Have you ever wondered why, up until 2016, there was very little difference between the main parties; which I commonly refer to as the Republicrats. 

Here’s an enlightening explanation from 1995 or so by Steve Hollern, easily the most politically astute person I’ve ever known.  

First, a little background.  1994 was the year of Newt Gingrich’s “Contract With America.”  Then, as now, the political tide has swung so far towards the R brand that in red states, such as Texas, it was almost futile to run for anything as a D.  Kay Granger, mayor of Fort Worth, had decided she needed to become a U.S. Congress critter so that meant she would become a Republican. 

Hollern called her out but the “downtown crowd” in Fort Worth pretty much gets what they want (recently, they’re famous for weaponizing the CPS against a challenger but that’s a whole other story).  Kay has pretty much fulfilled every warning that Hollern told us about and today, Kay’s son gets paid a tidy $200,000+ annual salary to oversee Fort Worth’s “Bridges To Nowhere” project which is all about taking care of fat cats at taxpayer expense. 

As you peruse the PDF file, take note that Hollern succinctly spells out the evidence that Kay is not a Repuclican.  She’s just one of a hoard of congress critters with similar backgrounds. This, boys and girls, is how we end up with the false choice of the Republicrat party. 

In 2020, the decision will be between Socialists and the “Other Side.”  People who support Trump will win by a huge majority (thank you in advance for the landslide by all those popular vote states who will regret being so short sighted).   That’s the good news.  The bad news is that political critters of all breeds will all put on their MAGA caps and, regardless of their records, will crow about being Trumpers.  Before you know it, we’re right back to having a false choice. 

What this means, fellow patriots, is that regardless of party (or lack thereof), if you care about the nation we’re leaving to our progeny you MUST get involved in the political game. You are responsible for the elected representatives and what manner of grief they foist upon us.  Think about this as you ruminate over the words President Lincoln so eloquently preached at Gettysburg:

“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government   __of the people, by the people, for the people, __   shall not perish from the earth.” 

       President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)