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BOULDER COUNTY’S INDEPENDENT VOICE
Big change or stability? by Dave Anderson
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emocrats are divided over whether to support a presidential candidate who proposes big structural change for the working class majority or a candidate who is sane and promises a return to pre-Trump normal times with some incremental progressive changes that don’t frighten the corporate elite. We are all pundits, trying to evaluate which candidate can definitely beat Trump. The campaign this year is likely to be wild and nasty. After he was acquitted in the impeachment trial, Trump has concluded that he can do pretty much anything he wants. He is I
retaliating against anyone who has challenged him. Trump called Senator Mitt Romney a “pompous ass” for voting to convict him, and his son, Donald Jr., called Romney a “pussy.” Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Chair Matt Schlapp announced via tweet that Romney was “formally NOT invited” to this year’s four-day CPAC event. He told Greta Van Susteren, “We won’t credential him as a conservative.” Then Schlapp added, “This year, I would actually be afraid for his physical safety, people are so mad at him.” It’s somewhat hilarious that Romney is now a non-conservative because he doesn’t worship Trump. In his speech at the impeachment trial, Romney said he voted with Trump 80% of the time. It is hard to be shocked by Trump FEBRUARY 20, 2020
and his thuggish fans anymore but isn’t it a bit disturbing that even Romney, the GOP’s 2012 presidential nominee, is not immune to gangster-style threats? Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) penned a New York Times column saying that in private, Republicans admit they voted to acquit Trump out of fear. In the fall of 2002, Brown says there was a similar atmosphere of fear when members of the House and Senate voted on the authorization to go to war in Iraq. It was just a few weeks before the midterm elections. This time, the Republican senators were scared that if they voted to convict, Trump would give them a humiliating nickname, relentlessly attack them on Twitter and quite possibly come to their state to campaign against them in the Republican see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 6
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