Red State/Blue State

My Dad would talk about “The Little Guy” all the time...   He would say things like: “No one is thinking about ‘the little guy....The unions exist because of the little guy. ..Political parties that cheat and only serve the rich are out to get the little guy....” It’s the idea that the little guy gets shoved aside.   Richard Nixon talked of the silent majority, and Ross Perot championed the middle class engine that was the middle class worker who drove the economic train. Bernie Sanders speaks of a revolution for the underserved, and Donald Trump spoke to the working class, middle of the road workers in the heartland who were underserved since the Great Recession. There is a fascination in our country with the underdog and the little guy. Frank Capra spoke to this mythos in “It’s a Wonderful Life” with the creation of George Bailey and the idea that hard work and perseverance are the backbone of the country and the essence of what makes America and Americans

The MAGA mantra is a lie…They didn’t vote to make America GREAT again but instead to blow up the system….Not all of the people who voted for the MAGA slogan still believe it will become true. There is too much solid evidence of the hollowness of the promises. Mexico is not paying for a wall, and we don’t have a better health system than the ACA that helps people with pre-existing conditions. The actual components of what it would take to make America Greater still are just not there. Making American Great again would entail working together to create a better health care system for all that would include those with pre-existing conditions. Making America Great Again would mean working on infrastructure to make America a showcase that is the envy of the world.  Making America Great would mean working to be a global leader in NATO and with our allies to not only create peaceful solutions in existing conflicts, but also to work to prevent conflicts and to build