A Statesman Stumps Against trumpism

 A  former President went down to Georgia and he was looking for some voters to heal.

He talked common sense and faith to them folks down in the deep south, ( where I grew up . . . three states over, in Louisiana)

Watch and listen:  Statesman Obama

Here are few of the words he spoke to them:

“My favorite President was a guy named Abe Lincoln. He helped found the Republican party.

It used to be that there were GOP members who championed progress and civil rights and rule of law, even when some Democrats, especially down here in the South, did not.

That’s part of our history.

So it has not always been one party or another. But these days, right now, just about every Republican politician seems obsessed with two things: owning the libs, and getting Donald Trump’s approval.

. . . But that’s their agenda. It’s not long; it’s not complicated, and, at least, to me, its not very inspiring.

They’re not interested in actually solving problems. They’re interested in making you angry and finding somebody to blame, because that way, you may not notice that they’ve got no answers of their own.

I can tell you what Stacey Abrams is obsessed with. As a small business owner, and the daughter of two ministers, she’s focused on making sure every Georgian has an opportunity to get ahead. That’s why she wants to invest Georgia’s surplus in the fundamentals: good schools, a higher standard of living, more affordable health care and housing. That’s her agenda.

I can tell you whatRaphaelWarnock cares about. As your senator, he hasn’t been off chasing wacky conspiracy theories. He hasn’t been drumming up fear and division. He’s been working to lower prescription drug costs, and boost manufacturing jobs and expand health care for veterans, who got sick fighting for the United States of America. That’s who Rev. Warnock is; that’s his agenda.

. . . They are both hard-working, God-fearing, community-serving people, who tell the truth and stick to their word. . . treat everybody with decency and respect.

Hearing Barack Obama reminds me of the good old days when leaders actually worked to get things done in the halls of government, before our politics went all to trumpian hell.

On January 6, 2021, those hallowed halls,  where governance takes place, were, under the influence of the trumpian tyranny, trashed and thrashed. 

But now it is time to, as Christ instructed John the Revelator in Rev. 3:2, "strengthen the things that remain." If you're not familiar with that biblical reference, go find the Senator from Georgia,  Rev. Raphael Warnock, and ask him about it.

Glass half-Full