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Been keeping an eye on redistricting this year. Last time the nation went through this agonizing re-drawing of legislative districts the nations governments went more conservative even though the country went more liberal. Redistricting was the reason Republicans took back the U. S. House. It was also why they took it back in record numbers. I was concerned that after years of working to reverse this last decade debacle the country was poised to do it all over again. Let’s face it. Republicans have given up on winning any election or argument on the merits of their case. No sensible person wants their drivel. So, to keep power and force their opinions and policies on us, they cheat. Wherever possible, they cheat. Redistricting is the primary way they cheat to takeover the U.S. House. Even after a pretty good election cycle for Democrats in 2020, Republicans were able to keep ...
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I was asked what I thought about Mitch McConnell, specifically concerning his speech just after the acquittal decision in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Emotionally I was exhausted, exhausted of him, Trump and the whole stinking Republican Party. But mentally I had an understanding and could relate to the tight rope McConnell walked. As I stated in my book “Inhale Fear, Breathe Anger: Dixiecrats, TEA Partiers, and Changing Political Paradigms”, Republicans were due for a paradigm change in their party. I even mentioned quite frequently that paradigm changes are often violent and messy. In this instance the Republican Party is more that living up to my predictions. Like one supporter told me, “…it is like you predicted, but on steroids…”. The original Republican Party is a byproduct of changing political paradigms. It was formed by farmers and main street businesses from Whigs, Democrat-Republicans, and others as an answer ...
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The shock of January 6th has not worn off. I have been waiting for a multitude of emotions to simmer down so I might express my thoughts on that horrific event. But 8 days later finds me still glued to news bulletins and the drama of the orange blob being impeached once more. I decided to take a moment though to put down my recollection of events of the day and my thoughts concerning them. I do so more for a record of my views of what happened than any actual opinion about the event. Who knows in some twenty or thirty years from now I might want to review what happened. Explain the events to my grandbaby or others not yet born. I might even feel a need to leave a personal record for those I leave behind. They might need to know what happened absent professional or governmental ...
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It has been awhile since my last posting. June 15, 2020 to be exact. I had thought the election season would engender many posts discussing the events unfolding in the election and pandemic. Yet I remained silent. I would like to blame it all on life itself. Issues due tend to confuse the day especially when in a pandemic and locked down. But that would only be partially true. I chose not to post because I had no thoughts to offer that weren’t already being offered. I was no more aghast at the revelations of the Orange One and had become numb to his repeated lies and ignorance. What was to add to this filth and pile of excrement he and his lackeys thrust upon us during the election cycle. He had made a mockery of our country, our laws, and our democracy. He cared not for any rule of ...
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How battered will I be? In the midst of Black Lives Matter and surging protests against militarized police departments and racial profiling, how insensitive will I be characterized? Will I be vilified for being racist, because although the narrative of this post is dedicated to electability and pragmatic election strategy, it addresses black candidates in its premise. Or, more importantly, the necessity of avoiding progressive black candidates, at least in Southern elections. Yet I must, must protest the fallacy of Democrats running, supporting, and encouraging “Progressive” black candidates in Southern States. In their hubris and ignorance, they sabotage the very reforms we need. I supported Stacey Abrams. I voted for Andrew Gillum. But in whatever context you want to position the results, they lost. If held again today, the results would be the same. Probably in the same manner, through voter suppression with a tall side order of bigotry and ...
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