Here we are again: One nation, divided, with varying degrees of liberty and justice. And we get to vote on what — and who — comes next.
A check with the Elections Board office reveals that more than 9,000 Fayette residents have already cast their ballots, making them immune to whatever attack ads and vile campaign tricks are spewed in the coming week.
Immune because they’ve already voted, and can’t ask for a do-over.
If I could ask for a do-over, I’d include the past six years, but the best I can do now is hope that the touchscreen ballot has been calibrated to accurately reflect what I touch when I “enter the voting booth,” in the euphemism that no longer reflects reality. The secret ballot has become kind of semi-secret to anyone passing nearby.
One of my coworkers asked me if I were going to vote for Sam Nunn’s daughter for U.S. Senate. I replied that I did not intend to vote for Harry Reid, the Democrat majority leader in the Senate.
“So you’re voting for that liar, David Perdue?” she said as I walked away.
Actually, yes, I intend to vote for “that liar,” David Perdue. Perdue is a small-bore liar when compared to the masters of the Democrat Party with whom Michelle Nunn will be allied. You remember, “If you like your doctor …”? That’s a scale of lie that few American politicians can ever achieve.
And I intend to hold my nose and vote (again) for Nathan Deal, despite the odor wafting from the ethics woodpile. The alternative? Hand over the reins of state government to a young Mr. Carter, who has not much more experience running anything of consequence than his national leader, Mr. Obama. Carter would be checking with White House “experts” on what “quarantine” means and whether he will be allowed to implement it.
How’s that competence thing working out, anyway? And Democrats want more and bigger government? Which automatically means more and bigger incompentency? How can (intelligent) people still vote Democrat? A triumph of everlasting hope over ever-increasing bitter experience, I guess.
And thanks to the race-based “reasoning” of the Obama Justice Department and the NAACP’s lawsuit, I get to sit out this election season for three local seats being decided for the county commission and board of education.
Once upon a time, I (and you) had the chance to vote for all five members of both boards. No more. So the NAACP can get their one seat on each board, they give up having any say in the other eight candidates. The clear mathematical result is that four-fifths of every Fayette voter’s rights — black and white — were taken away to ensure the certain racial or party (Democrat) election of two candidates in one district. And some people consider that a victory?
And all five members of each board will still get to spend my money and your money — all of it — even though I (and you) were allowed to vote for only one member for each board. This is local government, not the distant U.S. Congress. It should be better here, not the same degree of bad.
Something has gone off the track here. Common sense, maybe.
So what will it all look like on Nov. 5? I rate the Republicans’ chances of snatching defeat out of the monster jaws of victory at about 60-40.
While Democrats are incompetent at running government, Republicans are equally incompetent at winning elections they should win. Exhibit No. 1: Georgia. Given the state of the nation, it shouldn’t even be close.
Let’s “hope” the Republicans “change” that sorry state of affairs.
[Cal Beverly has been editor and publisher of The Citizen since 1993.]
