Ten Days until Georgia's Primary Election

The primary election for many offices in Georgia takes place on May 24th. Early voting begins today. I really do not want to write about politics any more. I want to write about an estimated 225 year old water oak tree in my yard. George Washington was President when the tree was a sapling. I want to try to correlate events in history through time with the growth of the sapling. 

I want to write about Maribel and me closing in on five years of living in Georgia, and our impressions of the area after those five years. But I can't seem to make myself write about those or any other topics...and perhaps not until the election is over.

I'm 81 and have never been so emotionally invested in an election as I am this one. What's driving me is that the Republican Party is broken, the radical-right is making a mockery out of themselves and the party, and the Democrats are doing everything they can to take advantage of it. I know that many right-leaning people, especially those living in the south don't agree with my political views, but I'm going to keep beating the same drum until the last vote has been counted. 

To stop the Democrats we need to fix the Republican Party, and to do that Donald Trump and his cult followers must be marginalized...must be relegated to the status of private citizens. The only way to do that is to vote his far-right supporters out of office. Trump and the radicals are intimidating most of the more moderate conservative elected officials (and citizens) from speaking out; from beginning the task of rebuilding the Republican Party. 

Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the chief irritants festering in the Republican Party. Her defeat on the 24th could be THE EVENT that starts a return to normalcy in the party. There are a number of Republican candidates running against Marjorie. Dr. Charles Lutin and Jennifer Strahan are realistically the only two who have a chance of beating Greene. We've done the research, and the person who best represents what we believe in is Charles Lutin. 

But it's not just a choice between Republican candidates. A real danger is that the Democrats believe that Greene's outrageous words and actions have made her vulnerable, and have poured millions of dollars into the coffers of their Democratic candidate Marcus Flowers. He's getting much more television time than all of the Republican candidates combined. 

Maribel and me will be heading to the polls early next week to cast our votes. We're hoping that the 14th Congressional District will see a large turn-out of voters and that those voters want a conservative representative in Washington who will focus on Georgia and our district and our wants and desires. MTG ain't it. The liberal Marcus Flowers ain't it. Charles Lutin is.