Well, I’m currently in South Carolina working on a campaign
to elect Elizabeth Colbert Busch to Congress so she can represent South
Carolina’s first district in the House of Representatives. I’ve never worked on a campaign in South
Carolina. I think South Carolina has a
better understanding of what “southern hospitality” is all about.
The district
itself is only twenty percent rural, or so I’m told. The President won this district in both 2008
& 2012. I think based on that
information, my candidate should win; however, this isn’t my first election and
it is really up to the constituents of the first Congressional district of the
Palmetto State. I believe Elizabeth Colbert
Bush is a strong candidate against the former governor of the state, Marl
Stanford. After watching them debate, I
think she has what it takes to win over the district. She is a tough individual and knows the issues
that matter to the district. She tends
to put the district first, as any respectable member of Congress should
do. She knows that the district still
has pockets of conservative values and understands they still need a voice in
Congress. There is a term for an
individual who is liberal on social issues; yet conservative on fiscal
matters…the new term is “Blue Dog Democrat.” Another term, slightly older, is a
“Dixiecrat” which is essentially a newer generation of a Republican post-Civil
War. (At least, that is how I look at it.)
I guess after
really thinking about politics and the issues, I would be considered a Blue Dog
in many ways. First, I was a Republican in high school and growing up. I tend to focus on issues instead of party
politics. I also believe that we need to be in control of our own monetary
funds and other things that we earn; however, I believe we need to have
safeguards to help those in society that are less fortunate or cannot help
themselves. I believe everyone should be
equal under the law of the United States.
If you are a citizen, then you deserved to be treated like one and
equally as others. With only some of
those beliefs I hold, I feel that I would cast an affirmative vote for
Elizabeth Colbert Busch to represent my voice in Congress (and if I lived in
South Carolina’s first Congressional District).
In other political news, the state of Rhode Island [and
Providence Plantations] became the tenth state in the United States to pass
Marriage Equality. I am extremely proud
of this accomplishment. I drove up to
the Ocean State to help out this successful campaign and met a bunch of
wonderful individuals (both on the campaign team and the citizens who contacted
their state representatives to pass the legislation). This win in Rhode Island completes all of the
states in New England to have Marriage Equality! I hope this will be the
positive model for other parts of the United States to adopt, implement, and pass
this historic trend to include Marriage Equality into a basic American right. Hopefully in June, the United States Supreme Court will render their verdict on the right side of history.
