I'm Not Political!

I’m not political. I watch CNN, Bill Mahr, The Colbert Report and other shows that are on in my bedroom because of my husband. I try to follow it, but sometimes I’m lost and I have to ask for further information from my husband. So I’m not a political person. So, the big primary elections for the House & the Senate were last night, to put it lightly it was a BLOOD BATH! Just about the entire country went Red for the Republicans, when just 2 years ago the entire country went blue. I don’t know what is wrong with this picture and I strongly do not want to believe it’s racism, that the thought of a black man running this country scared the crap out of Old White people that they got up out of their beds and voted! But that’s what the numbers show us…

The republicans had a burst of Senior Citizen support. It seems that 24% of those who voted this year were over the age of 65 and they did not support Democrats. Seniors are not fans of the health care bill (Obamacare! They call it!), they are now supporting the GOP and their support of them has increased from 48% last voting cycle to 58 percent this year. Why is that? Well the fact is that anyone over the age of 65 was born in 1945 or above. I find it no surprise at all that racism was primarily cruel and at it’s worst during this time in history. Also, 1945 is noted as the year that the American Civil Rights movement started. What am I saying? I’m saying that the White Senior Citizens saw the country (mostly African Americans who really never turn out like that) come out in packs and mobs to vote this man into office and to have him win! Well something awakened in them, and they ‘said wait a minute this just can’t be. Not my AMERICA that has been ran by white men since the English established the 1st colony in 1607!’

This country as much as I don’t want to admit it, is still racist after all these years and yet I’m sure there were people that did not get their lazy asses up to vote! Change is not given, it’s not automatic, we all have to work together for it, if we do not then there will never be change and we all will be stuck. Stuck in an America that is going down Hill fast!

I think it’s time that the government stops pointing fingers at each other! I think color should no longer be an issue in 2010! I think we should care more about the lower classes and not just the middle & upper classes. And I also think we should get involve more because I should know some of the things I wrote here by memory, but I used wikipediea.org, cnn.com, & www.knoxnews.com.

One more thing! Knoxnews says there has not been a greater power of the GOP in Tennesse since 1869! This means Republicans control the governor’s office, as well as both the House and the Senate. That is just 4 yrs after the civil war ended, 4 yrs after slavery. I’m scared, I’m really scared, I don’t do manual labor, I’m not saying I agree w/ Hank Sanders of the Alabama State Senate when he said ‘He will not go back to the cotton fields of Jim Crow days’. However, I do not think it will be in minorities best interest to have a primarily Republican Congress. As of yesterdays election there are NO African Americans in the United States Senate. All I’m saying is that every vote counts. And knowledge really is power. Just look at the above, I would never have confirmed this stuff or did the math if my mad genius of a husband didn’t rant all night about it. We need to care! WE need to get up and make a difference no matter how big or small. Yesterday I cold called about 6x people to get them out to vote. I clicked on the little link for Organizing for America and I did it. I was nervous, I don’t like calling strangers but I pushed forward and I felt good! Don’t just vote for the President of the United States (I’m guilty of doing it too! No MORE!)

We have to make a stand and VOTE every time there is an election because guess what the facts are clear as day. The Tea Party movement did not become popular until 2009 just a mere month after the election of President Barak Obama, their first protest took place on January 24th. In closing and yes I’m closing because I’m no expert and I’m no Soledad O’Brien (although I love her!), educate yourself and your children. It doesn’t matter if we are black or white, what matters is that we live in this country! And we don’t have anywhere else to go so we need to push for a change, fight for a change! And then it will happen! A black president didn’t change the game; he really just made the game harder.