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A new leader like the last one?

A new leader like the last one?: It's time for the Democrats to look for a party leader. That's what happens every time a party loses an election. It's a great opportunity to turn a losing franchise around, as they do in sports. So far it does not appear that the…..

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A new leader like the last one? - American Thinker https://t.co/SEEOq87Ya9

— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) February 1, 2025

 

It’s time for the Democrats to look for a party leader. That’s what happens every time a party loses an election. It’s a great opportunity to turn a losing franchise around, as they do in sports. So far it does not appear that the Democrats understand why they lost everything between San Francisco and Washington D.C.

Let’s see what’s happening. This is the story:

A fresh start under a new leader could help turn the floundering Democrats’ fortunes around, insiders fervently hope.

But that’s not likely, whoever wins the battle — be it Wisconsin state chair Ben Wikler, Minnesota state chair Ken Martin or one of their long-shot rivals — because the party’s problems are ideological, not technical.

The DNC, like its Republican counterpart, sounds more important than it is. It does not select candidates for office, establish the party’s platform or set legislative priorities at any level of government.

The national committee isn’t even the leading campaign fundraising entity in presidential, federal or state races.

While the DNC raised an impressive $652 million during the 2024 campaign cycle, the Kamala Harris campaign alone raised over $1 billion.

The race for DNC chair could matter if the party’s woes were purely a matter of campaign mechanics: The central party helps to maintain voter contact databases and provides technological infrastructure that all its candidates can access.

If the Democrats’ November defeats were due to poorly maintained databases or outdated voter modeling software, the new chair could fix those and propel the party to victory.

On immigration, they still think that the solution is immigration reform, or something that fell off the charts when the border was opened under the Biden administration. Reform won’t change a thing when the problem is people across the border.

On education, the party is too close to the teachers unions rather than the parents. On cultural issues. they are out of the mainstream, whether it’s men playing on women’s sports or late-term abortions.

So who will be the new party leader? We will see, but the party has a message problem and I don’t think that they understand yet.

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A word about February 1

We remember Don Everly who was born in Kentucky on this day in 1937.    He died in August 2021 at the age of 84.  Don and, his late brother Phil were the legendary The Everly Brothers.    Along the way, the brothers became one of the greatest rock acts and their tight 2-part harmonies influenced The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Bee Gees, The Hollies and others.    They had many hits, such as "Wake up little Susie".

We woke up to a terrible report about Columbia.     On this day in 2003, television crews captured Columbia‘s tragic disintegration upon reentering the earth’s atmosphere. All aboard were killed. 

We remember Paul Blair born in Oklahoma on this day in 1944.    Blair played center field for the Orioles, a team that won 2 World Series championships, 4 AL pennants, and 2 division titles.      He was traded to the Yankees and played on the 1977 & 1978 teams that won the World Series.  Blair hit .250 over 17 seasons and won 8 Gold Gloves.    His best season was 1969:   .285, 26 HR & 76 RBI.  Blair died in 2013.    He left us with a lot of memories chasing down those fly balls in center field.     He was great!

"La Boheme" made its debut on this day in 1896.  And we've been watching the story and listening to the music ever since.

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We remember Paul Blair (1944-2013)

We remember Paul Blair born in Oklahoma on this day in 1944.    

Blair played center field for the Orioles, a team that won 2 World Series championships, 4 AL pennants, and 2 division titles.      He was traded to the Yankees and played on the 1977 & 1978 teams that won the World Series.

Blair hit .250 over 17 seasons and won 8 Gold Gloves.    

His best season was 1969:   .285, 26 HR & 76 RBI.

Blair died in 2013.    He left us with a lot of memories chasing down those fly balls in center field.     He was great!

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We remember Don Everly (1937-2021)

We remember Don Everly who was born in Kentucky on this day in 1937.    He died in August 2021 at the age of 84.

Don and, his late brother Phil were the legendary The Everly Brothers.    Along the way, the brothers became one of the greatest rock acts and their tight 2-part harmonies influenced The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, The Bee Gees, The Hollies and others.    

They had many hits, such as "Wake up little Susie".

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Happy # 84 Garrett Morris

A few days ago, I read that Garrett Morris was born in New Orleans on this day in 1931.

Back in the late 1970’s, Garrett Morris was on the “Saturday Night Live” cast. He played various roles and developed quite a following.

His career took off one Saturday night in November 1978. This is when he played Chico Escuela, a New York Mets’ outfielder from Dominican Republic. He became famous for one line:

“Thank you berry much. Baseball been berry, berry good to me. Thank you. God bless you. Gracias!”

He followed that up with another great line:

“Keep you eye… keep you eyes… on de ball.”

And he had everyone of us laughing to tears.

Would that be allowed on the air today? Would it be censured for mocking a Latino baseball player? What advertisers would be contacted to boycott the segment?

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1964: The Beatles began their 3-month hold of the #1 song in the US

We are looking back at another anniversary of The Beatles arriving in New York City.  

It was an amazing weekend for the group, from massive crowds at JFK International Airport to a record breaking appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

It also began their incredible domination of the US pop charts.  

According to Billboard, The Beatles had the #1 song in the US from February 1st to May 9th:

"I want to hold your hand";

 "Can't buy me love", 

and "She loves you".

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1896: Puccini’s La bohème debut in Italy

"La Boheme" made its debut on this day in 1896.

And we've been watching the story and listening to the music ever since.

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February 1968: Nixon started his campaign for President

How did we get to the point where candidates are running for over two years and networks are scheduling debates so far in advance?   

 

Remember FOX and their August 2015 GOP debates or MSNBC with their Democrat debates a year before the party conventions?

 

We remember today that former Vice President Nixon announced that he was seeking the presidency on this day in 1968.  To be fair, everyone knew that Mr. Nixon would be running in 1968 but the official announcement did not come until today.

 

Back then, we were announcing candidacies in February.  Today, we are holding a caucus in Iowa and setting up New Hampshire.

 

Former VP Nixon battled Governor Reagan of California and Governor Rockefeller of New York but won the nomination on the first ballot in Miami. 

 

On Election Day, Mr. Nixon got 43.4% and Vice President Humphrey was right behind with 42.73% of the 74 million votes cast.  Governor George Wallace got 13.5% and carried five Southern states.     

 

In the end, Nixon got the Electoral Votes to become the 37th president.   

 

I was very happy that Mr. Nixon won.  I couldn’t vote in 1968 but he was my choice.   Nevertheless, I look back at that campaign and wish that we were not starting presidential elections so early.

 

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1979: Most painful Super Bowl loss or Pittsburgh beat Dallas in SB 13!

Let’s remember Super Bowl 13 or Dallas vs Pittsburgh or Roger Staubach vs. Terry Bradshaw or Coach Landry vs Coach Knoll.

It turned out to be the last post-season game played in the 1970’s between the best two teams of the decade.

Coach Landry’s Cowboys played in the 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1979 SB’s. They won two of them.

Pittsburgh blossomed in the 1970’s with great draft picks. They played in the 1975, 1976, 1979 and a year later in 1980. They won all 4 SB’s.

Super Bowl 13 went down to the last minute.  

Pittsburgh was up 35-17 but Dallas scored twice and made it 35-31 with seconds left.  The Cowboys tried the onside but Pittsburgh recovered and the game was over.

SB 13 will always be remembered for Jackie Smith dropping a “certain” Cowboys’ TD in the end zone.

It was a great game. I still feel bad for Jackie Smith dropping that pass from Staubach.

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The World's Fair, The Beatles, The Ford Mustang and a few stories of 1964

Our family landed in Miami on September 4, 1964, or my brother’s birthday.  I guess that we had double reasons to celebrate that day.  

A week later,  we found our way to Wisconsin where a church was kindly sponsoring our family.  We reunited with my Uncle and his family up there.

All of us learned a lot about the US that year:

The Beatles and lots of other rock groups, were on The Ed Sullivan Show.  It seem like every Sunday there was a new band, from The Beatles to The Dave Clark Five to the Animals and more.  Like most kids back then, my brother and I got our music from AM radio and then saw the groups on that memorable show; 

The Ford Mustang was introduced.  I remember going with my father to a Ford dealer and admiring this wonderful new car;

We watched our first World Series on TV. The Cardinals beat the Yankees in what would be Mickey Mantle’s last post-season game.   He won game 3 with a HR and then hit his last (# 18) World Series HR in game 7.

and perphaps the biggest event of 1964: The New York World’s Fair.

It was a showcase for companies and future technology, such as a touch tone phone!

One big change is that we were a manufacturing nation in 1964. We made cars, telephones, TV’s and lots of other things.   It would have been inconceivable back then to go to the store and find nothing made in the USA.   No one would have believed that it’d be the exact opposite 50 something years later.

We don’t do that anymore and that is something to think about, specially after this pandemic that came from China.

You can hear my 1964 World Fair chat with our friend Frank Burke.

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