For a boat to cross a pond, both oars need to paddle the same direction, or you’ll go in circles. A boat that is the magaGOP [FN1] ticket for Gov/Lt Gov has been cutting circles since the party’s mid-June convention; 891 delegates nominated Micah Beckwith for Lt Gov. [FN2] 1/10

The lead on the ticket is the nominee for Gov, Mike Braun, who won May’s primary. [FN3] On the one hand, Braun “isn’t buying” IN Dems’ optimism that McCormick/Goodin, their ticket for Gov/Lt Gov is “‘situated…

Yesterday’s mass shooting [FN1] made me think about values.

First: the value of “an assault-style rifle.” [FN2] One vendor says “prices can vary widely, w/budget-friendly options starting around $500.” [FN3] Money is THE value for corporate gun manufacturers. But... 1/9

Guns are so well-made and durable that they can last 100 years or more, w/attrition rates in the U.S. of about one percent. [FN4] U.S. civilians hold an average of 120.5 guns/100 ppl, the highest rate in the…

Guns: another reason Beckwith is unfit for office. Four people are dead in a mass shooting at a school in Georgia. Initial thought: four’s not bad. That’s a sick thing to say, but in context of so many other mass shootings, it seems tragic only to the dead & their loved ones. 1/9

We know where Beckwith stands: “I am proud to announce that I have earned 100% rating from Gun Owners of America. I will protect our 2nd Amendment Rights.” [FN1] “Gun Owners of America” touts itself as…

Yesterday I posed a question to Micah Beckwith [FN1]: “Did you have a library card for HEPL prior to resigning from its board?” The answer is either “yes” or “no.” I’ve yet to receive an answer. That board position is the only public office Beckwith’s held. 1/9

HEPL is a public library.(“APRA”) [FN2] is Indiana’s counterpart of the Fed’s FOIA. [FN3] As I drafted the APRA request, I was impressed by the many resources that a library card makes available in our State’s libraries. A…

The question I pose to Micah Beckwith, magaGOP nominee for IN LT Gov, goes to the heart of how he approached the only public office he has held, on HEPL’s board. [FN1] A frequent trope of magaGOP people is that we should run gov’t agencies as a business. 1/7

In retail, the basic transaction occurs at the cash register. The owner of a retail business ignorant of how to run her/his cash register is a fool. In a library, the basic transaction occurs at the front desk when a person checks…

Reasons Micah Beckwith, 2024 GOP nominee for IN Lt Gov

is unfit for any office

1) Beckwith is a bigot who believes that only Christians have the

capacity to be moral.

-10/24/19 selfie video titled “The Church’s role in politics,”

Beckwith says “the church” provides the morality America

was founded on and that you cannot be moral if you are

a “Hindu, an atheist or a Jew.”

2) Micah Beckwith [FN1] claims to talk w/”The Lord” about politics. …

My post of late yesterday afternoon had a paternalistic sound as I criticized a Christofascist who is the magaGOP nominee for IN LT Gov. When I wrote “Women’s rights & health care affect everyone,” I did not mean to imply that, because all are affected, everyone gets a voice. 1/3

That decision is the woman’s right to make. Period. Roe was overturned by the far right justices trump put in place + Thomas, Alito and Roberts. We need to vote “blue” down the ballot. Micah Beckwith…

Reasons are not ranked, but are numbered so that people can more readily identify, to loved ones, complete strangers or whomever, reasons Micah Beckwith, nominee of the IN magaGOP [FN1] for LT GOV is not fit to hold office. Votes should be cast w/society’s best interest in mind. 1/8

The ruling elites of the USA have been very good w/labels, but mistakenly believed they could label a patriarchal system as supportive of women’s equality and independence. Quislings [FN2] pop up, as Amy…

Relevant to a candidate for public office are her/his: a) qualifications, in general & for the specific office; & b) prior statements about policies/issues as well as how s/he will approach the office. Micah Beckwith [FN1] comes up short on “a” and “b.” 1/11

a) Beckwith never has held elective office. Her/his only public office was on the board of trustees of HEPL, [FN2] an item not on Beckwith’s campaign website. [FN3] Beckwith’s time on HEPL though short [FN4] was highly…

Criticism of Micah Beckwith for his “chats” w/”The Lord” does not infringe Beckwith’s rights under U.S. [FN1] and/or Indiana [FN2] constitutions. Beckwith’s religious beliefs, no matter how absurd, are matters into which gov’t cannot inquire. [FN3] Beckwith wants more. 1/10

Beckwith is using religion to grab political power. Beckwith is unfit to hold political office for a lot of valid reasons. In 2023, s/he was under media radar & said he would be a “thorn” in the side of a…

2) Beckwith added to the January 7 chat.” Prophets of various beliefs do not add to prior drafts of 1/8

their communications w/the divine. Beckwith adds content, as needed. [FN9]

3) Beckwith’s supreme deity seems created. Beckwith has created talks w/”God,” and the feel is of the kind of deity Beckwith would create. Beckwith describes: “It was like the Lord hit me 2/8

w/a ton of bricks. He said, ‘Micah, if you do not get involved in the political battle, they will warp and…

Micah Beckwith [FN1] claims to talk w/”The Lord” about politics. The most high-profile chat was (supposedly) the day after the January 6, 2021, insurrection. [FN2] Hoosiers’ skepticism of any candidate for political office is healthy & was the Framers’ view. [FN3]. 1/10

Hoosiers also should be skeptical of candidates who claim to talk politics w/”God.” Reasons Beckwith’s claims are unbelievable & troublesome.

A) “January 7 chat.” Beckwith reported this communication, then…

Reasons Micah Beckwith, 2024 GOP nominee for IN Lt Gov
is unfit for any office

1) Beckwith is a bigot who believes that only Christians have the
capacity to be moral.
-10/24/19 selfie video titled “The Church’s role in politics,”
Beckwith says “the church” provides the morality America
was founded on and that you cannot be moral if you are
a “Hindu, an atheist or a Jew.”

Hoosiers have to know the candidates on the ballot in November’s general election. The GOP [FN1] ticket for Gov/Lt Gov is Braun/Beckwith. Because people think IN Lt Gov can’t do very much, a nominee for #2, such as Micah Beckwith, garners little attention. 1/13

Hoosiers should pay attention. Lt Gov: a) is “President of the Senate” w/“a right” in committee of the whole to debate & vote & when the “Senate shall be equally divided, [s/he] shall give the casting vote.” [FN2] b)…

To ratify the Constitution that delegates to the Philadelphia Convention had written in 1787, the thirteen States [FN1] each had to elect delegates who, in turn, would convene to consider & vote whether to ratify. [FN2] In the first North Carolina’s two conventions, the vote was “no.” 1/13

Delegate Henry Abbott [FN3] opposed ratification because “exclusion of religious tests [in Art. VI] is by many thought dangerous and impolitic ... pagans, deists, and Mahometans might obtain…

If you are not Christian, you lack the capacity to be moral. At least that’s what Micah Beckwith, GOP nominee [FN1] for IN Lt Gov said in a selfie video s/he posted to Facebook in 2019 w/the title “The Church’s role in politics.” [FN2] 1/8

IN Lt Gov assumes the office of Governor in case the Governor dies or is incapacitated. [FN3] A few questions arise from Beckwith’s having pre-judged people on the basis of their beliefs. Beckwith avoids confrontation & tries to fly under radar.…

We take for granted that people should receive equal protection of the law. For example, there is supposed to be no preference, favoritism or discrimination regardless of a person’s religion or that person’s beliefs about religion. Some people believe that should not be the case. 1/9

Shortly after I started undergrad, a person invited me to attend church. During his sermon, the minister made fun of people who believed baptism “by sprinkling” was adequate for heaven. The Framers of the…

The 6/20/23, 2-minute “smalltalk,” [FN1] shot on my cell phone, is on the “Mouthwash” FB page. [FN2] The show comes on as I’m about to crash, so I’d not seen remarks made by that night’s guest, Micah Beckwith, about my bit [FN3] until 8/18/24. If he is Lt Gov & if, 1/12

a year from now, people are allowed to ask, “How did Beckwith come to power?” those who remain can point to the dynamic at the core of his candidacy: Ignorance. It harkens back to the Know Nothings of the 1850s.…

Hoosiers should not vote for the magaGOP [FN1] ticket of Braun/Beckwith for Gov/Lt Gov, in November’s election, for reasons that have been detailed in this blog. We must revisit a reason that assumes as true, only for this discussion, Beckwith’s claims that The “Lord” has: 1/9

1) talked w/Beckwith; 2) “set up,” i.e., created, our nation’s gov’t; & 3) thus created a theocracy. trump may be unable to serve as President after multiple convictions on criminal charges. That Beckwith…

The words “hostile takeover” [FN1] were spoken at last week’s debate between nominees for IN Lt Gov. That Micah Beckwith spoke them is ironic: he is on the ticket of what was the “party of Lincoln,” but now is a cult of personality Lincoln would not recognize. [FN2] 1/10

We should fear Beckwith. Dr. Matthias Beier [FN3] delineates why “Beckwith is a poster child of a multifaceted national movement that does politics by literally demonizing their opponents.” [FN4] He describes key…