September 19th, 2022
My Dear America:
CNN has called the Pennsylvania Race for Governor "Weird".
They are not wrong.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Candidate for Governor, Josh Shapiro's Candidacy is not really a surprising one. Shapiro was so universally admired and accepted by the PA Democratic Party that he was unopposed in his 2022 Primary Election. Shapiro had risen rather gradually in the Democratic Party ranks through the Legislature and into his Successful Term in the Office of the Attorney General Of Pennsylvania. The General Consensus in the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania has been that Shapiro has done an outstanding job as Pennsylvania Attorney General.
One of the reasons that "Weird" Doug Mastroiano rose to the top of the heap in the Trump Loving Republican Primary Pack of Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidates was that Josh Shapiro and the Democratic Party thought that it might be a good idea to raise Mastroiano's profile by promoting him in television ads as someone who is far too extreme to be Governor of Pennsylvnaia.
Right now Shapiro and the Democrats might be wondering if they might have made a mistake in looking to paint Mastroiano as a Super Extremist and a certified Trump Lover, although he certainly is both.
Although it appears as through Shapiro has been maintaining a consistent lead over Mastroiano in the polls so far, his lead has, for the most part, been an uncomfortably close lead of only a very few points.
To me as a Pennsylvania Voter, I don't understand how or why Doug Mastroiano has been at all successful in his quest for the Governorship.
Although I would hesitate to call Mastroiano a Nazi or a member of the Ku Klux Klan, his obvious acceptance of the same "Christian Nationalist" beliefs about Blacks and Jews that fueled these groups make one wonder how he can be as successful as he has been.
Clearly, Mastroiano is a Candidate with Disturbingly Extreme Baggage.
Certainly, I would think that it would have been expected that the fact that Mastroiano was an obvious and admitted Co Conspirator with Donald Trump when Trump was still in the White House, in Trump's efforts to alter the 2020 Election Results should have precluded decent Republican voters from voting for Mastroiano in the Republican Primary.
It didn't. He won big in The Republican Primary far outpacing the four other candidates in the race.
Of Course Doug Mastroiano is not big on Transparency. He almost never gives interviews to Mainstream Journalists and considering his Extreme Right Wing Agenda that's probably a good idea for him and his Campaign to keep his Highly Extremist views under wraps as much as possible. Those reporters covering Mastroiano's Campaign complain about the number of Security people who keep him walled off from those who wish to question his motives and his tactics.
Mastroiano does have his favorite Media Outlets, however. He can be found spewing his hateful rhetoric now and then on One America Network (OAN) and Newsmax, Fox News and Steve Bannon's Podcast and on GAB, An Extremist Social Media Outlet in which Right Wing Christian Nationalist Anti Jewish and Anti Black Garbage stinks up the internet at all hours of the day and night. GAB Founder, Andrew Torba has also been signed up by Mastroiano to be a paid adviser to his campaign.
Mastroiano's Television Commercials certainly make it clear that if elected Mastroiano will outlaw Abortions in PA. The Right Wing Republican Candidate makes it clear that if elected he will turn what is now one of the few states in which Abortion is legal and safe, thanks to Democratic Governor Tom Wolf and Attorney General Shapiro up to now keeping an out of control Republican led legislature from running Amok, into a state in which "The Handmaids Tale" will no longer be Fiction but Absolute Fact.
Mastroiano has not only been an active election denier but also a planner of activities on January Sixth with Trump and Associates. Not only Did Mastroiano participate himself in marching to the Capitol on January Sixth. He paid for a busload of his supporters to accompany him to D.C. on January Sixth, 2021. It is known that Mastroiano pushed past police lines on January Sixth but for the most part the Republican Candidate for Governor has not been too forthcoming regarding all of his January Sixth Activities.
Not only is Mastroiano an election denier and Trump Acolyte, his TV ads make it clear that if he is elected that he will appoint a Secretary of State who will answer to Mastroiano, not to the voters of Pennsylvania and if Mastroiano is not satisfied with the results of a Pennsylvania Election he will feel free to seize the voting machines throughout the state and if he chooses may change the actual results of an election.
No wonder Mastroiano avoids Mainstream Journaliists like the Plague.
Suffice it to say that the thought of Doug Mastroiano becoming the Governor of Pennsylvania is terrifying beyond belief. Pennsylvania has had its voting issues over several decades and has switched back and forth between Republicans and Democrats often. But this time out the thought that this Right Wing Madman who is obviously one of the leading figures in Donald Trump's criminal conspiracy to hang onto the White House and in so doing his 'Get Out of Jail Free" Card, is too much to bear.
Doug Mastroiano should obviously never have been able to get this close to the possibility of becoming Governor of Pennsylvania.
But unfortunately for Pennsylvanians he is going to be on the ballot in November of 2022 and we can only hope that in the November election reason will prevail and Doug Mastroiano will be a name that will be tossed onto the trash heap of history along with that of Donald Trump.
In the Pennsylvania battle for the Senate seat being vacated by Pat Toomey lies another very interesting yet disturbing race.
Unlike mainstream candidate, Josh Shapiro, Democrat John Fetterman does not really fit he mold of what we might expect a Pennsylvania Senate Candidate to be. Fetterman is a giant of a man, over six feet tall. He is tattooed and as he seems to take pleasure in pointing out he "Doesn't look like a typical political candidate."
Like Josh Shapiro, John Fetterman has also maintained a steady lead over his opponent in the Senate Race, Dr. Mehmet Oz, a TV Doctor and Heart Surgeon whose Television personality was discovered and nurtured by Oprah Winfrey, who helped him to become a household name. When his Television show was foundering it appears as though the good doctor saw a chance in Pennsylvania to run for the United States Senate. Never mind the fact that the man who John Fetterman calls "Doc Hollywood" didn't live in the state of Pennsylvania. He lived in New Jersey and only bought a home in Pennsylvania 8 months ago. Fetterman also points out that Dr. Oz has many homes in places other than Pennsylvania including New Jersey, Turkey and also Palm Beach, where I think it can be safely assumed that he became acquainted with Donald Trump, who endorsed him during the Primary Campaign.
Fetterman, on the other hand has been a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania.
John Fetterman is a man who wears dark and casual clothing and looks more like a giant wrestler than a Senate Candidate but he has some serious street cred in PA. When he was elected Lieutenant Governor Fetterman embarked on a state wide listening tour regarding the prospect of legalizing Marijuana in Pennsylvania. Fetterman's tour of the state resulted in the establishment of marijuana being approved for sale in the case of several medical conditions in the state of Pennsylvania
Fetterman and his family have lived frugally in Braddock, Pennsylvania for a long time. Fetterman started out as an instructor for the Americorps Program and when he saw young people being killed in that city he ran for Mayor and Won. Eventually he ran for Lieutenant Governor and won that race also. As Lieutenant Governor he served as the Chariman of the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons and was responsible for some significant improvements in the Pennsylvania Prison and Criminal Justice System.
"Doc Hollywood" has been hammering Fetterman's improvements and concerns about the Pardons Board and Justice System in Pennsylvania as being evidence of Fetterman being soft on crime. Fetterman's response to those accusations has been to highlight the positive things he has done regarding criminal Justice as Mayor of Braddock and on the Pardons Board.
Clearly in Pennsylvania in November of 2022 Democracy is on the line in this state, as well as in many other states in the union as Election Deniers are on the ballot in many states
But by far, in my opinion the most dangerous and out of touch Candidate on the ballot in any American State this November is Doug Mastroiano. Mastroiano has made no apologies for his Dedication and Support for Donald Trump. He has bragged that he will be the man who determines the winners of elections in his state and if he does not agree with the voters he can and will determine the winners through his self appointed Secretary of State and his control of the state voting machines.
Also, Doug Mastroiano clearly does not like Jews or Blacks in his state or anywhere else.
And he will turn what has been a state where women continue to have a choice regarding what they determine they want to do with their bodies into a state where they and their Doctors may find themselves in prison as a result of future draconian anti abortion laws. Mastroiano also brags that abortions in the case of incest or rape is "Ridiculous Nonsense."
Doug Mastroiano has also made it clear that he has no use for Gay Marriage
Doug Mastroiano is so dangerous that a number of High Profile Republicans including former Congressman, Charlie Dent and Former Head of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff and several other Republican leaders have come out in support of Democrat, Josh Shapiro because they do not support the election of "Weird" Doug Mastroiano to be the Governor of their Home State of Pennsylvania
In My opinion if it looks like a Nazi and sounds like a Nazi. Its a Fucking Nazi and Pennsylvania has one on the ballot in November of 2022.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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