Lucky you, Massachusetts! Texas billionaire John Arnold is going to save democracy in the Bay State! Unfortunately he is helping to destroy democracy in the process. That is the upshot of today’s outstanding Matt Stout story in The Boston Globe, Who Are The Out-of-State Billionaires Backing Ranked Choice Voting in Massachusetts? According to the story…
Month: October 2020
I apologize to Sen. Mike Lee. He’s Right, America’s isn’t a Democracy.
I apologize to Republican Senator Mike Lee. Yesterday Sen. Lee tweeted out that America isn’t a democracy at all, and I made fun of him. I’m embarrassed because Sen. Lee is right. American is not a democracy. It’s an oligarchy. Here’s the tweet from Sen. Lee (R-Quarantine) that set off Twitter: True Sen…
GOP Senate Candidate Misunderstands Mass Voters
Republican Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Kevin O’Connor criticized Senator Markey in a tweet for not opposing outright the idea of a Democratic senate packing the Supreme Court next year. Clearly, O’Conner thinks Bay State voters might be turned off by brazen partisanship enough to hold this against Markey. Though I haven’t seen polling data on…