The Interesting History of Democrat Fecklessness

I know that ‘fecklessness’ is sort of an old-timey expression, but it suits the Democratic Party particularly well in this first quarter of the twenty-first century. “Worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual,” doesn’t that just roll off the tongue?

Not by democrats, it hasn’t, as they work toward a Guiness World Record for being run over by republicans.

Democrats, huddling fecklessly (there’s that word again) in Chuck Shumer’s shadow, worry about minor social issues, while the government is pillaged and raped by a now-absent Elon Musk and a very-present tariff terrorist.

Chuck Shumer, the closest thing democrats have as a leader, tells us,

“Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.”

Wow, beat me with a feather, Chuck. You had to quote Barack to find a voice.

Have you whispered in any democrat’s ear that climate change, gas prices, gun reform, LGBTQ rights, student loan debt, and voting rights aren’t going to get them elected?

Will Rogers, the Cowboy Philosopher, said it best a hundred years ago: “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” He also said, “There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” Democrats keep peeing on that fence, but fail to understand that they are merely co-conspirators in a governmental death-spiral.

There is a way to halt the progress of a bill in the Senate, and it’s called a ‘hold.’

The Senate ‘hold’ is an informal practice in the U.S. Senate that allows a single senator to delay or block floor consideration of a bill or nomination. Though not found in the Constitution or official Senate rules, it has become a powerful and controversial tool in Senate procedure.

Republicans seldom need it, as they march in lockstep, neither feeble nor ineffectual. They may, or may not, be wacky as whack-a-moles, but they follow orders. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on hundreds of military promotions, for no better reason than to protest Pentagon abortion policies. Rand Paul and others have placed holds to demand audits, get information, or push foreign policy positions.

Trump’s Great Big Beautiful Bill could have been stopped by a hold, but no Democrat had the courage.

When one with courage actually comes along (Bernie and AOC come to mind), the Democratic National Committee falls asleep at the switch, as they have for three consecutive recent elections.

I’ll close with another quote from Will Rogers: “Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”