We’re
halfway through the Democratic nominating convention for president and have
completed the Republican version of the show, and it’s hard to say which of the
two major candidates seeking the White House we have the most contempt for.
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It’s
true that the establishment Republicans made a show attempt at denying Donald Trump
the GOP nomination and that Ted Cruz of Texas made a point of publicly snubbing
the real estate developer/aspiring politico when he spoke.
YET
IT’S NOT like Hillary is getting much more love in Philadelphia.
The
people who had delusions early on that the nation would ever come together behind
a Democratic socialist for U.S. president seem determined to show that they’re
not giving an inch – even though their preferred candidate of Bernie Sanders
himself has said they should support Hillary.
It
caught my attention when several Sanders supporters took up the same chant that
some Republican convention-goers used the week before whenever Hillary Clinton’s
name was mentioned – “Lock Her Up!”
As
in thinking she belongs in a criminal indictment and ought to be facing the
prospect of federal prison time – even though investigators in all the issues
that Republican partisans have brought up against her throughout the years have
constantly cleared her of illegal activity.
I
WENT INTO this election cycle feeling largely apathetic toward the concept of
Hillary Clinton as U.S. president and came around to the idea because
(A) somebody has to win and (B) all the other mopes on all political sides came
across as worse!
I
really believe that if we had a legitimate option of letting people vote “None
of the Above,” that would be the winner. Of course, someone would still have to
take over when Barack Obama’s term ends in January. We have to make our choice
of “Who?”
This
is going to truly be the election cycle in which the nominating conventions
were less about the pep rally aspect and more about how the candidates
themselves handled the idea of being confronted with the fact that a majority
of America despises them.
Trump
gave us the impression last week that he could care less. How will Hillary
conduct herself this week?
MUCH
IS BEING made of the leaked e-mail messages from Democratic Party operatives –
the ones that show party regulars didn’t want anything to do with Sanders as a
presidential candidate.
They
were firmly behind Hillary Clinton and plotted out strategy to bolster her
strengths – or, more accurately, emphasize Sanders’ weaknesses. We’re hearing
yelling and screaming from the Bernie people about how unfair it was. Some even
go so far as to imply the party’s actions are a criminal conspiracy in and of
themselves.
Which
is a load of nonsense. Political parties exist to coordinate elections,
campaigns and candidates. It would be expected for them to favor a candidate
who has been tied to the party for the past four decades – rather than someone
who until this election always made a point of running for office as a
political independent.
Why
would they have considered siding with Bernie? It would make no sense! I'm actually amazed at how convoluted the resistance was toward him; compared to what it could have been!
IT
SEEMS PEOPLE are upset that the Democratic Party political structure is not as
weak and uncoordinated as the Republicans were. Because let’s be honest, if
they could have got their act together there’s no way that Trump would be the
GOP nominee now.
Of
course, considering that the ideologues of our society have always wanted to
spew the thought that the Republicans represent the establishment and that
the Democrats were the threat to the natural order, perhaps it is just ironic
that in this election cycle perceptions are reversed.
Either
that, or we have an upcoming election in which the one-time schoolyard bullies
are hoping to restore what they perceive to be a natural order for our society.
Which
could make this the election about the serious split in Hillary perception –
with many believing she’s some old lady whose time has passed while others are
determined to view her as liberalism incarnate. That question will be the real
issue to be resolved come Election Day.
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