The 2020 South Carolina debate and other Information.

The debate is over, and it was historic as representative of the power of the black vote in America. Voting is necessary as our schools, our judges, our resources, and other infrastructure are determined massively by voting outcomes. The debate was held in Charleston, South Carolina with a large African American population. As I predicted, many in the corporate media love moderates, and they have praised Biden like usual. Their ethos is the status quo. Also, as I also predicted, Bernie Sanders must use stats and figures along with Warren, because the other candidates will attack them. The most arrogant person in the debate was Pete Buttegieg. He was very slick with his lies and hypocrisies. Pete said that Bernie Sanders should not have inspiration for the revolutionary 60's, but the 60's brought us voting rights legislation, civil rights legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, etc. Pete bashes revolution, but America existed as a product of rebellion and revolution against the British Monarchy. We know that many Founders were wicked to be slaveowners. I want to make that clear.

The Civil War ended by the revolutionary policies of abolishing slavery and defeating the Confederacy (the Confederacy is the enemy). Malcolm X, Mandela, Dr. King, Ella Baker, Harriet Tubman, and other heroes were revolutionaries. Therefore, being a revolutionary or revolution are never dirty words. Pete complains about name calling, but he regularly name calls progressives who desire progressive, revolutionary changes in the world. Elizabeth Warren criticized Bloomberg heavily on scandals, redlining, and on other reasons. Bloomberg denied many of the allegations. Bernie Sanders was attacked by every candidate on stage. Bernie Sanders responded by saying that many of the other candidates supported dictators like Xi, MBS, and other leaders. Sanders never praised Cuba's authoritarianism. He praised the educational progress in Cuba like Obama did. Obama criticized Cuba's authoritarianism too. Many of the candidates hypocritically ignore CIA funding dictators, but they want to lecture others on human rights. Some neoliberals are more afraid of the American voters than Trump. Dr. Martin Luther King explicitly said that one of the most strident opponents of progress is the moderate as moderates are more concerned with the status quo than justice. The candidates debated on health care costs and how to pay for their respective plans. Pete and Warren have said that Bernie Sanders doesn't have enough money to pay for single payer or he doesn't have enough details on how to pay for it. Bernie cited a study saying that his plan was affordable. That study is from the Lancet study. Many candidates criticized Sanders on gun control issues (for them claiming that he voting against the Brady bill multiple times). Sanders said that he opposed assault weapons ownership by people for 30 years. He said that he changed on the gun issue.

The debate had arguments, booes, and other moments. Many tickets for the debate cost up to $3,200 which I find to be strange. Sanders said that Netanyahu was a right wing racist (which he is), and he wants peace among Israelis and Palestinians. People in the audience applauded. No one in the stage called out Netaynahu like that, except Bernie Sanders. That is historic. Sanders has criticized AIPAC too. All of the candidates believe in a 2 state solution. Pete had the worst performance in the debate with his rejection of the progressive, revolutionary politics of the 60's (he tweeted the bashing of the 60's, then he deleted it). Joe Scarborough saying that Bernie's base can't expand is silly since he doesn't know what the future holds.

Bloomberg supported George W. Bush in 2004, never opposed stop and frisk until he was forced to do so after the courts told him that he was wrong, and has tons of contradictions. Bloomberg made a Freudian slip about that he brought the election, then he immediately stopped. He ran commercial ads during the breaks of the debate. One thing about Amy Klobuchar is that she is a sincere, principled moderate. Unlike other candidates, she doesn't lie about her record. I disagree with her on some issues, but she is what she says that she is. She has sincerity in the debate. Warren has shown details in her plans. Steyer responded to Biden passionately. Steyer, to his credit, agrees with reparations for black Americans. The debate was another era coming about. We shall see what the South Carolina Primary's results will be along with Super Tuesday.

There is always a New Jersey link to my paternal relatives. A long time ago, my paternal ancestors came from Halifax, North Carolina. They migrated from North Carolina into Cape Charles, and from there, some came into Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. My 2nd great uncle was a man named Bynum Trice. He was born in 1882. He lived until 1959. He married Lula Shields Trice. Their child was my first cousin named Lula Trice (1905-1988). She married a man named Taylor Clark (1903-1970). Therefore, their children would be the Clark family, and many Clark family people are related to me. They married on January 26, 1924 at Halifax, North Carolina. Their children are James Henry Clark 1923-1982), Pecolia Clark (1925-2008), Laurine Clark (b. 1927), Clifton Clark (1929-1929), William C. Clark (1932-present), Elmer Clark Junior (1936-1977), and Lenton Clark (born in 1938). My 2nd cousin Pecolia Clark was born on December 6, 1925 at North Carolina. She married Paul Dickens on February 7, 1945 at Halifax, North Carolina. Their children are Charlie Dickens (1948-1990), Sammy Dickens (1949-1949), Emma Lou Dickens, Paul Dickens Jr., Kenneth Dickens, and Roy Lee Dickens. Charlie Dickens was born on January 27, 1948 at Scotland Neck, North Carolina. He married Betty Whitaker (1948-present) on April 1984 at Passaic, New Jersey. Their children are my 3rd cousins. Their names are: Kenneth Dickens, Lisa Dickens, Paul Dickens, Charlene Dickens, and Timothy Dickens. My 3rd cousin Roy Lee Dickens was born on September 16, 1946 at Halifax North Carolina. She married Evelyn Josephine Bellamy on the date of September 11, 1964 at Halifax, North Carolina. Their children are Daphne Victoria Dickens and Cassandra Verdell Dickens (1966-2005). Both daughters are my 3rd cousins. Cassandra married Mickey Dye on June 1, 1991 at Passaic, New Jersey. Their daughter is my 3rd cousin Alexandria Dye. Daphne Victoria Dickens was born on February 23, 1965 at Halifax, North Carolina. She married Bobby Earl Mitchell (1964-1991) on November 28, 1985 at Halifax, North Carolina. Their child is Darnell Casper Mitchell or my 3rd cousin.

By Timothy