The ConKemptible and DeSatanic Lie

It's been a tough political ad season. 

And living in Southeast Georgia, where most of the broadcast stations we receive are from Florida, we get the worst of both worlds, Georgia and Florida.

There is so much wrong with the advertising we have been inundated with. For example, did you know that Senator Raphael Warnock is personally responsible for worldwide inflation? Who knew one man had so much power?

But, to me, the most contemptible is the big lie being spread by Kemp and DeSantis, and no, I'm not talking about Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election.

I'm talking about how both their ads brag about their great job handling COVID.

Are they out of their frigging minds?

Even though the statistics from both states have been heavily manipulated, they still show that the two states have record malfeasance and are among the leaders in the country in the number of cases, and a disproportionate amount of deaths.

Florida ranks number ONE in its proportion of the number of cases among the 10 largest states. They rank higher than Texas, which is not exactly a ragingly liberal state. The largest state, California, ranks number 7, even though its first surge occurred earlier when the virus was at its worst.

Georgia and Florida are tied for the rate of death, with only New York (early surge) and Michigan slightly higher.

Only five states have a poorer vaccination rate than Georgia; they are all small, very red states.  

Kemp closed down the state late compared to other states but was also the first to open back up. He brags about this grave miscalculation in his advertising. Sort of like, "Yay! Our state is open for bidness! Grandma's dead, but we're open!"

DeSantis openly berated people wearing masks, including school kids. Rebekah Jones, a Florida data scientist, was fired from her position at the Florida Department of Health for speaking out about how Florida officials were manipulating COVID data, trying to make the state look like it was doing better. 

And yet...

DeSantis has a formidable lead to win re-election.

Kemp is in a tighter race but is better than even money to pull out a victory.

I'm going to be blunt about it.

These politicians and their policies resulted in many unnecessary deaths. And I hold them responsible.

The fact that the majority of voters in those two states will most likely not, shows how ugly our politics have grown.

Some of you may be able to forget what they've done.

I will not.