In a little over a month from today
voters in the U.S. will be casting their votes in the most important
election in the last 50 years, if not in the history of this country.
As progressives we are going to be deciding the course of our
political destiny. Do we want a country that works for all Americans
regardless of their wealth or a country that works for just the rich?
Since the election of Ronald Reagan in
1980 this country has moved politically to cater to the whims and
wishes of Businesses, The Rich and The Well Connected. Taxes have
been cut to the bone for those who can donate (Bribe) their
Congressional representatives to slash their taxes, deregulate their
industries, and subsidize their already obscenely profitable
Corporations. They've hacked and slashed away the rules that protect
clean air, water and land. They've taken over governmental
institutions that are meant to protect the workers from harsh and
often dangerous working conditions, stop predatory lenders, stop
polluters, prosecute criminals who crashed the economy, and skirt the
laws meant to protect us all from their greed.
It's taken them nearly 50 years to get
us to the point that they managed to elect the most unqualified
candidate in the history of America. A man with no morals, no self
awareness and no intellectual curiosity. Someone who spent his whole
life stealing, grifting and cheating his way to the top.
The Blue Wave is coming, but this will
not be a one and done electoral wave. The rot and disease of the GOP
can not be washed out in just one election cycle. This will be have
to be a sustained and unwavering battle to stamp out the influence
and rot of the GOP. We must not think of this one election as
winning the war, this is just one battle. It's a big battle, make no
mistake, but the GOP is as vile and vicious as the undead in any
zombie movie. They will attempt to rise to power again and we must
keep them down. We must make sure to bury them politically each and
every time they try to crawl from their electoral graves we kick them
into.
In November vote... and vote in the
next election, and the next and the next. We must send a resounding
and clear message that their corruption and greed will not be
tolerated any longer in America. We must make the message clear that
we will create a Government that works for ALL Americans, not just
the rich and influential. We must make it clear by voting that they
work FOR US, not them.
