Republicans Would Elect that Indicted Ham Sandwich in Indiana Right Now

WIBC Morning and Midday host Tony Katz blasted former Democratic nominee for Governor, Jennifer McCormick for being out of touch with local issues on one of his shows. He claimed that she is out of touch with Indiana issues and cares more about things like Project 2025 links than what goes on here in the state. 

This comes after McCormick called out Timothy Wesco's ridiculous bill that could conceivably lock someone in a marriage if they have children and cannot produce a witness to testify to the "irretrievable breakdown of the marriage" among other things. It's House Bill 1684 if you're interested. McCormick linked that to parts of Project 2025.

That made Tony Katz apoplectic...as he often is when not smoking a stogie (and don't try to take away his stogies). Katz said, "This is why you lost. You’re uninspiring as as the kids would say, you’re boring. Most importantly, you are interested in national progressive claptrap and not being focused on Hoosiers."

We can talk about McCormick as a candidate. I think she ran a pretty darn good campaign against Micah Beckwi...er...Mike Braun for Governor, but Indiana, specifically the Indiana GOP, has a darn good track record of electing its nominees to state office. That includes a recent run of some real humdingers! Richard Mourdock, Charlie White, Todd Rokita, Diego Morales, Curtis Hill, Micah Beckwith...should I go on? 

It took a "Mourdock Moment" to help elect Joe Donnelly to the U.S. Senate in 2012, and I'm not even sure that would matter anymore in today's political climate. Had Richard Mourdock said that a woman who conceived a child as a result of a sexual assault was something "God  intended" in 2024, he might be a U.S. Senator. I think it certainly sounds like something that might come out of Micah Beckwith's mouth.

Jennifer McCormick didn't lose because she was wrong on the issues. Jennifer McCormick lost because, unlike the previous time she ran and won statewide office, she wasn't a Republican. That's the bottom line. Indiana Republicans would elect a ham sandwich if it ran on a statewide ticket even if that ham sandwich was the proverbial one that was indicted by a grand jury.

That's just where we are right now in Indiana politics.

Time to Plow Those Roads?

 Finally, my street is thawing out from the early January snowstorm. It's been three freakin' weeks of slipping and sliding around after our huge snow.

The problem is that no one seems to want to take the blame for this. DPW ended the policy of hiring contractors for a 6+-inch snowfall and still no one seems to know exactly why. The reasons given have been ridiculous. "We are now plowing connector streets," seems to be the official line from DPW. Of course, that begs the question that many have asked, "How in the hell am I supposed to get to the connector streets I can barely get to the end of my neighborhood street?"

Someone a few weeks back stated that this is why people are moving out of Marion County and into the suburbs if they can afford it, and I have to agree. 

Hopefully, the next time we get a major snow, cooler heads will prevail and the city folks throw some money the way of the contractors, and we won't have to wait until the snow melts. 

At least my old friends, the potholes on my way home from work, are back on West 10th Street. I've resorted to naming them. I try to swerve and avoid Big Frank right along the eastbound lane of West 10th each day. I say hello. His mouth is getting bigger.

I guess that's the next battle.