TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have written many stories about the Republican Party taking its final breath on January 20, 2017. Although this is a fact, it’s not surprising. For more than 15 years, when the TEA Party was allowed to invade the former Grand Old Party, all right-wing politicians began moving farther to the right. Today, they have become fascists. However, what I never told you in so many words, is that the Democratic Party no longer exists, and hasn’t for the last 80 years. In 1932, the greatest President of the United States in history was elected for the first time. Over the next 13 years, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s policies were focused on the working man and woman; the majority. Although he was reluctant to enter into the second World War, he prepared our nation for the possibility. When we were attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, we were ready to help our allies defeat the evil forces of fascism. There has never been a president like FDR and I doubt there ever...

You might say ‘it’s too early,” but you would be wrong. One of Kamala Harris biggest problems was the short preparation time she had when President Biden resigned from his 2024 campaign. It is time right now for Democrats to consider the woman or man who will lead their party now. It cannot be cowards like Chuck Schumer, and other old white men. The new leader of the party of FDR must be young and progressive. If you still think this is too early, consider this irrefutable fact: Trump campaigned throughout his first illegitimate presidency, 2017-2021, at taxpayer expense, and continued until election day November 5, 2024. His campaign was seven years in length. That said, I am offering my support today for a Democrat who is a new breed and much needed if those who call themselves “Republicans” are to be crushed in three years and seven months. I believe this person should be a woman who is young, an activist,  and is not afraid to challenge the status quo in Washington, which is de...