I received an email just this morning via another political fundraising network trying to raise money on behalf of the Alabama Democratic Party. I sent some money to them last week. I now regret doing so. Just like last week’s message, this one was about trying to stop Alabama Senator, Tommy Tuberville, from being able to run for Governor in 2026. Assuming it was only about stopping him politically I donated. I regretfully, as always when it comes to reading state politics, read some articles to research what the ADP was doing to stop Tuberville. It quantified what the fundraising emails were saying. That being the ADP was taking Tommy’s campaign to court to stop him from qualifying for next year’s race, stating his only permanent residence was in Florida. Having studied the issue and knowing Alabama’s constitution I believe the ADP has a solid case. The problem is though, it won’t matter. Too many people with money, hint who can bribe the right people, will want this for Alabama. They want a Trump sycophant for our Governor. They want someone they can push around with requests for massive tax breaks and lax laws against consumer protections. What else is new for Alabama?
What isn’t new is the ADP wasting more time and money of those citizens who tragically have donated to the party, since reasonable people lost power to the old malignant and incompetent guard within the party, three years ago. Now, with new knowledge that their hard earned money is going to a suit against Tuberville instead of funding infrastructure to elect talented candidates up and down the ballot. What’s the saying: If you can beat em’ lose some more money.’ Reader, you get the hint! This is another crap show which is more evidence as to why Alabama consistently ranks last in every important metric.
Tragically, what also is not new is the toxic messaging from some of the more popular political pundits covering state politics, some who are progressive and want change. Yet, they may be one of the reasons inadvertently that solid candidates for change ‘can’t be found’ or won’t run. A theme I’ve read, when I can actually stomach reading about state politics, is that the ADP cannot conjure up competent candidates. That the state’s progressive grass roots apparatus cannot produce anyone of substance. In my mind Alabama can! We have prospects with not only talent, but moxie to head into the fight for change we so badly need. The problem is Alabamians and Alabama political writers think every good candidate must be a ‘household name.’ If the fine citizens of a certain district in Missouri thought that way, those same fine citizens would not have been blessed with Cori Bush. The same Congresswoman who once lived out of her car. The same goes for the fine citizens of Georgia’s sixth congressional district, who elected an everyday mother who lost a son before tragically before his time. One with the simple platform of gun law reformation after having him killed by senseless gun violence in Lucy McBath. Not the type of scenarios that would breed a candidate with a ‘name’ everyone knows.
In closing, the progressive political punditry covering state politics would best serve their own desires for change and ours if they were to start cutting ‘irrelevant’ progressive candidates some slack. If they actually got behind them and wrote about their platforms in positive tones whether than hopeless ones. If with the stroke of their keyboard, gave them the exposure they so badly needed. Or if they stopped complaining and ran for public office themselves. Because right now, they are no different than any of our other self defeating socio-political reasons as to why Alabama cannot support candidates of change. They are part of the problem instead of the solution. The joke is on them in that they haven’t figured this out yet.
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