Project Logic Ga

In southern states, Democrat voters are BPM: Blacks, Progressives and Moderates.  We can’t win without all three sections.  Of course, some voters are combinations of two. I am a Black Moderate who acknowledges the views of Progressives.  BPM also stands for “Beats Per Minute” in music.  Georgia is a large, diverse state that has several different musical and political tempos. Democrats need to create a political symphonic piece with various tempos; a fusion of soul, rap, jazz, rock and whatever new stuff the kids call music.

Tempo is Italian for time/pace and the tempo of metro Atlanta, the next five cities and the rural areas is different.  Atlanta is Presto (very, very fast 168-200 bpm) while suburban Atlanta might be Allegro (fast, quickly and bright 120-165 bpm.)   The “Next Five” regional cities (Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Savannah and Albany) could feel Moderato (moderate speed 108-120 bpm) while rural areas range from Andante (at a walking pace 76-108 bpm) to Largo (40-60 bpm.)  We shouldn’t be crude by applying these tempos to certain nocturnal activities reminiscent of Elvis’s pelvis.

Actually, they showed Elvis from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan Show because conservatives considered the music and style he appropriated from my side of town to be disturbingly different.  The political tempo of change to Trump’s supporters is another subject.  They would take the same tempos mentioned for Democrats but have that pace taking America back to the country they want back.  If young Blacks knew the Jim Crow America of my preschool years, they would be voting for Democrats at a Presto pace.

In junior high band, we played a little symphonic piece that introduced a theme.  The theme is played at different tempos by different combinations of instruments.  At the finale, the whole band was playing the theme the together at the same tempo.  Democrats can’t beat Trump and the new GOP without acknowledging the different types of voters in our coalition, appreciating their various contributions and coming together in the end for a climactic election victory.