Election Endorsements 2018

Oh, great, is it election endorsement time again?

I should just tell you all to vote Democratic no matter what, except vote Green when the Democratic candidate is a woman named Hillary or Oprah.  And yes, I'm going to do that.  Vote Democratic, exceptions noted.  But I'm also going to single out candidates for office in campaigns where I especially want to see the Republican candidate lose and lose big time.  That's how much I dislike them. And in the case of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, I literally hate him.  So here goes:

For U.S. Senate, Texas:  This blog enthusiastically endorses Democrat Beto O'Rourke.  Not only is he the most ardently progressive candidate for statewide office in Texas in a long time, he has the energy and the commitment to help Democrats running for office throughout the state and to inspire them throughout the country.  Also, his opponent is incumbent Republican senator Ted Cruz, a man even arch-conservative Republicans don't like.  Time for some Cruz control in the Lone Star State.

For governor of Wisconsin:  This blog endorses Democrat Tony Evers. Evers, the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, wants to improve education in the state - and a whole lot of other things.  Education is one of the many institutions in Wisconsin that der Führer WalKKKer has laid waste to in the past eight years.

For governor of Georgia:  This blog endorses Democrat Stacey Abrams.  She's committed to making a Georgia a fairer and better place for all of its residents, and she's also living proof of Zerlina Maxwell's comment that it's going to take a black woman to save America - or at least Georgia - from itself.  Also, her white male Republican opponent, Georgia Secretary of State and noted vote suppressor Brian Kemp, has all the charm and compassion of an electric eel. 

For U.S. Senate, Arizona: This blog endorses Democrat Krysten Sinema. She's talking about issues people care about, like making sure that pre-existing sanctions are covered by health insurance, while her Republican opponent Martha McSally (who, being a woman from the Southwest and because of her name, would have made a great running mate for Martin O'Malley - get it? - in 2020 if she were a Democrat) keeps trying to change the subject to that stupid caravan issue - which isn't an issue at all.  

For U.S. Senate, New Jersey:  This blog, ho hum, endorses Democrat and incumbent Bob Menendez.  Because when you have two ethically dubious 64-year-old guys from Union City, New Jersey named Bob running for Senate, you should always go for the one with the D after his name.  

For governor of Florida:  This blog wholeheartedly endorses Andrew Gillum, who, if he wins, will make Florida the largest state in population with a black governor, but also the second-largest state in population (after California, which is a gimme for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom) with a progressive governor.  Florida needs bold, new, energized liberal leadership that it's been lacking since, oh I don't know, Reubin Askew was governor in the seventies?  Now's the time for the Sunshine State to come of out the darkness of Republicanism and Democratic centrism. 

For U.S. House, New Jersey, Eleventh District: This blog endorses Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill.  Republican Jay Webber supported that federal tax reform law that screws New Jersey, he doesn't believe that women have any rights, and he gets a good rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA).  Mikie Sherrill will fight to restore federal tax deductions for New Jersey homeowners, support equal rights for both sexes, and fight the NRA.  You can trust her.  She has an honest face.

See?

Oh, mercy me, where is my head?  That's actually a picture of my Olympic heartthrob, champion swimmer Janet Evans. This is Mikie Sherrill.

They do look alike, don't they? :-D 

Right.  Those are all of my endorsements.  You know the drill - vote on November 6. 

Midterm Election Endorsements

Oh, Jesus Christ and General Jackson, Uncle Albert and Admiral Halsey, do I have to post my election endorsements a week in advance again? It's that time? It is, and I might as well do it now so I can return to important issues like Lindsay Lohan's bumpy road back to sobriety.

Back in August, I endorsed Charlie Melancon for the United States Senate from Louisiana, and although Republican incumbent and noted unindicted sex criminal David Vitter remains the favorite in that race, Melancon is gaining in the polls. The ragin' Cajun might pull an upset. He may be surging too late, though, but we'll see. That said, I now have to make other official endorsements.

I'm just going to make a blanket endorsement of Democrats in this election cycle, except for two elections in particular. (I'll tell you in a few moments.) But I am going to call to attention Democratic candidates in a few specific elections, because while I can live with with, say, Republican Rob Portman winning the Senate seat in Ohio (against Democrat Lee Fisher) or Republican Johnny Isakson of Georgia winning a second term in the U.S. Senate (I can't even name his Democratic opponent!), there are key races I must speak out on. I'm naming names.

So here are the races I am looking at right now:

For U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania: This blog wholeheartedly endorses Joseph Sestak. A former three-star admiral in the U.S .Navy and a congressman from Delaware County outside Philadelphia, Sestak has a progressive agenda meant at helping industry rebuild at home rather than outsource abroad. Republican opponent Pat Toomey sees Pennsylvania's industrial heritage as collateral damage in a global economy that doesn't need to be saved. Sestak, who's loyally served America, needs to move up to the Senate.

For U.S. Senate, Wisconsin: My man is Feingold. This blog endorses Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold, a champion of campaign finance reform whose expertise on the issue is needed more than ever with the Citizens United decision from the Supreme Court now the law of the land. Republican challenger Ron Johnson, I'm sure, stands for something, but he refuses to say what he stands for. When asked for details on specific issues, he changes he subject.

For U.S. Senate, California: This blog endorses Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer. Carly Fiorina has no business going to Washington and talking about jobs when her only expertise on the issue is destroying them while she ran Hewlett Packard into the ground.

For Governor of California: This blog endorses former governor and state attorney General Jerry Brown. Brown ran California in the tumultuous seventies, he's a proven cost cutter (he lived sparingly during his tenure as governor) and, unlike Republican opponent Meg Whitman, he's on the side of the people.

For U.S. Senate, Connecticut: This blog endorses Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. He is a tough, proven prosecutor who has handled tough civil cases involving consumer protection and job outsourcing. The only way Linda McMahon, the noted drug-pushing violence peddler and Republican candidate, can put her World Wrestling Entertainment business acumen to use in the Senate is if she encourages fist fights and duels in that chamber . . . and turns C-SPAN 2 into a Pay-Per-View channel . . . which I suppose could help balance the budget without raising taxes.

For Governor of New York: This blog endorses Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The younger Cuomo has a proven prosecutorial record comparable to Blumenthal's, and Republican opponent Carl Paladino's personal behavior is comparable to Linda McMahon's professional profile, if not worse.

For U.S. Senate, Delaware: This blog endorses New Castle County executive Chris Coons. Christine O'Donnell may not be a witch, she may not be an heiress, she may not be an Ivy Leaguer, and she may not be a constitutional expert, but I don't care what she isn't - so long as she's not a senator.

For U.S. Senate, Colorado: This blog endorses incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet. When it comes to standing up for women's rights, Bennet stands up straight. Republican challenger Ken Buck develops back problems.

For Governor of Florida: This blog endorses Alex Sink. Sink is a financial expert that a state that could use her expertise, not a guy like Republican incumbent Rick Scott, who made his fortune bilking government programs through the hospital chain he ran.

For U.S. Senate, Florida: This blog endorses Kendrick Meek, the only real progressive in that race. This blog might have considered endorsing John Raese, who lives in Florida and is a well-respected businessman and has run an aggressive Senate campaign, but he is in fact running for Robert Byrd's seat in West Virginia.

For U.S. Senate, West Virginia: This blog endorses Governor Joe Manchin. Even if Raese were a real West Virginian, he still opposes the minimum wage.

For U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota, Sixth District: This blog endorses Tarryl Clark. She's progressive, she's smart, and she's not like her opponent, incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann!

For U.S House of Representatives, Ohio, Eighth District: This blog endorses Justin Coussole. Because if we're going to have another Republican Speaker of the House, let it not be John Boehner, the incumbent.

For U.S. Senate, South Carolina: This blog endorses Alvin Greene. Greens is a nut case who makes Christine O'Donnell look like a scholar, and he has a police record, but even though he's not going to win, he'd still make a better senator than incumbent Republican Jim DeMint. Vote for Greene and smile on the way out of the voting booth knowing you've played an important part in shaking up the system. :-D

For Governor of Rhode Island: This blog endorses independent Lincoln Chaffee, the former U.S. senator. He's a reasonable man Democrats and Republicans in Providence can work with. General Treasurer Frank Caprio, the Democratic candidate, was disrespectful to President Obama because he did not get Obama's endorsement. He doesn't deserve to be rewarded with a victory.

For Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska: This blog endorses Levi Johnston. He's sharper than his former future mother-in-law, noted book-banning wolf killer Sarah Palin, and he's more literate.

Those are my endorsements. Now go out and vote next Tuesday.

I know I forgot about the Senate race in Nevada. I'm trying to.