Democrats are making America joyful again, and their authenticity has grabbed control of the political narrative.

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-democratic-party-has-grabbed.html

There's no question this 2024 edition of the Democratic National Convention is vastly different than just about any previous political convention put on by either party. It almost defies description in political terms. I've been trying to put my finger on exactly what it is that has made this so different, which has, on several occasions over the past three nights, brought me to tears, and which has been, in every single moment, so vastly different than the Republican convention, built around the personality and campaign of Trump.

And last night, I think I finally figured it out. The word is "authentic."

We are watching real people, who have had real struggles in their life and political careers, and who have had real success, earned by determination and hard work, put everything on display by showing us who they really are, not who they want us to think that they are. It's on display everywhere.

There's been an incredible amount of talk about setting aside those things that tend to divide us when it comes to loving and caring about our neighbors, more than I've ever heard or seen in all of the time I spent growing up in an Evangelical church, and these people aren't just talking about it and wearing it on their sleeve. These people have the goods to back it up.

The candidates who are at the top of this ticket came from where we came from. They're not some image crafted by prosperity they didn't achieve on their own and by the politics of duplicity and dishonesty because the real politician isn't someone who can relate to his own constituents. They lived life where most of us have lived it. I worked in a fast food restaurant most of the time I was in college, because my parents were covering tuition that my scholarships didn't quite cover, and that paid my car expenses, insurance and helped me have some savings. I grew up in a small town where the football season was the highlight of the year, and where I had several teachers, including "that one," who were role models and encouragers. I became a high school social studies teacher.

Who better to understand politics, American history, culture, geography and economics?