Someone asked me if there was a Republican in the
Massachusetts gubernatorial race whom one could consider. I told her in our
time the two Parties are, sadly, diametrically opposed to one another. It means something now if one is a Democrat
or if one is Republican. There is,
therefore, in my opinion, never a good reason to vote Republican because if one
votes Republican one is voting for a conservative social agenda and destructive
economic policies as well. If one is
Republican one must strictly adhere to the party line. It means they are against marriage equality,
against a woman's right to choose, pro NRA and the expansion of gun owners'
rights even when it means the right to carry in a classroom and even in a
church. If one votes Republican one would
be voting for a strong religious influence in government and away from the Constitutional
Separation of church-state Clause.
Adding to that, one would be voting science deniers
into office, one would be voting for those who want to keep the division of
wealth in favor of the 1% by supporting tax law that shrinks the middle class. If one votes Republican one would be voting
for taking an ax to government programs that support the poor, the disabled, and
the elderly. One would be voting for a Party
that supports ultimately an end to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as we know it.
Republicans are against the strict regulation
of Wall Street and government oversight of the big banks. They support trickledown economics which has
never worked. One would vote for a Party
that shut down government and is threatening to do that again. The
Republican Party would even vote against raising of the debt ceiling so
America could not pay its bills send us into default and the world into
chaos. It is a Party that wasted taxpayer money
voting to eradicate the Affordable Health Care Act 57 times offering nothing to
take its place. It is a Party that cares
nothing about most of you.
The Republican code words are "small
government" but that really means few government programs and oversight
agencies except for the military as most Republicans never met a war they did
not like.
If one votes or is Republican one sinks or swims on one’s
own with no one but no one to help you out in times of trouble in an economic
system, mostly Republican-created that has provided plenty of trouble for the
middle class with it.
I want a Democrat in the Governor’s office who will
oppose all those aforementioned Republican policies. I want Martha Coakley as governor because she
is an experienced Democrat, she is smart, and she is progressive. She has proven that many times. I think she is capable and best of all she is
a Democrat who can WIN against the Republican Baker in the general election. I, therefore, unequivocally and for all those
reasons passionately support Martha Coakley for governor of Massachusetts.
