Final take on the Democratic National Convention

The Democrats don't appear to be any better than they were 20 years ago when the Clintons were running the country. If anything, they have gotten worse: More whiny, more entitlement-demanding, more politically correct.

Gone is the bravery of the civil rights movement, replaced with the demands of spoiled moochers.

But on to the infomercial for the socialists/progressives...

All quotes from CNN:

For the first time, a major U.S. political party has nominated a woman for president. Clinton said she's "so happy this day has come" -- calling it big for women and men, "because when any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone. When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit."

Tell this to Jill Stein, the Green Party's candidate. Sorry Hillary, but you aren't the first. Only the first Democrat.

Continuing:

Hillary Clinton also embraced her inner policy wonk, selling that quality as what qualifies her for the presidency -- and what should rule Trump out. 

"It's true," Clinton said. "I sweat the details of policy -- whether we're talking about the exact level of lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, the number of mental health facilities in Iowa, or the cost of your prescription drugs. Because it's not just a detail if it's your kid -- if it's your family. It's a big deal. And it should be a big deal to your president, too."

Here is the problem: Policy wonks make better advisers than presidents. Jimmy Carter was very hands-on and wonkish. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan were very hands-off and good delegators.

Continuing:

Notably missing: Any mention of the controversies that have dogged her campaign, like her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

That is the 800 pound gorilla in the Clinton campaign. Trump will be spending the next three months hitting her with that gorilla.

But isn't that typical of Democrats? They always ignore the inconvenient truths:

• After decades of affirmative action and welfare, minorities are no better off, and are arguably worse off. Yet Democrats never have to defend this.
• At what point do we hold the big government education establishment accountable for the generation of messed up, stupid, and whiny children that has been created? Don't ask the Democrats, because they are all on board for more of the same.
• Was the economy fixed after running the national debt up to $20 trillion? Don't ask the Democrats, because they think we didn't spend enough.
• If you followed all the global warming predictions over the past decade plus, you would see failed prediction after failed prediction, yet the Democrats continue to support pointless policies to prevent something over which mankind has no control. 

Continuing:

Instead, she told the story of her grandfather working 50 years in a lace mill; his father starting a business printing fabric for draperies; her mother, who was abandoned by her parents at 14, being "saved by the kindness of others." 

"The lesson she passed on to me years later stuck with me: No one gets through life alone. We have to look out for each other and lift each other up," Clinton said. "She made sure I learned the words of our Methodist faith: 'Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.'"

I was raised a Methodist too. I don't remember the part about using government to steal money from working people in order to support the wealthy and the poor? To quote Darth Vader, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

Continuing:

Clinton portrayed herself as solid, steady, experienced -- respected across the world and comfortable in crisis. She then used Trump's tendency to shoot from the hip against him. 

"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons," she said.

But we can trust a woman who considers herself above the law?

Finally:

[Bernie Sanders'] legacy: a Democratic Party moving leftward much faster, and in much larger numbers, than party leaders had imagined. Clinton now opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership and pledged to work with the Vermont senator on reducing the financial burden of high college tuition. Her call to overturn Citizens United drew big cheers Thursday night in the hall. 

Translation: This is a Democratic Party that I can never even consider voting for again. There are a few older Democrats in local offices in Georgia whom I would consider, but never would I consider a newer Democrat who supports the party on display this week.

Democrats are a bunch of liars, criminals, and looters. This is not a legacy of which to be proud.