Nixonian Democrats?

Some Democrats would prefer Trump as a presidential candidate for the other party. They think he would be easier to defeat. Democratic money helped MAGA candidates in 2022 primary elections, and those MAGA candidates went down to defeat in November. Yes, it works, but I have a long memory and so I don't like it. Some people will tell you that Nixon didn't need to do all those Watergate dirty tricks in 1972 because McGovern would have lost anyway. What they don't realize is that all those dirty tricks were to help McGovern win the nomination because he was the weakest candidate. Muskie was the odds on favorite at the beginning of the race. Donald Segretti knocked him out with dirty tricks. And so it went, on and on, with one candidate after another on the Democratic side being eliminated by the CREEP. No I admit it's different now, in that those Democrats supporting MAGA Republicans aren't hiding what they are doing. But it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. That's not the way to conduct an honorable and ethical political campaign. It's the kind of sleazoid political skullduggery someone as crooked as Richard Nixon would do. I don't like it.

Hey, Republicans!

You don't like the 14th Amendment now? Well I don't like the 12th Amendment. You wanna talk about how this is not a democracy, but a constitutional republic? Or do you only do that when your candidate loses the popular vote and becomes president? I know the Supreme Court hasn't ruled yet on Trump's eligibility for public office. And no, I don't expect an honest vote, especially not from the guys who gave us Bush v. Gore. But he did send a mob to attempt a violent overthrow of the government on January 6, 2021. Just because it was unsuccessful doesn't mean it wasn't an attempted coup d'etat. If you think the Constitution should decide who becomes president, not the voters? Then live up to it, stand by your words, and support disqualifying Donald Trump.

It's time to come back to this blog. Maybe past due.