Remember that good ole TV comedy, "Diff'rent Strokes?" Jesse Johnson, going by his recent letter to the Federal Way Mirror, sounds not much like the late Gary Coleman, who once ran a good campaign for governor of California, but much like Jesse Jackson: a lot of airy talk with very little substance. No, we really don't even have "hope" in common, because there are gradations of hope, and I'm sure the one I go by is a lot different than the one a Seattle-esque leftist, about to take his seat on the Council, goes by. I, for one, am not concerned about different cultures unless I happen to be taking a trip out of the country, because I believe one culture should be utmost, foremost and practically singular, and that is the American culture; a good practice, especially if you are or are about to be a professional politico in the U.S.A. I also don't have a general interest in identity politics, but generally judge people by the content of their character.
Keeping an eye on my old city's politics every once in a blue moon, I said at the time, when the ex-pro basketball player, Dave Bing, was running for mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 2009, and eventually elected because of his sports fame, that he would be another run-of-the-mill politician; keenly aware that he had moved from a gated suburban community to Detroit proper, just so that he could run. Bing proved me right, as he was so unpopular in Detroit at the end of his single term that he dared not run for re-election. So much for starry-eyed hope, as Detroit's trying to go back to old-fashioned character, instead.
Related posts on Senator:
(1.) "Crossroads" and (2.) "New Orleans and Detroit"
Keeping an eye on my old city's politics every once in a blue moon, I said at the time, when the ex-pro basketball player, Dave Bing, was running for mayor of Detroit, Michigan in 2009, and eventually elected because of his sports fame, that he would be another run-of-the-mill politician; keenly aware that he had moved from a gated suburban community to Detroit proper, just so that he could run. Bing proved me right, as he was so unpopular in Detroit at the end of his single term that he dared not run for re-election. So much for starry-eyed hope, as Detroit's trying to go back to old-fashioned character, instead.
Related posts on Senator:
(1.) "Crossroads" and (2.) "New Orleans and Detroit"
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