Month: September 2024

Shoeless Joe, Pete Rose, That Guy, and My Old Man.

Today would have been my dad’s 84th birthday had he not died in a hospital not long after his 80th. Since he is not here to give his opinion, let me share it with you: He told me many times that the lifetime ban from baseball for Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose should only apply to the span of their mortal time on Earth. He believed Shoeless Joe belonged in the Hall of Fame and he believed that Pete Rose ought to be posthunously inducted there. I agree with Pops. Pete’s lifetime ban is expired.

He also insisted that you not mention the name of that guy that is now running against Vice President Kamala Harris.

My dad was a proud independent conservative. He served in Vietnam and he was weirdly proud to have voted for Barry Goldwater. He was not so proud about Vietnam, though he made his peace with it and started wearing his Vietnam Veteran cap later in life… and he started displaying his medals on a plaque on the wall. Prior to that, he kept them in a drawer for a couple decades.

But he never made his peace with that guy. In his last year, he opened up considerably about the war. It was more than I wanted to know. Like I said, he made his peace with it. He said the one thing that never made sense was being with a buddy talking to him one minute and then a minute later he’s gone, because of a small hole. He got over Vietnam somewhat, made his peace with it, but it took almost half a century and there wasn’t that much time for that guy that insulted the gold star parents of a fallen soldier and got away with it and became President, anyway… my dad didn’t live to see Joe Biden elected, nor see that other guy behaving like a disrespectful clown at Arlington Cemetery.

You couldn’t mention that guy’s name around my dad, so I won’t mention it, but f*ck that guy.

If you vote for that guy, I respect your right as an American to vote your conscience, but as my father’s son, I must say again, f*ck that guy. He deserves a lifetime ban more than those other guys did.

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Poser-in-chief Jill Stein getting absolutely smoked while being a poser.

Moments like this make Elon’s anti-social virtual cesspool worthwhile.

Check out the 2nd clip in Mehdi Hasan’s X post. Also, Jill Stein quoting “corporate duopolist” JFK is precious.

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I don’t always speak for my affiliations and my affiliations don’t always speak for me.

Friends, colleagues, fellow citizens… support Gloria Witt for Congress in southside Virginia.

The Coordinated Dream Team in southside Virginia… Kamala Harris (Tim Walz), Tim Kaine, and Gloria Witt.

When I came to Danville, Virginia in 2008, we pulled off one of the biggest upsets in decades. We won the deep red 5th District by about 800 votes. The record turnouts in Danville had a lot to do with it. Barack Obama at the top of the ticket had a lot to do with it, but that’s not the whole story. Me and Marcus Hughes having conversations in Cardinal Village (walking into the middle of a gun battle one time) had a lot to do with it. Bryant Hood and Steph Spissu getting out at midnight in the 6th Ward to make sure the right door hangers were in place after a report about Republicans switching them up… that had a lot to do with it.

We met many new voters and people that hadn’t voted in a long time. They were excited about Barack Obama, but they didn’t know that Tom Perriello was going to help Barack in the Congress until we had those conversations.

Volunteers walking their home turf in every part of Danville. That had everything to do with it. Felicia King and her crew of teenagers in 11. Ms. Virginia in 6. Ms. Gloria working the front desk. The ladies that ran the Danville Voter Contact Machine phone bank… that had more than a lot to do with it.

But we also had conversations with Republicans and won their votes. They thought Barack was going to raise taxes. They didn’t know he was raising the top rate and was going to give them the largest payroll tax cut in history. They found out Barack was running to put money in their pockets, just as Kamala, Tim Kaine, and Gloria Witt are fighting for working people today.

We brought people together and pulled off an upset and we’re getting the band back together to do it again.

I’m down here helping my friend Joshua Norris. I met him while he was volunteering in 2008 and now he’s campaign manager for Gloria Witt. We’re both doing whatever we can to build back the Danville Voter Contact Machine. At minimum, we will get extra votes for Kamala and the Tims (Walz and Kaine) but it would be especially meaningful to win this Congressional seat again.

The Dems haven’t won it since 2008, but we have a good candidate that can draw a broad coalition and pull off the upset. We want Kamala to win but we also want to make sure she has the people in Congress that will help give working families a #BetterDeal.

Help us help them. I have phone calls to make and doors to hit, so please pass this blog around your personal network and help us support the organizing work that will make this deep red seat blue… again.

We have a chance to make history and do what’s best for our country.

Gloria Witt campaign manager Joshua Norris and organizer Adam Broad at the Obama Reunion Party. Salt Shed. Chicago, IL

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