One truthful Democrat emerges to call out party’s ‘delusions’
by
Michael Goodwin
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
4/7/2019 5:54:48 AM
Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator and governor, was always one of my favorite politicians in part because his politics weren’t perfectly polished. Among other free-wheeling moments, he called fellow Democrat Bill Clinton an “uncommonly good liar” and said a requirement for becoming president is that you must “want it more than life itself.” Kerrey moved on to academia and now to an investment bank, but hasn’t lost the willingness to break ranks with his party. The habit surfaces in a withering criticism of current Democrats, where he says they are suffering from two major “delusions.”
IF they had a candidate that talked like this, it might be a formidable challenge for Trump in 2020.
No worries. Moonbats abound.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 4/7/2019 6:45:18 AM (No. 25987)
Unfortunately, as the campaign progresses they will alter their rhetoric to appear more normal. Many will be fooled. Both parties do it because it works every time. Then after the election they go back to the same old corrupt tricks.
McCain was the a bad recent example, but there are plenty of others.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 4/7/2019 8:04:03 AM (No. 25983)
Bob Kerrey was no slouch when it came to lying either.
Conservatives waste their time worrying about good governance.
Dems get about the business of personal enrichment and re-election from day one.
The danger of Trump is simply that he knows honest ways to make money.
Despicable ....can´t be trusted.
Not a ´Team Player´.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/7/2019 9:11:19 AM (No. 25992)
Sounds to me that Kerrey is calling for a Lakerman Commission.
I might have suggested such a commission myself.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 4/7/2019 9:35:06 AM (No. 25989)
I like Bob Kerrey. Always have. He´s dead right on this, and this is a terrific article. I even like the extra comments about New York and de Blasio. Thanks for posting, OP.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/7/2019 10:15:04 AM (No. 25986)
Sorry. No kind words for Kerrey. If he were that much of a stand-up guy he would have left the demonrat party long ago.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
HotRod 4/7/2019 11:51:04 AM (No. 25993)
As much as I would like to believe it, I just can´t imagine so many democrats being so stupid. I´m beginning to think that all those democrats supposedly vying for the nomination know they can´t win (a couple may be that stupid) but are simply raising money by tossing their hat in the ring.
Corruption has created loopholes in laws that enable politicians to keep much of the money they raise. The democrat party is ripe for fundraising, due to the deranged radicals, many of whom are wealthy and willing to donate.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Geoman 4/7/2019 11:57:32 AM (No. 25984)
FTA: "The problem, of course, is that all leading Democrats are drinking the Kool-Aid that America is ready to embrace extreme, left-wing policies and that Mueller and Barr are covering up for Trump and Vladimir Putin."
This is an unsupported conclusion by the author. Democrats do not necessarily believe that America is ready to embrace more powerful left-wing governance but are starting to believe that they can simply force it on the people by the means of their choosing. Why would they not think that their strategy will succeed, with the Normal Americans sitting at their keyboards while budding Communists within the government and media blatantly attempt a coup to remove the president for whom the Normals voted? We´ve "invited" the increasingly extreme positions democrats, not the least of which is to flood our communities and schools with foreign invaders by our reluctance to rise up in the streets of DC in a show of force, resolve, and numbers that cannot be denied.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 4/7/2019 12:27:24 PM (No. 25985)
Kerrey has always been a mystery to me. How can a former USN SEAL, who earned the Medal of Honor EVER be a Dem?
Of course, he isn´t a modern, insane, babbling, extreme leftist Dem, but he is a Dem.
I always imagined that people like SEALs whose very lives depended on clearly understanding the real world could ever then be living in the Marxist, socialist delusion which has been the Dem party my whole life.
These are some of the more sensible things I have EVER heard a Dem say since Zell Miller died.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Italiano 4/7/2019 12:28:57 PM (No. 25991)
Crazy Bob. He may be right on this, but he´s still Crazy Bob.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Skeptical1 4/7/2019 12:35:07 PM (No. 25988)
The "truthful Democrat" wrote in his op-ed: "When the chief law enforcement officer encourages his audience to chant “lock her up,” this signals the FBI to follow the mob." He "crossed the line", Kerry says. This brilliant statesman thinks that candidate Trump was the chief LEO, and that Hillary´s blatant transgressions are off-limits in civil debate. Well, if you aspire to be a posh New York investment banker, like Kerry, they probably should be.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 4/7/2019 3:41:03 PM (No. 25990)
"the most comprehensive explanation for all the weird behavior is that it is a deeply misguided response to Trump."
"Trump made me do it!" is about as insane as the proposals the dems are spewing. If Trump´s tweets are truly making them nuts, they have NO business in positions of leadership. In fact, THAT is the greatest threat Trump makes, that HE is a competent leader and the dems, a good chunk of Republicans, and the leaders of the bureaucracy are fools wrapped up in their own delusions of power.
They are terrified that Trump is exposing them as the incompetents they are.
"the point of no return (for dems) is growing closer by the day"
I suspect the dems "sell by" date is already expired. They had nothing but failure under 8 years of BO. They have nothing but stale Socialistic fantasies to propose, that have and are failing cruelly where ever they are used. They have no moral stand to fight for since their ethics are situational. All dems have are worthless words and empty promises.
Dems, as a party, are bereft of any value to the Country.
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