The Demise of the Democratic Party

Sent to Rep. Mike Levin

9/13/2019

I reference this article in today's "The Hill" publication.  "Time to retire the Ferguson narrative"  The title is too passive and ignores the crisis that is upon the Democratic Party, one that could not only forfeit the 2020 election, but make this political party an artifact of history. 

While the mainstream media all have articles on the two candidates, Senators Warren and Harris, several other candidates published accusations, short of being libelous, against the police officer who killed Michael Brown.  They implied that the killing was unjustified but only the two women accused the police officer, Daren Wilson of "Murder" of Mr. Brown.   This is a textbook example of libel, a civil offense as this was not protected political speech, but stated as a fact.  

Every hour that passes without a formal retraction by the two accusers will increase the money damages awarded to the police officer, but this is secondary to the political consequences.  Both Senators Warren and Harris have extensive credentials, Warren in academe, and Harris as Attorney General of California.  As such, their ignorance of the decisions of two grand juries, one under the auspices of the Obama administration, not to indict Wilson for any crime, is stunning.  It also acknowledges the informal conspiracy of many African Americans who made false statements to condemn the police officer. The full story has been on Wikipedia for years, which makes the ignoring by Democrats of the actual events as validated by the two grand juries all the more indefensible.

One of the more contemptible characteristics of President Trump is his ignoring reality, his positions often being only for personal and political advantage.  This only has meaning if there is an alternative, which had been the opposition Democratic which had been known as the "reality party."  This ignoring the decision of the Grand Juries is a challenge to the legitimacy of our entire body of laws, the infrastructure of our country.  

This is not only a crisis for the Democratic party, but it could be a further exacerbation of the pathological divisiveness that have been growing over the last decades.  I understand that Mike Levin is a first year member of Congress, yet it's time to ring the bell and gather the elected legislators and leadership to try to save the Democratic party, and whatever is left that unites our country.

Al Rodbell

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