tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post3699852349990319044..comments2024-03-22T13:06:27.366-05:00Comments on WataugaWatch: Un-Trumping North Carolina: Democrat Cal Cunningham for US SenateJ.W. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17694324792688711136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-39720465817888148572020-06-09T19:00:04.864-05:002020-06-09T19:00:04.864-05:00After crickets for 6 years, suddenly I'm getti...After crickets for 6 years, suddenly I'm getting long-winded robocalls inviting me to campaign/town hall meetings. Oh, and mailings inviting me to be one of 'only 1,000' people to be part of the 'Tillis 100'. I dunno, but my math skills have always been pretty good and that just seems a little off.<br /><br />p.s.I'll see your level of Blueness and raise you some. I have NO idea how I wound up on his mailing list, either!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6194583.post-5189338271083690242020-06-09T18:16:45.272-05:002020-06-09T18:16:45.272-05:00Cal Cunningham owes an ideological debt to Erica S...Cal Cunningham owes an ideological debt to Erica Smith even if she may have accepted some dark Republican support. She rejected any PAC money and raised funds on the Bernie Sanders model. By having to calculate a more progressive line Cal avoided me-tooing to "thoughtless conservatism." Jerry says Erica was a bomb-thrower, but I doubt an ordained minister (Masters in Theology from Howard), an engineer (NC A&T), high school STEM teacher, school board member and State Senator could be fitted into that category. Yep, she supports a Green New Deal and Universal Healthcare of any sort but is also a fiscal conservative who expects that assisting the public will save what is wasted now on PPP and private profits, and make for a sustainable budget in the long haul. With our recent turn of events I expect Smith will be a strong supporter of Cunningham, in hope that he may be a "grenade roller" who will blast apart denialism, austerity and precarity in the US Senate. Even a White male can do the right thing.<br /><br />I'm laughing heartily at Thom Tillis' trailer park ads because they are goofy and awkward, and they even invite scrutiny of his personal finances. Anyone with a brain or heart would be ashamed to be represented by such a crass phony. He never explains how supporting insurance companies, profiteering hospitals, drug firms and the greediest of doctors confers any choices on patients. He can't. It's all part of the market fundamentalist voodoo. We are very lucky to be shedding both Tillis and Burr very soon. Now we must both support and push Cunningham. Climate change has already overtakren us.Red Hornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980057224160940036noreply@blogger.com