Gianforte Wins

We know our world has changed for the worse when good people elect a president that thinks it's okay to grab a woman's crotch and a congressman who beats up a reporter.  Gianforte won with 50% of the votes but 73% of the voters had already pre-cast their votes before he beat up on a reporter who had the nerve to ask him about his stand on health care.  I wonder if he would have been elected if more people had the option to vote against him yesterday.

We no longer hold our politicians in high esteem because our free press (thank heavens for them) show them for what they are.  Very few become elected without creating scandals, some we can forgive and some we shouldn't.  But...have we become too forgiving and blinded ourselves to the fact that, if a politician can beat up a reporter for asking him a reasonable question, can that same bully not physically turn on a citizen who asks the same question?  I'd hope we'd draw the line at that but maybe not.  The U.S. didn't put in better gun control laws after Sandy Hook.

Here in Canada, we're not quite as violent but our own politicians still rob us blind and then walk away without any repercussions.  The powerful protect their own and the citizens pay the price.  Anyone who believes our politicians are there for our benefit are foolish.

Gianforte has been charged, reluctantly, with assault because there were enough witnesses to the fact.  He and his staff outright lied about the incident so you know what kind of congressman he'll be.  I've heard it said that we get the representatives we deserve and it's true of the citizens of Montana who voted for this creature.