It is conventional wisdom in American politics that candidates run to their respective fringe bases during the primaries, then back to the center for the general election.
The 2020 Democratic field has been working so hard to “out-left” each other that their party’s center may soon be moved off-planet.
In Tuesday’s debate, Bernie Sanders managed to attack Amazon as one of the great evils of 21st-century society not once, but twice.
Both he and Elizabeth Warren continue to treat successful business people as if they are all Hellspawn for merely having made money.
Just hours before Wednesday’s debate, Washington Governor Jay Inslee tried to make sure everyone knows he’s the most extreme of the climate scare hoaxers in the field.
Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee hinted Wednesday that he is open to prosecuting fossil fuel executives, a topic that came up in Tuesday’s CNN debate and is likely to again enter the debate’s second installment.
Standing in a community center just across the street from Michigan’s only oil refinery, the Washington governor said the Department of Justice should ultimately decide whether to charge executives from any industry with committing a crime.
“But I do know the decisions being made are killing people in the United States,” Inslee said of the oil, gas and coal industry. “That’s something that should be taken seriously.”
This perfectly illustrates the problem with letting progressive ideas into the mainstream of politics: they can’t make a political point without thoroughly demonizing the people with whom they disagree.
That’s because progressivism is more of an extended adult temper tantrum than it is a political philosophy.
It could be said that Inslee is merely desperate and trying to get some press. He is, after all, polling so low that he doesn’t even appear on the Real Clear Politics polling average graphic.
Climate hysteria is Inslee’s shtick, however, and has been for a long time. He isn’t getting traction in this primary because his platform is all about what people need to have taken away from them.
As everyone knows, the eventual Democratic nominee will be whichever candidate promises the most free stuff.
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Why stop at the execs? Why not say every person who works in the petroleum industry is criminally negligent for murder.
Then expand this. Anyone who in anyway is associated with these industries, or chemicals, or plastics. They all are criminally negligent for murder.
Anyone who owns or ever owned any stock in any of these industries. Murderers.
Why stop there? Anyone who uses any of these products. Uses anything that has these products in their source trail. All of them. Murderers. Did you mow your lawn with a gasoline powered mower? Murderer.
Did you use an electric lawn mower, but the electricity was from coal or gas. Murderer.
Do you drive a horse and buggy and live on a farm with no electricity. Maybe you are not a murderer. Maybe.
All right Inslee let us see your own Carbon Footprint whats you ranting on about this Anti-Fossil Fuels nonsense just a typical liberal Democrat a member of the Stupid Jackass Party who belongs in a padded cell and straight jacket not running loose someone bring a net for this rabid spider monkey
Did Inslee walk to Detroit?
I believe it was in 2012 that one author seriously advocating executing “climate change deniers.” In this case I believe he was talking about scientists who disputed the political consensus.
Be it by civil or criminal means, holding people or corporations responsible for selling a legal product is ludicrous. It is the end consumer who is responsible. With beer, it isn’t the breweries but the end consumer who is responsible for the impact of drunk driving.
It appears Inslee no longer has enough support to remain in the race so he probably is desperately trying to correct that.
Time for you to put your money where your mouth is you Bean Brain its time for you to reveal your own Carbon Footprint Don,t think you can pull the wool over our eyes were onto to you Eco-Wackos