Not that I really want to care about the governorship of Georgia, but I’ve kind of enjoyed how the state has been over the last few years, and I’d like to see it continue on a similar path. I dig how Nathan Deal has been this left-leaning Republican that always sides with money, even if it means going against the things that the right loves to gobble up like institutional racism and homophobic discrimination in the name of religion. It’s always been somewhat of a societal safety net knowing that no matter what bullshit bills or laws rise to be on the cusp of sending the state of Georgia back a few decades, Nathan Deal has pretty much always gone against it, if there was any modicum of chance that it would negatively impact the state’s financial fortunes in any way, shape or form.
Unfortunately, all things do come to an end, and because of term limits, Nathan Deal is on his way out. Vying for his seat is Democrat Stacey Abrams, but I’m kind of already discounting her chances, because she’s a black woman, and despite the fact that I’d prefer her win over her opponents, I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in hell that’s she’s going to win over enough votes in the racist redneck parts of Georgia whose votes unfortunately still count the same as they do in Atlanta.
Abrams winning would definitely be a massive victory in so many ways, but I unfortunately don’t think she has much of a chance. Georgia represented hard as it ever has in 2016, but the state still tilted red, and regardless of how much the culture of the country may have shifted since then, there’s still an inexplicable amount of people who will vote for the Republican for the sake of political affiliation, and then there are the racists who won’t vote Abrams because she’s black, and then there are the sexists who won’t vote Abrams because she’s a woman. Or all of the above.
That being said, I’ve been way more interested than I ever thought I would be in the race for the Republican primary, because the way I predict it, whomever comes out the Republican race is pretty much already the new Governor, and it’s basically a lesser of two evils scenario that I feel Georgians should really be concerned about.
I’ve posted more times about this than I thought I ever would have, but on one side we have Casey Cagle, who’s basically like a snake, who is under the Republican ticket, but is abundantly clear to be a lot like Nathan Deal, and is most likely to chase the money and operate the state in the most financially fluid manner as possible, even if it goes against stereotypical Republican beliefs. And then there’s Yosemite Sam, Brian Kemp, who’s a Republican extremist who has tripled down on boasting how much of a racist, Trump-worshipping, fully armed redneck he is. And because America is as fucked up as it’s ever been, he has naturally made it this far to being right outside the steps to becoming Georgia’s next governor.