TRUMP DERANGEMENT IS ALL THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
[This Monday’s Archive was originally in TTP on June 30, 2017. There’s a saying, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” This saying may describe the Democrats better than any other. Nine years later, four of which they controlled, and it’s STILL All Trump, All the Time. Enjoy this trip down memory lane while you consider what Trump has accomplished in the last year and a bit!]
TTP, June 30, 2017
If they weren’t trying to destroy the president, Democrats would have to focus on an agenda most Americans don’t support.
By 1968, voters had tired of the failed Great Society of Lyndon Johnson. Four years later, the 1972 Nixon reelection re-emphasized that a doubled-down McGovern liberalism was even less of a viable agenda.
In that context, in 1974, obsessing on Watergate and a demonized Nixon were wise liberal alternatives to running on a positive left-wing vision, given the growing conservative backlash of the 1970s. After Watergate and the Ford pardon, Jimmy Carter squeaked to a close victory and a one-term presidency — before the country tired of his strident liberalism poorly cloaked in conservative clothing.
Given this historical reminder, the current efforts at Trump character assassination may be the best — or only — progressive pathway back to political power. Here is why – in excruciating (for Democrats) detail.
BRRRRRT! The sound U.S. troops love to hear is now a nightmare for sailors on board Iranian 
At least it’s colorful: The Gray Lady just gave us the green light to wave the white flag.
In a study by Jean Twenge of San Diego State University, she found that college kids today are more likely to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, while their test scores and hours spent studying are decreasing. Their tendency toward narcissism has also increased
Donald Trump’s executive order banning so-called “birthright citizenship” was immediately (though temporarily) blocked by a Federal judge, who called it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
