day FIVE HUNDRED and NINETY ONE

save the GOP

i hear it

from so many conservative people

if the democrats keep talking about social issues

they’re not going to win the next election

the democrats need to speak

to the heartland

coastal liberal politics won’t play well

in michigan

or montana

or wisconsin

or insert some lost tribe or state here

what it really comes down to

is that these conservative folks are looking for a new savior

someone to replace the GOP

which has become the party of white nationalism

and abject hate

if only the democrats…..

gave up on women

gave up on people of color

put the gays and the trans people back in the closet

….then maybe we’d make america truly great again

but what my conservative friends

(and some so-called liberals)

don’t seem to understand

is that we don’t want to save you

we don’t want to become your surrogate party

we don’t want to save the GOP

if losing the next election means that we haven’t compromised

so be it

if putting up with madmen for another four years

means that we’ve kept our promises to all of our people

good

and i don’t care

how it plays in michigan

or montana

or wisconsin

my advice to my conservative friends is

clean up your own mess

fix your hearts and join us

or go down sinking

or your own

miserable

ship.

--John Grochalski