| Now how this applies to the gubernatorial race, well it just doesn't.
If one realizes what is going on then you would realize that Ron Sparks isn't any better if not worse than Davis when it comes to key issues that affects the average black or working-class white voters. However, Sparks' stunt Friday calling for constituents in AL-7 congressional district to ask for Davis to support the bill and then claim he would support the bill if he was is in the House is pure bullshit and political grandstanding at its most pathetic worst. If Sparks can't even support a full constitutional rewrite for fear of the "Great White Wrath" of some voters of that demographic group then he can shut the fuck up on that bullshit he was pulling Friday on Davis.
Let's face it, Alabama is a state where the majority of likely voters will vote against any candidate that is for health care reform in the current House form allowing the possibility of funding for abortions, same-sex benefits, and the whole progressive shabang. I'm pro-choice and pro-LGBT rights (hello, I'm a black bisexual male), but it's the political expediency and the stance on state issues is what really counts come next June and November in the overall picture. If you are an one-issue voter then CONGRATULATIONS! But in the overall scheme of things you will be never satisfied with any candidate because no one candidate is perfect. You will realize that there is a choice between the less of the two evils. In this case with the Democratic ticket so far, Davis is the apparent less trifling one.
MY TAKE: I'm not a spokesperson for either one because I will throw Davis under the bus as well if he does a series of stupid things between now and November, but he at least has a good, stable platform. Sparks is looking more like a pandering opportunist that will camouflage himself depending who is the target audience of his speeches (black or white), circa 2008 and Hillary Clinton. That type of campaign never gets the candidate anywhere because you will get cornered and exposed by your opponents.
Davis is the best choice for the gubernatorial race on the Democratic side, so he will have to do things that aren't "right" or in the sacrificial sense "do the right thing at risk of losing an election" when he wants to be governor. If you're not enthused about his candidacy, welcome to the crowd, but I'm not going to sit out an election to prove a point that will hurt myself more than him. Davis will still be well-paid trial lawyer and viable politician for the future (prohibiting he has some skeletons in his closet). However, those you're supposed to be standing up for in this health care reform battle are the same people who will suffer as much if not more under one of those idiots on the Republican side because you thought you were going to show him. In other words, you are cutting off your own nose to spite your face.
I live in reality, not political reality, where everything is suppose to be idealistic and pure, but the reality where things don't always go the way you want them. I'm quite pragmatic and not apologetic as some try to claim because I don't apologize for anyone but myself. In reality, things aren't perfect, so when you harp and whine about things not being perfect it shows that you aren't living in reality because as I've said before "no candidate is perfect" or totally aligned with your interests.
So if you get upset about that crap or my opinion, that's your problem and not mine. I'm not a Democrat or Republican and never claim to be one. As my blog title says "Thoughts and rants from an Independent" which means I see it from an objective, non-partisan point-of-view, but I know what's really good with the politics. So it is what it is... |
