Hope vs Hate – Democracy vs. Autocracy

The Publishers of the Greene County Democrat are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President and Vice President of the United States in the November 5th election, coming next Tuesday. We are putting our editorial above the fold on page 1 because of the importance of this election to the future of our nation.

We have a simple choice between the hope that Kamala Harris offers us in looking forward in a progressive way, with numerous plans and programs to aid ordinary American citizens. And the dark future of hate and division that Donald Trump offers.

It is a choice between up-holding the basic principles of democracy and freedom, like reproductive freedom for all women, or Trump’s autocratic view of “dictatorship on day one” to lead us to mass deportation of our immigrant neighbors, a national sales tax in the form of tariffs on all foreign goods, and continuing tax breaks for the rich and corporations that do not need them, and should be paying their fair share to make our economy more equitable.

We urge you to follow the recommendation of the Alabama New South Alliance to vote a straight Democratic ticket and support the candidates that are pledged to support your interests from the top to the bottom of the ballot.

We need every voter in Greene County, across the Black Belt, in the State of Alabama and in the U. S. to turn out and vote.
No excuses for staying home, protest voting for third party candidates, who are inconsequential, or forgetting your basic role and power in our democracy.

Thank- you to those who voted early, and for the rest of us, get up, get out and vote next Tuesday, as if your life depends on it because it does!