Breaking forth in cheers

There’s a meme that was making the rounds of Twitter:

“A Black man and a Jew walk into a bar in Georgia. The bartender asks, 'What can I get you, Senators?'”

So today I’m leaving aside all the coup crap and giving the space to honor the victory of Jon Ossoff and the Reverend Raphael Warnock, the two Democratic Senators from a state that’s about as Deep South as you can get. Their election is a testament to the changing demographics of our nation and to the amazing efforts of the even more amazing Stacey Abrams.

The song is, of course, “Marching through Georgia”. It was written in 1865 and commemorates the sweep through the state by the army commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman. (I thought about Cump Wednesday when “Elizabeth from Knoxville” was interviewed crying into a towel because she’d been maced by Capitol Police after she’d just stepped inside the building. “I was storming the Capitol,” she shrieked. “It’s a revolution!” She clearly had not expected war to be all hell.*)

(Okay, I lied when I said I was laying aside the coup.)

Here’s the Old Crow Medicine Show singing it. Crank up the volume for any right wing nut jobs in your vicinity. They’ll really appreciate it.

*Update: "Elizabeth from Knoxville" is apparently Elizabeth Koch, who lives in Maryland. And that towel may contain an onion, which she was rubbing into her eyes. Regardless, Elizabeth has some 'splaining to do.