By Bob Hoye ——Bio and Archives--March 28, 2023
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In just going back to President Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrats have been pixilated by political novelty. Often trashing being sensible, but for Democrats—what is sensible?
LBJ was a “dirt-poor” teacher from a “dirt-poor” part of Texas, who when not picking up dogs by their ears or specifically detailing the next day’s bombing targets in North Vietnam, came out of office personally worth tens of millions of dollars.
And then “they” just had to have a peanut farmer for president. Jimmy Carter filled the role and introduced a new term to physics—“nuculah”.
Then it was time for a Southern “bubba”. Bill Clinton from Arkansas provided not just novelty, but lasting novelty. Two specific novelties assisted Clinton’s win. He played tenor sax on the suddenly novel MTV. Novelties about state police providing “ladies” and then novel activities in the Oval Office added to his appeal. Well, to Democrats. Being disbarred was very high up on the appealingly novel list. But, disgustingly, the Clintons in going from impoverished debtors at the start of “Bubba’s” term to immense wealth added to the list of converting novelty to personal wealth.
During the 2008 election, Dems were torn between two novelties. Of course, the concept of the first woman president was very compelling, as was the probability of the first African American. Well, the novelty of reverse racism ostensibly won, but it was the “community organizer” that won. His mantra was “If they bring a knife, we bring a gun”, and overwhelmed the Clinton machine.
On Obama’s second term, Democrats contained their inner differences and made with the win. Party cohesion, for them, is not novel. But having Joe Biden as Obama’s Third Term has been alarmingly effective in destroying the political and economic fabric of hitherto a wonderful heritage of freedom and prosperity.
Those outside Democrat persuasion, found disquieting the novelty that Obama in a nicely tailored suit reliant upon a teleprompter had become “Commander in Chief”. Especially as he initiated America’s most radical shift to authoritarianism.
Well, Since President Wilson.
And then came the 2016 election when Hillary Clinton would have been righteously crowned as the Queen of, well, not of America. But certainly of Democrats. That Hillary was only slightly demented provided some novelty.
What followed was utterly impossible, the Dem Queen was defeated by the “deplorables” who had elected another “deplorable” as their executive.
How novel. Especially, Trump’s welcome attempt to reform big and corrupt government.
Under Trump, reform was accomplishing the good stuff, since then the peculiar election Big Gov has gone berserk.
And now the media and their Democrat Party are celebrating a demented suit that can barely find the teleprompter. But hey, the clearly demented president has some novel plans for the country. As pitched by Biden, the outlook rather than uplifting is fearful, dreadful and bleak. By some called the “New Endarkement”.
How novel can Leftist Loonies get?
You don’t really want to know.
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Bob Hoye (BobHoye.com) has been researching investments for decades, which eventually included the history of financial and political markets. He considers now to be the most fascinating time for both since the Great Reformation of the 1600s. Bob casts a caustic eye on all promotions and, having a degree in geophysics, is severely critical of the audacity that a committee can “manage” not just the economy, but also the temperature of the nearest planet. He has had articles published in major financial journals and, as a speaker, has amused assemblies in a number of cities, from London to Zurich to Tokyo.