The New Militarism of the Democratic Party -even in local politics

[ SEP candidate Niles Niemuth ] noted that “ the Democrats are running a record number of former CIA, State Department and military members for office in the November midterms... "

           Even in local politics the Democratic Party candidates brag about their military background . One young ambitious Democrat for the Providence City Council,
Raymond Berarducci , pictures himself in Marine Corps uniform and his radio ad plays the Marine Corps Hymn -which tells you how very special and QUALIFIED this young man is to SERVE the community after SERVING his country.


  The radio talk show host, Dan Yorke , brags about being an Army helicopter pilot , himself a holder of state office in Rhode Island and smugly right-wing .

                The Providence City Council candidate's family is prominent in a Federal Hill funeral home business. I recall that the notorious Mafia gangster Raymond Patriarca was waked there. A friend Don Plante and I observed the " mourners " from his parked car across the street.

          If the Democrats recover political dominance in 2020 , we will no doubt see a boom in the funeral industry . And more demands for Marine Corps bands .

       A Republican candidate for governor of Rhode Island, Giovanni Feroce , also brags about his military service . This natural born leader ( also an arrogant and failed CEO ) strikingly resembles in manner and speech the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini .












                I like what one dying writer said about middle aged men still strutting proudly in their military uniforms : " They are cases of arrested development ". His father had been a local " communist " persecuted for his political ideology .

                 I wish that in crowd viewed sports events the National Anthem were replaced by Copland 's " Fanfare for the Common Man ".

Patriarca funeral at Beraducci Funeral Home in Providence      Copland's " Fanfare for the Common Man "