December 13, 2017--Stars Fell On Alabama
Briefly--
Yes, stars fell on Alabama last night.
The big winner was human dignity.
The winners also included, obviously, Doug Jones; African American voters who turned out to give him more votes in percentage terms than they did to Barak Obama; and a goodly percentage of white women who in the privacy of the voting booth said, "Enough."
Then, there are the rest of us who believe in our "system"--that checks and balances are still functioning in Donald Trump's America.
The losers are many--knee-jerk partisans; talk radio demagogues; bigots, racists, and antisemites; a lot of Republicans who will lose elections in 2018; Donald Trump (his presidency is imploding now on a fast track); and, my schadenfreude favorite, Steve Bannon who is no longer the boy genius. Off to the ash-heap of history for him.
Yes, stars fell on Alabama last night.
The big winner was human dignity.
The winners also included, obviously, Doug Jones; African American voters who turned out to give him more votes in percentage terms than they did to Barak Obama; and a goodly percentage of white women who in the privacy of the voting booth said, "Enough."
Then, there are the rest of us who believe in our "system"--that checks and balances are still functioning in Donald Trump's America.
The losers are many--knee-jerk partisans; talk radio demagogues; bigots, racists, and antisemites; a lot of Republicans who will lose elections in 2018; Donald Trump (his presidency is imploding now on a fast track); and, my schadenfreude favorite, Steve Bannon who is no longer the boy genius. Off to the ash-heap of history for him.
Labels: Alabama Senate Race, Doug Jones, Roy Moore, Schadenfreude, Steve Bannon
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