The Dems are lost in a time-warp

Democrats just lost big. It’s time for Democratic Party 2.0. It’s time for a re-brand

Peter Winter

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Once I drank too much with a group of important clients. Somewhat over-refreshed, I staggered to my hotel room, threw off my clothes and collapsed on the bed. At 3am I was awakened by an urgent need to pee. I staggered to the bathroom door, opened it and as it clicked shut behind me, I realized it was not the bathroom door at all, but the door to my hotel room. Slowly the extent of my predicament dawned on me. I was standing stark naked in a hotel hallway, bathed in the brightest light, no ID, no room key, no money, clients sleeping in the rooms all around, nowhere to hide. At that moment I heard the elevator tone pinging down the hallway. Somebody was getting off on my floor…

I figure this is exactly how Democrats are starting to feel.

The reality of how badly they are locked out of political power is just beginning to dawn on them.

It really doesn’t look good.

And they will never again have such a hand.

They had the nutzoid party opposing them — believers in QAnon, candidates who supported striking down the ACA in the middle of a mismanaged pandemic, caged immigrants, masks as symbols of personal liberty, wrecked…

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Peter Winter

Kiwi, born under the mountain, adopted by the USA. I tell my stories here at peter-winters-life-of-fiction. I sometimes write commentary, too. Then I go sailing