I’m always a little bit surprised at myself whenever I decide to write about politics, especially local ones that only really those people who live in Georgia, a smaller parameter would even understand. But I guess caring about politics is one of those things that comes with age, for those of us who weren’t destined to be into politics as younger people, or who really knows, it’s something that I feel like I have some words to expend, and it’ll still be a ways before this even gets seen by eyes other than my own.
Anyway, long story short, Georgia has now narrowed down its field for the next governor of the state. And in my opinion, no matter who emerges from this field of muck to become the next governor of Georgia, I hope Georgians are ready to suffer and/or be prepared to go back in time. One way or the other, I can’t help but feel like Georgia is fucked no matter what happens in this particular race.
In one corner, we have Stacey Abrams representing the Democrats. To say she won handily would be an understatement; at hoovering up 76% of the vote, she obliterated the competition, and patiently awaits the runoff to see who she will be opposed against on the Republican side.
Oh, and she’s a black woman vying to become the first black woman to ever hold a seat of elected state governor in the entire history of the United States. Georgia may have become a little more progressive over the last few decades, but emphasis on “a little.” Outside of Atlanta, Savannah and parts of Augusta, the whole rest of the state is still red as the Chicago Bulls logo, and I can’t imagine that people in these remote country areas are going to even hesitate to pick “not the colored woman” on the ballot in November.