The President has directed that Republicans discontinue negotiations on a Coronavirus Relief plan, essentially meaning that there will be no relief until sometime next year, if ever. And, for tens of thousands of us...that will be too late.
I get that people have their reasons for supporting a man whose only redeeming quality is that the stock market has bloomed during his Presidency or that he is going to stack the Supreme Court...but, honestly? A President that effectively says "fuck you" to thousands of small business owners and puts millions of jobs in jeopardy to score political points with his base and Party? Who the hell does that but a narcissistic game show host that doesn't have this nation's good as a goal? If you lose your business or job, does who sits on the Supreme Court really matter?
And, don't parrot back that the Democrats aren't negotiating in good faith. The mark of a true leader is to keep trying to find a solution regardless of the tactics of the other side. Sadly, we don't have a leader in the White House. We have a divider; someone who thrives on conflict.
It's time to vote to save our economy, our hospitality industry and our nation's promise.
If all those who have been hurt by this President's cavalier attitude toward the pandemic, racial equity and this country's future could just abandon their misplaced belief in a failed philosophy of nationalism...could we actually return to American greatness?
It's time to take our government back. Unless you have a really strong argument in opposition (and, I'm so ready to listen to your retort), isn't it time to vote a different "party-line?'
Next month, vote against every Federal incumbent. They are all complicit in the dumpster fire in which we find ourselves.
Vote "no mas."
That would mean not voting for the other guy either.
Posted by: the other guy | October 08, 2020 at 08:49
The other guy isn't an incumbent.
Posted by: Bill Geist | October 08, 2020 at 10:06
I guess taking a 4-year hiatus after 40+ years of being an incumbent makes him not included in the "all complicit in the dumpster fire" Anyone with Federal legislative duties in the past 10-20 years has forfeited many of their legislative duties all in the effort to not rock the boat and get elected again.
Posted by: the other guy | October 08, 2020 at 11:32
Can't argue that.
Posted by: Bill Geist | October 08, 2020 at 16:02