Saturday, August 3, 2024

D.L. Gardner: Goodbye, Democracy

Saturday, July 13, former President Trump was shot by a sniper at a rally in Butler Pennsylvania. The bullet hit his right ear just a fraction away from his head. This was big news before it wasn’t.

Sunday afternoon, July 21, President Biden sent two messages via X first bowing out of the race for president, then quickly following with a second message endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor.

Three days later FBI Director Christopher Wray testified at a Congressional hearing, “I think with respect to former President Trump there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that, you know, hit his ear.”

President Biden gave a brief address from the Oval Office that night about his withdrawal from the race and his commitment to continue serving the nation for the next few months.

Two days later VP Kamala Harris released a video showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsing her for president. How can an “October surprise” compete with the past two weeks? We may not make it to October this year.

Humorist Will Rogers used to quip, “I belong to no organized party; I am a Democrat.” Rogers was famous for his digs at both parties.

The wars in the Middle East are spreading with few if any signs of compromise or ending. Ukraine and Russia continue to fight. China is flexing its power around Taiwan. And, somewhere between ten and twenty million immigrants who have crossed our border the past three and a half years are doing what?

Has anyone noticed any cyber attacks in America? Around the world? How about flat out terrorist attacks? The attempted assassination of former President Trump damaged the reputation of upper level leaders in the Secret Service, FBI, and federal law enforcement agencies. No doubt President Biden’s strategy to follow DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) guidelines when making appointments in his administration has not worked out well. Nevertheless Mr. Biden still boasts about his administration being the most diverse in American history, or something like that.

Remember when the 2024 race was singularly about saving democracy? Democrats moved the debate up knowing Biden would lose without notes or a teleprompter. After Biden’s poor performance in the debate, democratic powerbrokers quickly swiveled to “trash democracy, we have to win this race!” The next step would be persuading Biden to drop out of the race, something he (and Dr. Jill) stubbornly refused.

Democratic powerbrokers with names like Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and donors pushed all the buttons, but failed to get Biden to withdraw. Probably threatening to use the 25th Amendment did the trick, and President Biden withdrew via X. The second tweet likely undercut the powerbrokers who already had their own substitute. Kamala Harris was not their first choice. The Biden team won that round of inside politics.

Democracy wasn’t even in the rearview window by that time, primary voters were disenfranchised, and the coup was successful, sort of. The next three months are prime for terrorist attacks and wars spreading across the globe. Odds are America will face a number of attacks that will trigger “emergency” status at every level of government. Remember COVID-19? The election, if we still have one, will be compromised by problems outside our control.

Goodbye democracy.

Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

He makes some good points regarding new "emergencies," which is code for taking away our freedoms and increased control of our daily lives.

Covid-19 --- Never forget

Anonymous said...

You forgot to say that interest rates will probably drop, hostages would be released and no one wants a 78 year old running the country either. The Dems lulled them to sleep. Then hit the reset to carry them to what looks like a sweep in November. Trumps base got smaller.

Anonymous said...

Democracy? We have always had issues with democracy. It just depends on which segment of this society you are talking to. Someone is always not feeling a part of our "democracy". Maybe it's his turn.
Goodbye

Anonymous said...

You may like or not like his political message. But what I am always shocked about when I read Daniel Gardner’s messages is his simplistic and incoherent writing. Snippets of thoughts tossed around in mini paragraphs… if he thinks that these nuggets have something to do with each other, why is he not working on stringing them together in a well-written argumentation? I am completely underwhelmed. My high school senior can write better argumentative assays. But the shocker is that Daniel Gardner is a university lecturer - I know where I will not send my child to…

(If you find any mistakes in my post then it is because English is not my native language…)

Anonymous said...

Something had to happen to slow or stop the investigation into the attempt to kill Trump. Maybe Joe making the decision to quit his job was the answer to what the democrats needed. It served several purposes. It stopped the investigation into the shooting, it provided a way to get rid of Biden, it made everyone forget about how we all had been lied to about Joe for several years, and it made it possible for a woman and a minority to run for president.

Anonymous said...

Will Rogers rolling in his grave

Anonymous said...

There's always some pointed head, narrowed eyes, backstabbing, bloodsucking, hen house robbing, dog stealing, rusty knees, goat smell, mud sucker complaining about Mr. Gardner's article. Here's an idea, for you, don't read the article.

Anonymous said...

Please, please for the health of the nation a new party. The two we have now are outta control.

Mississippi MAGA Man said...

How could DJT possibly take away democracy when Biden (Obama/Schumer/Harris et al) have already done that?

Anonymous said...

Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out.

Anonymous said...

Gardner apparently never learned that it was better to remain silent and be thought a fool.

Anonymous said...

I thought Trump made an agreement to debate Biden.
When did he make the agreement to debate the vice president?

Anonymous said...

Bottom line it looks like he’s afraid to debate her. She has work to do in some of the battleground states but in right leaning poll by RMG Research (Rasmussen ) , Harris is leading Trump by 5 points in a survey of 3000 likely voters.

Anonymous said...

I see the democrat bots are out.

Anonymous said...

The US is not, never has been, and was never envisioned by its founders to be a "democracy." And it certainly does not need even more uninformed idiots - of any party or (pseudo)political stance - to continue voting for incompetents and idiots (or both). What it needs is sensible, informed, and competent candidates running for office. That way, even though many voters are idiots the winner won't be, even if approximately half of those idiot voters don't like them. Choices like Trump, Harris (or Biden), and (insert the name nearly any currently-elected official from every state here), will be the downfall of the republic.

As proof of the above:

These same incompetents and idiots, elected by incompetents and idiots, put Christopher Wray in charge of the FBI. Mr. Wray is of the opinion there is a difference between someone actually hitting one of the two people who will be the next POTUS and them merely firing bullets that came so close to that person that the "shrapnel" from what the bullets actually hit could have killed them. In other words, Mr. Wray is an incompetent idiot appointed by incompetents and idiots to hire incompetents and idiots to investigate how another incompetent idiot managed to hire a bunch of incompetents and idiots who failed to protect an incompetent idiot so incompetents and idiots can vote for him or the other incompetent idiot.

And the above is pre-fucking-cisely why the founders of this great republic didn't want anything to do with "democracy"...or idiots.

Anonymous said...

Trump did not agree to debate Harris.

There will not be a debate. Fox will provide an excuse for Trump so there is nothing to worry about.

Anonymous said...

Here are the requirements from ABC. It makes no mention of Biden or Trump for that matter.
It’s just weird that when your losing ground in the polls and your being out raised by over 2 to 1 that you are trying to avoid debating your opponent . I think he knows she will roast him and he’s afraid .

“ABC News Candidate Qualification Requirements for the 2024 Election Presidential Debate Tuesday, Sept. 10
By Jim Donnelly
Jul 26th, 2024
ABC News candidate qualification requirements for the 2024 election presidential debate planned for Tuesday, Sept. 10, include the following:
All participants must meet the requirements outlined in Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution to serve as president and must have filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. All participants must appear on a sufficient number of state ballots, as certified by the Secretary of State or the relevant election authority in each state, to attain a majority (270) of electoral votes in the presidential election by Sept. 3, 2024. All participants must agree to accept the rules and format of the debate, as formulated by ABC News.
All participants must reach at least 15% support in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet ABC News standards and the following additional requirements:
Polls must be conducted using probability sampling by one of the following entities or pairs of entities: ABC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, The New York Times/Siena College, Quinnipiac University, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
The four qualifying polls must be conducted by different organizations.
Polls must be fielded and released between Aug. 1, 2024, and Sept. 3, 2024. Only polls released publicly and fielded entirely inside the window will qualify.
In the event that a poll provides results for both registered and likely voters, the likely voter result will be considered to be the qualifying result.
The determination on whether a candidate meets all the above requirements and is therefore eligible to participate in the debate will be made promptly after Sept. 3, 2024.”

Anonymous said...

It’s time to start practicing Donald. Repeat after me, President Kamala Harris.

Anonymous said...

3:11 PM: the Democrats base will fall for/gobble up any crock of HS Dems run up their flag pole. Anytime some idiot tells you DJT is a threat to Democracy just offer to bet them any amount they want to bet that if DJT wins there will still be another presidential election in 4 yeas, 8 years, 12 years, etc. Offer to do double or nothing every 4 years. Then sit back and watch them STFU.

Anonymous said...

Why hasn't Harris had a press conference for the last 14 days? Is she getting a brain procedure for her frequent inappropriate laughing? Look up "PBA causes".

Anonymous said...

Why is Harris afraid of a Fox formatted debate? Let me tell you. Fox will not provide her with the questions ahead of time or format the debate as dictated by the democrat deep state.

I don't watch Fox, but it's my understanding that Trump has been just as critical of them as he is of the so-called mainstream media.

If the Fox-commenters will go back in time and cite evidence of the network being unfair or biased in any previous debates (they've participated in), then you might have a valid theory. But they can't. But they can parrot Whoopie and Maddow.

Anonymous said...

1:28 pm I agree with you but DL was a "speech teacher" and was hired during a time when even college degrees were not plentiful in Mississippi. Those Mississippians with undergraduate degrees and advanced degrees went other places. And, in his time the number of Mississippi educated women who had completed even one year of college was in the single digits. In 1978, it was only 4%.

Surely DL didn't teach writing speeches but only presentation but I don't know. I suspect he was kept as an easy course choice. Most every college student hopes to be able to stick one of those into a semester and coaches love those sure A's for their players.

For me, DL is not only as disorganized, illogical and incoherent as the Mad Hatter but regurgitates extremist propaganda almost verbatim without ever checking the accuracy of what he writes.

It's obvious that he's never had a college level course in religion or read the Bible all the way through since as professed Christian. he'd surely quote the New Testament more often.

DL is a puzzle since he's old enough to have had to write term papers with footnotes and should have had to answer discussion questions on tests just to get out of high school. Maybe like his " hero", he grew up as a rich boy who got socially promoted through high school and his university degree was paid for with major donations. Or he could have been an athlete who was "tutored" through college, I suppose.

I have to assume as a kind person that he might suffer from undiagnosed dementia or got too many concussions or has had undiagnosed brain bleeds. He could have developed mild schizophrenia. And, I hate to see anyone embarrass themselves in for politicians who wouldn't give them a dime if they needed it and sure wouldn't have let them date their daughter.






Anonymous said...

The threat to democracy is a president who attempts to subvert elections with lies and illegally overturn what was deemed by his own appointed officials as a free and fair election.

This country has survived presidential assassinations, attempted assassinations, and assassinations of candidates. It will continue to do so, as long as we have officials who respect the constitution.

Anonymous said...

These are not debates in any sense. It's two candidates come together, zingers well rehearsed, both of them waiting in the weeds to spring their clever 30-second soundbite for the next news cycle. If you're watching to help determine for yourself which candidate to vote for, these (alleged) debates are a waste of your time. Switch the channel to pro wrestling instead. These debates are entertainment masquerading as serious politics.

Anonymous said...

5:56 AM, if you would read your own post you would see that Harris does not fulfill everything you posted. It is sort of funny, actually it is really funny, how the democrats will change the rules to suit them then cry and complain about the republicans that have actually read the qualifications instead of simply copy and pasting them.

Anonymous said...

Preach on LD. Character counts in this election. That’s why it’s critical that we republicans stand with our duly nominated candidate. The only person in the race with experience as a convicted felon, serial liar, cheated on his wife whether shes pregnant or not, has the chops to abuse women and brag about it, is supported by less than 50% of his former cabinet and called “a moron” by his Secretary of State. He may be a dishonest moron, but he’s our dishonest moron!

Anonymous said...

Whoever mentioned democrat bots about 15 posts up was exactly correct.

Anonymous said...

August 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM, Trump is three days older than dirt, but he still ain't afraid of the giggle monster.

Anonymous said...

Now that Harris is ahead in the polls , Trump will start calling them rigged. When he shows up to debate on ABC, you will know he knows they are not rigged and he’s worried that he will lose.

Anonymous said...

donOLD Trump won't show up to debate Kamala Harris.

He's scared!

Also do any local stores stock that JD Jelly yet? Works on couches.

Anonymous said...

It didn’t take a day.
https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-campaign-cries-fake-news-as-polls-turn-against-them-

Anonymous said...

August 5, 2024 at 12:24 AM, do you get a thrill from repeating lies?

Teacher said...

For the love of God, wake up, liberals! Look at policies and not emotions.

MAGA Man said...

TDS is a terrible disease, but there is now a cure: remove the shit from your skull and replace it with a brain.


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