The Democratic Party was moving forward for a while under the leadership of Howard Dean and his 50 state policies. When Obama was elected, it become a new version of the Committee to re-elect the President.

The Democratic Party doesn’t really exist as an independent organization anymore. Now it serves as a servant of the ‘cult of personality’ of the current senior elected official, rather than an organization to promote left-wing policies.

And yeah, I know all about *plausible deniabilty* Bryan. 🙂 I worked under that code for years. It’s one reason why Australia is still part of the Commonwealth. 🙂 The Governor (and Crown generally) has a security clearance above that of the Prime Minister. Many things were and are done at that level.

It’s one of the reasons why the Aussies bid to become a *Republic* has never come to fruition. The benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

It’s not much different here or other Nations today unfortunately. The left is toothless & gutless, the right is all about keeping or increasing the power & wealth of those who control it now. *shrug* At least our left (ALP) have some spine, but they don’t make good use of it. With the right (LNP) constantly doing it’s best to self-destruct, the ALP should have a slum dunk! Yet, they are only polling a few points ahead. Ridiculous. Even now, with the report from the ATO (our IRS) claiming that a full 1/3 of all major companies here paid NO tax at all for the past 2 years, legally! And many of them had an income of over AU$5-12 bln! In terms of complete taxable income in Aus, that represents more than 50% of tax revenues lost!

The whole World is insane. I think I envy John Glenn Jr. *sigh*

Drumpf has already had a ‘twit-fit’ over the CIA claims on the hacking. The Dems never get pissed off about anything that is done to them. Maybe if they eschewed civility occasionally, they wouldn’t be viewed as a bunch of wimps.

Republican senators set to probe Russian election rigging claims

Though, even if serious, nothing much will happen anyway. *shrug*

And then… There is this:

Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide

Lack of Intelligence? Gee… What a surprise! 😆 😈

He is a complete narcissist that believes he knows everything and doesn’t have, or want, to listen to anything anyone has to say. Unless it’s a negative about him. then he uses the nuclear option! Woe betide the Country that disses him!

The Russians and the FBI seem to have been the margin of victory for the Republicans in this race. And nobody in the Democratic leadership seems to care. What a collection of spineless useless so-called “leaders”. I understand why Obama isn’t raising hell, he’s a lame duck. But nobody else in the Democratic Party is stepping up. They’re displaying all the spine of s squid and all the leadership skills of a shrimp cocktail. The party’s leaders should be raising hell — *LITERAL* hell, like they did in 1876 under similar circumstances — and instead they’re just wandering around in circles flapping their hands uselessly whining “oh woe is me!”. Bah. Useless.

As for Cheetoh Mussolini’s harassment of a teenage girl who asked him a question he didn’t like, red caps are the new brown shirts. All he has to do is tweet against a new target and blam, the red caps come out and do the dirty work for him with plausible deniability. Fascist, much? Yeah, fascist, much.

– Badtux the Leadership-deprived Penguin

Russia Hacked Republican Committee but Kept Data, U.S. Concludes

This isn’t related, but added as an example of the person who will be POTUS:

Donald Trump’s Harassment of a Teenage Girl on Twitter Led to Death and Rape Threats

🙄 👿

Oh… And apparently, he will contunue producing and appearing in “The Apprentice”. So… He obviously takes being Prez seriously!? 😕