No Time To Mince Words

I’m not one to mince words. Though from time to time I do hold back a bit. NO LONGER!

Any elected or campaigning Republican who does not denounce any Trumpian Republican must not continue in, or be voted into, office. There are only a couple of Republicans that I would even consider to be eligible (and that would be a stretching it).

The whack-a-do governor of Florida who is trying to be more Trump-like than Trump is taking on Disney. He is saying that if Disney continues to campaign to overturn the “Don’t Say Gay” bill they will lose their special rights (rights which we can argue the legitimacy of later). In other words he believes in free speech as long as it doesn’t disagree with him. I’m hoping Disney can just shut down operations in Florida and find a new home. I know, I know, this leaves tens of thousands out of work and leaves the Orlando area with a huge debt load. I don’t like this because it hurts the people who need it the most. Maybe though Floridians will get a backbone and vote this fucker out of office. Colorado has already opened its arms to Disney.

I, for one, will not even consider a Republican candidate no matter what positions they espouse to, this limits my opportunities, limits me to voting for Democrats or Independents even if I don’t agree with all their platforms. But in good conscience I cannot do it. Republicans in general, not in particular, are trying to turn back the clock and all the gains that the minorities, the disaffected and any of those outside of the mainstream have made in this country. At a time when the United States of America has finally started to get closer to equal rights, so many want to take those rights away. There may be a select few Democrats that do not see it my way and I will weed those out. And maybe there are a select few Republicans that are moral, ethical, humane individuals but they are hard to find. Most are still hiding behind Trump’s skirts.

As I see it a majority of Republican candidates, officials and citizens are just homophobic, racist, anti-human rights, they believe that the white man (not white women of course) needs to be in charge A surprising number of people in the country feel the same. And while they were quiet for many years as equal rights spread, they have a voice today. And that voice is Trump.

How much worse could it get? I really don’t want to find out.

VOTE. VOTE. VOTE. I ask you to vote, and unapologetically I ask you to vote Democratic. No Republican should hold office in this country, period. Maybe some day my mind will change.

Careen

As our world careens towards a possible World War III due to the maniacal, genocidal Vladimir Putin, here at home the leaders of the Republican Party are tearing our democracy apart. Russia’s leadership is destroying Ukraine. Putin has stated he does not believe that Ukraine should exist, that is the definition of genocide. As we watch this occur many of the Republican House members voted against a vote of confidence in NATO. The former TV personality who leads the Republican Party calls Putin a genius.

States like Oklahoma have passed abortion laws that are unconstitutional. Other states are taking voting rights away. All the while the mainstream of Republicans are actively supporting these anti-democracy legislators.

Today, while a gun was being used to attack commuters in New York, the governor of Georgia signed a bill legalizing conceal carry without a permit or a background check. Why are law abiding citizens afraid of licensing their guns? Why are they afraid of being investigated?

What can we do?

As for Ukraine, there is not much. We can support our elected officials who support the Ukrainian people. We can donate to organizations who will help the refugees and all the Ukrainians.

For here at home we can vote. We can come out in huge numbers to defeat the candidates who support Putin and his genocide. That would be up and down the entire ballot, the local, city, county, state and nationwide elections.

I have implored you to vote before, I do it again and I will continue to do it.