Oh and a Hearty Endorsement to Steve Owens

 in the race for the democratic nomination for State Rep in the 29th Middlesex District Tomorrow.  Humble Elias had some doings with Steve back in the Great Days and always found him thoughtful, reliable and honest in his views. He will make a fine State Representative for Watertown/Cambridge in every way. Vote for Steve Owens tomorrow!

Down to the Wire...

 Senator Markey made another successful campaign appearance in Menotomy today, Congressman Kennedy seems to be doing very little business among the Spartan Elite.  But then, Ed signature is on every political IOU in town from the Mugar Wetlands to the Great Meadow.

But should Kennedy prevail on Tuesday, it is because he took to heart his Grandfather and Great Uncle's example's to heart i.e. "only by challenge shall I rise".  In the example of Bobby Kennedy his race to unseat LBJ as the Party's Presidential Nominee in 1968 and then Teddy Kennedy's quixotic and unsuccessful bid to supplant Jimmy Carter in 1980.

Y'know whenever a Kennedy runs especially in Massachusetts the air turns blue with superlatives like "leadership, dynamism, zeal, zest, energy, service, enthusiasm etc etc", sometimes it is all emitted to obscure the lack of specifics or else an unspectacular record in public life. In this case though, it is supposed to delineate an intangible difference from that long serving congressional work horse, Ed Markey.

And in Truth, Kennedy has to prattle on about leadership, service and dynamism because for the most part, he has to run on the same platform as Markey to get anywhere in this democratic primary. So what it comes down to is this,  if JPK3 wins, it is because those intangible shibboleths still has some power in a Massachusetts Democratic Primary.  On the other hand, if he loses, then its a sure sign that the Blazing Sun over Hyannisport has dipped below the horizon and the Twilight of the Kennedy's is upon us.

I make no secret of my preference for Senator Markey, he has put the time in with respect to a myriad of pressing issues, he indeed the classic congressional work horse, he has no interest in higher office, he is a ambitious older man who still dreams of new legislative successes.  I say keep him, "Good Enough for AOC, Good Enough for Me" is my motto.

With Kennedy you'll get all the above cited mantras, I'm sure he'll talk up any number of Markey's signature issues, I doubt he has the patience to bring any of them to a successful conclusion though.

And anyway we all know what happens next, if nominated & elected, no matter who wins the Presidency this fall, assuming there is an election 2024, Kennedy will have a Presidential PAC by Thanksgiving.  Maybe JPK3 can't walk away from "Avenging Dallas & Los Angeles", maybe he cannot resist another Death March to the Potomac, but we can, we can say no, politely but firmly.

And we should, on Tuesday, Vote for Markey....

Four Nights of Trump talking in Prime Time..

 Apparently because he craves the limelight and the groveling approval that can only come from a thoroughly cowed and sniveling GOP Convention. Like all narcissists, Trump thinks all his ideas are genius, they go awry only because of the mendacity or the incompetence of his underlings.  But, Four Full Hours of Trump blathering away between now and Thursday, is a very bad idea indeed.  Let me tell ya why, there is indeed a thing called "Too Much Trump", because the more he talks the more he damages his own prospects. Oh he'll be cheered, he make all the usual crowd pleasing threats, the delegate will debase themselves like trained circus animals, but believe me Trump's incoherent berserker act will wear thin by tomorrow night 10:30pm EDT.

This is what went wrong with his daily corona virus press briefings, instead of steadying the public's nerve, disseminating facts, controlling the narrative in a positive the President became a daily dose of ignorance and chaos. Instead of addressing the problem, he became the problem, and that is all that will happen with these nightly speeches, they will lose him support outside the hall. Moreover, at a four hour commitment the GOP exposes itself to the very real risk that Trump will make some humiliating irrevocable gaffe that'll only confirm his rumored illness & malevolent confusion.

No wonder the only legitimate outcome they'll accept is a Trump Victory, they got no choice, made too many bad decisions to back off now. That having been said I think a majority of the GOP won't do a thing if Trump loses in November, at least in turns of any threatened violence or mayhem. The problem is, none of them will do a blessed thing if he steals the election.

So given all that, is it any wonder that the GOP has started pounding itself over the head with a 2x4 and screaming "You Are Next!!"?

Funny

 we don't have a national contact tracing program re. covid19 because the testing regime is veers from chaotic ineptitude to "barely holding on" from state to state. We don't even have a federal masking mandate, basically our national strategy consists of factual epigrams from Dr. Fauci followed by berserk incoherent rages from Our President.

So really we got nothing, and we are on track to lose a quarter million of our fellow citizens by year's end.

Nonetheless The President does have a clear transparent and effective national strategy to disrupt the US Postal Service and prevent effective voting by mail. So you see, national strategies

do work...

The Inadequacy that is Shame...

 On the day his younger brother Robert died, President Trump apparently went on a high speed Police Boat Ride in NYC. He then accepted the endorsement of the NYPD for reelection and today, the day after his brother died, Trump went golfing.

And the rest of us are so battered by events, we now accept all this as somehow normal.  I wonder if Donald checked Robert's teeth for any gold fillings? Pliers in hand of course....

Oh Thank Ghod....

 Joe Biden in a burst of common sense, chose Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate today.  Hopefully she will give him the Party Unity needed to bring the Fight to Donald Trump come this fall. And believe me, that is gonna be a fight.

And Besides, Biden has proven himself to be a big hearted guy who holdeth no grudges, he rose from the floor from all those haymakers Harris landed in the debates back last fall.  Rest assured Biden was knocked down the most, and he got up again the most...to paraphrase the late Floyd Patterson.

Now maybe Harris up a few of those haymakers on that doddering stammering stumblebum, Mike Pence.

"Show No Mercy Kamala" is all I can advise.

And perhaps best of all, Joe Biden has spared the Commonwealth another Special Senate Election by NOT tendering the nomination to Senior Senator Warren...having been there in 2010 and seeing our Main Chance Slip Away, I for one, Am Grateful.

Now Where can I get a bumper sticker, I need one badly...