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Updated: April 20, 2026 @ 9:45 pm
Editor,
It is certainly entertaining to read Mr. Grocott’s revisionist history of Democrats. It is convenient for conservatives to look at the past and not the present. The Southern (Ku Klux Klan) Democrats he vilifies quickly joined the Republican Party where they solidly remain today fomenting hate against immigrants, gays and minorities.
Democrat Lyndon Johnson pushed through civil rights legislation and Medicare. I would personally rather vote for a current party that supports women and working people than one that advocates the overthrow or our democracy and privilege for the rich elite. Since the last Republican president specialized in lies, I guess that’s acceptable discourse now.
Steven Cady
Burlingame
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(11) comments
Hey Mr. Cady, instead of looking at the past, why don’t we look at the present - treasonous Biden and complicit Democrats focusing on America Last policies. Perhaps, Mr. Cady, you can enthrall us with your thoughts on higher inflation, higher numbers of invaders from the South, higher crime rates, etc.? For a discussion of your magical Republican to Democrat switcheroo, I’d refer you to yesterday’s “It’s always a shame” comments… but does it really matter in the present or just a distraction to ignore Biden’s incompetence?
BTW, Johnson is also known, earlier in his years, for voting against anti-lynching legislation, opposing efforts to abolish the poll tax, gave white supremacist speeches and denounced Truman’s civil rights program. Perhaps Johnson figured out that if he wanted his career to continue, he should move towards the middle, putting America first. Or are you saying Johnson went through a magical transformation from R to D? Except he was always a D… Ah, that revisionist history…
Terence - from all of the reactions submitted by the left, it is clear that they don't want to be reminded of their real past. Whenever a new popular issue comes up, be it abortion, woke, gender, BLM, etc. they climb on board and carry it if only to garnish votes. There is no sincere conviction, just control. The mess and the travesty that they leave in their wake, such as inflation, crime, energy cost, open borders, and so on, is totally ignored or papered over.
Oh, Dirk, such utter nonsense of Democrats not wanting to be reminded of their past. The modern Democrats can hold their heads high for their present day solutions to the country's problems rather than the Republicans instigating fear and hate for which Mr. Cady alluded. It is the Republicans who do not want to be reminded of their real and recent past. They have had Nixon, Bush II, and Trump, all acknowledged to be among the worst presidents of all time. And talk of no sincere conviction! The present day Republicans have no platform and no real agenda, just the pursuit of power. The mess and travesty Republicans leave in their wake: the proud owners of 1/6 and the attempted overthrow of the election and the government because they disagreed with the results. The stain of the Republican party is going to last generations and the country will be the worse for it.
Rel - as a typical liberal, you just keep on referring to the Republicans. The Democrats can hold their heads high? On what basis? Their activities are resembling a story about the CIA, " A legacy of Ashes" That is what your Party is all about. The CIA is still there, wasting billions of dollars and could not even prevent 9-11. Get ready for the lame brain State of the Union tonight to be presented by a guy who claimed that his son Biden is the smartest person he knows. Come on Rel, just admit it, you and millions of others bet on the wrong horse. I hope that McCarthy does not wet his pants laughing to hear Biden talk, err stumble.
Dirk, I am a liberal and very well proud of it. Why do I continue to refer to the Republicans? Do you remember the point of the discourse up to now? Mr. Grocott says he will only vote Republican because their virtues ring so strongly to him over Democrats. Speaking on betting on the wrong horse - you are backing McCarthy who could not become Speaker based on a routine vote? Could not even appease his own party? And since when did the CIA become a branch of the Democratic Party? As to Biden's speaking abilities. I'll take 5 minutes of Biden's "stumbling" over one minute of your hero Trump's one minute of rambling and lying any day.
Rel - let's put this in real terms. Every time I go to the gas station, to Safeway, to pay my PG&E bill, I wonder what happened in the last two years. I don't care whether you love this President but he is making my life more miserable and more expensive than it needed to be. All because of severe mismanagement and some idiotic vision that simply does not work out for any of us, including you.
Dirk: Prices are up all over the world, and that’s President Biden’s fault? Would it have been different if we still had Trump in the WH, heaven forbid?
But I do feel sorry for you, that your financial situation is so strained that your life has become miserable just because you have to pay a little more for some stuff.
Dirk, it’s hilarious Jorg associates you as being the only one who pays a little more for some stuff. I guess Jorg doesn’t realize inflation hits everyone. Of course this is the Jorg who doesn’t understand the Electoral College and thinks Montana is a well-populated area. And just as you predicted, “The mess and the travesty that they leave in their wake, such as inflation, crime, energy cost, open borders, and so on, is totally ignored or papered over.” BTW, in case you missed it, it appears the CA rebate check you received is not federally taxable (https://www.smdailyjournal.com/business/irs-wont-tax-most-relief-payments-made-by-states-last-year/article_e2c78153-ba26-5613-85b8-5be6761bae7c.html).
TY: You didn’t understand what Dirk wrote! He wrote that higher prices made his life miserable and more expensive, not anybody else’s! He’s a Republican, - didn’t you know?
Btw.: What “rebate check” are you talking about, - only for the poor, I assume?
TY: I have been thinking about your situation and wonder why don’t you offer your expertise to the authorities? You seem to know everything better than anybody, most likely inspired by your idol, the stable genius Donald J. Trump. Then you could make extra money to make life easier while prices are so high, perhaps even helping poor Dirk out? The government could thereby save a lot of money, just paying you instead of a whole lot of people who obviously don’t know as well as you do what they are doing? Just a free idea.
Jorg, I’m flattered. Do I take as much rent-free space in your head as our, yes our, great President Trump? I wouldn’t say I know everything better than everybody (I would say I know better than most, if not all, rabid lefties), but I do know truth, justice, and the American way.
To save a lot of money, we can start by canceling the train-to-nowhere, canceling funding to non-Americans, and begin transitioning our public education system into a private education system. We could also institute a government whistle-blowing program where if money is saved, or clawed back, the whistle-blower receives a reward, perhaps commensurate with the amount of money saved. These ideas are free, no payment necessary. BTW, these ideas would make life easier for everyone.
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