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Good morning AB, All.

We begin by thanking AB for doing this thread, on to Bray for a contribution of weekly thoughtful wisdom, on to yon commenters who provide valuable feedback.

I went to the Delaware state Republican convention this past Friday for the dinner and Saturday as a delegate.

Heh.

Well yeah I got personal stuff going on but I shall surprise you all by beginning with a blurb about applicable politics.

We’ll not mention the leaking hot water heater and the toilet that won’t flush. Or the fact that I got them fixed, liberated and fashion-forward woman that I am. Or that I saw my plumber at the state convention.

Heh.

I am going to be writing all week about this experience, folks, on my Blog, because I learned so very much. So very, very much.

On Friday I attended the dinner but there was a cocktail hour before hand. Indeed I went by myself, again, liberated woman that I am. There was only one male type of person that paid me any attention. He was the guy who came to join me in a drink at one of those cool stand up tables. We talked and turns out he goes to my church. After a bit I excused myself to mingle. He told me he only came over because he needed a place to set down his plate of food.

Heh.

The speaker was a Benghazi survivor and I was riveted. What a story, people. Turns out that the ONLY people who came to rescue those still living on that roof top was….guess? THE LIBYANS!

Not a Swede, a German, a Norwegian….much less an American anywhere in sight.

Shameful tale of our country folks.

On Saturday we had the meeting and what a big mess.

Bear in mind that Delaware is an interesting state, however small we may be, in that is was OUR state that began the revolution against the establishment with our infamous Christine O’Donnell versus Mike Castle primary.

We no longer nominate candidates before the primary here in Delaware like the elite did with Mike Castle but we voted in Christine O’Donnell anyway, flipping them the bird….assholes.

What we do now is “endorse” candidates at the state convention and I still do not know why the hell we do this with the primary in September but I got some thoughts on the matter.

Also, our state chair, Charlie Copeland, I am told by reliable sources, is Mike Castle’s lover…..I am not making this up and cannot put this on my Blog post but I shall share the down and dirty with my fellow Freepers.

The way the state “endorses” candidates led to crazy results, some complaints….all this amidst calm calls for “unity”.

Heh.

Sussex county is the pit of hell as the northern Delaware elite see it, filled with Neanderthals that should be sent to Nebraska or some other place of hell on earth.

BUT…..heh, we got them beat in every category….93 from Sussex county, next up was 60 from Kent county and then they didn’t have enough delegates in attendance.

Anyway, I will stop now as I know it is mostly of local interest but I must add, for my ego, that almost everyone in that convention knew me, some even gasped in awe not that I deserve this.

Because I weekly do an analysis of the Delaware state legislature and guys, I make things happen.

I’ll end with one such example.

The Delaware legislature passed some kind of resolution to make giving student loans easier. Forget the verbiage they used but it annoyed me all to hell.

I wrote about my nephew, a nice young man, now in his 30’s, who took advantage of student loans and got himself a bunch of bucks when he was back in college, over a hundred thousand dollars in fact. He went to a college in Spain for whatever reason, he merrily signed the loan papers.

Now he is waiting tables and has lost his driver’s license due to unpaid student loans.

So I wrote on my Blog that the Delaware legislature shouldn’t be encouraging student loans as those young people don’t quite see the future requiring a payback.

HB349!!!!!

This week, put up for vote…..all students receiving student loans must attend a financial counseling course.

Or something.

I’m not sure of the phrasing but hey, those guys listen to me, and they want me to write nice things about them.

Ahhhhhh, my point being that citizens can more of an impact than I think they’ll ever know.

I will be here all day, yon readers, keep me apprised with fine and wise commentary.

Also, I did vote this past week. This primary was the national and was only for President.

Up until the moment I stepped into that voting booth I’d been planning to vote for Ted Cruz. I been a Cruz supporter right from the start but like so many, my eye cast to Donald Trump and what the hell was that all about.

Yeah, I kind of liked Trump. I know they call us dumbbells and let me tell you the anti-Trump people remind of the anti-ChristineODonnell people. Vicious nuts with their nemesis living rent free in their minds. I guess I liked Trump because I DO think he can do the art of the deal and also, I love his political incorrectness.

But I felt there was no reason to change my vote from Cruz as he’s done nothing to upset me and I have not heard him tell one lie no matter what Trump calls him.

Cruz....what ever the hell he was thinking, teamed up last week, even though he now tries to deny it, with Kasich.

I cannot stand Kasich, a nothing-burger who no more should be up where he’s at more than Rubio, Carson....any of the others almost. If Kasich were on fire I would not pee on him.

What the hell Cruz was thinking with this alliance...”You take Oregon, I’ll take Indiana”. STUPID STUPID STUPID.

So came the time to push the button I pushed it for Donald Trump.

Do not argue with me. If Cruz still pulls off the nomination I shall be fine with this and, indeed, I do like Carly.

But that was the dumbest damn thing a candidate ever did and I’m not convinced I am the only voter who at the last minute changed their mind.