Day: September 7, 2024

More Democrats for Trump; Not Just RFK JR

By Bob Small

Donald Trump will be announcing more Democratic supporters besides Bobby Kennedy Jr.

“Trump is going to make a series of announcements about other Democrats who joining his campaign. I want to make America healthy again, and so does President Trump,” said Bobby in a Fox News interview.

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, added The Unity Party plan “to defeat the Democratic Oligarchs is underway”.

In 2020, there were a number of Democrats who endorsed then candidate Trump. We expect more to join this time.

So far Democrats endorsing The Donald include Rod Blagojevich, Rubin Diaz, Sr., Tulsi Gabbard, Kwame Kilpatrick and Andrew Stein.

We should also include Joe Exotic aka The Tiger King.

Another testimonial comes from Andrea Peyser who says “ I’m a pro-choice, anti-gun, gay-marriage-friendly Democrat. And I’m voting for Donald Trump.”

She says Trump has signaled a moderate approach to the social issues.

“I ardently believe the government has no business butting into, including going against traditional Republican opposition to same-sex marriage,” she says.

Adam P. Coleman says “I was a Trump hater until I learned the truth of the media’s ‘very fine’ lies. (see video)

Turning to Wikipedia, you enter the phrase “Republicans who oppose Donald Trump, there’s a list of approximately 28 pages. Asking for pro-Trump Democrats, brings less than half the number.

We couldn’t find any similar listing that included the name Kamala Harris. Does this mean anything?

Lastly, let’s turn to Jared Golden of Maine. After the attempted assassination of Trump in July, he wrote on X “It should not be misleadingly portrayed as a struggle between democracy or authoritarianism, or a battle against fascists or socialists bent on destroying America. These are dangerous lies.”

More Democrats for Trump; Not Just RFK JR

Forward Party Moves Forward to the Ballot In Pennsylvania

By Bob Small

The Forward Party was founded on Oct. 5, 2021, by former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang. The current co-chairs are former NJ Gov. Christie Todd Whitman and Penthera CEO Michael S. Wilner.

The Forward Party on July 27, 2022 merged with Renew America Movement and the Serve America Movement.

The basis for the party is the Andrew Yang book Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy Among other aspects, they declined to run a candidate for the 2024 election, thus avoiding a series of challenges. They have formed coalitions with the Common Sense Party of California and the South Carolina Independence Partyamong others.

Additionally, in some way there are members of the Forward Party who are, for want of a better phrase, bi-party.

Philadelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein and Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala now consider themselves “Forward Republicans”. Meanwhile Pennsylvania state senators Lisa Boscola and Anthony H. Williams are “Forward Democrats.

How this works out in Caucuses and Primaries has yet to be worked out.

The two 2024 Pennsylvania Forward Party candidates are Attorney General candidate Eric Settle (Montco) and Treasurer Candidate Chris Foster (Pittsburgh).

Settle was Deputy General Counsel to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, and has a lengthy job history. Foster is a graduate of Emporia State University in Kansas and has spent two decades in health care settings.

Because challenges are still going on for other alternative parties, the candidate listing is not yet finalized.

The Forward Party battleground state strategy is listed here.

Not everyone thinks this is a good idea. I Saw the Hollowness Inside Andrew Yang’s New Third Party by Mary Ann Mancuso, former National Press Secretary for the Forward Party. This lengthy article is well worth reading.

This is not related to The Forward (forverts) What happened to The Forward?, founded in 1897 as a Yiddish language daily socialist newspaper, still active online, unlike many socialist papers I used to read.

Lastly, why couldn’t we create a Common Sense Party in Pennsylvania? Because this is Pennsylvania and we don’t have any…

Forward Party Moves Forward