I've got a cousin running for Mayor of Detroit

[MrScorpio]

http://eicosanoidresearchfoundation.org/article/poll-bing-leads-barrow

The election is tomorrow. Polls are predicting a victory for his opponent, the incumbent mayor, Dave Bing.

If these were better times for the city, I would be more upset about the prospect of a loss for my cousin. But, with things being as they are in the city, I don't think any one politician can resolve its problems, only preside over its continued failure.

Detroit's problems represent a concentrated microcosm of the issue of wealth inequality that plagues the entire nation. A sign of what has happened when the nation sacrificed the working class on the altar of Wall Street.

Places all over America are beginning to resemble the tattered remains of the place where I was born and raised as a testament to the loss of our industrial base.

People are suffering. Greed and indifference has made America closer to a third world nation than the leader of the first world.

If we're ever going to recover, we're going to have to go back to the basics of democracy and rebuilding of our working class.

If the right wing is going to persist in calling the revival of people who work for a living, "marxist", "socialist" and "communist", so be it. The people who are out of work and see that the right wing is working against them and for those who put into this mess in the first place are going to be the ones who make the right wing suffer.

Failing to be elected is one thing, but if Americans listen to the wingers and continue to work against their best interests, failing ourselves as Americans is another thing altogether.

[Roland99]

1. A tale as old as time (well, pretty old anyway)

People falling for the trap that they, too, can one day be wealthy and just like the Goldman Sachs CEO if they continue to vote Republican. Oh, and that will keep God in the schools and gays out of the military which are both, obviously, paramount to America's economic survival.



Or something....

[fujiyama]

2. The best of luck to your cousin

but I definitely am sympathetic to Bing. He was left with a mess and has the responsibility few could envy. I see the voters are not punishing him for making unpopular decisions (especially with some of the job cuts he's made). After all, considering what Detroit went through with Kwame, Bing is quite the contrast. He seems like a stand up guy.

Either way, I think it's great your cousin is even participating in city politics. The voting rate in the city is abysmal and I'd be surprised if it even hits 30%.