Wednesday, October 17, 2018

WHAT KIND OF A REPRESENTATIVE DO WE WANT?

When an American president pussyfoots around a (likely) grisly murder (likely) ordered and orchestrated by his let's-make-a-profit Saudi buddy, wouldn't you want a congressional representative with the guts to stand up and make a public statement of his/her outrage? When you have an American president who expresses constant praise and support of the world's worst authoritarians, and acts upon it, wouldn't you want to hear a word in defense of democracy--let alone decency--from the person who purports to represent you? (Our current "congressman", alas, is himself a notorious pal of the most notorious of those despots).

Or, closer to home, when you have an American president who publicly calls a woman a "horseface" and later defends his remark by telling us to take it as we will (in other words, f.y.), would you not want someone in the House of Representatives who'd have the guts--not to mention the sense of decency--to stand up and say, This will not stand?

Wouldn't you want a congressional representative who models integrity, reason, compassion, courage, and a sense of fairness? So please don't vote for the incumbent, who shall be nameless because his name, to me at least, has become unmentionable. But no matter your prior political affiliation, please vote. Your citizenship demands it. And your good sense demands that you vote, this time around, for the Democratic candidate. Our nation will not survive, unharmed, another two years with a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a "president" who poses as a Republican--with the vocal or tacit support of the ENTIRE Republican Congress. No questions asked.

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