The Way You Used to Do
May. 17th, 2022 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7Primary elections today. Most races are already won or lost, so I did what I tend to in primaries - voted for the most progressive candidate. This was a first for me, to the best of my memory. Every candidate I voted for is Black.
I don't feel good about this coming November. My district is solidly blue, but it's a tiny island surrounded by a deep red sea. If the Repugs don't win fairly (and I think they will), then they're going to cheat and then the very best thing we can hope for is a couple of years of nothing getting done. I don't want to dwell on the worse outcomes.
Denis Detwiler wrote this week that there's going to come a day in the US when the shootings start, and just don't stop this time. I think he's right. We're in real trouble, and I don't know that it's going to get turned around. Around, hell, I don't know if it can be turned away.
After no real debate, I bought a Sunday badge for GenCon. If I go, I'll have a good day trip, and if I don't go, I'm out $16 and I should be able to handle that.
I don't feel good about this coming November. My district is solidly blue, but it's a tiny island surrounded by a deep red sea. If the Repugs don't win fairly (and I think they will), then they're going to cheat and then the very best thing we can hope for is a couple of years of nothing getting done. I don't want to dwell on the worse outcomes.
Denis Detwiler wrote this week that there's going to come a day in the US when the shootings start, and just don't stop this time. I think he's right. We're in real trouble, and I don't know that it's going to get turned around. Around, hell, I don't know if it can be turned away.
After no real debate, I bought a Sunday badge for GenCon. If I go, I'll have a good day trip, and if I don't go, I'm out $16 and I should be able to handle that.