Please don’t tell me I as a Democratic voter need to sympathize with their so-called “grievances.” Blind hatred gives meaning to their lives. Gosar’s actions or the virtual lock step support given him by the rest of his party, with Kevin McCarthy leading the way, pointing the finger at Democrats with sanctimonious false equivalencies that are Republicans’ stock in trade.īut the underlying problem is Mr.
I don’t know what the bigger scandal is, whether it’s Mr.
He no doubt plans to act the martyr, wearing his censure like a badge of honor, designed to stir his angry constituents to re-elect him by an even greater margin. He is unrepentant after the vote, going so far as to retweet the animated video of him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and assaulting the president. Anyone in any other organization would be summarily fired for a similar stunt. So what that Representative Paul Gosar was censured? He gets to remain a congressman. Re “ Republican Censured by a Divided House for a Violent Video” (news article, Nov. Brooks comes on the Fourth of July, he can join us in the annual parade, in pickup trucks and on foot, waving flags and singing “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” and other patriotic favorites until our voices are hoarse and our guitar strings break. But we also help with the nonpartisan work of local government and community organizations in the county’s many small towns and smaller villages. We work hard for worthy Democratic candidates in the many state and local elections between the presidential spectacles. We are business owners, employees, farmers, teachers, entrepreneurs, students, retirees from all walks of life, deer hunters and vegans. 5):ĭavid Brooks would have to rework the picture he paints of Democrats as the “party of the elite” if he came to visit us here in rural Benzie County, Michigan. Re “ Democrats Must Confront Their Privilege” (column, Nov.
Re “ In Rural Areas, Prospects Sink for Democrats” (front page, Nov.