Politics: 2020 South Carolina Senate Race

One of the most important races right now is the South Carolina senate race. While no poll has the Democrat with the lead just yet, enough are tossup and even those that give it to Lindsey are not giving him that good an edge. Could he actually lose? Will people #sendLindseyhome? One can only hope that his time is finally up.

When it comes to Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham, there was actually a point in time not even that long ago where he was a good and logical person. But then he surrendered to the very idea of Trump like nearly every other Republican of today.

Meanwhile, the Democratic challenger in the race named Jamie Harrison. He has done a lot of good and can do even more good if he gets into office. I can only hope that his proves to be a major upset of the elections in question.

Now I have some links to share about Lindsey and there sure are a lot of them. All of these are from some point during this year, but are pretty old. He embraces the worst of the far right as he becomes fascist in his quest to out the whistleblower of today. He (or she, but probably he from all the sources that I’ve read thus far) may be the Deep Throat of our time and we may never know for sure who they are. But it is important that we keep this person safe and anonymous as a whistleblower is supposed to be.

Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/3/1916208/-Fascism-rises-Graham-says-Senate-GOP-will-summon-whistleblower-to-expose-how-this-crap-started?detail=emaildkre

There are notable people who have flipped on Lindsey and seek to take him out of office. Here is the story of one you used to support Lindsey and will now be against this man, wanting him out of office.

Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/12/1944276/-Former-supporter-of-Graham-What-is-the-character-of-a-man-who-will-not-defend-his-best-friend

While the next article is from May, it is relevant now due to him being perhaps the most notable of all of the senators that have done a 180 on confirming Supreme Court justices this close to an election. Use his words against them. This man is now the one that is in charge of the senate judiciary committee instead of Chuck Grassley. 

Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/16/1945555/-Liar-Lindsey-doubles-down-on-the-GOP-Double-Talk-Merrick-Who

Another old story talks about the conservative court stacking that has been going on since near the end of the Obama administration and continues to this very day all while this side has the audacity to claim that only liberals want to do this while doing this.

Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/28/1948277/-Graham-amps-up-McConnell-s-court-packing-scheme-says-conservative-judges-over-65-should-step-aside?detail=emaildkre

It seems that every horrible Republican in the present, there is a good version of them in the past. Looking back in time, you’ll see a Lindsey Graham who does not like Trump and thinks that Biden is a good person.

Link: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/13/1952949/-Lindsey-Graham-Tells-Trump-Go-To-Hell-Says-Joe-Biden-s-As-Fine-A-Man-As-God-Made-In-New-Ad

That is all worth talking about this for now. When it comes to an endorsement in the race, it is hard not to support someone other than Jamie Harrison to vote for. If I hadn’t seen a lot of the Kavanaugh hearings, then I wouldn’t hate Lindsey as much as I do. Now if he does actually lose this election, he’ll have no one but himself to blame.

Politics: 2020 Attorney General Elections

While I once thought that I would only do one post on one attorney general race throughout all of my blogging time, this will not be the case after all. There is a lot to say about this important but often overlooked office. If you want to know why I’m doing this post, it relates entirely to the upcoming Supreme Court case called California v Texas. The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made me out for blood (figuratively, of course). For more information on the races for this office this year, read this.

Link: https://ballotpedia.org/Attorney_General_elections,_2020

The elections for attorney general this year are in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. I do not think that there are any more that are happening that voters can’t vote on. But I do know that there are a lot of the state races where one can vote if one can vote in that state.

The states with attorney generals in favor of Obamacare that are up for reelection this year, according to the litigation for the upcoming Supreme Court case that I told you about, are North Carolina, Washington, Oregon, and Vermont. Would I blindly want these people to stay in the office that they currently have? Maybe. It is hard to be out for blood without blind vengeance.

The states with attorney generals against Obamacare that are up for reelection this year are Missouri, Indiana, Utah, and West Virginia. This does lead to a bit of an interesting thing to note with one of the states. I’ll get to that later. Am I blindly against all of them? No. I do know enough about Missouri’s current attorney general to know that I’m against him in not a blind way at all. And one of them is on their way out now anyways.

It is also important that is seems the attorney generals of the states of Pennsylvania and Montana do not have any role in the Supreme Court case. Thus, there isn’t as much to add about them just yet at the moment. They aren’t the only states not involved in the case.

What’s interesting is that when it comes to the Indiana attorney general race, the incumbent had lost renomination after a scandal which got him disbarred for a month. Thus, Curtis Hill will not be the nominee for the Republican Party as Todd Rokita will be instead. As for the Democratic side, Jonathan Weinzapfel is the nominee. Neither party of that state let the voters pick who would win the primary as that was up to party insiders at a convention.

In Missouri, the attorney general used to be Josh Hawley, but he got elected senator and had to resign from the office as a result. Thus, Eric Schmitt was appointed to the vacant seat. He is a Republican. I don’t like him for a lot of reasons. In addition to the Obamacare issues, he also wants to change the law to allow people to sue China over coronavirus, which is a terrible and short sighted idea. The Democrat in the race is Richard Finneran.

In Montana, the Democratic candidate is Raph Graybill while the Republican one is Austin Knudsen. The Republican incumbent is not in the race itself. That is because this person ran for higher office, but lost the primary.

In North Carolina, the Democratic candidate is incumbent Josh Stein. Meanwhile, when we get to the Republican candidate, it is Jim O’Neill. I feel that Josh should be reelected. He has done other good too such as trying to punish JUUL, prevent robo calls, deal with price gouging, and protect the elderly from scams.

In Oregon, the incumbent is Democrat Ellen Rosenblum. The Republican in the race is Michael Cross. Ellen has done a lot of good, such as working to investigate the illegal “police” that were occupying Portland that I need to do more research into.

In Pennsylvania, the incumbent is Democrat Josh Shapiro. The Republican in the race for this office is Heather Heidelbaugh. I have no investment in this race one way or another. Maybe I should care, but I don’t. But do I really want to learn about this state’s politics? Maybe I would in other races, but not this one.

In Utah, the incumbent is Republican Sean D Reyes. The Democrat in the race is Greg Skordas who I have to endorse since he is not against the Affordable Care Act. I can’t find as much info about Greg as I would like easily.

In Vermont, the incumbent is Democrat T.J. Donovan. The Republican is H Brooke Paige. I am not just in favor of T.J. because of his support of Obamacare, but also because he knows how to improve the law to be in favor of everyone and not just the less fortunate.

In Washington, the incumbent is Democrat Bob Ferguson. The Republican is Matt Larkin. Bob was once on the Time 100. It is hard to say much about the candidate I support named Bob. But one should vote for him.

In West Virginia, the incumbent is Republican Patrick Morrisey. The Democrat is Sam Petsonk. While I can’t find as much information as I would like quickly about Sam, I’d still have to support him in the general election as Patrick is against the ACA.

That is all for this post. If I endorsed a candidate, I urge you to vote for him if you can. If I didn’t, then make whatever decision you want. I’m sorry that I don’t know as much info as I’d want to on some of the candidates, but I can’t care. This is an important, but overlooked job. Thus, one much make sure one knows about these races.

Politics: 2020 Minnesota Senate Race

This may not be the last time that I do a post about a specific senate race this year, but this should be the last time that I feel that I have to do one this year. There is a lot to cover still and some more specific posts might not come up until after the election as I seek to find a whole lot of things to cover in terms of elections for this blog. Now when it comes to who one should vote for in the South Carolina senate race this year, the choice to me are relatively clear. But let me get to this post now anyways.

Incumbent Democrat Tina Smith has done a lot so far with her career. She used to be the lieutenant governor of Minnesota until Al Franken announced his resignation. During this time, she was appointed to the vacant seat and won the special election to said seat a mere two years ago. She has done a lot of good with Democratic issues, although it might take too long to mention all of them right now.

As for her challenger, Republican Jason Lewis, it can be hard to find people this bad in life. I mean, I’m going to spare you repeating the exact things that he’s said, but you should know that he has made sexist comments on radio show and has said various other horrible things as well. Somehow, he held office for a term in the US House from 2017-2019. Hopefully, he can stay out of future office.

The choice is a no brainer. If you want to have a horrible man who continues to give all men a bad name while causing further proof of the deterioration of the Trump Party, I mean, wait, no, I got it right, then vote for Jason Lewis. Meanwhile, if you want a good senator who could do even more good than she already has, then vote for my endorsement of Tina Smith for senator.