In just the last week two strange moments have occurred for Democrats that puzzle me greatly. They were like attempts at suicide by the party through its leaders.
The first was an answer by Joe Biden at the debate a few days ago. Say what you will about Biden, but he is still the front runner for the nomination according to the polls. He was asked a question about the adverse economic impact on economic growth that moves to combat climate change would have. Here's how the exchange went:
"As president, would you be willing to sacrifice some of that growth, even knowing potentially that it could displace thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of blue-collar workers, in the interest of transitioning to that greener economy?"
"The answer is YES"
Biden said that he would sacrifice the jobs of hundreds of thousands of blue collar workers to push for a "greener" economy. Now imagine you are someone who works in gas drilling in Pennsylvania or oil drilling in Texas. You make well over $100,000 per year and this guy says he would sacrifice your job in the name of a greener economy. Who are you going to vote for? Who is your spouse going to vote for? Who are your relatives and your neighbors going to vote for? Biden just made certain that millions of blue collar workers are going to vote for Trump. Biden put their jobs at risk, and most people will vote to secure their jobs.
This was a very strange move by Biden. Instead of the usual confused answer from Biden, he was totally clear. Surely, the voters who are environmental zealots were going to vote for the Democrats anyway. They could have tolerated the usual doubletalk from Biden. Instead, Biden spoke directly and provided the weapons that will result in losing millions of blue collar votes in November.
The second strange event comes from the Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. After the House Democrats voted to impeach President Trump over bipartisan opposition, Pelosi decided not to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. In the debate on impeachment, the Democrats had said that action had to be taken in the interest of national security. Trump was a danger to the country and the Constitution or so they told us. When the GOP called the Democrats' move to impeach the President a political game, the Democrats denied it and screamed that this was something that was urgently needed. And the next day after the impeachment vote, the House Democrat leader says she's going to hold up this urgent measure. Huh? That's Pelosi admitting that this was all just a political move by the Democrats.
Think about it. If this were actually an urgent move to prevent some misdeed by President Trump, the Democrats would be in a rush for the Senate to act. Obviously the Democrats don't see it that way.
The Democrats have staked their entire 2020 campaign on this impeachment. There are millions of voters who support that move. There are millions of voters who oppose it. But what about those in the middle, the people who never focused on the impeachment debate, the undecided, the people whose votes will actually decide the winner in 2020? When these people finally look at the impeachment issue, they will see that Pelosi's actions put the lie to the Democrats' statements on the reasons for impeachment. Just think how many votes that move will lose them.
Those were two really bizarre moves by the Democrats.
The first was an answer by Joe Biden at the debate a few days ago. Say what you will about Biden, but he is still the front runner for the nomination according to the polls. He was asked a question about the adverse economic impact on economic growth that moves to combat climate change would have. Here's how the exchange went:
"As president, would you be willing to sacrifice some of that growth, even knowing potentially that it could displace thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of blue-collar workers, in the interest of transitioning to that greener economy?"
"The answer is YES"
Biden said that he would sacrifice the jobs of hundreds of thousands of blue collar workers to push for a "greener" economy. Now imagine you are someone who works in gas drilling in Pennsylvania or oil drilling in Texas. You make well over $100,000 per year and this guy says he would sacrifice your job in the name of a greener economy. Who are you going to vote for? Who is your spouse going to vote for? Who are your relatives and your neighbors going to vote for? Biden just made certain that millions of blue collar workers are going to vote for Trump. Biden put their jobs at risk, and most people will vote to secure their jobs.
This was a very strange move by Biden. Instead of the usual confused answer from Biden, he was totally clear. Surely, the voters who are environmental zealots were going to vote for the Democrats anyway. They could have tolerated the usual doubletalk from Biden. Instead, Biden spoke directly and provided the weapons that will result in losing millions of blue collar votes in November.
The second strange event comes from the Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. After the House Democrats voted to impeach President Trump over bipartisan opposition, Pelosi decided not to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. In the debate on impeachment, the Democrats had said that action had to be taken in the interest of national security. Trump was a danger to the country and the Constitution or so they told us. When the GOP called the Democrats' move to impeach the President a political game, the Democrats denied it and screamed that this was something that was urgently needed. And the next day after the impeachment vote, the House Democrat leader says she's going to hold up this urgent measure. Huh? That's Pelosi admitting that this was all just a political move by the Democrats.
Think about it. If this were actually an urgent move to prevent some misdeed by President Trump, the Democrats would be in a rush for the Senate to act. Obviously the Democrats don't see it that way.
The Democrats have staked their entire 2020 campaign on this impeachment. There are millions of voters who support that move. There are millions of voters who oppose it. But what about those in the middle, the people who never focused on the impeachment debate, the undecided, the people whose votes will actually decide the winner in 2020? When these people finally look at the impeachment issue, they will see that Pelosi's actions put the lie to the Democrats' statements on the reasons for impeachment. Just think how many votes that move will lose them.
Those were two really bizarre moves by the Democrats.
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