JOHN VALENTINE IS AN AUTHOR AND CULTURAL HISTORIAN. HE POSTS ABOUT POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES, HISTORY, SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND OTHER TOPICS WITH WIT AND INSIGHT.
The most powerful weapon we possess is our mind. It's the only thing we own that no one can control unless we allow it. It has no master or mistress. It can't be caged or imprisoned. Learn to control it and you control your destiny.
If a Democratic administration had looked this chaotic and disorganized it would be the top story of every newspaper and media outlet in the country. Yet, both right-wing and mainstream media act like this dysfunction is normal. Normalization of ineptitude only encourages more.
Charlamagne's row with Anderson demonstrates the cultural phenomenon I call White Shock. It's when a White man who considers himself open-minded, maybe even progressive, is suddenly reminded that he's still a White man, and maybe he doesn't really have the race thing figured out.
Nice to see you finally see the light, Nick, but what part of 34 felony convictions, a convicted sexual abuser, numerous bankruptcies, tax frauds, two impeachments, thousands of lies, and January 6th you didn't understand?
Says the psychopath firing thousands of people without notice and who wants to cut the checks of seniors on Social Security, and runs around with a chainsaw bragging about it.
I mean, who derives joy from that?
He's one of the few Democrats who is taking on Trump so directly. I think that's what Democrats want to see. And let's be honest here. He has all the attributes to win. He's White, he's a man, he's good looking, and he's intelligent. The White Obama.