Biiden and democrats have a perfect storm of opportunity
Posted on: February 24, 2022 at 12:54:32 CT
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which I am certain they will completely blow, as they do.
But first the facts
-climate change is by far , far more important to the US and the world than pretty much any happenings in Ukraine short of all out nuclear global warfare.
-Ukraine is not a natural allie nor a member of NATO, though they have become a large importer of US goods over the past 20 years.
-war is never popular, wars of choice even less so.
Independence from fossil fuels is way more desirable than US energy independence .
The American west is going through the worst drought in the last 1200 years (which wiped out the Anazazi culture.
Democrats are approaching what should be unlosable midterm elections, but as of now most certainly will
for lack of any sort of coherent message. The Trumplicans however have numerous lies and delusions but they stick to the message like the borg they are.
The oppostunity is to speak the truth and facts, do whats right and make political hay out of all of it.
They won't.
Bit.........
-Biden should announce that no US troops will be sent into the Ukraine not now not never. and stick with it.
Trumplicans will be confused as they are currently pro invasion but when they hear that democrats want to stay out they will rabidly let their war mongering flow to the surface. And hammeer that point endlessly over the next 8 months.
-Biden should announce this is the prefect excuse to break the oil habit. A tsunami of misinformation will
of course ensue, but point it out again and again.
point to clean air , clean water, clean air, improved health -which are always winning propositions. Emphasize the covid threat of respiratory problems.
-Commit to converting the US military (the biggest polluter on the planet) to all electric. Simple transport vehicles within 3 years (jeeps , troop transport, goods transport and the like) with all out R and D for tanks jets, ships etc
--counter the Keystone disinformation with facts: that oil is the most polluting of al, the operators are notorious for not maintaining them causing leaks AND
the gas produced is almost certainly slated to be shipped out of the country. point out the tremendous waste of water to produce that oil, build a much shorter cleaner pipeline to carry fresh Canadian water used for that mess, and simply pump it into the Colorado river.
-add about 1.50 tax to gasoline. make the purchase of
an electric vehicle 100% tax deductable, make a hybrid about 75% deductable , similar tax credits for diverting away from the use of gas and oil. Use the money from the
gas tas addition to half pay off the debt and half
for climate combatting solutions. Portray it as inflation fighting as it takes money out of general circulation. The Trumplicans will of course pant for sticking a straw in every inch of America as somehow patriotic.
-and finally tie it all together by protraying the dems as "big picture: addressing numerous problems in a more
holistic approach rather than the chicken little piecemeal one crisis after another , none of which ever get solved.
solutions is what I do. I expect the opposite of all of those will actually happen as the singing and dancing lying and deflection responses to follow will show.