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In reply to the discussion: Here we FUCKING go again. "Pussy Grabber" and Kavanaugh in ultimate power, and we hang our guy who [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)this occurs in a far, far larger context than whether a VA governor would get to finish out the his single term. Our entire nation is in an existential battle for our future. Will we continue as a representative democracy where voters choose our governors? Or will they be chosen by an uberwealthy ruling class? Will we always be chatting on line like this, or will we nervously remember and regret what we once wrote?
The culture wars and current surge of demands for women's and minority rights and equality are a big part of this. On right and left, they are supplying much of the voter fuel that wannabe kleptocrats are using to take power AND much of the voter fuel Democrats are using to fight to save our democracy. Some naturally assume what's happening here is all about one man and racism, but it's not. But for sure what's happening is especially huge for POC. We all have a tremendous amount at stake, but how much worse would their lives be if we all lost the power of the vote? In a world where whole towns and counties can now be quickly brought to their knees, scrabbling for survival, just by turning off the electricity and water?
In any case, that's what I believe is happening. When the right manages to weaponize one of our politicians against us in this giant battle, his or her colleagues move to eliminate their new weapon, not leave it in place to batter us right up through November 2, 2020.