Prospects for Favorable Outcome in Tuesday's Election Appear Poor

The prospects for a favorable outcome on the Tuesday election in Alabama are pretty poor at the moment.  President Trump and the Republican Party have thrown everything they have into defeating the “liberal democratic” candidate.  Just how liberal is he?   These Christians don’t care about what moral values are actually in the Bible.  I bet many of them haven’t even read the Bible.  They just believe as they are instructed by their superiors.  Mc Connell in the past has indicated that Judge Roy Moore would not be welcome in the US Senate.  It’s hard to believe that if they were going to bring Al Franken before the Senate ethics committee that they wouldn’t haul Roy Moore before the same committee and let one and all have at him.  If you look at the vast preponderance of evidence he’s guilty.  You all know that.  They have to tap dance around the real issues to state otherwise.  Yet the American people voted for Trump after his stated sexual escapades.  And now it appears as if they’ll the same thing with Roy Moore.  As I have said many times before, future generations will be ashamed of this period in our history.

Last Thursday Senator Al Franken made his resignation speech before the US Senate just as the Stephanie Miller show was ending.  He said he’s not responsible for everything he’s accused of.  Personally I don’t think he should have resigned.  We need a progressive force like him.  Of course the governor of Minisota is a democrat so Franken will be replaced by a democrat.  The Republicans seem to have a whole different game plan from us.  They don't believe in "coming clean" or honest confession being good for the soul or any of that stuff.  They are going for broke even if it's for a lie at its core.  

Donald Trump visited some memorial at Oxford, Mississippi and his presence so offended John Lewis and another congressman they decided to boycott the opening of this “Civil Rights Museum” that the president actually spoke a few words at.   I would not have boycotted but gone and then afterward, when it didn’t count. I’d complain about Trump’s presence.  I think it's a good thing to force President Trump to at least say the words praising civil rights leaders even if he doesn't seem to believe it.  Some Christians believe that if you say it often enough it will become a part of you.  

This is Saturday December 9, 2017 and it’s about 75 and windy outside.  It’s a little after three and Rhapsody in Black is flooded with ads.  They had “Your Cheating Heart” by Ray Charles and that earlier version of “Please Release Me”.   They played “Up On the Roof” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “He’s a Rebel” and “Got My Mind Made Up to Love You”.  They played “Contract on Love”, a really early Stevie Wonder song.  There were a lot of songs I’d never heard before.  They had an Aritha Franklin special premium with the Philharmonic orchestra.  I turned it off at five to three.  The Army – Navy game was being played in the snow with most of the fourth quarter to go when I checked.  [later in same paragraph]  I decided to call Mom a little after one and I mentioned Christmas gifts Wendy has given us the past few years.  Mom didn’t seem to want to talk about presents but she did complain about the food both at her place and at Marie Calendar.  I said she could get food from some other take-out if she wanted.  Nora came by and she seemed to be in a half-way decent mood she didn’t complain about anything and she didn’t ask me to open the shades.  I had made the bed to look neater.  This file is being typed at a slow pace.  I haven’t done a blog post since Wednesday or something.  Just now I turned it on and they played “Get On My Pony and Ride” and just now another Ray Charles song, “You Are My Sunshine”. They just played “Let Me Go the Right Way” an obscure song I remember.  And they played a gospel organ style version of "I Got A Woman".  

Physically I have finally made the return to good health.  But it took me nearly three weeks to shake that virus I had and that is just too long.