Georgia can do better: failing to meet low standard
We are now over a month past the 2020 election. The results were clear. Joe Biden won and President Trump lost.
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Are Republicans the enemy of the people?
I don’t think I need a reference to convince anyone that the people of the United states are facing hard economic times. There are probably some who are doing OK or better but a good number of people could use a bit of help.
The Democrats in the House realized the Covid-19 relief bill (H.R.6800 – The Heroes Act) passed May 15, 2020 was not enough. Some benefits were insufficient and others were set to expire. For example the federal supplement to unemployment benefits would expire at the end of July.
Of course the Senate Republicans have done next to nothing to address this problem. Except the occasional complaint about unemployment benefits being too high. They are now in the process of trying to look like they are helping while spending as little as they can get away with and eliminating worker protections.
It appears the Republicans are the enemy of the people, at least those who work. And Democrats are trying to help. I hope Georgians consider this in the run-off elections.
Are Republicans the enemy of democracy?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the election. It took a few days to get the results but they were clear. Joe Biden won and President Trump lost. It was not especially close. Biden won and clear majority in the Electoral College and won the popular voted by 7 million.
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Biden is better for your health
I think Joe Biden is the best choice. There are quite a few reasons but for now I’ll focus on the most immediate problem. About 230,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 in recent months. Biden is better for your health.
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Accelerating death rate from COVID-19
I noted earlier this morning that President Trump’s America First policy is working in COVID-19 area. In the past 24 hours we led the world in new COVID-19 cases and deaths. We are also a leader in cumulative death from the coronavirus.
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America First
Congratulations President Trump.
You have led the United States to a number 1 position. Setting a world record for the number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours.
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Biden is Better
I used to subscribe to The Economist and I am thinking of re-subscribing. I still get their email newsletters. It is a great magazine. I found it sensible and centrist with a bit of humor.
They cover the world and are based in the UK so naturally their perspective on US events is a bit different from the American media. There was so much to read and all of it was well-written that I constantly found myself running a few issues behind. So I was very interested in their take on the upcoming presidential election.
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Jon Ossoff for Senate in Georgia
I lived in Georgia for 30 years while at the CDC in Atlanta. When I moved to Atlanta in 1978, the state was pretty solidly Democratic. I remember elections where the choice was in the Democratic primary. Republicans sometimes put up no opposition in the actual election. When I retired in 2008 Republicans dominated.
I do remember the House candidate in my district being criticized by the Republican candidate for not being a good Christian. He was Jewish. I thought he was a good Representative. His Republican opponent won but later went to jail for perjury related to a money laundering scheme for a drug trafficking operation.
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Is Donald Trump the David Duke of this decade ?
In 2016 Donald Trump said he did not know who David Duke is. He was asked because David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who ran for the Senate, supported him in the election for President.
I knew about David Duke since I was living in Georgia in 1990 when he ran for the Senate from Louisiana and almost won. It seemed kind of a big deal and I assume it was national news. Somehow Mr. Trump missed it. Or maybe he just forgot or was just untruthful.
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Misinformation about voting
Be careful about robocalls and texts spreading misinformation about voting to make you less likely to vote. The message could be that you polling place has changed, your mail-in ballot could be tampered with, one of the candidates has quit the race, voting will expose private information, voting will give information to the police or debt collectors, or voting will subject you to various undesirable consequences.
If you do hear something that will change your voting behavior, always try to confirm it.
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Follow-up on Amy McGrath and Ditch Mitch
Just following-up in my last post COVID-19 is not a joke even if Mitch McConnell thinks so. I mentioned his opponent in the senate race in Kentucky and the debate, Amy McGrath.
Unlike Senator McConnell, Amy McGrath does not find the plight of people dealing with the health and economic effects of COVID-19 to be funny. She would actually like to help people in Kentucky and around the county.
So here are a few highlights from her website. She brings much experience to her campaign and i think she will be much better for both the people of Kentucky and Americans around the county.
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Fake News and the 2020 Democratic Party Platform
There is some fake news going around as an email about the upcoming election. An email lists some disturbing facts about the 2020 Democratic Party Platform. This is a good example of why you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet even an email from a friend. In my case this came from a friend who is a Republican.
Before I get started let me give you couple of links.
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Lies and election ads
Thanks to President Trump’s leadership we have seen almost 215,000 deaths in the United States and major economic problems. Yet he maintains that he has done a great job and would like us to vote to give him another 4 years.
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2020 Russian election advantages
There is little doubt that Russia intervened in our presidential election of 2016 in favor of candidate Donald Trump. It has been confirmed multiple times by our intelligence agencies and most recently by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
President Trump denies this and takes the word of President Putin that Russia did not interfere in our elections over the findings of our intelligence agencies.
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Amy Klobuchar for President
Anyone who has seen my previous writings on Donald Trump will not be surprised that I do not think President Trump should be re-elected.
So I have been watching the Democratic debates and doing a good amount of reading about the various candidates. And there certainly are quite a few who I think would be a much better president.
But among them I favor Senator Amy Klobuchar for several reasons. She has been a highly effective senator and has been able to work well with both Democrats and Republicans. She has won re-election in a state easily carried by Donald Trump in 2016. And unlike President Trump she will be a President for all Americans, not just “the base”.
She is more moderate in her approach than many Democrats in this primary race but often shares the same goals. For example, I think all the Democrats running favor getting to health care coverage for all Americans with guarantees for coverage of pre-existing conditions. Some think the way is Medicare for All but Amy would rather improve the Affordable Care Act to move us toward universal health care and lower costs. Her positions on health care and many other topics are discussed in Much more detail on her website, https://amyklobuchar.com/.
The New York Times has provided a much shorter profile of Senator Klobuchar. The link at the top of that page (Who’s Running) will lead you to information on candidates (both R and D) running for president.