I have lived in California’s 49th congressional district for almost 4 years now. Every time my “representative” has pulled some dumbshit boner, I have written to him. Each response has been “Dear Constituent,…...yaddah, yaddah,…..humminah, humminah… blah, blah,….etc., etc, ….Sincerely Darrell Issa. Never once did he ever address what I took the time to email him about. Hell, he didn’t even ask for a donation!!!!!!
OH MY!!!! Now how all that has changed. It seems he actually has a contested race for the 49th coming from, wait for it……..a Democrat! Doug Applegate. Doug is putting up a real race for his seat in Congress. Now, Issa is sending me mail at least 3 times a week with all sorts of wonderful images of him doing all sorts of great things for those in his district. Why, he’s shaking hands with women. He’s yucking it up with old geezers in VFW hats just to show how much he cares for our vets. (Take a note Trump: That was sarcasm.) Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against vets. I’m one myself. Don’t give me the “Thank you for your service” crap either. Nobody “thanked” me almost 50 years ago when I did my duty. Unless you count the one finger salutes as thanks. I digress. Sorry.
The last election cycle, I didn’t even know Issa was running until I got to the polls! If I met that Democratic candidate on the street today, I would not know who he was. So, yes I do not belong to any organized political party. I’m. A. Democrat. So, here we are. Finally, a contest for the 49th. What do we have from the DNC? They are watching it as a “likely” race. Crickets for short. So far, no party money for Doug Applegate for advertizing, outreach, office staff or equipment. Hell, I got an email from his campaign wanting to know if I had any old printers, tables, lamps, etc. laying around that they could use! If anyone reads this that has any influence with anyone in the Democratic party, ask them to step up and give this retired military candidate a shot.
We can win the White House, but if we don’t fill the majority of the 88% of congressional seats up for election this time around none of the progressive platform ideals being put forward will ever see the light of day.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.