Government offices will be closed today as well as some others as a nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Locally, a parade is set for this morning through downtown Elizabethtown to mark the occasion.
Did you see the end of the Vikings/Saints NFL football game? No time on the clock when Minnesota scored. The Vikings advance in the playoffs, the Saints pack up the equipment and head home.
Political rhetoric will pick up this week as we hear about a federal budget, DACA, funding for a wall along the Mexican border and Democrats, Republicans and a President squabble, all blaming one another for the mess. My opinion: All are guilty, some more than others.
Too much time to ramble, probe, research recently.
Bladen County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate four times in General Elections over the past 100 years, and for an Independent once.
Some you may remember, some before our time:
1928: Herbert Hoover (R) 55.2% / Al Smith (D) 44.8%
1968: George Wallace (I) 46.4% / Hubert Humphery (D) 32.8% / Richard Nixon (D) 20.8%
1972: Richard Nixon (R) 64.7% / George McGovern (D) 33.9%
2004: George W. Bush (R) 50.1% / John Kerry (D) 47.7%
2016: Donald Trump (R) 53.8% / Hillary Clinton (D) 44.4%
Filing season for many local, state and national office begins in a few weeks. No presidential election ’til 2020.
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