If only we could start recovery now. We need to buy everyone reverse osmosis units for their houses, and gift cards to grocery stores. What a mess. The only good news is our disastrous Iowa politics probably keeps the ICE multitudes out for now.
That is good news. Here in Minnesota, Trump is busy abusing us with an invasion of ICE agents thinking, it seems to us, that will **increase **violence and justify an invasion of National Guard and active military units. It’s clear to us that 99% of the terrible violence occurring up here is caused by brutal, willing ICE and Border Patrol agents.
I am elated that KR is finally going to leave the mess Iowa is in and let thoughtful, competent folks try to undo her MAGA mess. I have hopes for Rob Sand, but won't donate to him until he gets the nomination. Anyone who is sad at Kimmy's retirement is truly a low information voter!!!!
". . .low information voter. . ." seems to me to be code for anyone who doesn't side with me. We all have enormous information about our personal situation and expectations--at a minimum this is a pejorative phrase. Given the registration imbalance in Iowa we need all the help we can get. And recall how much "deplorables" helped Hillary.
Couldn’t disagree more Bob. Calling someone a Low-information voter or a deplorable isn’t remotely similar. If people would pay attention to policy, what a candidate has said or previously done instead of vote based on the letter behind their name we wouldn’t be in the mess we are state wide or at the national level.
IMHO we all seek a similar outcome--a safe and prosperous society for all--but differ, some to extremes, on how to get there. I know MANY well-read, informed, concerned and empathetic folks who are sorry to see KR go.
We know that it usually takes twice the time and effort to undo what it took much less time and effort to destroy. Let us begin, while we still have the memory of a better Iowa to chart our path. The younger generations lost will be a challenge to bring back. As for KR, she would need a conscience and integrity to care about her legacy. Hmm...sounds like another we know. Keep it coming, Art!!! Bring us to the Election with fire and determination!!!
The Iowa state of being mirrors a National trend going back so far that young folks may not even remember it. Decades ago. Politicians promised prosperity in return for support. A while later, when this promise became an impossibility, they promised to protect the constituent from some perceived phenomenon that they might fear. When this drug wore off, the politicians of today manufacture a fear a fear of a situation of their own creation, thinking that they may attain hero status from seeming to extinguish the fire . Iowans are realizing that they are not that stupid. Recalling FDR who said “We have nothing to Fear but Fear itself “. FDR was of the Aristocratic Class, but he had the vision to realize the power held by the Common Man. The time has come for Iowans to again wield the power that they rightfully hold. And make those who would govern them realize it also.
In the last 10 years, the far right media and Trump have developed a campaign of fear of the “other”. Maybe add a ‘fear’ of losing what they have. Also—Amanda Carpenter, the former campaign staffer with Ted Cruz, wrote that during the 2016 presidential campaign Trump thrived on creating problems and then characterized himself as the one who solved the problems.
We are in a code blue indeed. Kim will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, governor in the history of the state. Reducing the funding and more than a few times completely pulling the funding for programs that affected children, families, healthcare access, public education, civil rights and more leaves a huge hole in our state. Often times she seemed to enjoy the meanness of it all which was the most disturbing part of all of this. Good riddance, Kim.
Sand soon needs to step up and begin to articulate what he is going to run on and where he stands on several key issues. His war chest is large, but he is and will be a target for Maga. The November elections will chart a course all of us will have to navigate. Oh, and from my perspective regarding KR, don't let the door swing back and hit you on the way out of Iowa politics.
I think it would be great if the door hit her on the way out. She has earned it. She is a Harpy, that apparently mythological creature that snatches food out of the mouths of victims.
I’m not a big fan of taxes either, but it’s kind of like buying a water heater or new bras. They cost a lot, you can’t show them off (did you ever invite a friend over to see your new water heater?), but life is so much better with hot water and support for the girls. You can’t have good roads or schools or healthcare or water safety or law enforcement or many other things without paying for it.
My advice? Quit with this talk about tax cuts. Services have been cut to the bone. We can’t cut services anymore, especially in rural Iowa.
Some people only learn that stoves are hot by repeatedly, putting their hands on hot stoves. Apparently we Iowans fall into that category. Which is sad, we used to rate high in education.
It’s frustrating, but Iowans aren’t alone in being slow to remember and use their critical thinking abilities. We in Minnesota aren’t any more enlightened. IMO, There’s still time to stop conservative Republicans from completely ruining our economy and government. The ideas they have advocated for so long don’t work for anyone except the top 1%.
The truth hurts. And once again Art Cullen delivers the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. We need more journalists like him, and Iowans need to unstop their ears and listen, not to Kim Reynolds and her cronies, but to this old-school Pulitzer Prize winning reporter.
If only we could start recovery now. We need to buy everyone reverse osmosis units for their houses, and gift cards to grocery stores. What a mess. The only good news is our disastrous Iowa politics probably keeps the ICE multitudes out for now.
Deals with the devil.
That is good news. Here in Minnesota, Trump is busy abusing us with an invasion of ICE agents thinking, it seems to us, that will **increase **violence and justify an invasion of National Guard and active military units. It’s clear to us that 99% of the terrible violence occurring up here is caused by brutal, willing ICE and Border Patrol agents.
I am elated that KR is finally going to leave the mess Iowa is in and let thoughtful, competent folks try to undo her MAGA mess. I have hopes for Rob Sand, but won't donate to him until he gets the nomination. Anyone who is sad at Kimmy's retirement is truly a low information voter!!!!
". . .low information voter. . ." seems to me to be code for anyone who doesn't side with me. We all have enormous information about our personal situation and expectations--at a minimum this is a pejorative phrase. Given the registration imbalance in Iowa we need all the help we can get. And recall how much "deplorables" helped Hillary.
Couldn’t disagree more Bob. Calling someone a Low-information voter or a deplorable isn’t remotely similar. If people would pay attention to policy, what a candidate has said or previously done instead of vote based on the letter behind their name we wouldn’t be in the mess we are state wide or at the national level.
IMHO we all seek a similar outcome--a safe and prosperous society for all--but differ, some to extremes, on how to get there. I know MANY well-read, informed, concerned and empathetic folks who are sorry to see KR go.
Concerned about what?
We know that it usually takes twice the time and effort to undo what it took much less time and effort to destroy. Let us begin, while we still have the memory of a better Iowa to chart our path. The younger generations lost will be a challenge to bring back. As for KR, she would need a conscience and integrity to care about her legacy. Hmm...sounds like another we know. Keep it coming, Art!!! Bring us to the Election with fire and determination!!!
The Iowa state of being mirrors a National trend going back so far that young folks may not even remember it. Decades ago. Politicians promised prosperity in return for support. A while later, when this promise became an impossibility, they promised to protect the constituent from some perceived phenomenon that they might fear. When this drug wore off, the politicians of today manufacture a fear a fear of a situation of their own creation, thinking that they may attain hero status from seeming to extinguish the fire . Iowans are realizing that they are not that stupid. Recalling FDR who said “We have nothing to Fear but Fear itself “. FDR was of the Aristocratic Class, but he had the vision to realize the power held by the Common Man. The time has come for Iowans to again wield the power that they rightfully hold. And make those who would govern them realize it also.
In the last 10 years, the far right media and Trump have developed a campaign of fear of the “other”. Maybe add a ‘fear’ of losing what they have. Also—Amanda Carpenter, the former campaign staffer with Ted Cruz, wrote that during the 2016 presidential campaign Trump thrived on creating problems and then characterized himself as the one who solved the problems.
I enjoy reading your posts, Brian. Always thoughtful and well written.
We are in a code blue indeed. Kim will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, governor in the history of the state. Reducing the funding and more than a few times completely pulling the funding for programs that affected children, families, healthcare access, public education, civil rights and more leaves a huge hole in our state. Often times she seemed to enjoy the meanness of it all which was the most disturbing part of all of this. Good riddance, Kim.
Sand soon needs to step up and begin to articulate what he is going to run on and where he stands on several key issues. His war chest is large, but he is and will be a target for Maga. The November elections will chart a course all of us will have to navigate. Oh, and from my perspective regarding KR, don't let the door swing back and hit you on the way out of Iowa politics.
I think it would be great if the door hit her on the way out. She has earned it. She is a Harpy, that apparently mythological creature that snatches food out of the mouths of victims.
Art — always smart. Tell it like it is!
Well said!
I’m not a big fan of taxes either, but it’s kind of like buying a water heater or new bras. They cost a lot, you can’t show them off (did you ever invite a friend over to see your new water heater?), but life is so much better with hot water and support for the girls. You can’t have good roads or schools or healthcare or water safety or law enforcement or many other things without paying for it.
My advice? Quit with this talk about tax cuts. Services have been cut to the bone. We can’t cut services anymore, especially in rural Iowa.
Some people only learn that stoves are hot by repeatedly, putting their hands on hot stoves. Apparently we Iowans fall into that category. Which is sad, we used to rate high in education.
It’s frustrating, but Iowans aren’t alone in being slow to remember and use their critical thinking abilities. We in Minnesota aren’t any more enlightened. IMO, There’s still time to stop conservative Republicans from completely ruining our economy and government. The ideas they have advocated for so long don’t work for anyone except the top 1%.
Not LIKE - but must agree with Art's assessment!
Great essay! I hope the Republicans are reading this!!!!
maga doesn't read, they prefer to burn books and watch(believe) fox entertainment.
But hey.
The truth hurts. And once again Art Cullen delivers the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. We need more journalists like him, and Iowans need to unstop their ears and listen, not to Kim Reynolds and her cronies, but to this old-school Pulitzer Prize winning reporter.