Decency, Competence, and FIGHTING to move our country forward.

Earlier Posts have advocated the Democrats taking a platform of Decency, Competence, and Fighting to move our country forward. 

It is important to remember that the Republican opposition since the Clinton Administration, has never fought fair, using any parliamentary maneuver to stifle progressive legislation in the Congress, uttering any falsehood that the uninformed would believe, and making false promises to the people that would never actually help them. Over the years, individuals like Newt Gingrich and Mitch McConnell are personifications of this obstructionist (some think traitorous) approach. 

Democrats, while remaining decent and civil, can no longer just take the high road, thinking the people will see through the conservative propaganda. The people, in significant enough numbers, have demonstrated time and again that, despite the improvement of their conditions under Democratic Presidencies and Congresses, they continually fall for the false promises of Republican Presidential candidates. Enough people thought Richard Nixon would bring the country out of the Vietnam Quagmire (that he was conspiring to stall peace talks was not revealed until years later) that they gave him the Presidency over civil rights and social justice icon Hubert Humphrey. Despite hard facts, people inexplicably bought the Reagan program. Enough people fell for the Bush and, despite the Obama rescue of the country from the Great Recession,  Trump programs that they eked out electoral college victories. Even though the facts and history were on their side, Democrats cannot take the people for granted and have to work at convincing them that their ideas are the ones that will move the country forward.  

Democrats need to get out in front, frame the debate, come out with a forward-looking program, and scratch, claw and fight for every vote because Republicans are going to present this race with the false narrative that they are the protectors of borders (more illegal immigration under them than Obama), the Supreme Court (which they stole one of the seats from Obama and the clock is ticking on Roe V Wade ad the Clean Water and Air Act), and stewards of the economy (Obama's economy which their policies are in the process of messing up). I would much prefer civility and an honest debate but the opposition does not and we have to recognize that. It is time to fight because the country is on a track that will lead us on a downward spiral we can not pull ourselves out of if we do not. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-must-be-another-bork-moment/2018/06/28/f9aba454-7aed-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html?utm_term=.6fca4b0f5668

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/06/28/republicans-are-lying-about-roe-v-wade-trumps-nominee-will-do-the-same/?utm_term=.c5b6b055d024

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/28/17511084/senate-republicans-merrick-garland-supreme-court-anthony-kennedy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/28/jim-jordan-reveals-just-how-nutty-republicans-have-become/?utm_term=.21c5800d4a65