Democrats Are Against Trump, But, What Are They Actually For?

Night two of the Democratic National Convention was about as boring as night one, though it did explain why Unhinged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was only given 60 seconds

(Fox News) Firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called out “racial injustice, colonization, misogyny” as she helped nominate progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.

While former Vice President Joe Biden was assured to win the nomination vote, Sanders did earn delegates during the primary and was formally nominated during the Democratic National Convention proceedings.

That’s right, she nominated Comrade Bernie. She didn’t really talk about polices, just grievances, which is strange, since they were things the Democrats started and still do in Democratic Party run cities.

Democrats are against Trump — but what are they for?: Goodwin

Watching the long slog of the second night of the Democrat’s convention, a famous Winston Churchill line came to mind: “Take this pudding away—it has no theme!”

Old and young, progressive and super progressive, left and far left, black, white, Asian, Latino, Native American — they all had something to say. But if there was a theme running through the night, I couldn’t find it.

Oh, yes, Donald Trump bad, got that. Really, really bad. Ok, got that, too.

Then what? What do Democrats stand for and, more to the point, what are they promising voters if they gain the White House? I honestly don’t know.

I do know that, once again, they failed to address the violence erupting across the country, as if it isn’t happening. Or maybe they are afraid to criticize it because it will somehow come off as pro-police, which would infuriate the Black Lives Matter movement the party is embracing.

For whatever reason, Dems are ceding a huge issue to Trump, one that resonates across income, race and geographic boundaries. Public safety is a civil right and it matters to everyone.

That’s just one of many areas where it sometimes feels as if the Dems are keeping their plans secret and will spring them on us after the election. More likely, they haven’t yet made up their minds and the agenda, to put it kindly, is still a work in progress as they sort out their ideological differences.

Michael Goodwin has more, worth the read, but, it all comes down to “what is their agenda? What’s the platform?” If they think they can get away with ignoring it, they’re forgetting who is the GOP nominee, and that the GOP convention will feature Trump and the rest talking about why people should vote Republican, and contrast that with what the Democrats really want to do. Sure, slamming your opponent is Politics 101, but, at some point, you have to say what you want to do differently. Knowing the Democrats platform, it’s always amazed me that people buy in, because they never seem to realize that it will damage their own lives, freedom, cost of living, earnings, choice, and liberty.

Doug Schoen: Democratic Convention– What worked and what didn’t on second night

In terms of what worked on Tuesday night, the Democrats in many ways succeeded in reminding many Americans why they had happily voted for the Democratic ticket and supported Democratic policies in the past.

Indeed, the Democratic Party and policies that were on display Tuesday night—for instance, those of Clinton—are of a different period which, in large measure, succeeded in taking the country in a mostly positive and successful direction.

However, in terms of what did not work, with Ocasio-Cortez’s speech, the Democrats did not succeed in convincing those Americans that they can trust this new Democratic Party to pursue policies and interests that will bring the country together and move us forward in a moderate and inclusive direction.

The policies of Clinton were a far, far different era. Bill may have been a scummy politician (then, most are scummy, they’re just better at hiding it), but, things mostly went pretty well for the country, especially since he had his Third Way and worked with the GOP House to make things better. I doubt a president Gore or Kerry would have been all that much different (though Kerry would have been horrible for foreign policy). Things took a pretty hard left turn when Bush 43 won re-election in 2004, and even worse with Obama in 2008, when the Progressives/Marxists/Modern Socialists felt emboldened to push their agenda of authoritarianism/Statism.

But, trotting out Bill Clinton in the era of #MeToo? Oh, that’s right, they’ll dispose of it for political convenience. And you know who was missing? Hillary. No mentions or sightings. Maybe she’ll be featured tonight? Heck, maybe someone will actually talk policy.