FranksBlog: blah! Blah, blah, One of he most irritating things for anyone who has endeavor end to become educated is that you have to listen to all manner of nonsense from people with string authoritative voices speaking absolute nonsense. Election Day is my Christmas, Fourth of July, my birthday and New Years combined. I love politics and always have. Nothing arouses my passion more. All this happened as a result of the most horrible day in my life. We are coming up on the 51st anniversary of that day. I didnt know why I loved and admired President John F. Kennedy but I did. There has not been a day since his horrific murder of November 22nd, 1963 that I have not spent time thinking and contemplating the events of that day. I began looking up everything I could about politics, read countless encyclopedia articles on all the presidents and other political systems. I couldnt get enough. When I took my college entrance exams the results showed that I was in the upper 5 percent in my knowledge of social studies. It was a surprise to no ine that I earned a political science degree in college. Nothing gives me more joy than a good political discussion and, in direct contrast to almost everyone else I admire politicians. They rank perhaps just under research scientist discovering the greatest mysteries of life. Unlike mostly others, they do their work in the public spotlight. Whatever they do is under immediate public scrutiny, usually by people who have little or no idea of what they are talking about. Since the not so big Election Day this week I have heard so much non-sensical blather that I simply had to react. So here I have my chance to react. Did the American people reject the man they elected President, with a solid majority vote just two years ago? Now, in spite of the endless blathering of the political pundits that have seized control of the news networks, they did not. It is ridiculous to think that tens of millions of Americans changed their political philosophies in two short years. Only one third of the U.SSenate seats were up for election. Only a precious few were contested races. With a greatly depressed voter turnout, ( it was planned that way), the Republicans scored great success in these precious few races. Not every state adopted a series of laws designed to keep voter turnout down but the continuing talk about it, made it clear to many that voting was actually something less than honorable. Somehow you were not a good citizen by voting but someone seeking unwarranted government assistance. The voter suppression laws damaged the legitimacy of this election and the margin if victory in the North Carolina senate race was certainly impacted by the voter suppression laws of that state. In this election the people did not speak p, many were not allowed to. The House of Representatives is chosen through districts drawn by political office holders who want to ensure their side controls that body. They are not apportioned to represent the needs of the people. We need non- partisan commissions to draw the lines and we need proportional representation, allowing the seats according to the national vote. The large majority of Republican representatives is not representative of the national vote. I heard so many times about how the president in power loses massively in the sixth year of his presidency. All true, thank you Rachel Maddow. Up until just a few weeks ago however, things looked pretty good for the Democrats. The drama queens and kings in the national news media whipped up all manner of anxiety about the immigration of little children from Central America, ISIS and then the ridiculous worries about Ebola. Not every voter was taken in by this but enough did to help change the results. Was this a rejection, a repudiation of how things are going in in Washington? Welcome to reality, people! I have never heard or lived in a time when things were different. Read history, remember the Civil War? Now there was Gridlock! Things are working in Washington the way they have always worked. Lots of anger, contention and bitterness. Under this dysfunctional Washington, unemployment has been greatly reduced, we gave averted a Great Recession that could have completely destroyed our nation. We have regained all the jobs lost in the recession and the manufacturing sector is actually expanding. The American auto industry was saved, we got out of a devastating war, and we have joined the civilized world in adopting a national health care plan, in spite if all the anger, obstinacy and gridlock we got a lot done in our nations capital. So much of this was the dork of the remarkable man who holds the office of President of the United States. In time, and it wont be long, that people will look fondly on this era, historians will celebrate the achievements of Barack Obama and yearn for his return. I would say this, especially to those so called Democrats who refuse to say they voted for the current president, that had he been in the ballot Tuesday he would gave eon again. His presence would have boosted the voter turnout yo another record level. They would have overcome the massive voter suppression laws. The likes of Scott Walker and Mike Scott would not have been reelected. Were his policies rejected? You tell me. In the give states that had increase in the minimum wage on the ballot, they passed with overwhelming margins. For those crowing about the latest election results I would remind them that 24 republican senators are up for reelection two years from now and there will be a big voter turnout. This victory will be short lived.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 19:02:39 +0000
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