TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Jacky Rosen has worked for Nevada. She has reached across party lines to improve the lives of all residents of the Silver State. Her challenger is a Trump lacky, Sam Brown. Like his Fuhrer, he is nothing but a con man who will tell lies constantly and pander to specific groups to win votes. His ads are lies. He is vehemently opposed to any and all abortions. He is from a billionaire family, and will not serve working class Nevadans, and their struggle for affordable housing. Brown continues with his attempts to create the illusion that he is from a small town and a middle class American. This is far from the truth. In 2022, he attempted to unseat Nevada’s other Senator, Catherine Cortez-Masto. He failed, but during the campaign made the following fallacious claims. “I wasn’t born into power. I’m from small-town America,” he said in the 2022 ad. To hear Brown talk, he comes from the most humble of backgrounds. His was a “sort of working-class family,” he told rad...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I have lived in Nevada since 1986. I love this state as much as I loved the state of California where I was raised. I am a lucky man who has only lived in three of the greatest cities in America: Los Angeles, San Diego, and Reno. There have been many changes in Northern Nevada over the 38 years I have lived in the Silver State. One which confuses me the most involves Republican politicians, and Nevada’s voters. I am beginning to doubt the intelligence of our state’s politicians and those who elect them. Like many situations involving the worst man in the world, this year Nevada is making news with another first, and not in a good way. To explain why our state has a Republican primary on February 6, and a Republican caucus on February 8, I take you back to some voting history in what is a called a “purple state.” As an Independent, I was pleased when our state’s people chose Brian Sandoval, a Republican, to serve as our state’s Governor in 2011. In ...