Pelosi & A Dem Agenda for Success...
By J.M. Hamilton
(11-18-2018)
Vancouver, British
Columbia -
This week we write about Dems, and their post-election blowout
of all things Trumpian, and the Party's future (which does not include the
Clintons, nor Ms. Pelosi, despite the yearnings of the economic & political
elite).
For these are the very people, Clinton Inc. & Ms. Pelosi,
who brought ruin upon the Democratic Party. You remember: The Wilderness.
Under the Clintons, Obama and Pelosi: The Tundra, the loss of
governors' mansions, state assemblies, the US House and Senate, the White
House, and most importantly, SCOTUS. Siberian gulag, just to throw in one
more metaphor.
So when your grand kids see progressive programs struck down,
and legislated against, by Trump SCOTUS appointees, 30 years from now... you'll
know who to blame: the Clintons - a deux, Obama, and Pelosi.
Now my readers may recall that I went after Madam Hillary,
truthfully, leading up to the 2016 election. Read here, here,
and here.
The very things that the Clintons became, and Obama - largely -
followed, exemplify everything Representative Pelosi stands for, in practice:
Oligarchy; GOP - Lite; unlimited campaign finance; government by
multinational rule; K-Street; Wall Street bailouts w/ no conditions attached;
Silicon Valley uber alles; the Swamp; Free Trade; the revolving
door; and of course, the Deep State and an out of control MIC. It's true.
Sure, the Clinton's, Obama, and Pelosi can shapeshift on a dime:
expert politicians that talk a great game about the future and innovation, and
reining in corruption, while shifting the Democratic party so far right that -
on economic and foreign policy - it has become indistinguishable from the GOP.
They just never quite get around to doing the right thing.
The Democratic Party can thank POTUS Trump for being so
obnoxious on social issues, and representative of what the GOP base has become
- homophobic, misogynist & racist - for the 2018 win. It sure wasn't
because of the brilliance and shine of the minority leadership in the House
& Senate.
Doubt me... think long and hard. What were Nancy's two
signature achievements, as House Majority Leader: Wall... Street...
bank... bailout. Yes. You got that one. And the other, the
House - under Pelosi's leadership - burned up the first two years of the Obama
Presidency on the ACA (the Affordable Care Act). The ACA turned out to be
an abject failure, because to get that pig through the Congress, the Dems had
to assure every healthcare monopoly, oligopoly, and special interest that the
government would not use its power to contain & control their predatory
pricing. Trump is right, the ACA is a disaster; but of course, he reneged
on his campaign commitment and hasn't offered anything better.
And speaking of Trump.... have you heard, it's adorable: Trump
loves Nancy.
If that isn't the kiss of political death for Pelosi's
speakership ambitions, what is?
So yes, Pelosi - like Hillary - is ambition
defined. There is absolutely nothing
wrong w/ any woman, or man, being ambitious, but what does matter is how that
ambition is channelled. Despite her highly recognizable failings, Ms. Pelosi
wants the speakership in the worst way. Here's a tip for Dems (some of it
hashed out in the Politico piece above) ... don't nominate a replacement yet.
But vote Nancy down. Then nominate a new Dem to the speakership...
someone enlightened. Bernie & Warren like, another female, young, the
future.... I don't know, say: Reps Ocasio-Cortez or Fudge?
Hopefully that'll drive the final nail in Nancy's political
coffin, w/ only the ghost of her horrifying lust for power lurking through the
corridors of Congress.
Speaking of which, Congress - again, under recent Republican
& Dem leadership - has become a lapdog to the presidency. Its
constitutional prerogatives foregone, surrendered, nada. The NY
Times did a piece on the topic, as did
ProPublica, largely buried in the news flow. Who benefits from a Congress
that does not function? If you answered, the financial elite, that is in
fact, the correct answer. Would a Speaker Pelosi - in 2019 - pass
an avalanche of progressive legislation, rein in the Deep/Surveillance State,
initiate privacy rights for internet denizens, follow through on the
Mueller report, pass serious campaign finance reform, pick up where the FBI
failed on Judge Kavanaugh, expand & initiate antitrust legislation, and
reclaim the War Powers Act and foreign policy?
Exceptionally doubtful. Let's just be honest: NO. That's
not how Congress works, now, and Ms. Pelosi's donors wouldn't appreciate that
agenda. And that's the bottom line, if the Dems think the strategy is to
ride Trump's coattails to victory in 2020, while embracing the economic status
quo - where the rich get richer and everyone else is scrod - then they are
setting themselves up for failure all over again.
The reason why, ultimately, Nancy, HRC, Bill, and Obama were
failures is America doesn't need two GOPs catering to the oligarchy and
multinational set.
So be the party of the everywoman.... be the party of the
everyman: represent their interests, end war w/out end - showing support
for US soldiers, support Trump on breaking up free trade agreements that
benefited multinationals at the expense of American labor. Americans -
like the financial elite - are increasingly socialist. They are not
against entitlements like a free college education, healthcare, and they
absolutely want to see the rich pay an appropriate share of the taxes, at
similar tax rates that they face every day.
It's why Trump's and Ryan's signature achievement - tax cuts for
the rich - was a complete bust in 2018. And like tax cuts for the rich,
the majority of American don't like the idea of a Speaker Pelosi II;
for the
majority of Americans, the San Francisco congresswoman generates a negative impression,
per the Economist.
Elect a true liberal for House Speaker, pass a flotilla of
progressive legislation, and make the GOP led Senate turn down - or write off -
Democratic initiatives for the people... let them. They'll only be tying
a noose around the neck of what remains of the Grand Old Party. Dems need
to demonstrate, unequivocally, that they are the party of the American people,
and monopolies
- in particular - be damned.
FDR is a winner. Senators Sanders and Warren are
winners. Senators Gillibrand & Harris - increasingly - looking like
winners. Why???... because they have, largely, eschewed
corporate money.
And Pelosi & Schumer have not.
Copyright
JM Hamilton Publishing 2018
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