Dems Oblivious to Rise of American Fascism

Good morning, Friends,

I really like Tim Kaine.

He has a wonderful life story and has already made history for several of his accomplishments. He's one of only 20 people to have been a mayor, governor and U.S. senator, and he's a former Democratic party chairman. If he becomes VP, he'll be unique in history.

I'm smart, articulate, accomplished and have a heck of
a life story. I'm just the wrong guy for the times.

His wife Anne is the only person to have lived in the Virginia governor's mansion at two different times in her life--as a child when her father Linwood Holton was governor, and then as First Lady.

Governor Holton, a Republican, is known for desegregating Virginia's schools. And daughter Anne attended predominantly black public schools in the state capital. Today, she's Virginia's Secretary of Education.

Senator Kaine hit a homerun yesterday in his V.P. nomination acceptance speech, delivered partly in fluent and barely-accented Spanish.

In any other year, Kaine could be the perfect complement to a very-establishment Hillary Clinton policy-focused candidacy.

This year, though, Kaine does nothing to help Hillary and the Democrats.

Hillary's choice flies in the face of nearly half of the party's primary voters who said loudly and clearly that they wanted change.

It's bad enough that intra-party emails divulged yesterday by Wikileaks proved Bernie Sanders' claim that party leaders, led by chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, tilted the playing field in favor of Hillary.

The choice of moderate to right-leaning Kaine is a slap in the face to an electorate that's rapidly moving to the left.  It's telling millions of motivated voters that they don't matter. Hillary doesn't need them to win.

They're dead wrong. And their tone deafness is going to drive us over a cliff.

Look at Donald Trump's candidacy. It's based on fear and demagoguery.

Here's a description everyone should read: a political philosophy or movement that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for an autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader and suppression of opposition.

If it sounds a bit familiar, you should be frightened. It's Webster's definition of fascism. And if Donald Trump doesn't already embody it, it'll be too late when we find out it's a perfect fit for him because he'll already be president.

I wish the Democrats were better at what they do.

Despite a palpable clamor for change, the party establishment has ramrodded a flawed candidate down our throats.

Now, we're told by the selection of Tim Kaine that we're in for the status quo for at least another four years.

A Bloomberg poll showed that 45% of Sanders' supporters say will not vote for Hillary Clinton under any circumstances. What's worse, 22% say they'll vote for Trump.

This makes me more frightened than anything The Donald has said so far.