The New Cruelty

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anti-regulation, Congress, difference between political parties, elections, ethics, how Republicans have used their power, pick a side, politics, public interest, shared prinicples, tech

No one likes being called racist, especially those young Turks of the tech boom. Their programming code literally does not see color. In their personal code, regardless of race, they are all Ones, and the rest of us are all Zeros.

In the realm of politics, the Old Boys know damn well they’re racists, but they feel they’ve evolved. They can see the good in a brown man with deep pockets and an elitist attitude. They can revile even the staunchest, whitest patriot who would threaten, insult, or merely draw attention to their privilege. This is the New Cruelty, in which the powerful despise everyone equally:

U.S. sailors serving our country – screw ’em.
Pregnant women, infants and school children – starve ’em.
Legally employed parents – deport ’em.
Homegrown businesses and local economies – trash ’em.
Rules and regs that keep all of us safe and healthy – gut ’em.
Public places of beauty and historical significance – bulldoze ’em.

Welcome to today’s American landscape brought to you exclusively by the Republican party that has enabled and twice refused to impeach their incompetent, senile, lunatic leader. There is no gray area here. The Democrats have been trying to eject that dangerous fool since Day 1. The Republicans have had the power to do so since Day 1. They see the damage caused, the escalating moral and material cost, and repeatedly fail to act in the public interest.

This is your choice in November: The Democratic ticket that will defend our Constitution and long-held shared principles of equality, liberty, personal privacy, religious freedom, and opportunity for all. Or the Republican platform of craven, selfish clutching after personal power at all costs.

Democratic Principles or The New Cruelty: It’s time to stop splitting hairs – and splitting votes – over what’s going on at the fringes, and pick a side. [NOT the sidelines, middle-road Conservatives and far-left Progressives – hold your nose and vote!]

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