I don't blame Democrats in Portland for switching to Republicans this time around. Oregon's Democratic politicians have forgotten they were elected not the Woke the World, but to protect the innocent, police the guilty, promote the general welfare, fill potholes, collect the garbage, and handle other nuts-and-bolts issues quietly and wel…
I don't blame Democrats in Portland for switching to Republicans this time around. Oregon's Democratic politicians have forgotten they were elected not the Woke the World, but to protect the innocent, police the guilty, promote the general welfare, fill potholes, collect the garbage, and handle other nuts-and-bolts issues quietly and well. They did just the opposite: allowing crime, riots, public drug use, cartel takeovers, shitting on public sidewalks, and those endless, lawless, police-will-not-enter encampments. That attitude is so maddening to normal Americans that Oregon Democrats lost the right to re-election.
Even more appalling: being "just normal" would get them easy re-election. In a sane world, no MAGA Republican like Greene, Boebert, or Kari Lake would ever win office---they're too nuts. But Portland's Democratic leadership is even nuttier. What a terrible choice.
I don't blame Democrats in Portland for switching to Republicans this time around. Oregon's Democratic politicians have forgotten they were elected not the Woke the World, but to protect the innocent, police the guilty, promote the general welfare, fill potholes, collect the garbage, and handle other nuts-and-bolts issues quietly and well. They did just the opposite: allowing crime, riots, public drug use, cartel takeovers, shitting on public sidewalks, and those endless, lawless, police-will-not-enter encampments. That attitude is so maddening to normal Americans that Oregon Democrats lost the right to re-election.
Even more appalling: being "just normal" would get them easy re-election. In a sane world, no MAGA Republican like Greene, Boebert, or Kari Lake would ever win office---they're too nuts. But Portland's Democratic leadership is even nuttier. What a terrible choice.