OK, so that isn't the most original title for a diary.....you don't know which Blue we mean, do you? Even so, I hope it got your attention, at least enough to discover....
Are we sad blue?
Are we the Blues Brothers?
Are we Smurfs?
Are we.......
You get the idea.
We are Blue, in the sense of Democrats, Progressives, forward thinkers. Yes, we are Blue. We live in Blue states, Purple states....and as we have discovered, there are plenty of us in Red States.
Thanks for respecting those who live in the Red, but whose hearts beat Blue.
Hop over the Great Orange Cheeze Doodle for more about being Blue.
Last Sunday, BeninSC and I wrote diaries in support of our Kossacks and would-be Kossacks in Red States. In case you missed them, you can read Ben's diary here. You can read mine here. Turns out...there are plenty of Blues living in the Red! That is both the good news and the bad news.
The Blue folks living in Red states...or Red areas in Blue states....need our help. They are fighting for their lives and well-being in ways that would boggle our minds.
From the relative safety and sanity of life in very Blue Massachusetts, I cannot imagine what it is like to be in Red Florida, and have to deal with the whackadoodle gun laws there. I cannot imagine being afraid to let my children play in their own front yard because guns are everywhere with very few limits or controls. This is same place where Rick Scott is doing his best to destroy everything that makes life worthwhile and meaningful.
I cannot imagine living in Red states where districts have been gerrymandered to the point where Republican wins are virtually guaranteed for the foreseeable future.
I cannot imagine living in Red states where it is becoming next to impossible to exercise our basic right to vote.
I cannot imagine what it is like to live in Wisconsin, that bastion of unions where all the benefits of unionism are being systematically destroyed by a governor who has delusions of adequacy...and the fantasy of being a presidential candidate!
But I can imagine doing whatever is possible to support those who do live in those areas, and trying to make their work a bit easier.
We need your help. Not your money.....although, we may ask for a few bucks of that from time to time, to support local candidates.
We need your brains, your heart, your strength, your passion and your commitment. We are a good way out from the 2016 Presidential elections, but this is where we start.
This could be the year that changes everything. It has to start somewhere. Let it be here and now.
So...most of all, we need ideas.
I'm posting a Poll to help narrow things down a bit, beginning with do we start a new group here to pull all these things together into a cohesive whole?
After that, we'll tackle things one at a time, so that our friends in the Red know that we in the Blue have their backs.
I can promise you that the pay off will be extraordinary! As I've said before, we are all in this together, and if we support each other now it will turn the tide we've been swimming against for what seems like..........ever.
Please answer the poll, add your comments and offer whatever positive feedback you can.
For those of you who don't think it matters...Yeah. We've heard that before. We don't buy it...not for a second!