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Where Are the Democrat Attack Dogs?

Compromise is unacceptable

MartinEdic
4 min readJan 7, 2025
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I am increasingly disgusted with the Democratic Party. No powerful leadership, kowtowing to Trump decisions, normalizing acceptance of outright lying and bigotry, letting unelected rich guys talk to congress as though they have a say in anything- the list goes on and on.

Democrats have power, a lot of power. Trump’s majorities in Congress are razor thin and his party is bitterly divided behind the scenes. But they are pretty good at acting as though they have a major mandate. In the face of the lying and those thin margins, a unified Democratic Party, behind a strong leader, could upset the apple cart every time the Republicans try to implement Trump’s self-serving policies.

The upcoming confirmation hearings are the perfect opportunity to tell the country about the reality of these extremist buffoons Trump wants to lead the country. Unfortunately I question who will lead a campaign like that. Chuck Schumer? He is one of my Senators and a great leader in normal times but these are not normal times. He and his colleagues are schooled in compromise, which works in something like a normal time when bipartisan negotiating was how things got done.

But that normal is the distant past. The last time we saw anything like it was when Joe Biden somehow passed important…

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MartinEdic
MartinEdic

Written by MartinEdic

Mastodon: @martinedic@md.dm, Writer, nine non-fiction books, two novels, Buddhist, train lover. Amateur cook, lover of life most of the time!

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