T: Yesterday’s Letter recounted the March to Selma. The use of a most powerful force of nonviolence. Sit-ins, disruption of economic activity, voter registration drives, etc - all set against the threats of ropes and nooses, dogs and kidnappings ...
These efforts were based on love and ‘just anger’. There was no attempt to falsely car…
T: Yesterday’s Letter recounted the March to Selma. The use of a most powerful force of nonviolence. Sit-ins, disruption of economic activity, voter registration drives, etc - all set against the threats of ropes and nooses, dogs and kidnappings ...
These efforts were based on love and ‘just anger’. There was no attempt to falsely carry on "nice talk”. This movement begins within one’s heart. A moral strength lived within people who acted so courageously.
So I felt a need to clarify, for myself in this spirit of the March to Selma, that I see no need to disparage and insult another person or a group of people on this board, as I had done. I agree with you about everything you have stated about the actions of the GOP. But please do not mistake my intention to be less significant than another in our struggle.
I feel it does me, imho - no good to waste my mental energy on creating within me a life of fear, hatred and an obsession of The Enemy. Ironically, the pastor of the home church for King, Rev Raphael Warnock, is now a US Senator from Georgia! Senator Warnock has the moral force with him!
Fittingly, the man who has stayed above the political infighting, Joe Biden, now sees soaring approval ratings, as he simply makes the moral case for the survival of our democracy. Biden will be the guide for our collective march, arm-in-arm, toward a more just society. Appropriately, Biden takes the moral high ground, by starting, “I am the president for all Americans, whether you voted for me or not. I will be your president”
What a breath of clear, fresh air, after too many years of angst, hatred and dissonance! Biden’s approval proves that a kind heart gathers unknown friends and allies.
I agree that we must not become obsessed with the opposition. However, I also agree with TC's belief that the current majority in the Republican party is dangerous to this nation and its citizens - all of them, even if they haven't realized it yet. I am thrilled with President Biden, and his remaining above the fray is political genius, as well as a sign of his decency and honor. However, Biden always has a Plan B in case his staying above the fray doesn't work. I believe it translates to walking softly, but carrying a big stick.
Well, if we are going to compare Biden first to FDR, like everybody in the news is doing now, and then to Teddy Roosevelt, he’s going to have a hell of a legacy.
That’s funny, but when I was writing that Biden is probably the best president of my lifetime, I had to consider JFK and Eisenhower. I was too young to know them or what they were doing and I haven’t researched them: I’m not a historian. Trust me, six weeks ago I had no idea that I would be praising Biden like this. I am not raving about him, I don’t feel that level of adoration in me. I am just watching these words come out, in astonishment, because I really didn’t have any respect for him.
Biden's delivery lacks the charisma of Roosevelt (FDR) because of his speech struggles, and Kennedy could have been a movie star with his looks and stage presence (and beautiful, patrician Jackie), but more and more I believe that Biden has the chops. I recall Eisenhower's "I like Ike" slogan, but was too young to have any idea whether he was competent. We might be speaking too soon, considering the short time he's been in office, and with so much damage control ahead, but I believe the potential for greatness is there. He has certainly delivered amazingly these last 48 days - enough so that we're beginning to see many in the GOP scrambling to readjust their images, if that's possible. They see the threat.
You could be a journalist. I think you’re talking for upwards of 100 million people in this country alone. You’re probably talking for 80 or 90% of this forum.
Wow, now that's flattery! At my age, and with no training in journalism, I think you're being way too nice, but I am flattered. When Geoff Duncan, our Lt. Governor, boycotted the newest voter suppression legislation in Georgia, I had an aha moment. He sees landmines, and is wanting to have broader appeal, as has Romney. They're betting on rewards if they can manage to lose the Trumpstink. I'm guessing that the entire world is grateful, and a bit surprised at Biden's performance - no Sleepy Joe visible.
I'm not in the habit of being just nice for nice sake, Nancy. I give praise and compliments where credit is due. I have been accused of being an apologist, but not a flatterer or sycophant. I stand by my words. Your prose is excellent, always well-informed, easily printable.
Well, Roland, I've been around long enough to know that you're no sycophant, nor an apologist. Thank you for the compliment! If, as you say, I'm talking for 80 or 90% of this forum, I'm certainly in good company. My task, in order to put my money where my mouth is, will be to contact Gov. Brian Kemp and remind him that true power is achieved not by putting his knee on the necks of those who might threaten his agenda, but by making a place at the table for every voter and encourage their participation. In that light, he might even save his own place at Georgia's table. To be totally transparent, must I also tell him that I want to see Stacey Abrams occupying his current office?
T: Yesterday’s Letter recounted the March to Selma. The use of a most powerful force of nonviolence. Sit-ins, disruption of economic activity, voter registration drives, etc - all set against the threats of ropes and nooses, dogs and kidnappings ...
These efforts were based on love and ‘just anger’. There was no attempt to falsely carry on "nice talk”. This movement begins within one’s heart. A moral strength lived within people who acted so courageously.
So I felt a need to clarify, for myself in this spirit of the March to Selma, that I see no need to disparage and insult another person or a group of people on this board, as I had done. I agree with you about everything you have stated about the actions of the GOP. But please do not mistake my intention to be less significant than another in our struggle.
I feel it does me, imho - no good to waste my mental energy on creating within me a life of fear, hatred and an obsession of The Enemy. Ironically, the pastor of the home church for King, Rev Raphael Warnock, is now a US Senator from Georgia! Senator Warnock has the moral force with him!
Fittingly, the man who has stayed above the political infighting, Joe Biden, now sees soaring approval ratings, as he simply makes the moral case for the survival of our democracy. Biden will be the guide for our collective march, arm-in-arm, toward a more just society. Appropriately, Biden takes the moral high ground, by starting, “I am the president for all Americans, whether you voted for me or not. I will be your president”
What a breath of clear, fresh air, after too many years of angst, hatred and dissonance! Biden’s approval proves that a kind heart gathers unknown friends and allies.
I agree that we must not become obsessed with the opposition. However, I also agree with TC's belief that the current majority in the Republican party is dangerous to this nation and its citizens - all of them, even if they haven't realized it yet. I am thrilled with President Biden, and his remaining above the fray is political genius, as well as a sign of his decency and honor. However, Biden always has a Plan B in case his staying above the fray doesn't work. I believe it translates to walking softly, but carrying a big stick.
Well, if we are going to compare Biden first to FDR, like everybody in the news is doing now, and then to Teddy Roosevelt, he’s going to have a hell of a legacy.
That’s funny, but when I was writing that Biden is probably the best president of my lifetime, I had to consider JFK and Eisenhower. I was too young to know them or what they were doing and I haven’t researched them: I’m not a historian. Trust me, six weeks ago I had no idea that I would be praising Biden like this. I am not raving about him, I don’t feel that level of adoration in me. I am just watching these words come out, in astonishment, because I really didn’t have any respect for him.
Biden's delivery lacks the charisma of Roosevelt (FDR) because of his speech struggles, and Kennedy could have been a movie star with his looks and stage presence (and beautiful, patrician Jackie), but more and more I believe that Biden has the chops. I recall Eisenhower's "I like Ike" slogan, but was too young to have any idea whether he was competent. We might be speaking too soon, considering the short time he's been in office, and with so much damage control ahead, but I believe the potential for greatness is there. He has certainly delivered amazingly these last 48 days - enough so that we're beginning to see many in the GOP scrambling to readjust their images, if that's possible. They see the threat.
You could be a journalist. I think you’re talking for upwards of 100 million people in this country alone. You’re probably talking for 80 or 90% of this forum.
Wow, now that's flattery! At my age, and with no training in journalism, I think you're being way too nice, but I am flattered. When Geoff Duncan, our Lt. Governor, boycotted the newest voter suppression legislation in Georgia, I had an aha moment. He sees landmines, and is wanting to have broader appeal, as has Romney. They're betting on rewards if they can manage to lose the Trumpstink. I'm guessing that the entire world is grateful, and a bit surprised at Biden's performance - no Sleepy Joe visible.
I'm not in the habit of being just nice for nice sake, Nancy. I give praise and compliments where credit is due. I have been accused of being an apologist, but not a flatterer or sycophant. I stand by my words. Your prose is excellent, always well-informed, easily printable.
Well, Roland, I've been around long enough to know that you're no sycophant, nor an apologist. Thank you for the compliment! If, as you say, I'm talking for 80 or 90% of this forum, I'm certainly in good company. My task, in order to put my money where my mouth is, will be to contact Gov. Brian Kemp and remind him that true power is achieved not by putting his knee on the necks of those who might threaten his agenda, but by making a place at the table for every voter and encourage their participation. In that light, he might even save his own place at Georgia's table. To be totally transparent, must I also tell him that I want to see Stacey Abrams occupying his current office?