For a clear snapshot of what is wrong with the Democratic Party, all one had to do was watch this Thursday’s press conference given by Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein after the FBI issued its Kavanaugh report.
For those who missed it, click this link.
After what many labeled a sham and a whitewash of an investigative report, all the soft-spoken and staid Feinstein (85) could muster was to call the report “a product of an incomplete investigation.”
The milksop and mealy-mouthed Schumer added, “ We had many fears that this was a very limited process that would constrain the FBI from getting the facts … those fears have been realized.”
They left the press conference without taking questions.
At a time when the two senior Democratic leaders should have been blowing a gasket, we saw measured restraint. When they needed to do what Lindsey Graham did during the Senate confirmation hearing (give an impassioned screed), we got polite criticism.
Yes, the Republicans had the votes no matter what histrionics the couple could have engaged in. But that is not the point. At a critical moment in our history, the Democrats lacked passion and failed to show the rightful indignation the situation called for.
The future of the Democratic Party looks dim with leaders like Schumer and Feinstein.
In a tweet later in the week, the 78-year-old House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi added: “Today is a profoundly heart-breaking day.”
How profoundly inadequate, Nancy!
Democrats need to learn to fight fire with fire. Going into a battle holding a knife while the other side has a gun is not only dangerous but also stupid.
What will it take for Democrats to learn?
No, Michelle, “going high when they go low” is not a way to defeat a ruthless opponent.
Yes, your advice might get you brownie points in the afterlife, but it will do nothing to stop the evil in this human realm.
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