I’m a political junkie. Not in any way am I an ideologue though. That’s too harrowing and somewhat requires a narrowed lense of life.
If you were going to pin me down, you might say I’m a fiscal conservative who’s a social liberal. I don’t vote on abortion, gay rights, or the 2nd Amendment for the most part…even though I’m clearly pro-choice, clearly believe in gay rights, and wonder who is it exactly in America that feels they don’t have enough guns currently. None of those issues drive me to vote for or against a candidate usually, because it’s very rare if ever you’re going to find a candidate who aligns perfectly with you on every issue.
I want this in a POTUS… Someone who understands the world, someone who understands America’s place in the world, someone who has enough knowledge to be Commander in Chief, and someone who aspires for all 330 million Americans to have skin in the game as far as pursuing the American Dream. I don’t necessarily stay awake at night worrying about American exceptionalism, but I do think it would be nice to have a White House which doesn’t look like a really, really bad Jerry Springer episode gone even worse.
That’s it. If the Mike Pence’s of the world and those who follow his ilk have their agenda—it’s certainly not mine in that I’m more of a New Testament kind of guy. Wouldn’t a Mike Pence-Mike Huckabee presidency be wonderful for the Christians in America? Note sarcasm dripping off my monitor as I finish paragraph.
When it gets cold, I go on voracious reading sprees. I guess I’m kind of a binge reader. This week I’ve read three excellent books in relation to our ‘current situation’ in regards to Caligula’s hostile takeover of America.
Two of the books are by two conservative and one is by a liberal. So, again I’m not an ideologue. Not in the least. I don’t read what I think I want to hear, because at this point I have no f—king idea exactly what it is I think I want to hear.
Book 1 How in the Hell Did This Happen by PJ O’Rourke. Hilariously funny book which offers a conservative’s view on how Caligula Lite pulled this off. BTW…O’Rourke endorsed Hillary. And double BTW, in case this escaped you, the Koch Brothers didn’t endorse Caligula. Their candidate didn’t win. So…Donald Trump won for other reasons, namely–Hillary Clinton came across the wrong way to a great many Americans….including women.
Book 2 Giant of the Senate by Al Franken Obviously this book was released before Franken’s resignation. Just an excellent book. One I couldn’t put down. He’ll be missed by the Dems because from my perspective he was one of the smarter senators the Dems had/have in office. He always asked the best questions during Judiciary Committee hearings. He should have been a lawyer since he was already at Harvard getting his undergrad degree. Ted Cruz at some point in his lawyer life will aspire to ask questions like Franken asked of Sessions, DeVoss, and Pruitt.
Book 3 Two Paths by John Kasich. I ended up voting for Kasich. I felt his qualifications and personality were more suited to our current needs as a nation in regards to getting pointed back in the right direction. Excellent book as well. I don’t think John Kasich has much of a chance in hell of becoming POTUS, but that’s more on what we have become as opposed to what he could contribute. He’s too boring for the dysfunctional swath of American voters who seemingly decide U.S. elections currently. But still…maybe as a nation we’ll have an epiphany of sorts at some point. Probably not, though. Larry Flynt 2020, right? But at least that would be an upgrade over Caligula.