Dems Will Now Martyr Themselves (?)

Dear Dingo:
I am getting fed up with right wing pundits calling Democrats "evil sickos". As most sane people know, it would be more accurate to call them empathetic do-gooders. Evil? Hardly.
Even worse, now the zealots are claiming Dems are dancing on their own graves, hoping to spread Corona virus in order to defeat Trump. They would risk their own illness and death?

Answer: 
Yes. These stable genius Trump trolls believe:

A) Democrats are some sort of ancient pagan tribe-- throwing their own babies and grandma's into volcanos, all for political victory!

B)  Liberals will spread the virus, as they secretly have access to the vaccine already. 
Billionaire Bezos is already selling it at Whole Foods for $19.99 (next to the organic roasted chickens).

The Party that Cried Socialist Wolf

Dear Dingo:
I am freaking out that Bernie Sanders might become the 2020 Democratic nominee! Won't it be too easy for Republicans to scream "pinko socialist" and make him unelectable ? Won't rich folks flip and vote Trump to save their finances? Isn't this helping Trump?

Answer:
Calm down moderate friend. No need to panic.
Here's the rub: Republicans have been branding all Democratic presidents/candidates  "socialists" for years now. Roosevelt and JFK--socialists! Clinton and Obama--socialists!
If you call everyone a socialist, it makes it super easy for the real one to slip under the fence.

Secondly, Bernie & bros are banking on the fact that the majority of Americans aren't rich folks. Gladly throw a handful of blue state millionaires under the bus-- in order to replace them with thousands of new voters.

Lastly, in our "post facts Russian bot world", does anything resembling normalicy matter? What wins elections-- having the best internet trolls to spread crazy shit on Facebook. Bernie's got that.

And the Medal for Smoking Goes to.....

Dear Dingo:
Ugh. I am very embarrassed by the highly partisan spectacle of awarding the dumb sexist pig (aka Rush L.) the Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union Speech. Isn't it obvious that it was all done for theatrics?

Answer:
Of course theatrics, but Rush himself once said that he should be awarded "a medal for smoking". The Republican party couldn't come up with that medal, so they simply offered him the Presidential Medal of Freedom instead. 

At least the medal was not for Rush's well known 'Butt Boil'--apparently the reason he received a deferment from Vietnam. Yes. National hero indeed.