The Democratic Party is a Master at Self Sabotage

Seeing the Democratic Party reaction to the allegations against Graham Platner I am reminded of post I wrote many years ago.

One of the key features of the Democratic Party is they are insane losers. They are losers because they have only been able to watch helplessly as the Repblican Party has implemented their objectives largely unopposed for that last 50 years, despite the Democrats occupying the White House and having majorities in the House, the Senate and the Supreme Court for many of the years during that period. They are insane because they keep doing politics the same way despite the obvious failure of the approach they have been following.

I will not comment on the specifics of the allegations against Graham Platner because that is all they are. However, I will comment that Graham Platner is one of a handful of Democratic hopefuls for the November elections who are breaking away from the losing approach to politics the Democratic Party has been following for half-a-century. 

Unless the allegations against him are proven true Democrats who really want to affect change in the US should be supporting him. There are not enough of them to discard even one at this point. Maybe in a few years, when this democratic socialist insurgency either grows unstoppable or it peters out, they can be more discerning about who they allow in the club but not now.

However, they will not do that of course because Democrats very much prefer the moral victories over actual political victories. Or to put it another way, the Republicans approach to politics is to win by any means while the Democrats approach is to win the "right way". The results of the last 50 years in American politics should clearly show which approach is the one you should follow if you really want to achieve your political objectives.

Many would say that progressives should not stoup to the level of the Republicans and that is BS. The only way to turn things around is to consistently beat the Republicans. Once that happens the Democrats can go back to doing politics the "right way" but until then the Democrats should be trying to win political victories and if that means they have to give up winning moral victories sobeit.

PM Carney is Showing He is Not Politician

The alternate title to this post is he is showing himself to be a political idiot. I mention here that Mr. Carney can agree to all of Alberta's demands for its oil industry and it will not help him one bit in Alberta. Mark my words, during the next election the Liberals will lose seats in Alberta despite the decision to support this new pipeline to tidewater. It is a simple fact that you can dress up a rock in Conservative Blue in that province and voters will support it. Pierre Poilievre, I am looking in your direction!

It is also true that the only time the Conservatives win is when the progressive vote splits. This decision provides the other progressive parties in this country with the stick with which to beat the Liberals, who I will remind everyone, will be going for election victory number five the next time. That is a difficult enough task without handing a gift to the parties that can really hurt you while not really gaining anything from the other side.

Mark Carney is doing yeomen work in expanding Canada's trade and security relations with the world. That is where he seems to thrive but when it comes to domestic policy his performance is much more spotty and this agreement is an example of that.