President Biden has said that Trump is "dangerous." He has said that Trump leads "an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy." I share those basic beliefs of our democracy. But it has been my opinion that the reason for the extreme hostility between the two sides is that the Democrats are no longer the party of classical liberalism. Rather, they are leftists. And leftists everywhere oppose Western democracy.
VP Kamala Harris has said that "Trump is a danger to our troops, our security, and our democracy." She also said that Trump was behind "the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War." Trump was not indicted for "insurrection." He said the protesters on January 6 should march "peacefully and patriotically" over to the Capitol. As I have said before, I did not approve of everything Trump said that day. But Harris clearly has a different understanding of the threats to American democracy from my understanding.
David Plouffe was Obama's first campaign manager. Here's Plouffe: "It is not enough to beat Trump. He must be destroyed thoroughly. His kind must not be allowed to rise again." "Destroyed thoroughly." Wow! Not sure I want to ask him what he thinks should happen to Trump.
Hillary Clinton wasted no time. Only one day after the second assassination attempt on Trump, she called him a "danger to our country and the world." How's that exactly? The magazine The Economist agreed, saying "Donald Trump poses the greatest danger to the world in 2024." This is all rather curious. Trump started no wars. Russia did not invade Ukraine, as they did with both Obama and Biden in office. Hamas did not attack Israel, as they did with Obama and Biden in office. Trump brought us the Abraham Accords. But Trump is more dangerous than Putin, Xi, the Ayatollahs and various others? I get it. Some on the Left call Trump "Hitler." So, as ridiculous as that comparison is, it's not a stretch for those who believe in that comparison to say that Trump is the biggest danger to the world.
I would be remiss if I did not mention a critique of my 8/4/24 post ("I don't view the Dems with the same fear as I do Trump"). In that post, which started as an email to friend who is also a reader of the blog, I also said "As Rome is burning all around us, you will vote for the most radical presidential candidate in history, someone who just may help bring about the end of Israel, and the end of America as you and I have known it." There was no risk of that email inducing my friend, whom I have known for 70 years, to cause harm to VP Harris. I suppose the question is whether I should have removed that sentence when I put the email online as a blog post. I'll allow my readers to opine on that, should they choose. For now, I accept the criticism, and I shall think about if different phrasing would have made the same point in a less inflammatory manner.
Speaking of Hillary Clinton. She is apparently concerned with "Americans who are engaged in this kind of propaganda (referring to the Russians indicted by Mueller), and whether they should be civilly, or even in some cases criminally, charged is something that would be a better deterrence, because the Russians are unlikely, except in a very few cases, to ever stand trial in the United States." Can you believe it? She wants to criminally charge Americans for their speech? As I said at the beginning of this post, the Left has no appreciation for the values of Western democracies. But they very much do care about power, in order to gain ever greater control over our lives.
But lets think about it for a moment. Can Clinton be prosecuted for pushing the phony Russian collusion story? Can many in the media be prosecuted for the same thing? Can Clinton be prosecuted for saying that Trump was an illegitimate president? Can we prosecute the 51 then current and former intelligence officials who told us that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation - when, in fact, it was Biden's actual laptop? Based on Clinton's approach, why can't they all be prosecuted?
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