I was watching Morning Joe the other morning. I’m not really a fan of The Joe, frankly. I find him kind of sanctimonious with his “when we shut the government down back in ’94, we had righteous reasons for it” and I really don’t care whether or not he thinks The Natural is the perfect baseball movie or whatever. But since he seems to agree that Trump is an asshole, it’s not a bad way to kill the half hour or so while I do my morning dishes, prepare my lunch, and get ready to go out there and seize the day.

Anyhow, on this particular morning, Mika was expressing her deep, deep concern about this Jussie Smollett dude (who’s definitely got a few loose screws) and the “me too” movement, which you wouldn’t really think are related, but Mika’s concern was that Democrats “overreaching” on the issues of being racist and assaulting women. And I thought to myself, gee, Mika, why aren’t you afraid of Republicans being too extreme in voicing opposition to racism and sexual assault?

This was just a week or so after Joey tut-tutted over AOC and the Green New Deal (or the Green Dream or whatever – nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?) after displaying the most recent poll results showing Donald Trump’s approval ratings rebounding over previous numbers. “See? I told you so, Democrats. All that crazy talk is getting you nowhere.”

I’m always heartened to know that Joe Scarborough is looking out for the best interests of the Democratic Party.

And to be fair many establishment Democrats are deeply concerned about all this socialist crazy talk like Medicare for all (that something like 70% of all Americans favor) and free college tuition (that about 81% of Americans support), and the Green New Deal (that 80% of registered voters are in favor of). As we all know, it’s very important to run away from these insane Democratic Socialists.

“Serious” Democrats know they need to be ignored when possible, patronized and talked-down to when we’re confronted by them (especially these damn kids – fer fuck’s sake, they can’t even vote and we need to stamp out any enthusiasm they might display before they take over), and tolerated to least extend possible only when absolutely necessary (I mean, everybody loves a shiny new “thing” but, hey, they can’t be taken seriously).

I mean, without all this Conventional Wisdom we wouldn’t have…. Well, we probably wouldn’t have Donald Trump.

And what fun would that be?

The main thing is that we all stay united and support whoever we need to, to make sure Trump doesn’t get re-elected.

Unless it’s Bernie Sanders. Fuck that guy. He’s a crazy Socialist.