Glimmer of Hope

Well, it appears America has given itself a small moment of relief by dominating what elections there were yesterday. Nationwide, it was a bad day for the Right. And that is as it should be. The Wingers have been flaming assholes for far too long. America needed a glimmer of Hope. Yesterday, we got that glimmer; faint though it may be. Good job America, good job.

Mainers sure did their part. We bested those pesky Wingers on both of the statewide referendum questions. Even my Right Wing leaning town voted with the saner citizens of Maine.

Question One was but another out of state Winger boilerplate referendum written by Republicans from away. The GOP is trying to own elections, by creating voting choke points. The list of new rules in Question 1 look reasonable at first maybe. Take more than a glance, and it is a another effort by the Right to restrict the vote; the referendum was really about restricting access to Absentee Voting. More citizens are relying on Absentee Voting than ever before. A major reason might be the constant attacks from the Right on In Person Voting; closing polls; removing absentee boxes, the list of attacks is endless. 

Mainers won't be falling in line with the fiction of voter fraud. With few exceptions, our elections have been free of problems all the years I have been a voter. I love that for the most part, Mainers are sensible folk who hate being manipulated. Well done Maine, well done.

Question Two came about as a direct result of Maine's 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston-Auburn, or LA as we locals call it. 18 people lost thier lives because of a crazy person with a gun. This crazy person had been broadcasting his insanity for a long time; years in fact. Yet, no one, not even the Federal Government who knew he was wacked, instituted any preemptive measures to stop his slide into insanity and dangerous behavior. His family had been asking law enforcement and mental health people for help for a long time.

I struggled with this one. Preemptive removal of the rights of anyone for any reason is cause for concern. But in the long run, having this tool to use in future situations might help save lives; but only if the state uses it as intended. Stopping crazy people from doing hurtful and damaging things before they act makes sensse.

All in all, I see this mini wave of Democrat victories as a moment of relief from the nine month onslaught on our Country by Tump and his gang of morally bereft asshole compadres. 

Yesterday was a good day; enjoy and savor it. But don't waste too much time dwelling on this small victory. The real shit is yet to come.

Later .........................

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I found this song. It blew me away. Enough said. Here is "Call Me Antifa", by The Resistance ( I think). 

"No Scapegoats, no shadows, no "others" to blame,

We're one fragile family under many names"