Enough Already
Enough of flag-pin patriotism.
Enough of Judas and Joe McCarthy.
Enough of bullet-dodging heroic hyperbole.
Enough of racist fear disguised as indignation.
Enough of mind-reading punditry disguised as insight.
Enough of black versus white versus red versus blue versus god damn America versus god bless America.
Enough.
Sheesh.
Could it be…Spring???
The snowdrops have started blooming in my little garden. Happy Friday!
Lament for My Beloved Party
A month ago, I started the Pigspittle County for Obama group. Along with 60+ Pigspittlians, we canvassed, phone-banked, stood in the square and waved Obama signs, and coalesced, mostly through email, into a merry band. Among our group are several African Americans, which is especially gratifying in this county of 97% whites. One wrote to me after the election that she did not think it was possible to find herself among such a diverse group who believed in unity.
Racism is a rural reality. I knew it existed but I had never really witnessed it, first hand.
The Clinton campaign took every rural county in the state. Obama took the urban areas of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati. Does racism exist in this primary? Absolutely. Among Democrats. Which I naively believed was impossible.
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