Political gridlock and partisanship run amuck may be slowly dissolving. What is happening is more and more Americans are registering independent. The percentage of Democrats and Republicans is eroding. This should result in more and more politicians realizing that hard line party positions will not longer work if they want to be re-elected. About time if you ask me.
Former WV Supreme Court Justice "Spike" Maynard has become a Republican and has decided to run against Nick Joe Rahall for Congress. Now that corporations can promote issues and candidates without limits or restrictions other than disclosure of the source of funds, it should be "interesting" to see how Massey and Don Blankenship choose to become or choose not to become involved in this campaign.
I am told if one adds up the numbers on a roulette wheel, the total is .......... 666.
Why are folks so afraid of speech? Hollywood can advertise a bad movie all they want - it will still flop at the box office. Remember Ishtar? Candidate A outspends Candidate B and yet Candidate B wins - it happens all the time in every election cycle. What disturbs me most is this automatic distinction some folks have between corporations (bad actors) and people (good actors). Apparently anything that a corporation supports is without further consideration to be opposed as bad and evil. Where this comes from is beyond me. I guess the problem lies in the fact that almost everyone has been frustrated to the point of wanting to scream in dealing with a credit card company, a bank, a hospital, a phone company, an airline, etc. But on the other hand we have all run into people who are dangerous, evil, mean-spirited, ignorant, hateful and abusive. Corporations and people should be judged on their actions not on whether they are a corporation or the holder of a birth certificate. The bedrock of our democracy is two-fold. It consists of common sense and fairness. Americans don't "buy" doublespeak nonsense whether it comes from corporate American or individual leaders. Americans also want the underdog to get a chance to succeed whether that is a small corporate business or a talented human being willing to work and strive.
politics is one of the few areas where telling the truth can be (a) unwise, (b) get you in trouble and (c) cause you to lose a race or be impeached?
Just about everybody has seen the ATandT wireless vs. Verizon wireless TV ad with the red and blue maps showing the gaps in the ATandT coverage. What depresses me (in addition to getting tired of seeing these ads so much) is that on BOTH maps West Virginia practically stands out in its total and recognizable outline because of LACK OF COVERAGE on both maps. Geez. The only place with less coverage appears to be west Texas.
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