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Senator Warren’s missed opportunity

In her letter to the editor, Linda Shmulsky writes: "In this case, the political theater played out perfectly on the Mahaiwe stage: energize the base to get volunteers to assist with getting the vote out for the midterm elections — all rhetoric and little substance."

To the editor:

I believe the power people perceive their political party holds, Democratic or Republican, actually resides far above the Congressional level; therefore, I am a registered independent voter — apolitical by nature. Power accrues to the top, regardless of the party affiliation; therefore, policies devised by the CFR, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg Group and Club of Rome, etc., all remain intact, year after year, regardless of the Democratic/Republican election cycle.

With that in mind, I did not attend Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s political event on Sunday, July 22, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. However, I found the video-taped coverage of this event by Terry Cowgill enlightening. It clearly illustrated the ongoing frustration among members of the Democratic Party due to the unresponsive nature of the politicians toward the legitimate concerns of their own constituents. In this case, the political theater played out perfectly on the Mahaiwe stage: energize the base to get volunteers to assist with getting the vote out for the midterm elections  —all rhetoric and little substance.

I was greatly impressed by the quality of the questions coming from members of the audience, but these important issues raised as questions were met with vapid, campaign rhetoric at every turn. The members of the audience clearly wanted specifics in regard to serious concerns about the Democratic Party platform, education, climate change, etc.

What they received was the same old tired refrain of how poorly the Republicans in Congress have been acting and how important it would be to elect Democrats to the House, Senate, governor races, etc. Yet, “the missed opportunity” was Warren’s failure to inform and educate the intelligent, inquisitive audience about why electing Democrats would in fact make a difference. It was the centerpiece of their questioning, yet it never got answered.

This could mean the Democratic Party has officially been handed over to the radical left; therefore, the platform would not “sell well” to a traditional centrist Democrat such as those attending the Mahaiwe political event. Or, worse yet, the Democratic Party may still be in such disarray that they simply do not have a viable plan going forward. Time is of the essence when the well-informed public is ahead of the curve and the party leaders are merely banking on the failure of the opponent to put them in office.

Many choices await Democrats looking elsewhere for a home. When Warren failed to kindle their hopes with facts, substance and statesmanship, it may have given them the impetus to do so.

  1. Brandon Straka has begun a persuasive “walk away campaign”; technically, I think the Democratic Party has “walked away” from its own base. His belief is that many Democrats have found it difficult to witness the depravity of thought and action masquerading as Democratic values. I’m guessing, by fall, the “walk away movement” will become a runaway train.
  2. Dinesh D’Souza is a riveting public speaker and award-winning filmmaker. His documentaries are steeped in facts that polished history books have strategically omitted. His next film, “Death of a Nation,”will be released Aug. 3; beware, it is not for the faint of heart.
  3. Trevor Loudon, another riveting public speaker, believes in “freedom with responsibility; not freedom from responsibility.” He is another documentary filmmaker with his latest, “America under Siege,”chronicling the antifa movement: inciting violence across the nation in 2017.

The true prosperity of a nation can only be built on savings and investment such as the Austrian School of Economics advocates. Unfortunately, our Keynesian economic model is based solely on the Federal Reserve expanding the “debt and credit” of our nation. When progressive Democrats propose the same solution to every problem — simply offering “free health care, college education, universal basic income, etc., to all” — the translation to their proposal under our current Keynesian economic model is “let’s impoverish future generations by expanding the $21 trillion debt burden for our children and grandchildren to repay so we can offer a free lunch to our current registered Democratic voters today.”

The economic prosperity of a nation comes from statesmen inspiring individuals to engage in practices that include “freedom with responsibility; not freedom from responsibility.” 

Lucinda Shmulsky
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