Since this Democratic Convention was all about Hillary Clinton,
everyone who climbed the podium and took the mike understood that they
were promoting Hillary Clinton for president. In fact, I was deeply
moved by the mother's stories of their murdered children. At the time
I did not think of the purpose behind showcasing these three very
moving accounts. Could it have been an effort to connect with the
Black vote? Since I did not hear of any family members of the
murdered police officers being featured, I can only assume it is the
Democrats effort to smooth over the hard feelings of Hillary's past
support of legislation that wound up expanding our private prisons,
and filling them with Black and Brown slave labor.
As an aside, I understand that the slave laborers who helped build the
White House, were well fed and well housed, which, if true, is in
stark contrast to the food and medical care our current prison slaves
receive.
But back to the convention. It's a showcase of all the imagined
accomplishments of the Democrats, led by the fearless and well
qualified leader, Hillary Clinton. Watching the acrobatics and
manipulative antics was embarrassing. But even worse were some of the
pandering speeches. Still, there were some very thoughtful
discussions on democracy now, which is something that did not happen
during the Trump Reality Show.
I am still troubled by the numbers of political leaders who continue
to make this a battle between Clinton and Trump, with no discussion
about the failure of the two parties to meet the basic needs of the
American People. I could agree with people saying that we need to
support the Democrats...including Clinton, and build the Progressive
Movement to a place where it can force the president to lean to the
Left. But too many of them are doing exactly what they claim they are
not doing, making this a negative, lessor of two evils. I have heard
Trump described in such crazy terms that he comes up looking like
Satan, with the red suit, horns, pitchfork and forked tail. Donald
Trump is no more of a monster than is Hillary Clinton, a charge both
sides are making of the other. In fact, these two ambitious people
are struggling for the Brass Ring, for the sake of winning. If they
truly loved their country, and if they wanted to raise the standard of
living, and bring back that Great American Dream, a job, a home and a
family, they would be discussing issues. They would be proposing
community involvement. They would lay out plans to bring back jobs,
to demand a living minimum wage, show us how they propose to lower
medical costs and include All Americans. They would stop the blood
suckers who are forcing our children into debt before they even have a
college degree or a job. They would announce how they plan to fully
fund our Veterans Hospitals.
We know for a fact that Donald Trump has no plans. If he did, he
would not need to repeat phrases like, "Trust me!", or, "I'm going to
make America great again!"
Great? Which year was that? Do you mean, Mister Trump, the 1880's to
the 1920's? Those wonderful years, if you were White, Male and had a
wealthy daddy. Working Class families never lived in that "Great
America" you speak of, Mister Trump. Black families never lived in
that America of Plenty. Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Jews,
and so many of the starving immigrants from Ireland and Europe never
enjoyed a minute of that Greatness you boast about.
It's a bare faced lie. It's time we called it what it is, White
Supremacy. Donald Trump represents a last mass effort for White men
to hold onto power. And if Hillary Clinton really believed some of
the progressive stuff she spouts, she would chew up Trump and spit him
out.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/27/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> Now that I've listened to Democracy Now, and heard the mothers of murdered
> young black people talk at the convention, my response is that this was a
> cynical use of people who have endured unspeakable tragedy, for Hillary's
> benefit. I remember hearing Sandra Bland's mother on Democracy Now after
> Hillary had contacted her. Hillary already knew she was running for the
> presidential nomination. Perhaps her campaign had begun. I'm not sure. But
> it was obvious that she cultivated a relationship with this grief stricken
> woman so that she could use her in her campaign. These women were props in
> a
> well planned show. Interestingly, I noted that many of the Sanders
> delegates who were interviewed during the first hour of Democracy Now, were
> African American. During the campaign, the mass media kept saying that
> Bernie wasn't doing well with black people. But he sure had a lot of black
> delegates that we never heard about.
>
> Miriam
>
>
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