Twilight in Northwest Georgia: Judge Gordon, We Are Already There

Monday, November 16, 2020

Judge Gordon, We Are Already There

This from an ABC news article this morning:

"When Republican lawyers in Nevada complained their observers were not close enough if they could not hear everything poll workers were saying, U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon pushed back. "At what point does this get ridiculous?" the exasperated judge, an appointee of President Barack Obama, asked before ruling against the Republicans."

Judge Gordon, it has passed the point of ridiculous. With every passing day, Trump and incredibly the majority of the Republican party leadership, either by their open support or silence are making a mockery of conservative ideology. Voters in 2024 will carry with them to the ballot box the images of a leaderless political party in shambles and a President who's sanity must soon be questioned, and who had to be physically ejected from the White House while shouting "I was robbed!" Don't laugh. This is Trump we're talking about...it could happen.

Four years is a short time. Can a coherent platform of conservative policy and principles be reestablished by 2024? And who would be a candidate? It will have to be someone who is not now on the horizon...someone who is not associated with Trump or those still openly supporting him; someone who is intelligent, mature and has the wisdom and leadership ability to carry the banner of conservative thinking.

(A little later) I've been thinking about the scenario I painted above about Trump not voluntarily leaving the White House and wondering how far fetched that is. There are plenty of ultra-right bubas here in Appalachia who would be perfectly willing to jump into their Trump banner bearing, muffler less, vintage pick up trucks with their AK rifles and drive up to Washington to protect their leader. If that were to happen I would be shocked but not surprised. Nothing that is Trump connected surprises me anymore.

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Hi. My name is Tom. I am a long-time blogger, having started in my native Wisconsin some fifteen years ago and continuing during my ten years living in Peru. I all but stopped posting to my blog when my wife and I returned to the United States and moved to Rossville, Georgia in July of 2017. We don’t actually live in Rossville. We live in one of those census-designated places, a term I really don’t understand and am not interested enough to learn about. The only practical difference I can see is that the city does not pick up our trash.

I’m starting a new blog because my old one was Peru specific, and that was yesterday. I chose the title ‘Twilight in Northwest Georgia’ for two reasons: twilight because I am old and for me age is playing an ever-increasing role in how I view myself and the world around me. And Northwest Georgia for obvious reasons. It’s not a great title but it identifies and introduces what it needs to. Good enough.

This blog is not going to have a central theme…it’s not going to be about anything specifically. I like to write and will post about anything and everything that may interest me at the moment. I do know that my wife Maribel will be mentioned frequently because she is everything to me.

A comment here about my writing style and philosophy might be in order. We live in an era of political correctness…a time when the broadcast and print media, politicians, and petty people in general are lined up like vultures, eagerly waiting to pounce on anyone for the slightest faux pas, no matter how innocent and unintended. The media do it to sell their services. Politicians do it to advance their careers by degrading others. Petty people do it because…well…because they’re petty people. It is never my intent to be politically correct, politically incorrect, obnoxious or offensive. I can be critical and sometimes very critical but try my best to be objective. I do like to praise when praise is warranted. I do have pet peeves, am very opinionated and can be very vocal about them, which in the past has drawn the ire of some readers on my old blog. But that’s life. We all have different likes, dislikes, values and beliefs. The key is how we handle those differences.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for me to write. I am opening it up to the public simply because someone may find something of interest in my ramblings. Any reader comments or criticisms, provided they are civil, are welcome.