Wouldn't it be better
Not to be so polite
You could offer a light
Start a little conversation now
It's alright, just take five
Just take five Mrs. Dave Brubeck, Lola Brubek
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Years ago, I was a faithful listener to the late talk radio host Bob Grant of WABC-New York, the original political shock jock who used to say, "Somebody has to say these things, it might as well be me."
Donald Trump guaranteed to end inflation and the war in Ukraine on Day 1 along with several other stupidly impossible pledges. Congresswoman Sheila McCormick topped that when she won a vacant seat 4 yrs ago in this district. The well-to-do candidate spent lavishly on media and signage promoting "$1000 for YOU" ... "monthly" ...1000 dollars ... if we sent her to Washington in an open seat, special election called after Congressman Alcee Hastings death.
The would-be Santa Claus Congresswoman won the party's special primary election by a tiny fraction, 5 vote majority, over Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness! The Broward Commissioner unsuccessfully sued McCormick for voter fraud. But the Congresswoman had a fine print disclaimer in her ads essentially admitting her promise was nonsense.
The story gets more depressing. In a primary election rematch a few months later ... in the 2022 election, when every Congressional seat was up for grabs, Sheila McCormick, sitting United States Congresswoman elected to fill Hasting's unfinished term, who sold constituents on idea of a free "$1000 a month", beat Holness again, this time by 40 per centage points! The power of a few months' incumbency.
Normally, Democrats campaigning on taxpayers footing a free one thousand dollars a month for every man, woman and child in their district, running against well-funded, quality Republican opponents, would be unwise, but the Democrats in our particular district outnumber Republicans 4 to 1 so the Republican machine never, ever fields a candidate!
May 24, 2025. Lo and behold, there is another someone to rail against Sheila...the rotten dynamics of the 20th district notwithstanding...his name is Elijah Manley. No relation to Payton.