'Off The Rails': Trump's Ramble In The Middle Of Cabinet Meeting Is 24-Karat Nonsense

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51. Sometimes ...

"American Democrats, by and large, are not the unthinking, unquestioning "loyalists" you seem to describe."

Sometimes I wish we were a little more loyal to our 'team'.

I think it is good we are willing to criticize and even expel those that do actual illegal and immoral things - Bob Menedez and Eric Adams come to mind recently.

But I think some Democrats are too anxious to hold our politicians to possibly unreasonable standards or turn against them for a single error or compromise. For me Al Frankin and Gavin Newsom fall in this category. I know not everyone will agree.

And I turn on Democrats too. I voted for John Fetterman. I don't regret the vote, because Oz was the other choice and he would have been worse. But Fetterman has been a real disappointment to me.

Critical examination and holding our elected officials, regardless of party, to high standards is ultimately a good thing.

But it isn't as successful a political strategy as blind loyalty.

I wonder if there's a way to find an ethical, effective, happy medium?

Or maybe I'm just grumpy today.