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| The Democrats Totally Want A Depression |
| 2020-04-23 |
| Kurt at Townhall [Townhall] If the Malevolent Donkey Party was actively seeking to plunge the country into an economic tailspin, while still maintaining some level of deniability to the credulous suckers out there, exactly what would it be doing differently? It would be pretty much doing exactly what it is doing right now — shilling for the bat-gobbling ChiComs, delaying needed assistance to keep America working, and generally trying to keep us all locked in the dark in perpetuity. It’s fair to assume that you intend the expected consequences of the actions you take, and the consequence of the actions the Democrats are taking is economic ruin. The indisputable fact is that they’re totally cool with that if that is what gets them back into power. Democrats are never ones to let a good crisis go to waste, and this Wuhan Flu is a very good crisis indeed if your goal is leftist hegemony. The Trump economy was booming after the near-decade of the Obama doldrums, and people were getting a taste of prosperity. But a happy, prosperous America is something the Democrat dudes can’t abide. All the Democrats had to sell were recycled cries of "RACISM!" and "RUSSIA!" and their standard-bearer was that sinewy weirdo Grandpa Badfinger, who was promising to drag us all back into the nightmare of globalist failure. The future looked grim, which means it actually looked bright for the rest of us. So, the Chinese coronavirus was a dream come true, a deus ex pangolin that finally, after an endless series of leaks, impeachments, investigations, and media meltdowns, might be the magic bullet that actually takes Trump down. Am I saying that the Democrats are exploiting the pandemic for their own cheesy advantage? Well, yeah. Everything they are doing is consistent with that. Everything. No, in the abstract, many of them would probably not prefer that tens of thousands of Americans die (I get enough Twitter death wishes to know, from their own filthy mouths, that some absolutely do want us to die), but their attitude seems to be that if life gives you tens of thousands of dead Americans, make political lemonade. I think he's giving them too much credit for intelligence and ability to plan. IMO: they just, automatically, oppose anything Trump proposes. Plus, a lot of them couldn't resist letting their inner Stalin out. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 Former CIA operative: China uses Dems as 'useful idiots' to spread propaganda, Biden 'in the tank' for Beijing |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-23 12:37 |
| #6 Dem lawmakers eye 'opportunity' for historic expansion of government amid coronavirus crisis |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-23 12:37 |
| #5 If trump can recover the economy (and I think he has a better shot than any President we've ever had) there is no way the Dems can take credit (as Obama tried to take credit for Trump's economy) or deny the success (as other Democrats tried to claim Trump's economy wasn't so good despite solid numbers in everything they track.) Democrat economic policies will exposed as horrible just as Republicans have said and they are currently terrified of that. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-04-23 11:29 |
| #4 Democrats love poor people. That's why all their policies are aimed at creating as many of them as possible. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2020-04-23 08:57 |
| #3 They've tried about everything else. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-04-23 08:42 |
| #2 A shooting war with Russia over a fake dossier was apparently on the table as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-04-23 08:16 |
| #1 deus ex pangolin Classic. Perfectly true, actually: not planned but a gift from their China-God. And they've responded predictably: blame Trump for everything and above all, plunge us into not a brief dip but a full-blown Depression so that the voters turn against Trump in November. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-23 05:49 |