Ann: Hi John.
John: Yes, yes, I know I’m taking up a lot of space here, but really, what else are you doing? And you knew I would have to come back here to celebrate. I’m not just for the hard times, you know. Auntie is here also.
Auntie: Sho is. That old boy finally got it done, pulled up his socks and bored right in because he knew how desperate the situation is. Never again, you need to say to yo’selves three times a day just like grace befo’ a meal, never again.
Now they’s always gonna be stealing, greed, and meanness, but never before has that been able to corrupt the entire system. Oh, we came close in my day, real close, so close that we went to war which you ain’t done yet, but still could happen. You listen to President Lincoln. He be talkin’ regular to Mr. Biden, and they see eye to eye. Please God keep him safe.
John: Amen to that, Auntie. This is a day of celebration and deep relief but also vigilance. Now is the time to clean up. Joe may not be able to get his most favored policies through but he can hold those shysters who have wormed their way into government to account. This I believe he will do but here is where get along Joe is going to have to stiffen his spine, not so it looks like a witch hunt, but so that everyone, no matter their party affiliation, will think twice about going on the take.
And those who are conduits for Russian interests had better be planning a trip to the Cayman Islands for an extended stay if they want to escape with their skins intact. And yes, Lindsey, I’m talking about you, though it grieves me to say so. I see him trying to become the next Trump and run for president to continue the grab for power, so Joe, listen up, you won’t have any time to rest on your laurels.
But now, my friends, we have time to breathe. Let’s not waste it.
Auntie: Like I tole you befo’, we got to keep marchin’. Look what happens every time we sit back and take a breath. When we think we’ve won, we git lazy and no count, and while we not looking, here they come again. Jim Crow after the Civil War, all that gerrymandering after the Civil Rights legislation, and, a’course, Trump after Obama, to name a few.
These folks don’t go away, they jes lie in wait. Until all out children play together in the same schools, it ain’t never gone be any different, so that where we got to put our energy. Then, maybe not in this generation but in the next, we can all march under the same banner.
November 8, 2020
Ann, would you ask John Lewis and John McCain to see what they can do to flip the Georgia Senate seats in January... Please!?
Thank you John and Auntie for your encouragement and guidance. I still don’t understand how Lindsey got re-elected when his integrity shows he has done a 180 with the Supreme Court situation when Obama was in office. We can only hope that those who put him back in a position to be investigated, will see the flaws he has be brought to light and prosecuted. Thank you Ann for your willingness to share these insights so we can act on them.
I am most happy that Georgia and Arizona went purple, which is how I would like to see more states. If I recall some of your visitors are from those locations (talking to you John). I bet John Lewis is happy too (and talking in people's ears about the January Senate runoffs).