Fascists Target Singles

by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

One of the United States two major political parties is becoming more diverse and dynamic, while the other is not.

This year four female Democratic senators have already announced their intentions to run for President, a female serves as the Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, two black individuals have entered the Democratic presidential race and a third appears likely to enter as well, and one openly gay male Democratic mayor is in the race.  One prominent Hispanic politician is running for President - as is another candidate who speaks fluent and beautiful Spanish. Two female Democratic members of the House of Representatives are Muslim and another two are Native Americans, and a couple of other prominent politicians identify as Democratic Socialists.

The Republican Party remains largely an enclave of starchy white men wearing suits and ties - and bearing guns, Bibles, and pockets stuffed with cash from lobbyists.

This strong diversity factor is not going unnoticed by the general public, and much of their thinking on the matter was reflected back in the serious beating that Republican politicians - particularly those running for Congress - took at the polls last November.

Republicans, being the party of exclusion, chose to face down this political reality, not by trying to become more inclusive themselves, but by clinging to their hate and bigotry and demonizing all of the "others" who were finding acceptance from the Democrats.  Donald Trump is currently on a bender about "socialists," while Mike Pence saves his best fire for "gays."  And most of the party faithful follow Trump's lead on painting immigrants as diseased criminals - "animals" from "shithole" countries - bent on overrunning America and taking all of the good jobs.

Democrats support policies of growth and change, while Republicans strive to maintain privilege.

Bryan Fischer is a right-wing radio jockey who has a program on American Family Radio.  He is also a regular noise on social media.  This week Fischer has posted some exceptionally virulent remarks about Democratic senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker of New Jersey.  Booker, who, until he was elected to the Senate six years ago, served as mayor of Newark where he became nationally known for his quick response to constituent concerns - often responding immediately to tweets from residents from his city with replies that help was on the way.  Booker also once famously ran into a burning building and saved a woman's life.  People in Jersey like Cory Booker - and with good reason.

But Cory Booker has a couple of negatives, especially from a GOP perspective.  He is black and he is a never-married forty-nine-year-old male.  Barack Obama proved - twice - that a black man can be elected President of the United States, so tackling Senator Booker on that front might seem pointless, but a few of the fight-wing extremists - like Bryan Fischer - are focusing on Booker's other "vulnerability" in trying to give the candidate a mortal wound during the early days of the campaign.

Last week, Fischer, tweeted this little gem in response to an article on Senator Booker in Politico which asked the question:  "Is America Ready for a Single President?"

"Is America Ready for a Single President?" The better question: is America ready for a homosexual president? If Cory Booker turns out to be gay, he is disqualified. Cannot have a man who engages in sexually deviant behavior in the White House.

After receiving an assortment of responses which basically accused Fischer of "being in the closet" himself and charged him with speculating on something that was none of his business,  the erstwhile mudslinger came back with this addendum:

"Booker's sexual proclivities are in fact my business if he wants to be president of the United States. He will be compromised on every public policy issue that deals with homosexual behavior, including transgenders in the military and discrimination against Christian bakers."

I guess he does not regard Donald John Trump as a "compromised" leader because Trump's documented multiple sexual indiscretions - including being spanked with a rolled up newspaper by a porn star - have all been with women, while the ones Fischer imagines regarding Booker could have been with men.

Just for my own edification I took a tour of Bryan Fischer's Twitter account, and, not surprisingly, I found it to be a crazy quilt of . . .  well . . . crazy!   He posited questions like "Can a Christian vote for a Democrat?", and told of his fears that migrants along the southern border were bringing in flesh-eating bacteria.    Fischer believes that global warming is a hoax - and cites cold weather in the Midwest over the past couple of weeks as proof of his non-scientific beliefs.  He also thinks that there was no Trump-Russia conspiracy, government is too big,  and a wall should be built along the southern border.   Fischer was - and still is - a strong supporter of Alabama's Judge Roy Moore, he is staunchly anti-Muslim, pro "life," and doesn't like socialists.

But a porn star beating Donald Trump's fat, married, white ass with a newspaper is just fine with Bryan and Jesus.   (Never mind that Jesus was a seriously dark-skinned, socialist, confirmed bachelor who lived primarily in the company of men.)

Bryan J. Fischer, like many of his ilk, cannot be sidetracked by facts.  He is on a mission to define the world according to his biased beliefs.

Choosing a President is a complicated process that should not be constrained by the rigid moralities of small-minded and intolerant people like Bryan Fischer.  If Donald John Trump, a man who has had multiple wives and mistresses can serve in the office, then certainly a single man should have the same opportunity.

This is America, after all, and it needs to mean something of value.  This American voter would choose the values of Cory Booker over those of Donald Trump and Bryan Fischer any day of the week - and twice on Sunday!

Give 'em hell, Cory!