“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall have their fill” is one of the Eight Beatitudes of Jesus, according to The Gospel of Matthew.
During this Holy Season of Easter and Passover, it is appropriate, in my humble opinion, to reflect on the madness of Georgia’s new law that makes it illegal to offer water to U.S. citizens waiting on line to vote. The new law in Georgia also includes many provisions that make it harder to register to vote, harder to actually cast a ballot in person or by mail, and many other draconian measures.
The fact that the Republican-controlled State Legislature in Georgia pushed through a bill that is so clearly aimed at suppressing voting, and to actually enact a cruel law that criminalizes giving water to our fellow Americans standing on line to vote, is truly mind-boggling. If it were not for the craven politics of today’s Republicans, a bill like this would never see the light of day.
I am not preaching to the choir; rather, I am imploring all “thinking” people — Republicans, Democrats, Independents — to rise up and speak up for reasonable, common sense approaches to our problems. Ah, that is exactly what President Joe Biden is doing.
I am 73 years old. When I was a young man, our country had two political parties that often worked together for the common good … they compromised and they delivered results. Today’s partisan politics is a blood sport, finely honed by Mitch McConnell and so many other Republicans, and America is the loser.
Also, in my humble opinion, Fox News and its minions are largely to blame for today’s culture wars and the inflamed rhetoric that is often mindless.
In closing, I hope as the pandemic wanes that we all come together and that we find a way to reestablish our long-lost bipartisan camaraderie (hope springs eternal).
Peace and L’Chaim.
Dick Sheehan
Westhampton Beach
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