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Numerous concerns have arisen with the Idaho Republican Party’s more combative but less persuasive approach. When raising these concerns, I get a repeated question: What do you have against Dorothy Moon?
Here we are again. Primary election season is well underway. Seems like we just finished this gauntlet a few weeks ago. As we all know, primary elections in Idaho are often the general election. However, for the first time in my memory, our general election this November will have more Democrats running against incumbent Republicans than we are used to seeing. In a bit of a repeat from my column of the same title 2 years ago, I thought I might share some of my personal thoughts on voting. This column is not an endorsement of any candidate or even party affiliation. Just offering up my basic philosophy and observations on the art and science of campaigning, something I have a little bit of experience with, albeit on a small local level.
A prominent feature in Idaho’s Republican headquarters is the party’s “Hall of Fame.” It is a wall covered with dark walnut-looking commemorative plaques featuring hundreds of small brass nameplates.
The word “precinct” has two roots: “pre” — before, and “cinct” — from the Latin “cingere”, to surround and contain (the root of “cinch”). At its broadest usage, it merely means an area to check before you know it is secure.
With the baseball season starting, it’s time for a sports analogy. Team rosters and game schedules are being set and published in city recreation leagues around the area. Great volunteer coaches are taking their valuable time to organize and work with our youth for what will undoubtedly be a great summer experience.
Few of my columns draw the ire of Idaho’s hate peddlers like my recent comment about the Democrat’s “bankrupt the Trumps” strategy and how small donors are foiling it by giving to the former President in record numbers.
What clubs have you belonged to in the past? Chess club? Debate club? I did not belong to either of those in high school. My interests then were much different than now. If I could go back in time, I would probably join them both as I am more cerebral now. I am less likely to do sports and physical challenges. However, wear and tear have given me association with a few other clubs. Some of you may also have these membership cards in your wallet or purse.
Death comes quickly for political movements that tolerate, even to the smallest degree, ideas morally and intellectually incompatible with the movement’s unifying principles.
One of my favorite activities and memories is cooking breakfast with my two oldest grandsons. Braxon and Peanut are now teenagers and Grandpa Todd is not as impressionable on them as he was years ago. Braxon getting his driver’s license and both of them now being aware of their female classmates has bumped Grandpa and Grandma down the list of priorities!
Idaho has a part-time legislature. Right? Wrong. Not after a recent vote in the Idaho House State Affairs committee.
