[...] But this week following the primary defeat of Sen. Joe Lieberman by first-time candidate Ned Lamont, America is witnessing a good-old-fashioned watershed moment: the perfume is off, the restraint is removed, and the ugly, rancid, sweaty-lockerroom stench of truth is there for all of us commoners to waft. Sniff up, contain your dry heaving, and you will finally understand that all the talk of the Establishment's disdain for ordinary citizens is not just talk or conspiracy theory - it's very real, and very powerful.
Take, for instance, New York Times columnist David Brooks's piece yesterday - it is arguably the most brazen admission of elite disdain for democracy that has ever been printed in a major American newspaper. Before you dismiss that as hyperbole, read the third line of Brooks' piece:
"Polarized primary voters shouldn't be allowed to define the choices in American politics."
Yes, you read that correctly: According to one of the most prominent columnists in America, "voters shouldn't be allowed to define the choices in American politics." [...]
Gee, I guess it would be better left up to rich Republican operatives who know what's best for us ignorant piss-ants, huh? My ass.
It is no hyperbole to say that these elites hate democracy and democratic movements - they hate them so much they are willing to break the taboo and scream their hatred for democracy in the pages of the largest newspaper in the world. They hate ordinary people so much they are willing to fabricate storylines wholly unsupported by even a shred of fact. But thanks to the fact that democracy still exists in America and elections still happen here, their hatred is no longer the ideology that gets to govern unchallenged. This week in Connecticut we saw the first rumble. And come election day in November, that rumble is going to be an earthquake no matter how much the elites whine, cry and scream.
The 'elites' are really whinin', moanin', snivellin', complainin', bitchin', kvetchin', and generally not very happy that CT voters actually chose their own candidate, huh?
I liken Lamont's victory to a tiny crack in a motorcycle fender. Left unchecked, the fender will fall apart. The Repugs are tryin' their best to "stop drill" this one, but sometimes that doesn't work and the crack continues to spread until the fender breaks apart. Then you have to get a new fender. I think we're about to throw the Repug fender in the dumpster and install a brand new, bright shiny Dem one.
That won't be a permanent fix, though. We need to correct the underlying cause of the crack or it will swiftly return: the vibration caused by the corruption of Republican politics due to loose, worn out, and missing moral bearings.
I love making motorcycle analogies. I can fix those goddam things, like I wish I could fix politics.
Please read the rest of Mr. Sirota's post. It made me cackle with glee and I think it'll do the same for you.
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