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It might be too late for political survival.

Ohio Governor Mike Devine has decided to believe the state’s scientists and health professionals instead of the Lysol drinking President….and his approval rating went up! From the New York Times:

Seven weeks into the crisis, Mr. DeWine is being guided by health experts while avoiding partisan fissures over stay-at-home orders that have been encouraged by Mr. Trump, who hopes a rebounding economy will carry him to re-election. The Ohio governor is the rare Republican official who does not automatically fall in step with Mr. Trump

Senator Mitt Romney has stepped away from Trump, voting to remove him from office after he was impeached for abuse of power. Former Senator Jeff Flake has written an op-ed encouraging the Republican Party to save itself before it’s too late. (It’s too late)

And my favorite is the Harris County Republican Party who has distanced itself from Trump and has refrained from mentioning his name in recent emails. They never mentioned Trump in their email announcing their annual Trump, Lincoln, Reagan dinner. They also didn’t mention Trump when they cancelled the dinner and kept the money donated. They really aren’t that proud of Trump even though keeping the money is a perfect Trump move.

Those running for office in 2020 might want to read Senator Jeff Flake’s op-ed and stand up for the rule of law, for our Constitution, for civility, and for honesty and distance themselves from Trump or risk a sound defeat in November.

Ask former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett how keeping silent worked out for him.

Interesting numbers coming out of CD 22.

After Sri Preston Kulkarni came within striking distance of Congressman Pete Olson, Olson quit the race and left an open seat for 17 republicans to fight over like seagulls at a picnic. Only two are left. Kulkarni won the nomination for the Democratic Party building on his campaign from 2018.

Kulkarni has raised $1.5 Million for his 2020 race with $365K cash on hand.

Kathaleen Wall raised no money but put $4.5 Million of her own money into the race. Unfortunately she came in 2nd place to Troy Nehls. Nehls only raised $382K with $24,000 cash on hand. Pierce Bush was suppose to be the savior of the party raising $1.3 Million but coming in 3rd place.

Nehls is just as bad as Wall with less money. Both are trying to win the award for kissing trump’s ass. Both have racist tendencies. Both love the dog whistles. Watching them fight this out like seagulls over a French fry might actually be fun.

It’s hard to watch someone soil themselves.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw lost an eye fighting for our country and now he has lost his dignity kissing Donald trump’s ass. According to The Washington Post Crenshaw’s video of himself kissing trumps ass was full of misinformation. My favorite is:

Crenshaw adds it was the “same day, Jan. 31, that Nancy Pelosi proposed the No Ban Act, which would actually stop President Trump from implementing the lifesaving travel restrictions that he did implement.”

Pelosi didn’t propose the No Ban Act on Jan. 31. The bill had been introduced by another member a year ago. 

Steve Stockman was elected to congress to serve in Texas Congressional District 9. He served 1 term. He returned 16 years later and won in the newly created district 36. He served one term and then was convicted on 23 of 24 felony counts. He is serving a 10 year sentence in federal prison.

Stockman is now asking for a pardon from Trump due to the Coronavirus hoax. If Stockman was still in office he would probably be leading the effort  against the Coronavirus response by our elected officials. He would probably be posting pictures of himself at church with his minions. He would probably be walking around with an AR15 strapped to his back at the grocery store. This is who he is. He is a felon. He is an asshole. A perfect candidate for a pardon.

Just an FYI. From a previous post:

Stockman represented the Clear Lake area for 2 years and was nothing but a jackass. He accomplished nothing. His entire 2 years was devoted to making wise ass comments on twitter, questioning Obama’s place of birth, and gun nuttery.

He doesn’t deserve a pardon which is probably why he will get one. 

The results of the past elections and the polls for the upcoming primaries and caucuses are pretty clear. Sanders has lost significant support from 2016.

In every single primary, caucus and/or poll Sanders has lost ground except for Louisiana 0, District of Columbia 0, Virgin Islands +11 and Puerto Rico +4. Even in the states he has won he has lost ground New Hampshire – 34, Nevada -1. In states that he won in 2020, he lost or is expected to lose ground such as Colorado -23, Minnesota -31, Oklahoma -26, Vermont -34, Idaho -36, Washington -39. His lack luster performance is losing.

Here are the results of the primaries/polls. He might win Indiana but other than that every remaining state is Biden’s. The numbers in red represents the difference from 2020 and 2016. 0’s are in green. An increase in his percentage from 2016 is in black.

Kathaleen Wall is a perfect representative of the (R) party.

Wall is a wealthy candidate for Congress in CD22. She is in the runoff and is trying to out (R) her opponent. She doesn’t live in the district, but she didnt live in CD2 either when she ran in 2018. After spending $6 Million of her own money she came in third place in the (R) primary. Now she is running on her own money spending $3.2 million and is in a runoff to represent the (R) party in CD22.

As I have said in a previous post, the (R) could easily stand for Rotten, Reckless, and Racist. Kathaleen is running hard to represent the (R)s with her latest ad kissing Donald trump’s ass and referring to the Coronavirus as the “Chinese virus”. Kathaleen was endorsed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott so I am sure he is very proud of her and her donations to his campaign.

If she becomes the (R) to advance to the general election she will face Sri Preston Kulkarni and in a district that is one of the most diverse in the state. Kulkarni issued the following statement:

“Irresponsible, race-baiting comments like these from Kathaleen Wall are unacceptable and dangerous to TX-22’s large Asian American and Pacific Islander population, who are intimately aware of the FBI warning about the recent surge of hate crimes against their community,” Sri Preston Kulkarni said. “A crisis like a pandemic isn’t a license to demagogue your neighbors — just the opposite. We should be coming together as one community to tackle this virus and its challenges. While we’re running a campaign to build bridges across our community, Kathaleen Wall is doing all she can to be the poster child for the same divisive politics that people hate about Washington.”

Kathaleen should win her primary because she is the best as being a true (R). This is who she is. This is what her party has become. Rotten. Reckless. Racist.