Marjorie Taylor Greene wants a divorce

Thought for the day

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently proposed dividing the U.S. into red and blue states.  She called it a national political divorce.  I call it insanity.

I was born at the Stanford Hospital 75 years ago this coming September.  After attending K-12 public schools in Palo Alto, I was admitted to USC.  Like Stanford, SC was a private university.  

When I arrived in the fall of 1966, most of my freshman dorm mates couldn't find Vietnam on a map (even though thousands of American troops already had been killed there).  

Back in '66, the political makeup of the SC student body most likely was 90% Republicans vs. 10% Democrats.  This explains why so many of my new friends were excited about Ronald Reagan being elected governor that fall.  

The same thing was true two years later when LBJ stepped away from the White House and Richard Nixon was elected president.

What does any of this "ancient history" have to do with today's politics?  I'll tell you.  Because I am a life-long resident, I wonder what my home state might look like if Greene's dream of a national political divorce ever materialized.

My guess is she would argue that California should become five states.  Namely, Northern (real northern) California, followed by Greater Bay Area California, Central Valley California, Coastal California, and Desert California.  

Greene claims her national divorce would give states more power to govern themselves.  Under her plan, one of the key provisions is red states could strip anyone who moves from a blue state of his or her right to vote for five years. 

Talk about crazy.  More to the point, talk about un-American!

Like I said at the top, Marjorie Taylor Greene's idea is insane.  What says you?

-DF