Voting to Support the Machine
Janet Kuypers
9/2-3-4/25
Living in Texas, I’ve come to realize that
Everyone here has a veil thrown over their
Eyes — and yeah, no matter where you live
You’re surrounded with their local ideology,
But I didn’t realize just how pervasive that
Insidious & oppressive Texas veil could be.
—
Just came back from my escape to Chicago
No, I wasn’t following Gene Wu or any
Other democrat representatives who left
Austin to avoid governor Abbott’s threat
To redistrict Texas mid-decade... though
Like me, they were also forced to return.
But for them, they were threatened that
if they didn’t return, they’d lose their job.
Democrat Texans’ efforts to block republican
Redistricting efforts failed. And all this time
I thought it was the liberal democrats who
Redistricted the life out of states... I always
Thought that it was the democrats who made
Art forms out of redistricting. Then I heard
That entertainer-in-chief Donald Trump wan-
ted Texas’ redistricting to get more republican
Votes to justify a ton of money on another
Exorbitant bill he wants (I mean, as I said, I
Thought the democrats were the over-the-top
Money spenders in our government, so I’m
Beginning to really get mystified here)...
Yeah, as I said, I always assumed politicians
Redistricting was a liberal thing — that is,
Until Trump connived his lemmings to do
His bidding for him. He’s been wanting to
Redistrict Texas, and I thought that Texas
Was republican enough... until I was told
That the state of Texas is actually like sixty-
Percent democrat. Wait a minute.
Can that really be? I thought Texas’ expanse
Was all republican (like anything not Cook
County in Illinois). Okay, time to research...
Okay, in Illinois it’s not just Chicago’s Cook
County that’s democrat, but I didn’t think
Texas had enough big towns to swing it
Liberal. So, wait a minute.
Is Texas the king of redistricting, making
Their state republican when they’re actually
Democrat? So, those Texas democrats
Had to go back to work, which gave Abbott
His change to make even more republican
Districts out of an actual democrat state.
(Yes, try to wrap your head around that.)
And in the wake of this, California then
Threatened to redistrict itself to gain the
Equivalent number of democrat districts
Abbott gains with his recent chicanery.
But after that California threat, Abbott
Responds that Texas can ‘eliminate’ ten
Democratic districts in response to Cali
-fornia* — and to all those republicans
Who believe in the status quo, I’ll bet our
Founding Fathers would love how these
Status quo-icians have kept everything so
Stable in our country now.
You know,
I head that when this country first started,
People who became president didn’t get
The vice president of their choice, but got
The second-place contender for president
— from the opposing party — as their vice
President. The thought there was to give
A balanced perspective on running things.
The idea may not have lasted long, but
What a novel concept — getting along
(you know, when not dueling to the death),
And maybe eventually actually accom-
plishing something. What a novel idea.
* https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5447180-texas-gop-redistricting-threat/
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