April 19^th 2017 Blog Addendum

We in the United States have the most unusual of all political systems in the world, especially when it comes to campaigns and voting.  It makes me wonder about the college courses dealing with “political science”, which by the way cannot distinguish itself as a “science” any longer, since Donald Trump apparently made “political science” a non-sequitur!  One can name nearly every rule of “political science” and our now President Trump broke them all into tiny pieces. 

The above paragraph brings me to the recent “special elections”, in the State of Kansas that voted Republican and now a runoff vote will be taking place on June 20^th in the State of Georgia.  One might think that these candidates would be supported by their local constituents, which might be true with the Republican base, but the Demoncrats are so desperate for a win, they had to be funded from outside sources to the tune of an excess of 8 million dollars!  In addition, Jon Ossoff, is not even a current resident of the district he is attempting to win.  He is what was referred to back during the days after the Civil War, as “Carpet Baggers”.  These were political opportunists, who rolled up their carpets and traveled to the Southern States that were in political disarray.

The Demoncrats were literally “banking” on a win in the first round of voting.  One should take note that there were 18 people who were coveting this Congressional position, so the voting was divided up and Jon Ossoff could not secure the 50 percent needed for a win, but lost this first round.  According to at least one historical account that was brought to my attention today; this same scenario had taken place once before and the runoff vote yielded to the Republican.  I am not saying this is going to happen again, but it is something to think about and we simply must wait until the votes are counted the day after June 20^th.