Is the implication that Democrats are less lazy and incompetent?

Republicans haven't been lazy at all in their efforts to run the USA in my opinion. Democrats seem to have failed to match their energy. They've also failed to be competent enough to match their game.

I'm not a fan of the Republican party and I never have been, but I'm not impressed by the Democrats either. From here in Canada it all looks like a chaotic mess, rife with corruption on both sides of the aisle.

I don't understand the distinction here.