Put a (virtual) hand up if you think most these are important:
- Climate and Global Warming
- Voting Rights
- Women’s Rights
- Minorities Rights
- LGBTQ Rights
- Worker Rights
- Living Wages
- Equal Protection of All Religions
- Healthcare for All
- Public Education
- Public Support of Science
- Civil Service Free from Conflicts of Interest
- Social Security
- Supporting International Allies
- Promoting Democracy and Tolerance Abroad
- Debt/Deficit Spending
My hand is also up for believing that any Democrat candidate that was in the field or is still in the field would be better than Trump, McConnell, and GOP on all of these issues. My favorite candidate is out of the race, but I am still all in the for Democratic party.
I believe in my heart that if you support these things, then you and I have plenty to agree on.
I believe that we can only way to make progress on these things is together, because we need the Senate, the House, and the Presidency.
As I’m a bit more advanced in age than probably a lot of you, I will offer a few more beliefs that I will apologize in advance for if it comes across as condescending advice. As much as I feel I might have accomplished along the way or how frequently I feel my beliefs have been validated, I am also admit that more than a few times I have been wrong, offended someone by losing my cool, or saying something stupid. Some of the biggest things I have been part of were only successful because everyone, included me, negotiated, listened, forgave each other when needed, and adapted. In the end, it things came together to make things work.
Not a singe one of us is going to get some perfect solution that satisfies us in everyway or addresses everything the bulletted list above. But, put your hand up if you think it is going to be pretty damn satisfying to send Trump and corrupt cronies out the door. I am looking forward to kicking Trump out the door in November and there is every reason to believe we can do it.
Hang in there everyone.