The Wrath Of The GOP

This week the GOP's congressional majority leader Eric Cantor was defeated by a Tea Party candidate by 7000 votes in a Republican tune-out of 65,000. Cantor had blown millions on his campaign; more money on steakhouses than his opponent spend on his victory. Pollsters had the incumbent ahead by 34%. They were dead wrong and now newcomer David Brat will contest the Democrat Jack Trammell for Virginia's 7th Congressional District seat in the House of Representative. Both men teach at Randolph-Macon College. Both men are white and both men are men in the traditional sense of the word, however Economics Professor Brat firmly believes that the Hand of God is necessary in the free market to prevent the apocalypse.

"Capitalism is here to stay, and we need a church model that corresponds to that reality. Read Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s diagnosis of the weak modern Christian democratic man was spot on. Jesus was a great man. Jesus said he was the Son of God. Jesus made things happen. Jesus had faith. Jesus actually made people better. Then came the Christians. What happened? What went wrong? We appear to be a bit passive. Hitler came along, and he did not meet with unified resistance. I have the sinking feeling that it could all happen again, quite easily. The church should rise up higher than Nietzsche could see and prove him wrong. We should love our neighbor so much that we actually believe in right and wrong, and do something about it. If we all did the right thing and had the guts to spread the word, we would not need the government to backstop every action we take."

I have been to Virginia's 7th Congressional District. Its 74% white population has elected a Republican since 1971. The voters hate the status quo in DC, but love their way of life. Democrats have been beaten like rented mules in every election. Brat's opponent will have opposition on a local and national level, as the GOP musters its money, media, and muscle to maintain their hold on the Tidewater.

Jack Trammell's first foray into the media had him telling MSNBC, "Professor Brat is a casual friend, meaning we know each other, and talk on occasion. We might have even played a game or two of basketball together! Although we do know each other, my beliefs drastically differ from those of Professor Brat."

According to Wikipedia Trammell's platform focuses on the need for educational reform, including special education and greater access to college, student loan relief, job creation, accountability in massive public private projects like the expansion of US Route 460, and basic healthcare for every American.

Oh,oh, basic healthcare means socialism and socialism is a little right of communism, which doesn't believe in God.

It sounds like time for Jack Trammell to dust off his Sunday suit, because the Lord is calling him and there is only one wrath greater than that of God and that's the wrath of the GOP.

Go Jack go.