{"id":350528,"date":"2017-05-19T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=350528"},"modified":"2017-05-19T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:13:17","slug":"rich-hippies-that-doesnt-describe-many-dems-i-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/05\/rich-hippies-that-doesnt-describe-many-dems-i-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich hippies? That doesn’t describe many Dems I know."},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMENTARY:<\/strong> Where is the Do\u00f1a Ana County Republican Party (DARP)? In the party chair’s May 12\u00a0open letter<\/a> I see signs of “blame anyone else” as the modus operandi. Too bad.<\/p>\n

\"Jerry

Courtesy photo<\/p>

Jerry Nachison<\/p><\/div>\n

We can probably say that the DARP mostly remains \u201cloyal\u201d nationally, without “forced oaths” as of this writing. Mr. Jimenez, you\u2019ve yelled \u201clocal\u201d while using variations on national GOP themes — targeting of course, the county’s Democrats and volunteers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur” so-called \u201crich hippies\u201d — who are they? Certainly not many people I know, many of whom are long-time residents of 20+ years and fully part of the local scene. Many others work for a living and\/or are young, intensely involved, born in New Mexico and fully invested in the borderland and all its people. They are sometimes in the news.<\/p>\n

Our local Republicans are involved in elections, protests, recalls, etc. They are sometimes in the news too. They are not extinct. Maybe their words — er, messages — of “appealing” to the people didn\u2019t resound locally. Now we have \u201cDINOs\u201d — Democrats in name only — on the Do\u00f1a Ana County Board of Commissioners. Is this the latest tactic?<\/p>\n

The local Republican Party doesn\u2019t seem to care that at least 54 percent of the county’s\u00a0people of working age are below the poverty line, and the county\u2019s median income is at least $7,000 below the New Mexico\u00a0median. I find your letter\u2019s closing phraseology admirable: \u201c…where a burning to be a part of the good fight against the evil of this world exists \u2014 the evil that uses propaganda to pollute the free minds of the vulnerable and weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a perfect description of this administration and its followers. I assure you Mr. Jimenez, you don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

In closing, “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer.” — former President John F. Kennedy<\/p>\n

Jerry Nachison is a 10-year Las Cruces resident who is\u00a0active in local politics and nonprofits. He\u2019s a retired social\/housing gerontologist.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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