Gov. Beshear is a breath of fresh air
Gov. Andy Beshear, KY, in Gibson’s Bookstore, was a welcome contrast to ongoing false claims and Constitutional violations by President Trump. He was introduced by former N.H. Gov. John Lynch, who’d read Beshear’s debut book, “Go and Do Likewise,” a quote from the parable of the Good Samaritan. “Treat others with kindness.” Gov. Lynch asked questions related to the book. Then the audience asked.
I felt uplift with an answer naming other Democratic governors who are, “as a team,” preparing for our 2028 election. The best of minds can resurrect our U.S.’s reputation abroad and practice humanity here. Our tax dollars could be directed, as now they are not, to good uses.
Never got to ask my question, so I will here. An early question was about farmers and our food supply, barriers caused by Trump. When I taught at a Massachusetts Community College, my student Michelle C., from a Black Boston inner-city, told our class that, “where I live it’s easier to buy a gun than a good, crisp apple.”
I would ask Gov. Beshear about the plague of guns in our U.S. and unnecessary gun deaths. He’d told of violent shooting deaths at Old National Bank in Louisville, and lost life there, including of a personal friend. His book on page 128, by then is also about Charlie Kirk’s shooting death, so mentions our Constitution’s Second Amendment and “the price we pay” for it. Where does he stand on the tough question of gun availability? Why avoidance of the genocide of Palestinians?