Political divisiveness is the name of the game this year. I suppose that’s always been the case in election years. Nevertheless, it’s still the economy, stupid (thanks James). Voters ask themselves whether they want change or whether they can endure one more term hoping nothing more stupid happens.
On the left so-called Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are challenging the very foundation of our Constitution. Surprisingly, DSA has attracted enough voters to win some primaries. Let’s just say the Democrat party is restless. They still support their primary issue across the whole party: Trump is a bad man. Without that primary issue they’re just a profusion of colorful dances with fireworks.
Surely, those on the right welcome Democrat disillusionment, debate, and distortion don’t they? The wild and crazy contortions inside the party tend to make those on the right look more like adults in the room. On the other hand, Republicans continue to attract all the negative news that’s fit to print or broadcast. The two big issues are the economy and Iran.
Frankly, the economy is much better than it was under Bidenomics with 9-percent inflation. Most people don’t realize that high inflation never goes away. Biden’s 9-percent is where overall prices landed. Lower inflation doesn’t undo high inflation. It just keeps it high at lower rates. At least that’s what economists say. Nevertheless, all of us who are not economists measure inflation in terms of grocery and gasoline prices. Just remember, cost of living always goes up.
How about that other issue the right has hanging around its neck: Iran. Practically speaking, nobody except military families and policy makers care much about the day-to-day of the war in Iran. Oh, it’s a barnburner over there in the Middle East, particularly with our ally Israel. Coincidently the left over here has continued ratcheting up animosity toward the state and people of Israel. Antisemitism in America and around the world has grown to historic highs.
Americans are trying to deal with all things divisive. The so-called Save Act was written in part to ensure only citizens can vote in national elections. Thank God eligibility would be based only on citizenship and not race or gender. Still Democrats oppose limiting voting rights to citizens. After all, what would happen if noncitizens were allowed to vote? I mean, if we continued to allow noncitizens to vote?
Besides all this political divisiveness, we can’t even relax enjoying America’s favorite pastime, sports. Technically, baseball is our favorite pastime, but sports has always seemed to reconcile a lot of hurt feelings over the years … until women sports attracted a nation of watchers who don’t know what a woman is. We have a Supreme Court Justice who doesn’t know what a woman is even though she (oops) presents herself as a woman.
Everybody knew that when Woke folks began messing with sex and genders somebody was going to get hurt or mad or both. In the case of the WNBA, facts, i.e. biology, may become the judge. But will the ruling affect sports below the professional level? Oh please, don’t let the Supreme Court be the final arbiter! That begs the question who can make the fairest judgement?
Political divisiveness has usurped the authority that common sense used to rule. “Nevermore quoth the raven!”
Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.
14 comments:
Perhaps Gardner's and Poe's raven perches now on a basketball rim?
Divisiveness, a social wedge, is a tool of Marxists who pry at the door opening to chaos and infamy.
One side is definitely trying to criminalize the other, and it ain't the "Marxists".
$4 gas (average nationwide), sky high grocery and utility prices, stupid wars, Trump using the justice department to make deals with his own treasury to use your tax dollars to (try to) pay Jan 6-ers, ice shooting people dead in the streets for holding a cell phone—the list goes on and on.
I’m looking forward to DL getting the midterms he deserves.
@12:44
Trumpstein is going to reclaim his base by repealing the NFA so we can all have cheap short barrel machine guns with silencers
1:20, gotta say, that would cool. Maybe, we need a DSA candidate as president so we can all suffer together. You guys have such short memories about the last term Democrats had the WH.
Anyone remember the price of gas when slojoe was in office
Can't decide who should get the Captain Obvious Award in the commentary category: Crawford, Salter, or Gardner.
@6:02
why do you think im DSA just because im not sucking off the orange MIGA fool? How simple can you be?
6:02: that would be an improvement from where we’re at now, so sure, that sounds nice enough
Watch Trump loses the House and the Senate. Even Texas is in play.
Yall are worried about DSA. Dont take Trump’s constant posting of TRUMP 2028 as a joke. He thinks you guys will make him a Dictator .
Yes, I remember gas prices under Biden - the national average got as high as $5 in 2022. I also remember context. The economy was emerging from a global pandemic that had severely disrupted supply chains, and post-COVID demand recovered much faster than production and transportation capacity could adjust. Those shortages and bottlenecks put significant upward pressure on energy prices.
There were also refinery-capacity constraints and limited spare capacity in the global oil market, which made the system particularly vulnerable to disruptions. Also, Russia invaded Ukraine, further destabilizing global energy markets and pushed oil, gasoline, and other commodity prices even higher.
Wasn't that also slojoe who decided he wanted everyone to buy electric cars? That was sort of an disruption. Also wasn't that slojoe who shut down drilling in the U.S.
Thanks for the reminder. We will get right on that.
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