Michelle repudiates Barack’s core tenet of politics in urgent plea to boot Trump

Democrats are still the party of Barack, but they are living in Michelle’s world

The Democrats believe President Donald Trump is a cancer that will slowly kill American democracy.

It’s hard to get people to kick a habit that causes cancer. You’re supposed to be encouraging and positive when you’re trying to nudge addicts to stop doing something that’s bad for them.

For most of the night Monday, the Eva Longoria-moderated Democratic convention — really just a series of recorded speeches and music videos — struggled to balance being entertaining and uplifting with communicating the dire consequences of the pack-a-day like habit that Democrats say Trump represents. The videos ranged from sober to saccharine. Many of the speakers, who lacked the feedback of a live crowd, were mocked as stiff. The speeches were treacly. Continue reading.