a small rant on state politics
Nov. 5th, 2018 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edenfallingYou know, just once this decade I would like to have a simple, easy choice in my state senate election. But the local Democrats keep picking people I cannot vote for, and the incumbent Republican, while objectionable on gun rights, further right than I'd like on health care, and endorsed by Tom Reed (that fucker), is otherwise mostly interested in environmental protection, local museums and parks, ensuring citizens have access to government agencies, and things like establishing regular schedules for parking garage structural inspections -- which, you know, I am also in favor of.
Furthermore, this year's "Democratic" candidate has not only been accused of domestic violence against her ex-wife, she has switched to calling herself a "progressive Republican" after she lost a bunch of endorsements over the domestic violence thing, is equally objectionable on gun rights, and has an economic program I find questionable on both theoretical and practical grounds.
Gnrgh.
There was a perfectly good alternate candidate running in the Democratic primary! I voted for him! I would have been happy to vote for him again tomorrow!
...Maybe I'll do him as a write-in, just because. (I am pretty damn sure the incumbent's going to win anyway. *sigh*)
Furthermore, this year's "Democratic" candidate has not only been accused of domestic violence against her ex-wife, she has switched to calling herself a "progressive Republican" after she lost a bunch of endorsements over the domestic violence thing, is equally objectionable on gun rights, and has an economic program I find questionable on both theoretical and practical grounds.
Gnrgh.
There was a perfectly good alternate candidate running in the Democratic primary! I voted for him! I would have been happy to vote for him again tomorrow!
...Maybe I'll do him as a write-in, just because. (I am pretty damn sure the incumbent's going to win anyway. *sigh*)
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Date: 2018-11-06 05:20 am (UTC)Good grief! Sounds like an utter nutjob. Where did they dig her up from, a squirrel's hoard? (At least she seems to have, belatedly, figured out which party is proud to embrace spouse abusers, though, and relabeled herself accordingly.)
On the other hand, I feel like this is the setup for some kind of pithy joke: What's the difference between a progressive Republican and a regular one?
I'm not sure what the snappy answer is yet, but I'll work on it. Something about a coat of rainbow paint on a dumpster, perhaps...
Best of luck with your ballot choices, limited as they are!
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Date: 2018-11-07 05:24 am (UTC)And Democrats seem to have captured the state senate anyway, so you know, I can breathe easier and feel less conflicted on that ground. *wry*