Politics: 2020 Michigan Senate Race

I miss being able to talk some about important political things like I did in my Madam Secretary blog or other blogs. You might have gotten the point that I cared about some elections than I did others and you’d be right. I am constantly adding more and more that I care about. Thanks to the Midwestern governor alliance, I am adding Ohio, Minnesota, and Michigan to a previously unnamed and unranked priority two of elections that I care about. I doubt that I can get all of what I need to in for each election cycle unless or until I do posts on episodes of this show again at some point. But you know from the title of this post what I’m covering and I don’t think that there is much to explain about why I’m covering this so I might as well get this done.

Let’s start with the incumbent Democrat in the race who is a man named Gary Peters. He is in a bit of danger as Michigan went to Trump in 2016, a fact that applies to only one Democrat up for reelection this cycle in the senate and he is the only one who was elected six years ago since Doug Jones wasn’t elected until 2017 and only because a seat was vacated during that time. It did not seem too likely last I checked that he would lose, but it is possible.

The Republican challenger is John James. He is a black Republican so that could prove to be a bit of an advantage, but maybe not much of one. He is against the ACA, which becomes more and more of a ridiculous thing to want to get rid of during a terrible pandemic that has been only been doing better in states like this one due to resources needed by things that it provides.

The endorsement in the race couldn’t be clearer to me. Gary Peters is the best candidate in the race. He has done a lot of good in the senate and can continue to do more good if people vote for him again. I realize that a lot of early voting is under way in this country. So if you can vote for Michigan and haven’t already voted, then vote for Gary Peters for senate.

Politics: 2020 Iowa Senate Race

Since this post isn’t on the usual day, then I might as well get to three things. You will need first an explanation then both good news and bad news. The explanation is simple. I have a cheat that means a blog must be updated on a specific date. It was in the TV blog then moved to the Madam Secretary blog. With both of those blogs alternating Thursdays and this date being the date that needed used next, that cheat will mean that this blog will now get those updates. This leads to the good news. Because of the sheer number of these cheats that I have, this will mean that this blog will now be posted more than once a month for quite a while. The bad news is that this will no longer be on set days of the week and updates will be random at times or at least seem that way in the end.

Now for the actual post of this blog, it’s time to talk about the Iowa race for senate this year. This seat has been held by Democrats in the recent past and some sources are saying that this could be one of them that could flip back. The race is between Republican incumbent Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield. Theresa may not have as much experience as I would like, but she is better than a yes man, err, woman.

Joni is against Obamacare, EPA, and the Department of Education. She votes with Trump a lot. It is a bit over 90% of the time that she votes with him. That gives her the potential to be turned on since it might not be enough (Remember Mark Sanford?). She is also against the scientific consensus of climate change because why admit that a problem exists and needs solved?

When she was running in the primary back in 2014, she was criticized for missing votes to the point of being called AWOL. She shot back at that term and I agree that it was not the right term to use with a military person. But she did miss a lot of votes and not all of them were due to serving in the National Guard at the time.

So many people still don’t believe the severity of coronavirus and Joni is one of them as she thinks that the numbers are higher than they are in reality. She even siding with the QAnon conspiracy theory which she thinks proves her point about it.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/2/1974453/-Joni-Ernst-goes-QAnon-suggests-Iowa-healthcare-workers-are-bilking-the-system-with-COVID-19

What’s worse than her dismissal of the current pandemic was her treatment of Obama during the Ebola outbreak. Only two Americans died during that which is still two too many, but she seems to be completely fine with what I’m sure will be hundreds of thousands of deaths before this year is over, thinking that Trump is actually leading the way with what should be done.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/5/1958389/-Sen-Joni-Ernst-says-130-000-American-deaths-show-Trump-is-stepping-forward

After voting to acquit the guy in the White House of the Ukraine scandal, she became part of the dangerous belief that it is Biden and not Trump who was doing wrong in this scandal even though there has yet to be any proof of wrongdoing by Biden. She wants to impeach Biden despite criticizing the Democrats for what would effectively be the same thing that she thinks that they were doing during Trump’s impeachment.

https://www.axios.com/ernst-biden-impeachment-trump-iowa-2e633d71-2782-4daa-bd75-1e22b8a1ae7a.html

Joni seems to have a complicated history with rape. She says that it happened to her and there was an emotional scene displayed by her when a story about it was leaked, if I have my info about it right. She rightfully called out issues with the military when they had scandals with it. But she also voted to confirm someone accused of attempted rape to the Supreme Court and she isn’t in favor of voting for the Violence Against Women Act. What gives?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/17/1919825/-Survivors-call-out-Joni-Ernst-for-sticking-with-the-NRA-to-block-the-Violence-Against-Women-Act?detail=emaildkre

Honestly, I know that Joni isn’t a good senator to most people. She might be one to Republicans that like her support of the guy in the White House, but not to Independents and certainly not Democrats. Thus, the vote is clear. If you can vote in Iowa, then vote for Theresa Greenfield for senate this year.