Just as deficits don’t matter when the GOP is in charge, neither does the stock market “correcting itself.” Nevermind that when Orange Foolius was armchair quarterbacking, while constantly repeating the debunked lie over Obummer’s birthplace, he said the current POTUS should be shot into space whenever the Dow Jones dropped 1000 points in a day. One constant we can always count on…the Republicans’ selective memory.
Personally, I think it’s overblown. The Stock Market isn’t necessarily the economy. Trust me, all those “gains” it made hardly reaches the masses, aka St. Reagan’s trickle down bullshit. I remember how the Market would rise and/or get a hard-on in the Nineties when corporations laid people off by the thousands. Fewer consumers with jobs to buy crap yet it translated into a gain.
The other exaggeration demonstrating Wall Street’s general idiocy is the virus itself. It doesn’t seem to be any more fatal than the regular flus we experience every Winter; the death toll on them is about one in a thousand people. Of those who die with either, they often have compromised immune systems and/or they’re pretty ill with something nastier. This has been true with the deaths in autocratic China and the more open Italy. The coronavirus having a higher fatality rate is more likely caused by the survivors not being counted. You know, they survived and everybody, including the survivors thought they just had the flu. Ergo, Faux News watchers will be the most ginned up given their ignorance and willingness to believer whatever bullshit they’re told, namely how it’s a hoax to help the Democrats win the White House.
I hope it does finally change enough morons’ minds. This cult of personality could never handle a real crisis. By putting a homophobic, born-again Hoosier ex-governor in charge demonstrates how the GOP is reaping the rewards of their willful ignorance. Pence has rejected Science and reality for decades. We can expect this asshole to tell us to pray to his imaginary friend before doing something sensible like plenty of fluids, rest and just reschedule things.
On the other hand, the Democratic leadership in its obsession to stop Sanders, will find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory this opportunity has presented to them.
Regarding Sanders, the Democratic party continues to believe that the only way to deal with the radical Tea Party is to maintain a level head and compromise.
I think we’re long past the point of compromise. It’s utterly obvious that Sanders evokes passionate support. The only way to face down Tea Party passion is with passion on the Left.
Where that leaves moderates I don’t know, and I’m past the point of caring. If they choose Trump yet again, they know exactly what they’re getting and are clearly a lost cause.
Summation: The Left can’t win with a milquetoast candidate chosen in hopes of not alarming the middle. If we have to lose, let’s go down fighting for what we actually believe.