Crazy Bernie Leads Cartoon Democrats

As a child of the 1960’s, I remember taking Democrat political figures very seriously.  I remember listening to President John F. Kennedy speak on TV.  He advocated peace through strength, working together with our foreign neighbors, tax cuts and the continued revitalization of the American economy.  Sound familiar?

I remember news reports of race riots in Selma, Alabama and unrest in Montgomery.  I remember President Kennedy calling out the national guard to open the doors for a black student to enter the University of Alabama, very serious events.  As a little kid, I watched the news with my dad.  Every so often I would ask a question and dad would try to answer it in a way child my age might understand. 

I remember the Cuban missile crisis, and being trained at school to climb under my desk and cover my head in case the Russians launched missiles from Cuba, or “Cuber,” as President Kennedy would say it, all very serious stuff.

I remember Vietnam, the anti-war riots during the 1968 Democrat Convention in Chicago, the crowd chanting, “the whole world’s watching,” as police shot canisters of tear gas into the crowd of peace demonstrators.  I remember Watergate, and watching the Watergate hearings each day on a wheeled-in TV from the high school library. 

I remember Nixon resigning.  I remember Gerald Ford taking the oath of office replacing Nixon.

I remember watching the 1976 Republican Convention with my dad, Ford being challenged by a new face in national politics, Ronald Reagan.  I remember Ford making a deal with Reagan.  They agreed Ford would receive the nomination but Reagan would be allowed to speak at the convention.  I remember Reagan’s speech, his manner of delivery, the message of Reagan conservatism he spoke that night.  I remember when he stopped speaking the entire venue erupted in a standing ovation.  I remember saying to my dad, “They chose the wrong guy.”  And I was right.

That November, I remember my roommates and I attending election night at the World Congress Center when Jimmy Carter won the presidency.  That night I got to shake hands with the President-elect of the United States.

So, just know, I have been seriously watching, studying and writing about the political world as it has evolved, for a long, long time, practically my entire life.  I am a student of politics.  Sometimes I’m challenged.  But I don’t lose political debates because I have done my homework.  Most of those who would test me have never read our founding documents, Washington’s Farewell Address, Lincoln’s speeches and writings, etc.  They have never read the first inaugural address by any of our presidents. 

So all that is to say that, from my learned perspective, compared to Democrats of old, today’s Democrat presidential contenders are cartoon characters.  There are no more Franklin Roosevelts, no more Harry Trumans, no more John Kennedys, no more Lyndon Johnsons, no more Clintons for that matter.  Say what you will about any of them, they were all serious and powerful political figures. By contrast, Democrats of today are cartoons, caricatures, grifters, shadows of real-life people.  They pale in comparison with the Democrat giants of yesteryear. The political art of persuasion has been lost and replaced by telling people anything they want to hear, changing what is said from crowd to crowd, hoping to extract votes.  Do yourself a favor, when you get a chance, read a few pages of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and compare Democrat Stephen Douglas’ remarks with the rhetorical efforts of today’s cartoon Democrats.  There is no comparison.

And rising to the top of cartoon candidates contending for this year’s Democrat nomination for President of the United States is the Senator from Vermont, Bernard Sanders, better known by his cartoon name, “Crazy Bernie.”  Crazy Bernie, is a self-avowed socialist.  Crazy Bernie is the enemy with whom Democrat President John F. Kennedy contended during the Cuban Missile Crisis when I was a kid.  Crazy Bernie informs us that Kennedy’s adversary, Fidel Castro, had many things right.  According to Crazy Bernie, “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?”

Do you see what I mean?  Crazy Bernie is a cartoon, a caricature.  Crazy Bernie is not a serious contender for President.  He should call Warner Brothers and contend to star in the next Road-Runner episode.

Not a Serious Candidate in the Bunch

And then there’s Pocahontas, cartoon name of Massachusetts Senator, Elizabeth Warren, dubbed that by President Trump for insisting she is an American Indian to get into law school.  Elizabeth Warren is not an Indian.  Who would even do that?  Cartoon people would do that, that’s who.  These are not serious candidates contending to become President of the United States.  They are cartoons. 

The only serious candidate on the Democrat side is Representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.  Gabbard is a very serious lady.  And who knows, were she to win the Democrat nomination, she might even give President Trump a real debate.  But the only genuine contender for the Democrat nomination, Tulsi Gabbard, can’t get enough support among polled Democrats to even be allowed on the debate stage.  What does that say about Democrat voters? It says that if John F. Kennedy were alive and running for President today, likely he would not receive a spot on the debate stage either.  That’s because John Kennedy was not a cartoon.  Today’s Democrat voters demand cartoons.