Another day in Paradise lost

In my opinion, Donald Trump is an ignorant bigoted man who says and does stupid things. This weekend he demonstrated that he and his inner circle are also totally incompetent.

Now let's turn to the Don Quixote party, sometimes called democrats. It is obvious that many of Donald Trump's cabinet appointees appear to be disasters in the making, but it is also quite apparent they are going to be approved by the Senate. So, the Democrats should quit looking like transparent obstructionists. All they are doing is providing arguments for the Ministry of Truth to blame  them for what will be the shortcomings of the Trump administration. Ask pointed questions, vote against them, and get out of the way. For instance, ask Tom Price if he believes that all Americans should receive decent health care, not health insurance. Ask him if it should be provided in the most efficient manner based upon the percentage of GDP that needs to go to healthcare. Ask the EPA nominee if he accepts the view of 95% or so of climatologists that there is anthropogenic climate change. Ask him 100 times until it is obvious he will not answer. Ask him if he will direct the EPA to follow the best available science. Again, be relentless. Hammer on Betsy Devos'previously demonstrated incompetence. But, don't obstruct the vote.

Start talking about the democratic plan to help the middle class and why tax cuts for the rich won't do it. Explain why the TPP or something like it is good policy. Develop and explain a foreign-policy. In other words, start promoting an alternative to Donald Trump's fantasies. And start finding and promoting a candidate for 2020. It appears Donald Trump won the election by promising bread and providing circus. Think of the states you need to win in 2020 and tell them what they want to hear. Did Donald Trump ever explain how he was going to do and accomplish anything or what his domestic and foreign strategies work? If Donald Trump is the disaster I think he will be, the Democrat candidate should win. Although I doubt anybody agrees with me on this, I really think the Democrats should start promoting George Clooney. Everybody loves him and he looks like a president. That should be enough.