The 2016 Circus Has Begun!!!!

Ted Cruz for President

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas

I watched in stunned and begrudging admiration today as Ted Cruz launched his run for the 2016 presidential nomination.  From my perspective as an African-American, Christian woman who believes in the freedom of speech and expression just as much as the next person, and even more than some, I am truly amazed and I can’t help but wonder at the consequences of a Ted Cruz win.  He coined the slogan “Imagine” numerous times in his speech.  

He artfully choreographed a speech targeted at a red-meat , ultra-conservative crowd, that was in many ways acutely tuned into all the catch-phrases and  rhetoric that is aimed at raising their collective ire getting rid of the guy in the White House. 

Indeed, I too echo the term Imagine in response to his call for support!  Imagine a country where Ted Cruz was our president.  A country where compromise and cooperation were despised, where no rules or traditions applied except winning the next election!  Where political one-ups-man-ship comes first always!  Where opposition to thoughts other than your own are opposed at all costs to the jeopardy of the common man-citizen.  Where no pain is too great for the country to suffer through as long as it opposes the person in the White House who is deemed inappropriate because of his skin color, belief systems, or political party, and who is demeaned at every turn., for any public position.   Imagine a country where the most vulnerable are forced to suffer just so a political party can make a point.  Imagine a country where the national parks and other federal services are arbitrarily shut down based on the political whim of politicians wanting to force budget issues. 

Imagine a country where there is no respect for duly elected authority.  Imagine a country where open, traitorous practices are tolerated based solely on the unacceptable race or ethnicity of the President.  Imagine a country where unprecedented rudeness at the SOTU is not only allowed but anticipated.  Imagine a country where the EPA, the Post Office, the Department of Labor, and any other federal agencies that are geared to protect our human rights and the environment, are targeted for destruction. 

Imagine a country where you can freely and actively undermine the strategies of the sitting US government and the legitimately elected President of the U.S.,  without waiting for your elected turn to impose your will on not only the country but the world.    Where you can say any racist thing about your president or colleagues with no consequences, either ethically or politically.  Imagine that country and tell me it is better that what we have now!  Imagine that country and tell me you would like it!  If so, then enthusiastically go and vote for Ted Cruz.