All the Presidential candidates have descended on Arizona, anticipatory to the local primary. It’s quite a circus…especially with the Republican clowns in evidence.
Cruz was down at the border pandering to hatred of Mexicans and Indians. He hasn’t a clue to the real issues: only to the mentality of people who would vote for him.
The local right-wing crazies optimistically compare Trump with the craven Sheriff Joe Arpaio and suggest the similarity between the two opportunists’ political strategies points the way to the White House for Trump.
Meanwhile, Clinton campaigns at a high school in the decrepit low-SES district of South Phoenix (not to say “ghetto”), presumably hoping to get out the vote among the poor and to demonstrate her progressive creds among those who understand that the American middle class is going, going, almost gone.
Sanders is in Tucson, where a substantial educated, enlightened population has grown up around the University of Arizona, the state’s only reasonably decent institution of higher education. That would be, he no doubt figures, where his constituency clusters here in our backward fly-over state.
And Trump? He’s taken over the city’s huge convention center, where protesters started marching at dawn.
Meanwhile, no one seems to notice that our honored legislators are busy trying to draw a line around women’s right to decide what they will do with their bodies, that Arizona is distinguished by ranking at the top of the list for states whose college graduates move away (why might that be??), that the nitwit-infested legislature has defunded the largest community college system in the country (we need a lot of junior colleges because most of our high-school graduates are not well prepared for four-year universities), that the City of Phoenix is about to jack up property taxes in the face of a budget surplus, that utility companies are trying to raise their rates even higher while they work to quash rooftop solar power — this, in a state where electric bills are already among the highest in the nation — and the city’s wi-fi service is so. freaking. slow….that it’s taken almost 45 minutes to get into just these few links to write just these few words.
WhatEVER. My plan is to walk the dogs while it’s still cool enough and then stay out of the car and off the roads for the rest of the day.
I don’t know Funny….I’m beginning to think we should be “grateful”…Not so long ago I can remember folks didn’t really show much interest in politics and voting was at an all time low. And the “silent majority” became a key phrase. But like it or not….for better or worse…our population seems “energized” and realizes that indeed their vote is important. True these folks may have positions we don’t agree with BUT they are participating….Which is what democracy is all about…..Your thoughts?
Yeah, that’s so: Better to have people all riled up than dozing through the election.
I’ll bet the turnout for this Presidential election will be the best in history! 😀
Yeah, I know the feeling on what you’re seeing, as Michigan was the hotspot a couple of weeks back. Glad they’re gone.
I’m looking ahead and if current things hold, it looks like it could be Trump vs. Clinton for the election. I honestly would have no idea what to do. I know that this might, in some ways, get people to vote, but I’m looking at my own example and it’s a bit the opposite. I’ve voted in every presidential election since I turned 18, but I can honestly say that I think both of them would be terrible for the country in their own ways, and I always prefer to vote FOR someone and this would be a time where I might not, so would I use my vote to vote AGAINST someone? Just not sure. Or maybe it’d be third party for me.
Long ways out but I can’t honestly see things getting any ‘better’ in terms of trying to think that there might be more sensibility than exists today.
Yup. You got that right.
It surely does look like Trump v Clinton is the direction we’re headed. Ohhh dear God!
Maybe the Republicans will run someone else. Or maybe one of the primary Republican candidates will run as a third candidate? If so, he’ll have to get his act together very soon.
For my money, Trump is infinitely worse than Clinton, and she ain’t great. It makes my head hurt every time I read the news.
If we put Trump in there this time, who will we elect next time? How about Don Corleone?