Analysis, Commentary, Opinion
11.10.2018
Election Post Facto
Hope.
The
electoral response to T-Rump was fantastic. We voted and T-Rump vision for
America was checked.
It
was checked, and that is hopeful.
There
is hope, but the struggle is far from over.
The
Democratic Party lost a couple of races that we had hoped would win. We lost
them narrowly. We can take heart in the fact that the race for the Senate in
Texas was as close as it was, even though Beto went down.
The
same is true of the Governor’s race in Georgia, though we are still counting
votes, and there is a sliver of a chance that when the votes are done being
counted, it will result in a run-off election on December 4th. We have to keep
our energy up, and be prepared to turn out for that race, if it should occur.
The
race for Governor and Senate in Florida is still being counted as well, we cannot
allow these races to be concluded until every vote that has been cast has been
counted. We cannot allow Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s opinion to
stand, that the right to vote does not guarantee the right to have your vote
counted.
The
Democratic Party won big, but we need to keep on winning. We cannot rest and we
must take stock of the campaigns that ran successfully, in Texas and Florida
and Georgia, even if the candidates ultimately lost or loose.
I
have always been a proponent of supporting the moderate middle, not because I
am a moderate at heart, but because I believe that politics is about the art of
compromise.
However,
we were shown something, and I have learned something, that the right candidate
can carry a progressive message, and drive it straight into the heart of conservative
Texas, and Georgia, even congressional districts in Oklahoma, the right
candidate can take the message home, and turn out people who have never voted
before.
The
Democratic Party has to learn its lesson from this, we have to field
progressives in every district where the contrast and distinction of the
platform will stir the people up, and get them to take a chance on changing
direction.
I
still believe in compromise, but I also believe in the necessity of reclaiming
the starting point on where the negotiation must begin, and plant that flag far
to the left, and reclaim the middle for fairness, equality, and common sense.
There
is hope, yes, but there is also cause for grave concern.
T-Rump
is afraid, and he is stirring up his base. They are coming out to support him
with guns and bombs, literally, his people are willing to kill to defend his
fake presidency, his criminal regime.
There
is hope, yes but there is a certain need to stay mobilized and keep the
pressure up.
Tens
of millions of people came out in support of the Republican agenda, of Donald T-rump
and the sycophants in Congress that do obeisance to him. The fake president
still have control oft the executive branch, Mitch McConnell will remain the
senate majority leader (unless a couple of conscientious Senators decide to go
independent and caucus with the Democrats), and so-called conservatives still
hold out of nine seats on the Supreme Court.
The
country showed more of who we truly are last Tuesday, both the good and the regrettable,
we came out in large numbers, and we have to keep up the struggle and push our
majority through the year 2020, and the redistricting of congressional
districts that will take place then.
