I logged about 200 miles in the car today, delivering signs from Team Kendra HQ to various county headquarters in the northern panhandle (Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock counties). Hurtling down the road while highly caffeinated and listening to Kendrick Lamar’s Damn was my vibe today, and it was very good. A couple quick things:
1.) I went to three hq’s today, and I saw a grand total of two men (not including myself). One at Kendra HQ, and one at the Ohio County HQ. Other than that, everywhere I went, it was women making phone calls, women stuffing envelopes, women filling out postcards, women coordinating activities, and so on. Where are the men? I feel like support staff for the incipient matriarchy (which I should add I am totally ok with and would like to advertise my availability as stay at home dad).
2.) The WV Democratic party is near death, but if it is revived, it will have been done so by the sheer force of will of these women. And these are not women who are paid, these are not women in elected office, and they’re not women you probably known. They’re retired and former teachers, they’re the lady who works at the bank, they’re the woman who was a stay at home mom whose kids are in college, they’re the young woman at the local community college who is volunteering in her time off.
3.) While this is now a highly organized (emphasis NOW, because, you know, women) yet ragtag machine, it is completely organic. This stuff is coming from the ground up. A few of the people are well known and long time political organizers, but most of the people I am meeting are just doing it because shit has to change.
4.) OH… MY… GOD… Do not mention the “K word” (Kavanaugh). That name comes up in conversation and the entire tone and mood of the room shifts. I’ve said it before, but when that name comes up your best bet is to just treat every woman in the room like an unexploded world war 2 munition that you found partially buried in the French countryside. And I’m obviously joking, these women can control themselves, but I am serious that these ladies are to a person FURIOUS at Manchin and Kavanaugh.
5.) Having said that, I haven’t met any of them who are not going not vote for him. They don’t like it, and several have remarked that they have made life a helluva lot harder for them, but they are aware the alternative is worse and they just don’t need you (particularly you people with XY chromosomal makeup) to tell them. They’re not fucking stupid. They’re just angry and feel betrayed, and they have every right to feel that way because they were.
6.) I have never, and I mean never, seen this many yard signs up for Democrats in this area. They are literally everywhere you look where they can be. The local candidates for Senate and House of Delegates have done an amazing job getting their names out there, and I am proud of how many Kendra signs I have seen. It really cheers me up.
7.) Tomorrow afternoon after I get some work done I am taking a road trip north to Newell (home of Fiestaware) and New Cumberland, and I have a Honda CRV full of signs for three candidates. Everywhere I can find a place to stick them, I am gonna put them up. That area isn’t as heavily saturated (if at all) so I am going to wander up there like Johnny Appleseed but with political signs instead of apple seeds.
The little lady pictured above is Molly, who is a dead ringer for BFF Tammy’s dog, Charlie. I met Molly at the Hancock County Dem. HQ, where she was busy filling out postcards. I walked in, saw her and blurted out “OMG YOU HAVE A MORKIE” and immediately facetimed Tammy because she seriously looks like Charlie’s twin sister. Here’s a pic of Charles in Charge:
TWINS I SAY!
It goes without saying that Molly was a VERY GOOD GIRL and I will bring treats tomorrow as I swing through on my way to New Cumberland and beyond. I am in a much better mood today. Maybe something good is going on underneath the surface of our current hellscape (speaking of, I see the Reichstag fire got underway while I was out doing things).
dmsilev
Molly the Yorkie was busy filling out postcards? That’s a talented dog; I’m pretty sure even Lassie hadn’t yet mastered writing.
Jerzy Russian
If Wookies had pets, they would have dogs like that.
Pogonip
Cute fluffball!
Except for the local rich-white-liberal-lady enclave, which always has signs sprouting everywhere, in my area we have many fewer political signs than in past years. I don’t know if the parties are concentrating on door-to-door or if people are declining the signs for fear of attracting violence. (This latter concern wouldn’t affect the rich bitches as all their signs are for the same party, and any sign for the other party is usually stolen the same day it’s put up anyway, or so I’ve been told by people who live there.)
H.E.Wolf
Thank you, John!
Thank you for noticing; and thank you for participating. It’s appreciated!
artem1s
hopefully this blue wave will produce a tsunami of local candidates that can run for the House in a couple of years and finally rid the Democratic party of these fence sitters. I don’t believe any red district is safe anymore. Even if a Dem can’t get elected there are millions in those districts who will continue to show up at town halls and make those reps lives a living hell. the people have a taste for activism again. It won’t be enough to just gain the majority in the House or regain the WH now.
SiubhanDuinne
Wasn’t General Stuck’s dog also named Charlie, and wasn’t he also a Yorkie or Morkie or some kind of Orkie?
I adored that dog. IIRC, he went to one of Stuck’s sisters or nieces or something. I hope he’s thriving; he was adorable.
John, I’ve said it before: you are a good, good man.
NotMax
@Jerzy Russian
Not the Lucasverse, so only tangentially obligatory.
:)
Pogonip
I’m all for the peasantry telling off our rulers, whether in restaurants or town halls, but I have my doubts about a blue wave. We will see!
SiubhanDuinne
Oh, by the way: can
be a rotating tag, please?
Pogonip
@dmsilev: Yes, she had. She filled out and sent in the Federal aid forms the family needed, seeing as how they couldn’t get any farming done because their time was taken up with getting Timmy out of that well.
ruemara
I’m waiting for my flu test results. They stick a very long swab up your nose. I would really like to lie down on the floor because my head hurts. But that could be frowned on.
TaMara (HFG)
Pogonip
@ruemara: I’ve been sick for 3 weeks. Get well soon!
Pogonip
@TaMara (HFG): I agree!
TaMara (HFG)
@SiubhanDuinne: Done. My very first one. :-)
maeve
Two democratic women running here – for state rep Andi Story – think she’s has a good chance, she’s been 15 years on the school board and has good name recognition. We had a Democratic state rep but he isn’t running for re-election because of sexual harassment issues (he kept coming on to a local report in person and in email after she told him to to stop and so she filed a complaint – the validated the complaint and sentenced him to remedial education which is fair and he decided not to run again. So stupid – not the complaint or judgement but the action.)
And the US Rep running against AK sole rep Don Young – Alyse Galvin – she’s within 4 points in the polls! Which is also well within the margin of error since polls in Alaska are very sparse. She’s an independent who won the democratic primary (they allowed it this year) and her background in also primarily in education.
Hoping there’s a democratic surge in Alaska – the governor’s race was just thrown into chaos when the current Independent governor withdrew (too late to not be on the ballot) and endorsed Begich (the Democratic candidate) – which gets us out of the 3 way race the republican was sure to win but still makes it hard to win.
schrodingers_cat
@ruemara: Get well soon. I recommend fluids, warm milk with turmeric and a dash of cayenne, plus masala chai with black cardamom and/or ginger and chicken soup.
Patricia Kayden
This is a great post to read after such a horrific day. Thank you for doing your part, John. All hands on deck.
Mike in DC
I would like nothing more than to see David Niewert interviewed by CNN, MSNBC, PBS, ABC, NBC and CBS, in prime time, about the link between right wing violent extremism and Trumpism.
cynn
Hope all goes well! OT, I just noticed that the Walking Dead theme song sounds like Scary Monsters. Or has this already been litigated…
opiejeanne
you’re such a good egg, John Cole. You really are.
I can’t canvas and I never want to phone bank again (did that for Hillary and found out I hated doing it) unless it’s fielding incoming calls. I’ve done that for local candidates several times and talked to people who came into HQ to talk to someone who had doubts about the candidate and wanted to be persuaded.
geg6
I just got an invite to a Conor Lamb rally Monday night. There will be food (a local donor is paying). Think we’ll rsvp yes!
That said, you’re right, Cole. It’s the women, black and white, who are running things around here, too. The local party bigwigs have been stunned and out organized and are basically just taking orders from the women. It’s the most organized I’ve seen in my years of local activism since the steel unions were king back when I first became politically active. It’s amazing.
PsiFighter37
13 days to go. Hoping we get a surprise to the upside this time around.
opiejeanne
@opiejeanne: One thing I intend to do is find out if they’d like a delivery of food, and what they’d like.
The HQ party on primary night was a lot of fun and I think we wound up on local tv in Seattle with our Congresswoman and possibly one of our US senators. The food was not too great. Lots of sugar and heavy carbs.
Mary G
This is why I am not that worried about the midterms, despite the media “Democrats are doomed” blitz. Like many women I know, I have progressively done more and more political volunteer work because Republicans go lower and lower. I am full of rage (and reading Rebecca Traister’s new book, “Good and Mad,” which is ???????) and I know how to get shit done. Glad you decided to join us instead of stewing at home! And I didn’t know Sam had a brother or sister, why am I just learning this now?
And in other news, it appears that the teen may have turned a corner. I had been trying to keep my mouth shut, but I finally told his mother and stepfather a few things and they have really made the effort to listen to him more and give him positive attention and it has made a world of difference. He was having trouble with an art project he had to do – a collage about the “Unique Me” and they both took a couple of hours off last night and sat at the table with him googling silly things for him to put on it and laughing and talking and it was so good to see. Of course, his mom had to make up the time at her night job and didn’t get home until 3 am, but it was something he really needed. Last week he had three Fs, a D, a C and a B and 23 zeros for homework. Today he is up to two As, two Bs, a C and a D and only has three zeros. I told him I was happy and would like to take them somewhere on the weekend, to we are going to a reptile rescue, because his girlfriend loves snakes and lizards. Just to look.
JMG
Doing good things makes you feel good John. It’s the old sports cliche. Leave it all on the field. After that, fate takes over.
PS: Ordinarily, Cape Cod has yard signs everywhere, as it’s a region full of old people with time on their hands, a perfect combination for political activism. This year there are relatively few (still a healthy amount). Maybe that’s because the two top races on the ballot in Mass. are considered foregone conclusions.
White & Gold Purgatorian
Democratic women are the life of the party!
Every time I have worked at local Democratic headquarters the staff has been roughly 90% women, especially during the day. A few more men usually show up during the evening or on Saturday, but on weekdays the place would shut down without women.
I’ve wondered if Republicans are similarly dependent on women for (volunteer) staffing and, if so, what the hell are they doing for workers in the Trump era? Perhaps those creepy young, white, neo-nazi guys are stuffing envelopes, printing walk lists and organizing the phone banks for their Republican pals.
MazeDancer
Well observed, well said, John.
After mentioning yesterday that only 8% of the people asking for addresses to write PostCards at PostCardPatriots were men, big props to bunch of men stepping up.
And we have 3 Kendra Fershee addresses left if anyone would like to just do a little something.
PostCardPatriots.com
opiejeanne
@Mary G: How old is this kid? Sounds like a good thing you talked to Mom and Dad.
karen marie
@SiubhanDuinne: Hear hear – if this hasn’t already been seconded it, consider it to be seconded. If it has been seconded, consider it to be thirded or fourthed.
germy
Women are stepping up all over the country.
This political ad is short, simple and effective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRKwTKgRy0
Mnemosyne
Like I told you on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, JC — place the chocolate chip cookies on the doorstep and back away slowly and you’ll be fine.
tybee
our u.s. representative candidates are debating tonight. “buddy” carter is the incumbent rethug, lisa ring is the democratic challenger. i watched it for a bit but when the republican said “the government doesn’t need to get involved in pay rates. if women get paid less for the same job, that’s not the government’s problem”.
by that time mrs tybee was screaming obscenities at the tube and i wandered out. i’ll read the transcript later.
raven
Damn, we are headed to the beach tomorrow and have rented a large house right across from the water. We’ve invited a some folks to join us for the weekend and, in looking at the agreement, it says you can only have the number of people on the agreement no matter how many beds there are. I feel like it’s not worth taking a chance on something going wrong for our friends if they drive all the way there so I emailed the property manger and explained the situation. I sent it on my fancy ass work email hoping that would lend some legitimacy. I just made a couple of gallons of duck gumbo so I hope it all works out!
Anne Laurie
@SiubhanDuinne:
General Stuck always said rescue dog Charlie was a Silky Terrier. Going just from the number of Silkies registered in the Southwest, I’d personally have guessed Charlie was an oversized Yorkie — ‘backyard bred’ toy breeds tend to be a lot bigger than their show-ring cousins — but who am I to contradict General Stuck?
Mnemosyne
@Mary G:
If they think he may have ADHD but they’re resistant to medication, some of the non-medication things that will help are daily exercise for a minimum of an hour, adding omega-3s to his diet (he can take fish oil capsules if he doesn’t eat fish), and increasing protein/decreasing sugar.
And, of course, positive parenting will go a LONG way. There are a bajillion books and websites and articles out there to help with that. They may want to look at ADDitude magazine (http://www.additudemag.com) for some book reviews.
Marcopolo
From the Florida Governor’s debate tonight:
Wish I could watch this live..here is a twitter feed that followed it.
Ohio Mom
Just saw a clip of Trump making a statement about the mail bombs. He used the words “egregious” and “abhorrent” in grammatically correct, full sentences. Each sentence followed the next in a logical sequence.
You would think his speech writer would make it less obvious that this statement was not written by Trump. But maybe Trump likes it this way.
SiubhanDuinne
@TaMara (HFG):
Thank you! Can’t wait until it shows up in the rotation for the first time!
SiubhanDuinne
@Mnemosyne:
LOL, Mnem!
Mary G
@opiejeanne: He’s 15. Kind of a tough situation, because she was a single mom when she had him, and he was basically raised by her grandmother and extended family while she worked 70 hours a week, same as she was, and suddenly grandma died. He had to move from everyone and everything he had known, and they basically just expected him to suck it up and take care of himself. That wasn’t working real well. They only spent time with him yelling about his numerous and massive fuckups, so he fucked up more and more, because any attention is better than none.
Gravenstone
@Marcopolo: Ow! I’d like to think that exchange left a mark. But first Desantis would need to be capable of shame to be affected by it.
Ladyraxterinok
@germy: Agreed. Dems all over the country have some really stunning ads this year.
Pogonip
@White & Gold Purgatorian: Female volunteers keep religions and political parties going.
SiubhanDuinne
@Anne Laurie:
Stuck could have claimed that Charlie was a beagle-Dane-husky-corgi-dachshund-Border Collie-poodle-greyhound mix, and I wouldn’t care. I lost my heart to Charlie a long time ago.
bmoak
@Mike in DC: Dave Neiwert has said that US networks have basically blacklisted him and will not have him on under any circumstances
Mai Naem mobile
I have had my work phone for about eight years I used to get phone calls from Republicans early on when I got the phone number ammnd the name of the person who had the phone number sounded like an elderly woman. I am assuming that either died or is in the nursing home. Anyhow I started getting Republican texts again. I haven’t gotten them in a few years. P today’s get-out-the-vote message was from Ralph Reed. She must have been an Evangelical. Unfortunately I have not gotten that many get out the vote visit from1 the Democrats. I hope I am just missing them.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven:
Once again the USPS has fucked me over.
Mike in DC
@bmoak: Which is a damn shame and travesty if true, because he’s basically the foremost expert on right wing extremism in the United States. I think he said they freaked out whenever he linked RW extremism and Trumpism.
Josie
@Mnemosyne:
I was away from the internet (working on revisions) and didn’t see your question about Beto’s name until the thread was quite dead. It’s pronounced “Beh-to,” and the t is pronounced rather softly and rapidly, not with a staccato sound. The chocolate chip cookies are a great idea.
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodingers_cat:
The next time I’m sick, I’m coming to your place.
Mary G
These bastards:
Ohio Mom
@Mary G: Poor kid. That is a lot of loss.
Mai Naem mobile
I went to my local Democratic Precinct group to get some kyrsten Sinema signs. The guy said that they had been asking the Sinema campaign for signs for awhile. They made the Sinema campaign sound kind of incompetent. There is no address for the Sinema campaign because I am willing to go there to get them. When I drive around for work I see way more McSally signs Dan Sinema. There is no answer at the phone number for the Maricopa County Democrats. I understand not having an answer during non-peak times but you would think they would answer the phone when the election is so close.
NotMax
@SiubhanDuinne
Well, as a surprise you could parachute in. Bring cake.
;)
Heidi Mom
This afternoon I mailed the last of 100 postcards encouraging people to vote for George Scott, the Democratic candidate for Congress in PA district 10 (largely Harrisburg and suburbs). The cards came stamped and addressed from a local group called Cumberland Valley Rising, I just wrote the message. I’ve been seeing lots of signs for George Scott in this traditionally Republican area, many fewer for his Republican opponent, incumbent Scott Perry. Still to be written are 20 postcards for VA congressional candidate Elaine Luria, addresses courtesy of Postcard Patriots. I hope this helps; it certainly makes ME feel better.
Mike in NC
When we voted this week, it seemed to me that almost all of the poll workers were women.
Mai Naem mobile
@Mary G: I hope one of Jeff sessions kids is gay. Same goes for Sam Alito , Kavanaugh, John Roberts and Gorsuch.
FelonyGovt
Every time I get depressed and anxious about the election, I remember how incandescently furious women are. That includes myself, but also includes women I know who have never been even remotely political. We will be voting in force.
germy
White & Gold Purgatorian
@Pogonip: Not to mention a huge amount of the looking after of elderly and ill family members. Caring seems to be a major motivator for women. Many of us put our most precious asset, time, toward what we care about — family, religion, public policy.
MisterForkbeard
@Mai Naem mobile: Nah, their kids are protected by virtue of having powerful parents. It wouldnt affect them at all professionally.
SiubhanDuinne
@NotMax:
Could I tandem with Omnes?
Grover Gardner
My wife remarked yesterday that she’s never seen so many Democratic yard signs in our neighborhood–whic, for Medford OR, is saying something. I hope it translates into votes!
Mary G
This is my annual time to have to listen to Joe Buck and hate him. Not Smoltz, raven, just Joe.
ruemara
@Mary G: That’s so good. He’s lucky he has you.
I have no flu so this is a horrible cold. yay? And it’s ruined my plans for this week.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Sounds like Scott Walker, who dropped out of the R primary and encourage others to jump with him so that they could squeeze trump out, is at the Sixty Minute Hate in Wisconsin, lying about pre-existing conditions.
I wonder if Dale gets some kind of hazard pay for covering these toxic rage tests
?BillinGlendaleCA
@SiubhanDuinne: You’d trust Omnes with your life? You are Badass.
gene108
@Pogonip:
In my area the townships send crews around to yank yard signs that are the edges of roads or in the median. Basically, if it is not in your yard, the township may grab it.
Cain
@geg6:
In Oregon or at least in Hillsboro/Beaverton areas it has always been women. I’ve hardly seen many men. I don’t really understand why, but literally democratic campaigns are run by local women who are 55+. Love all of them. Super loving and affectionate.
Steve in the ATL
@Mai Naem mobile: I hope all their kids are gay and end up as the bottoms in relationships with large black people. But I am really, really disgusted with SCOTUS.
@SiubhanDuinne: at least you’re getting some!
@bmoak: he’s the Colin Kaepernick of tv news
raven
@Mary G: I got no dog in this fight except my LA family is hysterical.
gene108
@Mai Naem mobile:
One of Roberts’ cousins is gay. I know kids are closer than cousins, but having one gay family member didn’t matter to Roberts,
Steve in the ATL
@Mary G: Smoltz is a hardcore bible thumping republican so hate him all you want
raven
@Steve in the ATL: A couple I know here are biggy federalist society people and have a trans child. You probably know them.
Jeffro
For what it’s worth, peeps, Trumpov has already blamed the press and their negative coverage of him for the pipe bombs. Straight up.
I hate to say this, but we need a Trump rally thread(!)
Steve in the ATL
@raven: it’s blue state team versus blue state team, so I’ll root for the one that doesn’t use a DH all season!
raven
Honesty pays off, further!
raven
@Steve in the ATL: Yep, good hooper though.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steve in the ATL: Yes but one state has Chairman Jerry and it’s colors are blue.
Starfish
Most of the events that I have been to since the Trump election have been like this, with the majority of the people doing the work being women. It annoys me when these large groups of women have nothing but another white man as their candidate because the majority of the effort is women’s effort.
rikyrah
Thanks for the report from the field. Love the doggies ?
Raven Onthill
“We swarmed into the inner Palace. But the battle was over; we encountered no organized resistance. We went on down and down and down and found the Prophet’s bombproof. The door was open and he was there. But we did not arrest him. The Virgins had gotten to him first; he no longer looked imperious. They had left him barely something to identify at an inquest.” – Heinlein, If This Goes On –
Matt McIrvin
@Jeffro: He couldn’t even keep it the day he became President for a whole day?
Jeffro
@Matt McIrvin: Nope. No sir. Classic abuser mentality: “sorry that bad thing happened that I did/contributed to, but you had it coming”
Mary G
Read this thread. It starts off horrifying and the end is super great.
lurker dean
rock on, cole, great post.
raven
@lurker dean: Wait till you see the next one!
Dan B
@Mary G: LGBTQ pepple didn’t believe that the Trump admin would come after us so soon. We thought our efforts could focus on immigrants and people of color. I guess the approach is all-of-the-above. Or maybe it’s just the combo of Trump’s xenophobia, misogyny, and racism combined with Pence’s homophobia and transphobia that’s promoted the carpet bombing.
It will be “interesting” over the holidays with my attorney sister out-law (we’re not married, long story) who screamed that “Obergefell is settled law!” Five of the Supremes are Federalist Society. The org that put on a seminar in 2009 “Lawrence…Worst decision in US history” I wonder what encouraging words she’ll have for us this time? //s
Starfish
@Mary G: The people who are threatened by divergence from gender norms have completely lost their minds with the whole leaving the kid in the hallway during an active shooter drill.
gene108
@Mai Naem mobile:
Maybe they know you are a reliable vote and aren’t wasting limited resources on you?
When I am canvassing, I rarely run into committed voters. Most of them are undecided, which I guess is what they want to target.
Dan B
@Mai Naem mobile: John Roberts’ cousin is lesbian. I doubt that it troubles him but I’d be pleased if it did.
My brother and sisters’ in law don’t seem troubled as long as the horrible liberal conspiracy to create socialism by mob force is destroyed. Collateral damage is a sad thing, you know.
gene108
@Dan B:
There is no more settled law in this country.
Conservative justices, like Alito and Thomas, want to roll back the New Deal.
I am sure, if racists tried, they could get religious exemptions to having to offer public accommodations to minorities, thus wiping out the 1964 Civil Rights Act. I mean there’s not a big leap in logic from granting religious exemptions to serving gays to expanding it to include race.
I also await a case for the return of literacy tests, as they are only held at bay by what is left of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Face it, we have a SCOTUS, whose majority want to return to the jurisprudence of the Court from 1870 to 1936.
WaterGirl
@raven: You did the right thing — I hope it all works out!
WaterGirl
@Josie: That’s a good description. I couldn’t figure out how to explain what they do with the T that’s special.
Mai Naem mobile
@gene108: I don’t think cousins are the same thing as kids because many RWNJs think that you did something wrong if your kid turns out to be gay. Also cousins are easy to ignore. Kids are harder to ignore. @Steve in the ATL: also, I would like them in a relationship with a Muslin. All their worst fears. Gay,blackity black and Muslin.
Mai Naem mobile
@gene108: I would go along with literacy tests for Trumpov supporters not just blackity blacks and Messicans. Pretty sure Trumpov voters think the world is flat,the sun revolves around earth because Trumpov is on earth. Also they probably think only middle aged angry white men are allowed to vote and that Trumpov is a King and Jared is the Crown Prince.
Dan B
//s@gene108: When my sister in law (out law) said “settled law” I thought what does that matter? I’d lived in Arkansas during Jim Crow and there would have been cruel laughter about “law” unless it meant the white sherriff or the Klan.
And there are those pesky bible verses about keeping your slaves happy, etc.
Christiane Amanpour had a terrific interview with a Prof from Israel, Yuval Noah (last name?) whi spelled out clearly how society constructs norms, laws, and every concept. And how those can dissolve in a heartbeat. Settled Law is a tissue. It means nothing in a wind.
TomatoQueen
@Raven Onthill: I’ve thought of this story nearly every day since well before Nov 2016, and every day this story inches closer to reality.
lurker dean
@raven: HA! Gillum is on fire. He was great at the last debate also.
opiejeanne
@Mary G: I hate Joe Buck too.
and that poor kid. 15 is already a tough age. I just went to my 50th HS reunion and the memories of that particular age came flooding back, mainly because my boyfriend from that school year finally came to a reunion. He got in touch three years ago. We were like intimate strangers, awkward the way teenagers are, didn’t know what to say to each other. It was easier on social media and on the phone. My husband of nearly 49 years went too and had fun talking to the wives and husbands of a bunch of my friends, but mostly the wives. The boyfriend’s wife didn’t come. I wanted to meet her because she sounds like she’s as rabid as we are when it comes to Republican corruption.
opiejeanne
Oh, PTB? My comment to Mary G is in moderation, awaiting your approval. I don’t know what I said that annoyed the mighty hamsters that run this site.
Steve in the ATL
@opiejeanne: high school reunion stories require a trigger warning
opiejeanne
@Steve in the ATL: I dated other guys, after him, went steady with a couple, but he’s the one I think of as my HS boyfriend. I have had a great life with my husband and I wouldn’t trade it for anything, but there’s that moment when you look at someone you used to know and they look back, and you wonder for a split second what it would have been like.
Then you remember some of what it was like and you say, “Nah, I’m good.”
Elizabelle
I loved this post. Thank you, John Cole.
Wear that “It’s Mueller time” tee shirt happily. Go Democrats!
TerryC
Cole, stop at Homer Laughlin and visit the seconds bin. Costs average 14% of retail!
luzeelu
Funny, my companion/boyfriend, who has a nice dry sense of humor, says that after the election when the women take over, they will be driving around in pink busses and hauling the men off to re-education camps! Sounds great to me!
Mary Ellen Sandahl
My part of well-heeled tho diverse suburban North Jersey is always reasonably rich in yard signs – but this time around it’s everywhere there’s a spare piece of ground that can be seen from any kind of road or street. The local big contest is for the Congressional seat of Repub Rodney Frelinghuysen, famous for being scion of one of NJ’s oldest political plutocrat dynasties and for not having had a Town Hall in over 5 years. A local news writer referred to him as an “inbred goofball”. Has voted for Trump initiatives over 90% of the time.
Last Spring he managed to decipher the writing on the wall and decided to retire. Race now between Dem ex-Navy pilot and former Fed prosecutor, Ms. MIkie Sherrill and Rep State legislator Jay Webber, a notable Trump-stroker. I’d say the Sherrill signs have anyway a 30% numerical advantage; she’s got a powerhouse largely female Resistance org behind her called NJ 11th for Change. Five Thirty-eight gives her a 6 out of 7 chance of winning the seat. Yes!