Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
My Dear America:
Yes, My Friends, We Democrats have apparently gotten our asses kicked in this last election, although the more I think about it, the more I agree with Maxine Waters that Elon Musk may have, through his Starlink and other connections, pulled a fast one on us and manipulated the election for Donald Trump. Why else would Trump have been throwing out statements on the Campaign Trail that he didn't need people to vote for him and joked about his "little secret" with regard to Elon Musk and the election. Certainly I would not put stealing an election out of the realm of possibility with either Elon Musk or Donald Trump. If Elon had helped Donald to steal the 2024 Election It would make sense regarding the strange and terrible Fanboy Bond that apparently seems to presently exist between Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
Why in the hell would Donald Trump be Okay with Elon Embarrassing him day after day if Trump didn't Owe Elon Big Time for helping him to shave off just enough Democratic votes to shift the election to Trump. Jesus, Trump doesn't even pay attention in the least to his own Grandchildren and now he is Okay with babysitting Elon's son.
Wait a minute. Something is way off here. I can tell you that.
But be that as it may, unless Maxine or I or Rachel Maddow, or somebody comes up with proof about the 2024 election being stolen we are presently stuck with the Worst President we have ever had or would ever hope to have in the United States and although Democratic Prospects for improving our lot are dim at the present time we had better give some thought to getting our Democratic Party straightened out before we completely lose our Democracy possibly forever.
The Truth is that we are certainly not without Heroes in the Democratic Party at the present time.
Bernie Sanders is on a cross country tour speaking to overflow crowds wherever he goes touting Democracy and Democrats and blowing holes in Donald Trump's Lies and Actions.
Other Democrats recognizing reality and speaking out are Tim Walz showing up to town halls where Republicans refuse to show up.
Andrea Ocasio Cortez is also making her voice heard and so is her friend in Congress, Jasmine Crockett.
Senators Chris Murphy and Adam Schiff are also speaking out daily regarding the state of the Dictatorship.
Pete Buttigieg is not being heard from as much as he used to be when he was Biden's Transportation Secretary but on a recent Colbert Show following Trump's Bizarre speech to a Joint Session of Congress Pete showed his continuing brilliance as he summed up what we are up against.
Cory Booker has also been hitting the News and talk show circuit showing that he is not taking what is going on with Trump and Vance without pushback on his part.
certainly late night hosts and MSNBC Hosts are on the case and not allowing the Madness of Trump and Musk to go on without pushback.
Unfortunately, however, all of those individuals attempting to keep the flames of Democracy burning in America are not the ones in power right now.
Democrats are outnumbered in both the House and Senate, not by much, but by just enough to keep them semi powerless. They can make noise, however and it certainly appears as though they are doing that.
What worries me is that we are starting to see in the Democratic Party something worrisome that we have seen on too many occasions with Democrats. Often times when the going gets tough with Democrats they end up fighting among themselves instead of concentrating their fighting spirit on their Republican Opponents.
I see that worrisome infighting beginning to go on right now with Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader. Hakeem Jeffries.
Because Chuck Schumer chose not to vote to shut down the Government his leadership is now being questioned by Democrats.
Yes, I understand that many Democrats wanted to use what little power they have to make life difficult for Trump and his Republican Cronies.
Chuck Schumer decided that he didn't want to be responsible for shutting down the Government.
Was he Wrong or Right. I really don't know.
But all of a sudden he is being trashed not just by Republicans but by members of his own Democratic Party and is being accused of being too old because he didn't want to take a chance to give Trump even more incentive to take advantage of a Government shutdown to further destroy the United States Government.
The truth is that Chuck Schumer has been a steady and capable Senate Democratic Leader for a long time now and this one vote should not be used to push him out of leadership for someone younger and less experienced.
I see and hear the same type of nonsense when it comes to Hakeem Jeffries. Certainly Democrats in Congress are frustrated but even though Democrats and Republicans are close in numbers in the house and Senate the reality is that in both the Senate and the House, Republicans are in charge and there is very little that the Democratic Leaders can do to change things.
I surely understand the frustration that Democrats in Congress feel but their problems are not caused by their Leaders. Their problems are caused by the fact that their numbers don't add up to power for their party.
Clearly we Democrats are up against it right now. One of the good things about that is that for the most part Democrats have been united in their criticism of Trump and Musk and the Republicans who support them. Most Democrats have shown animosity toward Trump and Musk and their reckless slash and burn heartless destruction of the government.
I find it disheartening and disturbing to see Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman rushing down to Mara Lago to kiss Trump's ass and voting for at least one of Trump's horrible Cabinet picks. At a time when we need every Democratic Senator to work together to keep the insanity at bay, John Fetterman needs to get back on board the Democratic Train that brought him to Washington. As a big fan and a formerly enthusiastic voter for Fetterman I will certainly not be voting for him again if he continues to go down the disturbing path he has been on recently.
Although all Democrats in Congress must be disturbed and frustrated by what has been going on since Trump retook the Presidency at the present time I think that we Democrats need to get our act together. One thing that I think we Democrats might take a lesson from when it comes to Donald Trump is to recognize that following the 2020 Election in which Biden clearly won the election Trump made it clear early on after his loss that he was planning to run again in 2024.
Instead of the Democratic Party giving up on their leaders the Democrats should in my opinion do what they can to prepare for the next Congressional and Presidential Election by unifying and working on deciding who will be the next Democratic Candidate in 2028.
There will be no shortage of Democratic Candidates. There never has been and I don't think that there ever will be a shortage of Great Candidates in the Democratic Party. One smart thing that Trump did after 2020 was to get his name out there quickly before any other Republican Candidate could successfully challenge him.
I think that its early but we need to begin to be smart enough to recognize that Trump is already making noises about running again in 2028 (Even though it would be unconstitutional) or just continuing in office after 2028.
We Democrats need to shut that idea down quickly and we need to start filtering through who is and is not interested in running for President in 2028. Kamala Harris obviously had a rapid and enthusiastic response last time she ran even though she was hampered by starting late and I think she should be considered for another shot. She did a great job as VP and as a Candidate for President and in every job she had.
Some of the other Democrats who come to mind include Cory Booker, Pete Butigieg, Chris Murphy, Adam Schiff, Hakeem Jeffries, Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Gretchen Witmer, Andrea Ocasio Cortez, Gavin Newsom, Martin O'Malley, Wes Moore, Bernie Sanders.
In my opinion Joe Biden should be on the list although with what has happened up to now I would guess that he would not want to put himself through another Political Meat Grinder ever again.
We have seen in the past few weeks that even in the reddest of states that many Republican Lawmakers are hiding out and refusing to meet with their constituents who are angry as hell at what the Trump Administration is doing to our country. While that has been going on Bernie Sanders and AOC have been touring the country together speaking to overflow crowds everywhere they go who are Mad as hell and not willing to take it anymore.
If we look back to our past we see that Americans have accomplished a lot through Nonviolent Protest and what we are seeing these days is the sight of Americans recognizing just how precious our Freedom and Democracy continue to be and just how close we are to becoming a Dictatorship.
We should think very seriously about the fact that Donald Trump does not belong in the White House and That Good Old Joe Biden at his worst would have been one hell of a lot better than what we are suffering through right now.
For God's sake, Republicans in Congress, Have Some Buyers Remorse. Why don't You?
You know damn well that your Constituents are having Plenty of Buyers Remorse even if you don't.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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