Opus 2025-345: Two Circles

What is the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans?  Actually, that should be plural in the sense of differences.  There are many and today I want to talk about circles.

Democrats and Republicans respond differently to attacks and opposition.  Both form circles but the circles are totally different.

When the Democrats go into a circle, it’s like the wagon trains in the old westerns.  They make a big circle, ring the cattle inside and point their guns outward at the danger.  They don’t care if they were arguing yesterday.  They don’t care if they come from different places and don’t know each other.  They know who the enemy is and they know who is on their side.

The Republicans on the other hand, when faced with danger, or simply controversy form their circle as a firing squad.  Instead of pointing out at the real enemy, they point their guns toward the center.  Whoever is the current person that has offended them becomes the focus of their attack.  What they continue to forget is the fourth law of gun safety and that is to be aware of what is behind your target.  Their accuracy is similar to that of police officers who fire forty rounds and miss every time which means that they fail to damage the offender but wipe out their allies.

For an example of how the Democrats function take the issue of a brain dead president.  It was obvious to anybody paying attention.  He was incompetent and couldn’t even walk across the stage without somebody to guide him.  The Democrats instead of acknowledging the problem formed a circle around him and found a way to attack anyone who brought the issue up.

Now take the issue of the disagreement between Elon Musk and Donald Trump or the Epstein issue.  Not only did the media have a field day but Republicans jumped on.  All of the rhinos came out of the woodwork.  All of them never Trumper’s who have pulled the camouflage netting over their attitudes started finding ways to sneak in little jabs.

Democrats who step out of line are put on a list and it becomes very clear to them if they don’t get back on board it’s over for them.  In many cases, it’s already over for him.  Republicans on the other hand are called for the talk shows, put on committees, and maybe talked about is the next president.

We need to get serious about the culture wars.

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