I was perusing my RSS Reader this morning, and came upon this post, in which the blogger at Above the Law righteously rants about various parties objecting to a settlement in an antitrust case against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), which, based on the description in the post, was engaging in some heavy duty violations of the antitrust laws, though, of course, the government itself did nothing about it. The case was brought be private attorneys who negotiated “the largest antitrust award ever secured in a case where the government never participated”.
It’s entirely possible that some of the objectors are doing the dirty work for BCBS, but it at least it appears that this is yet another instance of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
Which brings me to my own righteous rant. Joe Courtney has a Green Party opponent who just happens to live a short distance from me. I won’t bother to provide a name, but I will say that his main issue is, when viewed in the context of the dire straits in which this country finds itself, infinitesimally unimportant. Our candidate for state representative, who is running to replace Joe DelaCruz, likewise has an opponent from somewhere on the alleged left, though I don’t think he’s running as a Green. This is not necessarily an instance of the perfect being the enemy of the good, because neither of these guys comes close to being perfect.
Neither of these candidates has a chance to win, but both could possibly draw enough votes from the Democratic candidate to send a Republican to Congress and/or the state legislature.
This sort of thing is not infecting the Republican Party, though you have to wonder why the Never Trumpers aren’t running candidates of their own in red areas. They’d actually be doing the country a favor. These two are just advancing the cause of fascism, and if they don’t realize that they’ve got no business running for office because they are almost by definition mentally incompetent. If we had ranked choice voting these kinds of antics could be tolerated, but that is not the case, and both of these candidates are doing nothing but helping the Republicans. But maybe that’s the point. See, e.g., here, here, and here. The Green Party may have given us George Bush in 2000, and if they get their way, they just may give us the very stable genius in 2024.
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