Our democracy is set up to assume decent people will be our leaders. When we normalize indecency, and even reward it, as the Republicans are doing, politics becomes a septic tank. This is a defining moment this coming week with the mid-term elections. In my opinion, the American people were "groomed" to accept and vote for Trump by the popularity of the mob show The Sopranos. That seems simplistic; but at the base of who we are, Americans are simple people who will always buy tickets to a Kardasican circus. The chaos alleviates their boredom and depression. Anger is self-medication for despair. We have to promote reading, education, decency and simple everyday kindness to get out of the septic slush.
Is the American public like the frog in the water in the pot on the stove? As political deviancy gets hotter and uglier, will the country jump from the pot - or remain in denial of the heat and the danger? The time to jump is past due, but Nov. 8 is coming soon.
Next January, my county in Colorado will become part of Congressional District 3, due to redistricting. The incumbent rep. is Lauren Boebert. I am now able, therefore, to help remove her deviant ass from Congress. My ballot has been cast and counted already.
Our democracy is set up to assume decent people will be our leaders. When we normalize indecency, and even reward it, as the Republicans are doing, politics becomes a septic tank. This is a defining moment this coming week with the mid-term elections. In my opinion, the American people were "groomed" to accept and vote for Trump by the popularity of the mob show The Sopranos. That seems simplistic; but at the base of who we are, Americans are simple people who will always buy tickets to a Kardasican circus. The chaos alleviates their boredom and depression. Anger is self-medication for despair. We have to promote reading, education, decency and simple everyday kindness to get out of the septic slush.
Is the American public like the frog in the water in the pot on the stove? As political deviancy gets hotter and uglier, will the country jump from the pot - or remain in denial of the heat and the danger? The time to jump is past due, but Nov. 8 is coming soon.
Next January, my county in Colorado will become part of Congressional District 3, due to redistricting. The incumbent rep. is Lauren Boebert. I am now able, therefore, to help remove her deviant ass from Congress. My ballot has been cast and counted already.