of them have been apathetic this entire time.
You see, the Supreme Court isn’t the only thing up for grabs here. We keep hearing the droning on and on about that, but there are many other offices in need of nominees. And if Obama’s tenure has been any indication, this country will continue to be drawn and quartered, and that’s the way the Third Way likes it.
So here’s the deal: Even if Bernie should lose the nomination, this shit needs to go to the convention come Hell or high water. Go ahead and dismiss us if you want (Hell, the Hillary camp here has done that since day one), but eventually we just might become too big and too loud to ignore. We will drag Hillary to the left kicking and screaming because it’s the only way she will do the right thing, as is the case with most wealthy, out of touch, know nothing, tone deaf empty suits. They never do the right thing unless they are absolutely forced to do it. We would never have gotten the New Deal, Social Security or any of the other gains the Third Way is letting the Republicans gut or erode otherwise.
Based on where we are as a country, we can’t afford to let the 2 party extortion continue, because eventually after all that drawing and quartering, there won’t be anything left to save, let alone rebuild. If we really want more and more importantly, BETTER Democrats, I suggest we start acting like it instead of settling for less like so many are won’t to do. We wasted chances in 2006 and 2008, let’s not blow it this time.
See you around,
Homer