The Democrats Secret Sauce. The “Joyful Warriors”

Let me ask y’all a couple of simple questions. If you had a bad day at work, and got screwed over in traffic on the way home, would you rather go out with the spouse and see a Mel Brooks movie, or would you rather see a Wes Craven movie? If you go to a stage show, would you rather see The Producers, or would you rather see Death Of A Salesman?

If this is going to be a contrast election, it can’t be much more clear than this. If you’ve watched even snippets of the Harris-Walz campaign rallies, you can’t help but notice the difference. They have a local band onstage to warm the crowd up, and keep them from being bored while they wait. The lead in speakers have motivational messages to get the crowd pumped up.

But when Harris and Walz hit the stage, it’s Katie-bar-the-door. because these two are just flat out f*cking having fun! They smile, they clap, they crack jokes, they connect with the audience, but they always have their sh*t together. When Harris referred to Trump today, and the crowd started chanting Lock him up! Lock him up!, Harris grinned and immediately responded, No, no. we’ll let the courts take care of that! A clear reminder that the Democrats believe in the rule of law, and not retribution.

And on the GOP side? Hell, a Trump-Vance rally is like Mount Doom from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. A towering, barren mountain with clouds of thunder and lightening around it, and an all seeing evil red eye floating above it. There is no hope there, only death and desecration.

The basic contents of a Trump rally? Everything is sh*t! The entire country is going to sh*t, and if the Democrats keep control, you won’t have a country anymore!, just a steaming, post apocalyptic world, like something from Mad Max! Only I can prevent this!

That worked. For about six years that worked. But like the-boy-who-cried-wolf, you can only go along with that sh*t for so long before people stop paying attention to you! And that’s Trump’s problem. Nobody not plighted to him has stopped paying attention.

The Harris-Walz campaign on the other hand is talking about radical ideas like free lunches for kids, lower prescription drug prices, clean air and water, solar and wind energy, affordable daycare, family leave, and expanded healthcare. On the other hand you have orcs, the Balrog, trolls, ogres, and killer elephants.

The funny thing is, this was predetermined. Trump is a dinosaur, and now he has his third foot in the La Brea tar pit. This is not the apocalyptic Trump world of 2016. The world of 2024 is younger, browner, more diverse, more inclusive, and more aspirational. They want to fix the planet, not write it off. They want to trust their politicians, knowing that if they f*ck up, they’ll vote them out the next time around.

All Trump and the GOP have to offer is darkness and chaos. But Harris and Walz are joyful warriors. They’re not only ready for the fight, they revel in getting down and mixing it up on behalf of the masses. They have jokes, a theme song, and most importantly, a sense of purpose. Which they’re rapidly spreading to everybody else who comes in contact with them.

The GOP has no answer. The logical choice would have been to go with the Autopsy Report of 2012, and retooled the party. Instead they shoved two feet into the tar pit, and now they can’t get out. A simple parable for the GOP, Dinosaurs are cute in Jurassic park, until they get out of their enclosures. Happy running!

I thank you for the privilege of your time.