July 2016

Most people say that Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is a principled, passionate, decent guy.  I say that — in addition to speaking fluent Espanol, he plays a mean harmonica, and like Hillary — he has True Grit!  He took on the tobacco industry in his tobacco-growing state and he stood up to the gun-lobby and still won his election!  He is a champion for social justice, as is Hillary; and they will work together on criminal justice and immigration reforms, shoring up eroding infrastructures, strengthening civil rights and veteran’s care,  improve the current healthcare system and work toward a new paradigm in education.  They are both against the TPP, as it now stands, though Kaine voted for the Trade Promotion Authority bill that allowed Obama to negotiate on the Trans Pacific Partnership deal; there’s a difference folks!   Obama asked Congress, in 2014, for Authority for Use of Military Force against ISIS, but still the House and Senate are not “able to agree on language that both authorizes and constrains the war against ISIS”.  (They’d rather it appear that Obama is the non-actor).  Hillary and Kaine support updating the AUMF and “having Congress express its resolve to back our military and win this fight”!  Like I said:  True Grit!   VOTE BLUE!!

Not much!  It’s a good thing for the GOP party though that Trump has shown he’s capable of accepting ANY logical advice.  Pence is an ultra-conservative and embraces the party platform:  fewer regulations for big corporations (which equates to more polluted air and water and deforestation), cutting taxes on the uber-rich, relying on fossil-fuels, shunning green energy sources, pro-Fracking, pro-War, cutting social services and Medicare, privatizing Social Security and Veterans-care, repealing universal health-care coverage, limiting voting and civil rights, denying climate change, obstructing progress, promoting inequality, spending millions on bogus investigations, inciting witch-hunts, anti-education, anti-unions, anti-freedoms, anti-Choice, anti-Truth and Integrity, pro-animosity — promoting outrageous LIES against their opposition!  Pence should “be down” with all that!     I’ve watched four evenings of the GOP convention and I’ve heard very little Pro-Trump (aside from his wife and offspring); it’s been a MEGA HATE-FEST focused on Hillary Clinton, and perpetuating blatant lies against her (and the Democrats)!   Don’t  vote out of spite! GOP — House of Lies — Uniting through Hate!  ********************************* Men, I appeal to you ALL — to think about YOUR mother, YOUR wife, sweetheart, daughters, sisters, nieces, cousins, friends, grandchildren, sons, brothers, father –what do you want – available for THEM – in this country?    Is all this Hate-talk, division and disrespect worth it?!  Do we really want to go backward in this country to an uglier time?!  I think NOT!

Just another GOP Witch Hunt!  Another Clinton investigation where they can find NOTHING prosecution-worthy!  FBI Director James Comey’s remarks about Hillary having been extremely careless with her Secretary of State email account were intended to continue the exaggerated controversy meant to damage Hillary’s image in her run for presidency — as the GOP knows what a formidable candidate she is!   The GOP is willing to do ANYTHING to put one of their nincompoops in office.   Like the DOJ is going to set precedent charging Hillary for mishandling emails?!  LUDICROUS!  For all you who are so outraged by Hillary’s “mishandling” of her emails — where is your outrage for the 22 million emails deleted by Karl Rove from the private server installed in the Bush White House?   What of the 5 million or so “LOST” emails (in 2007 alone) of Dubya and Cheney ?   What of Condi Rice’s and Colin Powell’s emails, which were requested but not turned over to the FBI?   Ye Hypocrites!  “Straining at gnats and swallowing camels!”   Just like the 8 Benghazi investigations that cost the taxpayers over $7 million — all they’ve got is innuendo, accusations and GOP animus!  IT’S ALL THEY’VE GOT!!   Besides Drumpf!