Category: Presidential Politics

Post Election: Countering Fear And Exclusion Starts Here

By John McNamara Campaign promises threatening "mass deportation", use of the military and law enforcement to go after political opponents ("the enemy within") and rollbacks of policies for the common good dominated Trump on the stump in the closing weeks of 2024's campaign. And so the Trump victory on November 5th is raising fears and … Continue reading Post Election: Countering Fear And Exclusion Starts Here

11-22-63: Remembering that day frozen in time

by John McNamara It is a November 22nd when many Baby Boomers are going to tell you where they were 62 years ago. At age 13, I was in Mrs. Sonigan’s 7th grade speech class when the class abruptly ended at Pickering Junior High near Wyoma Square in Lynn, Massachusetts. This was just one year … Continue reading 11-22-63: Remembering that day frozen in time

New Britain Election Postscript: “If Trump wins will I have to leave the country?”

"If Trump wins will I have to leave the country?" The question was asked of me by a Holmes School student when I was leaving the Masjid Al Taqwa mosque on Arch Street on a Sunday evening in August. It didn't matter that the 5th grader has probably lived in New Britain all his life … Continue reading New Britain Election Postscript: “If Trump wins will I have to leave the country?”

Ukrainian Americans Protest Manafort Ties To Dictator, Trump Campaign

The Hartford area's  Ukrainian-American community, including members of three church congregations in New Britain, is speaking out against a city native with a well-known name among Republicans -- Paul Manafort, the son of a former mayor, longtime Washington lobbyist and now campaign manager for the GOP's unlikely frontrunner,  Donald J. Trump. With Tuesday's Connecticut Primary just … Continue reading Ukrainian Americans Protest Manafort Ties To Dictator, Trump Campaign

A Brief History of Delegates And Super Delegates

The origins of pledged delegates chosen in caucuses and primaries and "super delegates" are getting much more scrutiny with no resolution in the Clinton versus Obama race. That was the case at the Feb. 21st New Britain Democratic Town Committee meeting. DTC member Butch Wierbicki, a United Auto Workers retiree, asked with a tone of … Continue reading A Brief History of Delegates And Super Delegates