President Biden delivered a primetime speech that was marketed as an appeal to protect American democracy but directly targeted President Trump and his Republican supporters as the main threat to that noble institution. Gravely undermining his antiauthoritarian message was the stagecraft of the event in Philadelphia, which featured dystopian lighting and the ominous sight of two US Marines standing at attention.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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All that was missing was something from Wagner playing over the speakers and a giant blowup of Biden’s face with an IngSoc logo and a catchy party phrase. Maybe next time?
Q: “How did the democrats lose 2022?”
A: “2020.”
Q: “How did they lose 2020?”
A: “2016.”
Clearly, the only alternative to a single-party Republican state is a single-party Democratic state.
OUR fascists don’t stink!!!