This diary is to all the young bloods out there who came
out in 08 for the democrats. I would start off normally by
saying, "Let's talk kids". The truth is, you are not kids,
you are young adults and some of we old timers are depending on you now more than ever. You have I hope your
lifetime ahead of you, but we do need to discuss a few things that you are waaaaaaay too young to remember and
I want you to realize, you are the future. Not only your future but some of us older voters as well.
There was a time. Before your time. Things were really, really different. School does not teach this and maybe your grannie or mama told you but I am here to remind you that this really did exist.
We had a thing called The Draft. When people start a lot of wars and old men and women start them and expect young people to fight them. I am not sure that won't be coming back if that republican tea party bunch takes the majority.
You won't have a choice whether to go to war or not. Canada will not take you as in the days of old with that Bush doctrine that I will try and find and every body who has been around knows that there is money in war for the rich. The rich never have enough.
There was also something called The Jim Crow Era. You have
not seen what it was like to observe a friend hanging from a tree limb because of the color of their skin. Now it is worse. It may be because they are gay, or brown or since class warfare, broke. You never saw For Whites Only or Colored Only signs. My generation has. It isn't pretty.
You never saw axe handles being sold to keep the minorities in their place. My generation saw this.
You have never witnessed the minorities getting beat for wanting to speak to a lady who may not be as dark as they are, or accused of rape because they winked at a pretty girl regardless of color.
Rand Paul wants these days to return. That whole tea party crowd years for those days. Don't be fooled. Biden when he said stop whining, he remembers those days. You broke your butts getting this administration elected but the real power is in the congress and senate and we just cannot go back to what those people want.
My Daddy remembers work before unions. I even remember work before unions. I know what it is like to have a man sign for you to buy a $300.00 car and you with good credit but because you were a woman, you were not trustworthy. I remember being told that belonged in the kitchen. Yes. i remember being groppled and there was nothing to protect me
in the workplace. I remember making less than a man because I was a woman.
You may be miffed at the way the change didn't exactly go down but I don't want another governor like Wallace standing in a college doorway telling people they cannot enter because of their race. .....Or religion.....or sexual orientation.
We baby boomers need you. we need your vote. We need you to take on this tea party crowd and keep them out of our government. They want and yearn for a time of hate and misery. You are the movers and shakers. You have the energy. You can stop them. Please, Please go vote and don't experiment with what can come down the drain for all of us who do not want to go back to what they claim they are taking back. We have no MLK. We have you.,
Help us keep the majority.