Beau McCoy’s Folly

            We first noticed Beau McCoy when he ran for state-wide office recently.  What caught our attention was his campaign ad, in which he symbolically smacked the POTUS to the ground.  It seemed…adolescent.  He seemed like a bully.  Not some racist goon, but still, he was behaving like a thug.  His message never achieved the unscrupulous refinement of The Great Voter Fraud Myth or even its clumsier cousin Bridgegate, so the whole campaign came off as crude.

            Now, McCoy seems to be taking up the “dissenter-as-terrorist” theme by supporting his Party’s effort to wipe that pesky 2^nd Congressional District off the political map.  His “Winner-take-all” bill in the Legislature would prevent 2^nd District dissenters from being heard in the electoral college, thus vanquishing the “Evil Enemy.”  This, by him, is a pressing Unicameral issue.

            Surely there are more useful things our “nonpartisan” legislature could be doing.  Nebraska is already a virtual “fly-over” state because of its red unitard.  Having a potential dissenting district adds value to us as a likely “stop-over” for presidential wannabees who may spend more of the billion plus 2016 campaign dollars here.  And shouldn’t Democrats in our midst have some chance of being heard?    Around here, we think diversity enhances democracy.  McCoy seems to disagree.

Political hegemony may have less value than many believe.  Nonetheless it is becoming the signal objective of polarized politicians.  What folks who want to bulldoze dissenters don’t realize is that one day, like Corleone’s henchman, killer Clemenza, they will not be welcome at the wedding.