Old School Democrats
Where do you fit in this modern, whacky 'woke' party?
I sometimes think about Mike O’Callaghan, pictured above, and wonder where he’d be in the Democratic Party today.
For those of you who don’t know, Mike was the Democratic governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979. As a snot-nosed cub reporter, he was the first governor in my reporter’s notebook. I remember him fondly because he was one of those rare elected officials who didn’t act much like a politician. I can’t remember him being anything other than a decisive, happy warrior for the interests of all Nevadans.
I’m sure readers will know someone like Mike O’Callaghan. I wonder how they’d fit into the Democratic Party today?
Not well, I suspect.
Would an old school Democrat be on board with these gender identity tenants?
Schools hiding children’s gender transition from parents.
Letting boys compete in girls sports.
Replacing words like “woman” and “breastfeeding” with “uterus haver” and “chest-feeding.”
Supporting sex change surgeries for children against the will of the parents.
Appointing a Supreme Court justice who wouldn’t define “woman” because she is “not a biologist.”
Suppressing scientific evidence that puberty blockers don’t work.
Mandating tampon dispensers be put in all boy’s bathrooms.
If you have to swallow that whole to be a “good” Democrat in 2024, I’m honestly looking to explore where this leaves guys like Mike O’Callaghan?
My guess is Mike would be where most of the country are, as evidenced in the Nov. 5 national elections.
