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| Chalis Pomeroy Montgomery Democratic Party Candidate for the GA 10th Congressional Seat |
CHALIS MONTGOMERY’S CALL
TO ARMS
Chalis Montgomery is
going to kick off her campaign for the 10th Congressional Seat of
Georgia on the theme of Bastille Day, (July 14-though her campaign won’t
officially begin until July 14). The
French Revolution began in part over riots around the high cost of bread and
Louis XVI’s incompetence and “let them eat cake” attitude springing from his
distance, well kept from the plight of the common people.
This revolution for the
common people is a fitting theme for her candidacy often opens her stump speech
with an anecdote about one of her feisty Pomeroy ancestors, be it a revolutionary
figure at Lexington, Massachusetts, or
an English squire fighting for dispossessed sharecroppers.
For her this history isn’t
academic, it seems more akin to a muse for her, her ancestors watching over her
like the figure of Clio, the muse of history, overseeing the acts of
congress. There is in her a passion for
justice in this time of reckless robber barony we live in. She calls the people to arms to address the injustice,
in the tradition of Martin Luther King. A call to peaceful arms, if you will. And resistance, yes, but better, for real
progress, for instance, in the form of universal health care and a living wage,
as well as support for small businesses with corporate tax relief while asking
the large corporations to pay their fair share. For her, it’s no academic case,
since her daughter’s health care is at stake.
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Marianne, a symbol of the French
Revolution, with Phrygian Cap,
Called the "Liberty Cap"
during the American
Revolution,
the Symbol of the Voter. Chalis embraces the kind of populism that calls for more power for the voters and less for the very wealthy |
If this all sounds a bit dear or overly poetic
for politics, I blame Chalis. With her
background in music, business, and ministry, she brings not just the usual
competency you’d expect one must have to
make a go of Congressional politics, she has the subtle fire of southern
backwoods preaching, and the pleasant harmony of music to accompany it.
Chalis Montgomery reaches deep into an old loving tradition of American
Progressive Populism-that strain of appeal to the needs of the common people,
the good, hard working citizens of this country not looking for an entitlement,
but rather a just society where a rising tide lifts all boats.
She’s a new breed of
Progressive Southern Democrat, who supports a Universal Health Care program and
isn’t afraid to stand up for it. She shares her progressive spirit with other progressive fighters for improvements and expansions in democracy like Josh McCall (Georgia 9th Congressional Seat) and RJ Hadley, for Secretary of State. With a
background in small business, she’s aware of the impact of Federal policies on
them, and realizes that Universal Health Care will ease the burden of health
insurance on small business people.
Likewise, while she seeks to increase corporate taxes for the larger
corporations, she looks to ease rates for small businesses.
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Chalis, along with other Progressive Georgia
Candidates like Josh McCall and RJ Hadley
recall a time of more outspoken champions of
a "Square Deal" for the Common Person, with
the Fighting Spirit of a Great Progressive
Like Teddy Roosevelt
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Conservative politicians,
such as her opponent Jody Hice fantasize making the size of government small
enough to “drown in a bathtub”, and take part in tax schemes which create huge
payouts for the very wealthy. Meanwhile,
Chalis, like Progressive President Teddy Roosevelt, realizes that the federal
government has an important role to play as a servant of the common people
rather than the corporate lobbyists in Washington who call the shots and hire
politicians like Hice in a never ending revolving door. Chalis Pomeroy Montgomery, like her
ancestors, knows when it is time to fight.
As she says, “It
is time to hear the call to arms to stand up for what we believe in this
country.” She plans to stand up for the common folk of
Georgia and seek to place their interest above the very wealthy who take an
ever increasing share of the wealth of this nation.
Links: Chalis Montgomery's website:https://www.montgomery2018.com/
Her Evite Appeal: https://www.evite.com/event/00F4277EHOTHMINFSEPHMVZND32PQ4/rsvp?utm_campaign=send_sharable_link&utm_medium=sharable_invite&utm_source=www.facebook.com
Her Appearance at the Columbia County Democratic Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2KotIbgY8&feature=youtu.be
Josh McCall for All (for the 9th Congressional Seat:https://mccallforall.com/ Supports Universal Health Care
RJ Hadley (Progressive for Secretary of State): http://rjhadley.com/ Supports Automatic Voter Registration and replacing the vulnerable electronic voting system.
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