While many if not most Republicans defend and make excuses for all sorts of sordid and immoral activities of their members from the President on down to county clerks (hear that, Kim Davis?), Democrats are losing their heads over a former comedian, then senator's joking photo, and a medical school yearbook's racist photo from 1985, causing one, possibly both, to resign. Who of us is totally innocent going back 35 years in our lives? Who of us is the same person as we were 35 years ago?
Why is one party so quick to condemn its own members while the other party defends to the death, its own members? Where is there a Republican who is calling for corrupt and immoral Republicans to resign? There isn't one, because there are NO corrupt or immoral Republicans -- the corrupt and immoral people are always those power-hungry Democrats, who want everyone (even African Americans -- imagine that!) to be able to vote, and have health care, a secure retirement, clean air and water, good infrastructure, and a good education, all of which are "socialist."
And to top it off, a professor from New York University called for the governor's resignation so the lieutenant governor can move up, and we can add another black to the list of state governors?
She said NOTHING about the current governor's actions over the past 35 years -- she just wants a black governor in Richmond. That is just as bad as someone saying they want to replace a black president with a white president, with no regard to qualifications, facts, or surrounding situations. It is RACIST and I hope my black friends see it as such!
And with more Democrats entering the presidential race, I'm most disturbed by what I call "100% Purity." ANY Democrat who has EVER done ANYTHING that SOMEONE opposes is unqualified. I fault Gillibrand for leading the Franken resignation, Booker for voting against buying cheaper drugs in Canada, Harris for not protecting blacks in the criminal justice system, etc.
I for one can't imagine voting for Gillibrand, but if she is the party nominee and the choice is her or Trump, I'll get a Kristen for President bumper sticker. Same if Harris, Booker, Beto, are in that position. I just BEG Joe, Hillary and Bernie to step aside and not run, just lead younger Dems in the cause.
People who want 100% perfection from a Democrat may as well simply stay home, or vote for Trump. That's what put him in the White House in the first place. People who supported Bernie and disliked Hillary either voted Stein (whom we shall see was a Russian shill) or stayed home, and vice versa. When Democrats are split, Republicans win - look at Maine's governor, 2010 and 2014.
Now, a flashback to when we first moved here...
Shortly after we moved here, the president of the state senate, David Williams, was critical of the governor, Steve Beshear, because Beshear hosted a group of Hindu businessmen who were planning to invest tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars and create hundreds of jobs.
Beshear met with them and joined them in a Hindu ceremony, and Williams lost his head! Although the newspapers (Lexington Heerald-Leader in particular) didn't report all he had to say about it, I remember him saying he didn't want one cent or one job created by people who didn't believe in "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ".
And he made such a stink about it that I think the Indians cancelled their plans. So the Christian senate president was happier with unemployment than he was with a non-Christian investment.
Now in private business, Williams can basically do or say what he wants, but he was the President of the Senate of Kentucky, and was using religion to make political and economic decisions.
On 31 January, the Huffington Post printed an article about a Hindu temple in Louisville being vandalized by Christians.
And a few hours ago, the Louisville Courier Gazette posted that a 17-year-old had been arrested in the hate crime. If past practice still holds, most of the newspaper's reader comments would be anti-Hindu, and would defend the kid, in this deeply religious "Christian" state. If a Hindu vandalized a Baptist church, people would want the death penalty.
But TRUE "Christians" would be at the temple today from 10 am to 1 pm helping clean up the vandalism! If I were closer to Louisville, I'd be there and I don't even pretend to be a Christian, just a moral person.
Huffpost Article -- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/swaminarayan-temple-louisville-vandalism_us_5c534fb6e4b043e25b1a6aad
Louisville Courier-Journal Article -- https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/02/01/suspect-arrested-connection-louisville-hindu-temple-vandalism/2741889002/
Lexington Herald Leader Article -- https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article44134224.html
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