The El Paso Democratic Party: Sleeping Through a Revolution?
Less than a few days ago, Jesse Jackson Jr addressed El Paso’s Democrats at the Black El Paso Democrats dinner. He spoke about making sure we don’t sleep through a revolution.
He mentioned the story of Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep for 20 years. When he went to sleep, King George III was in charge and when he awoke, George Washington was in charge.
It was a message that echoed a similar message Dr. Martin Luther King gave at a church in Washington DC shortly before his assassination.
Democrats, I fear that this message has fallen on deaf ears, or at the very least, we may have heard the message too late.
In our own backyard, the so-called Democratic stronghold in Texas, we are sleeping through a revolution. Take a look around people, in the city election, nearly every single candidate is a REPUBLICAN! In at least two races, there are ONLY Republicans running.
Where are the Democrats?
The party of personal responsibility is pulling a fast one and none of you have seen in coming. They are hiding their values as Republicans by only running in non-partisan races so that they can get elected without having to have the scarlet letter “R” behind their name.
They boast that Latinos are Republicans, they just don’t know it. That’s implying we are stupid.
You all know that I vote for the person and not the party. But part of what makes me vote for the person is their beliefs in how government should operate and how people should be treated in this country. Rather than own their beliefs, they hide behind them.
Take a quick check of the candidates. Here are the Republicans (according to the primary elections they’ve voted in): Ann Morgan Lily (1), Manny Hinojosa (1), Tim Besco (1), Abe Peinado (1), Cortney Niland (8), Zulema Lazarin (6).
The Democrats, Eddie Holguin (6), Maria “Mayela” Mejia (5), Dr. Michiel Noe (5).
Don’t tell me that values don’t matter in a city election. They matter in every election, including school board elections. Many of the Republicans wear their values on their sleeves and one even boasts on his website, “In God will I trust and pray before every decision. Along with several other religious references on the website.
Yet we appear to have a fear of expressing our values as Democrats and liberals. Do you know they actually think we don’t love our country? Do you know they actually believe that we don’t stand for the Constitution? Do you know that some of their leadership refer to us as “Godless Liberals”?
The Democratic Party leadership in this town should be actively recruiting candidates to run. There are a couple of groups in town that have formed groups to work on this idea, but call me old-school but I think the party leadership should be leading the charge on this front.
We can’t let people who don’t reflect the values of El Paso have the keys to the car without making them earn it!
The time is now. The Republicans have momentum. The Republicans are organized. The Republicans are motivated.
Are we?
Democratic Party leadership: Get off your ass, stop resting on your laurels, and get in the game! If not, get the hell out of the way for people that will!
He mentioned the story of Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep for 20 years. When he went to sleep, King George III was in charge and when he awoke, George Washington was in charge.
It was a message that echoed a similar message Dr. Martin Luther King gave at a church in Washington DC shortly before his assassination.
Democrats, I fear that this message has fallen on deaf ears, or at the very least, we may have heard the message too late.
In our own backyard, the so-called Democratic stronghold in Texas, we are sleeping through a revolution. Take a look around people, in the city election, nearly every single candidate is a REPUBLICAN! In at least two races, there are ONLY Republicans running.
Where are the Democrats?
The party of personal responsibility is pulling a fast one and none of you have seen in coming. They are hiding their values as Republicans by only running in non-partisan races so that they can get elected without having to have the scarlet letter “R” behind their name.
They boast that Latinos are Republicans, they just don’t know it. That’s implying we are stupid.
You all know that I vote for the person and not the party. But part of what makes me vote for the person is their beliefs in how government should operate and how people should be treated in this country. Rather than own their beliefs, they hide behind them.
Take a quick check of the candidates. Here are the Republicans (according to the primary elections they’ve voted in): Ann Morgan Lily (1), Manny Hinojosa (1), Tim Besco (1), Abe Peinado (1), Cortney Niland (8), Zulema Lazarin (6).
The Democrats, Eddie Holguin (6), Maria “Mayela” Mejia (5), Dr. Michiel Noe (5).
Don’t tell me that values don’t matter in a city election. They matter in every election, including school board elections. Many of the Republicans wear their values on their sleeves and one even boasts on his website, “In God will I trust and pray before every decision. Along with several other religious references on the website.
Yet we appear to have a fear of expressing our values as Democrats and liberals. Do you know they actually think we don’t love our country? Do you know they actually believe that we don’t stand for the Constitution? Do you know that some of their leadership refer to us as “Godless Liberals”?
The Democratic Party leadership in this town should be actively recruiting candidates to run. There are a couple of groups in town that have formed groups to work on this idea, but call me old-school but I think the party leadership should be leading the charge on this front.
We can’t let people who don’t reflect the values of El Paso have the keys to the car without making them earn it!
The time is now. The Republicans have momentum. The Republicans are organized. The Republicans are motivated.
Are we?
Democratic Party leadership: Get off your ass, stop resting on your laurels, and get in the game! If not, get the hell out of the way for people that will!
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