1932 Redux

The Regressive Antidote has a message of hope in today's 'must read'. Alert: this guy doesn't think very highly of the Clintons, but has an 'any port in a storm' sensibility about her/them. Rightly so. I think.

Welcome to 1932, redux. Almost all the elements are there, fortunately. And not a moment too soon.

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt and a dire national emergency combined to wrestle the republic away from the death-grip in which the Republican oligarchy of the time was holding it, and in doing so dramatically expanded outward the envelope of progressive government in America, as well as establishing a progressive governing coalition that lasted four decades and more.

[...] In my judgement, it is truly not too much to imagine this being the beginning of the end for the GOP, or perhaps a period in which it exists merely as a rump party in Mississippi, Utah, and other equally progressive outposts. [...]

Heh. I think a lot of Repugs like that 'rump' idea...

[...] We should make no mistake but that nobody actually votes for Democrats these days. Instead, they either vote for the Republicans, or against them. How else could it be since you’d need a microscope to find what it is Democrats stand for.

For now, I'm just be glad for them to stand against the Repugs. If only...

It ain’t everything I’d want, but honestly, it ain’t bad either, and I mean that even without resorting to a slam-dunk comparison against the present nightmare (anybody can do better than these guys, just by showing up).

Hell, they could do better than the current assholes by not showing up!

This is a very entertaining read. Go get entertained.