Looking on the Bright Side of Life

Photo from Key West by Ribbie

from the political desk of Ribbie’s Weblog. 

Kavanaugh will be seated on the Supreme Court, but he may be unseated if the Democrats win the House and do a proper investigation into his background, following up on leads that Trump instructed the FBI not to explore.

Bright Size Life is one of my favorite records, released at the end of 1975, around the time John Paul Stevens was appointed by President Ford and confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court.  He was thought to be conservative but mostly voted with the liberal block on key issues.

Jobim’s classic Wave, one of the greatest records of all time, was recorded in 1967.  And 51 years later, in just a few months, an unstoppable Blue Wave is coming.

The Senate may not turn blue, but it could happen.  Elections matter. All the Dems up for reelection need to keep their seats – if you live in FL, IN, MN, MO, MT, ND, NJ, OH, WI, WV, CA, CT, DE, HI, MA, MD, MI, NM, NY, PA, RI, VA, WA, VT, and especially in the highlighted states, be sure to vote and vote for the incumbent Democrat.  The Dems must maintain all these seats and gain two Republican seats.  Ok, so if you live in AZ, NV, TN and TX, vote Dem. I urge my friends and family who live in TX to please vote against Ted Cruz. And any other Texans out there who might be reading this, I ask you do the same.

I had to lol when the former Iowa farmer Chuck Grassley used the French term resistance, likening the Dems and those who oppose Kavanaugh to the Jacobins during the French Revolution. It was the most radical thing the frightened Republicans could think of to smear the opposition. My educated guess is the reference was not understood by most, and instead simply appealed to rabid Trumpists on a pure xenophobic level.

It should come as some comfort to know that Trump is one of the least popular presidents in modern history some 624 days in – less popular than Obama, the Bushes, Clinton, Carter, Ford, Kennedy, Eisenhower, and even Nixon. Trump, it’s not too late to resign.

Final thought:

The Blues could win the Senate

and the Red Sox

the Pennant.