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DemocracyMouse

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6. Actually, the liberals are only losing the battle
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:08 PM
Dec 2017

....but winning the war.

Trump is indeed fanning the flames of hate, positioning the US as the only country against the Kyoto Protocol, eviscerating the EPA, shoving taxes to the wealthiest, undermining the ACA etc.

.....BUT it's a temporary set back. Flynn has flipped, Manafort's got an ankle monitor, Deutsche Bank has divulged all the money laundering accounts, and a thousand years of phone, email and video recordings are in Muellar's pocket (and duplicated for NY State which is also preparing to prosecute in case Trump tries anything stupid). Muellar holds all the cards and Trump's ratings – and the Republicans along with it – are in the basement. Democrats are positioned to retake the country (assuming serious effort)– supported by a much longer pendulum swing which has been building since Reagan, the Recession and Occupy Wall Street. The anti-fascists have easily outnumbered the fascists in most of the protests since Trump stole the presidency. The White Supremacists cry when arrested! They are a flash in the pan and don't have the long, noble history if the civil rights movement to back them up.

And as for all those scary guns which spell "civil war" – most are in the hands of a very tiny group of nutjobs and collectors who are more afraid of each other than than anything else. The National Guard easily outnumbers those with assault rifles. I think it was 10 to 1 at least.

Have courage, Democrats. Stand for our Democratic traditions. Speak calmly to your Republican neighbors and remind them that "as the citizens clash, the 1% takes the cash." (Just gently explain to them how divide and rule works)

I can't wait to go door to door, and to vote, in 2018. It's going to blow the cynics sky high. I've been looking at the big swings of history and this one is going to be a rout!

But don't get too comfortable! I'm putting a large, handmade banner on the back of my car which says:

AS CITIZENS CLASH
THE 1% TAKES THE CASH


– Democracy Mouse

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