{"id":132841,"date":"2020-12-14T01:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2020-12-14T01:11:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T22:11:40","slug":"after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#After Trump, Dems need a real message and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297505dc2ff\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a297505dc2ff\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_left_Democrats_Need_a_New_Message\" >From the left: Democrats Need a New Message\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Barrs_Critics_Were_Wrong\" >Conservative: Barr\u2019s Critics Were Wrong<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_right_Divided_Government_Best_for_Joe\" >From the right: Divided Government Best for Joe<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/#Pro-lifer_Bidens_Abortion_Militancy\" >Pro-lifer: Biden\u2019s Abortion Militancy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/after-trump-dems-need-a-real-message-and-other-commentary\/#Liberal_The_Lefts_Policing_Language_Games\" >Liberal: The\u00a0Left\u2019s Policing Language Games<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#After Trump, Dems need a real message and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/donald-trump-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_left_Democrats_Need_a_New_Message\"><\/span>From the left: Democrats Need a New Message\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now that \u201cTrump, the democratic Saddam, has lost, and his metaphorical statue will soon be dragged out of the White House,\u201d Democrats need to turn their attention to creating an \u201cambitious\u201d new party identity, \u00ad<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/political-commentary\/taibbi-trump-gone-whats-next-democrats-1101319\/\">advises Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone<\/a>. For the last decade, \u201cthe brilliantly marketable Obama and the monster-pig shipwreck act that was Trump\u201d let Democrats ignore the fact that \u201csomething was not quite working with the party\u2019s overall message.\u201d Having elected Joe Biden, \u201canother ex-senator with a pro-Iraq [War], pro-NAFTA\u201d record, they\u2019ll need to acknowledge \u201chow much failing to deliver real change cost them before.\u201d Otherwise, \u201cthey will find themselves right back where they were four years ago \u2014 vulnerable to revolts on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Barrs_Critics_Were_Wrong\"><\/span>Conservative: Barr\u2019s Critics Were Wrong<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>US Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> William Barr evidently \u201ckept quiet about the Hunter Biden investigation \u2014 even when the Trump campaign was metaphorically screaming at the top of its lungs,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/barrs-critics-should-reconsider\/\">National Review\u2019s Jim Geraghty notes<\/a>. Those who called Barr a \u201cpartisan hack\u201d should \u201cplease line up to make a very public apology.\u201d Barr chose not to shake up the race \u201cwith a dramatic revelation as Americans were casting ballots,\u201d proving himself to be \u201cthe guy who follows the law and preestablished procedure and the evidence to the truthful conclusion.\u201d But to Barr\u2019s liberal critics, \u201cyou\u2019re either a progressive Democratic good guy, or you\u2019re aligned with one of history\u2019s greatest monsters.\u201d Just playing it straight, following the rules and upholding constitutional order is never enough in their minds. Thus, \u201cfew people who spent the past two years demonizing the attorney general are going to rethink their decisions and views.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_right_Divided_Government_Best_for_Joe\"><\/span>From the right: Divided Government Best for Joe<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although most Democrats are anxiously hoping to win control of the Senate, a \u201cdivided government\u201d would be \u201cthe only check and balance \u00adremaining on two political parties, for whom the center of gravity is so far from the center that they\u2019ve nearly fallen off the ends of the earth,\u201d \u00ad<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2020\/12\/11\/why_divided_government_is_better_for_biden_144829.html\">argues RealClearPolitics\u2019 Carl M. Cannon<\/a>. Without Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to block extreme initiatives, Joe Biden \u201cwill be in bed\u201d with radical progressives, whose \u201cagenda doesn\u2019t stop at the Green New Deal or single-payer health care.\u201d But McConnell and Biden could be a successful team, especially since \u201cthe two men had been friends when they both served in the Senate.\u201d No, the partnership wouldn\u2019t always \u201cbe smooth sailing,\u201d but McConnell could be both \u201ca convenient foil for Biden\u201d and \u201ca useful negotiating partner\u201d in reaching compromises \u00adbetween the \u201cideologues\u201d of the right and left.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pro-lifer_Bidens_Abortion_Militancy\"><\/span>Pro-lifer: Biden\u2019s Abortion Militancy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Joe Biden is \u201cfulfilling predictions that his administration will be the most militantly pro-abortion of any in American history,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/12\/why-biden-picked-xavier-becerra\">declares Kenneth Craycraft at First Things<\/a>. The latest sign: his pick\u00a0to lead Health and Human Services,\u00a0California Attorney General Xavier Becerra \u2014 \u201ca tool of the abortion industry.\u201d When he served in the House, Becerra \u201cconsistently received perfect scores from Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America. During his tenure, no member of Congress exceeded his enthusiasm for abortion for any or no reason up to, and even during, the birth of a child.\u201d As California AG, he enthusiastically (and \u00adunsuccessfully) defended\u00a0a Golden State law that would have forced pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion against their con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> rights. He also \u201cjoined Pennsylvania in suing the Little Sisters of the Poor in federal court, trying to force the religious \u00adorder to facilitate and finance abortion and contraception for its lay employees\u201d under ObamaCare. His\u00a0\u00a0nomination, then, \u201cis about imposing rigid, fundamentalist, pro-abortion ideology on the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liberal_The_Lefts_Policing_Language_Games\"><\/span>Liberal: The\u00a0Left\u2019s Policing Language Games<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>President Barack Obama\u2019s criticism of police defunders was met with claims that he is indifferent \u201cto police killings,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/12\/what-language-game-are-defunders-playing\/617348\/\">The Atlantic\u2019s Caitlin Flanagan sighs<\/a>. It just goes to show that the hard left\u2019s positions have\u00a0\u201cno connection to any commonly agreed upon standard of reality.\u201d Instead, the left is playing \u201clanguage <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s\u201d \u2014 and the rest of America is growing \u201cimpatient\u201d with those games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by Ashley Allen &amp; Sohrab Ahmari<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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