Buzzards
circle overhead and ride the drafts to amazing heights, and the view from up
there can be illuminating.
Here is the
Ol’Buzzard’s view of the Democrat field of Presidential hopefuls and the
obstructions that could reelect Donald Trump.
1. We do not need an ‘old person’ for President. Experience is helpful but old people tend to
stick to the ‘tried-and-true’ and see things from their view of their past. Most old people are not totally comfortable with the technology and innovations of the present and the view of a
future that they will not experience.
2. Youth is not the answer. Just as older persons tend to have set ideas
and are less flexible, young persons lack world experience and tend to be
idealistic and are overconfidence in their own views.
3. We do not need a ‘cult leader.’ When voters line up fanatically behind a
candidate it is often to the detriment of their own party; resulting in the
election of the opposition party.
4. Democrats are liberal in their views;
but we must remember that the most important outcome of the next election is to
defeat Donald Trump. We cannot let race,
sexual orientation or gender be the basis of our support.
5. We must not vote for the coronation
of ‘the next in line.’ This is always
the choice of lawmakers that are awaiting their turn; and these people tend to
carry a lot of controversial baggage.
My view: It
bothers me that Bernie has such a fanatic cult following held over from the
last election. Also, the Democrat ole-boy
network is waiting for Biden to announce – and in my opinion, Biden is past his
sell by date.
I really
like Buttigieg, but his sexual orientation would undoubtedly alienate both
Catholics and Fundamentalist Christians and most other religious organizations, some of
which would likely support other Democrat candidates. It is a shame that religion plays such
a detrimental part of American life.
If we are
looking for a sure win, the Ol’Buzzard’s choice would be Michelle Obama. The
rest of the field is all-right; but I fear they are more conservative than
their presentation and they just don't have the ZING.
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| Michelle for President She would kick Trump's ass. |
the Ol'Buzzard
It's true that you don't want someone too old or too young but it is time for generational change. Someone in their 40s.
ReplyDeleteOMG! Yes she could. I'm with Debra on this. We need someone in their early 40's who is really aware of what is needed to make this nation whole again. Someone that will get this government back up and running the right way. Clean up the mess in Flint by using the Wall money. Someone who can get back what trump screwed up. Some who is intelligent enough to read and write.
ReplyDeleteI'd vote for her, for sure.
ReplyDeleteI got to see what's wrong with the Democratic Party on Bill Maher last night (we always see Real Time a day late). Claire McCaskill , who lost her Senate seat in Missouri, and Donna Brazile, one of the people who helped Hillary Clinton lose to Trump, were both nattering on about how the mythical centrist voter, the folks out in the red states, don't want anything to do with "socialist" ideas like Medicare for all or promoting green energy. They both went on and on about how the party needs to learn to talk to people in places like Michigan, conveniently ignoring the fact Michigan was solidly Democrat for decades until Hillary pissed away her chances there by taking it for granted. If it was possible to reach through a tv screen and dope slap people I would have.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, no more geezers with their bizarre notions of reaching out to a nonexistent center and triangulating in a way that can capture both Wall Street dollars and mythical "working class" voters. Someone who's in the general age range that JFK and Obama were when elected (past 40 but not real deep into their 50s) would be great. Maybe that person would be more likely to consider new paradigms instead of wanting to just going back to the same playbook that guaranteed defeat in the past.