The following is excerpted from my new book Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too
Lonnie Ray Atkinson
Lonnie Ray Atkinson is a writer originally from the east side of Nashville, Tennessee. Over the last fifteen years he has written and recorded five albums worth of protest songs, generated over 30 in-depth political satire videos, and is author of Don’t Think Of A Republican, A Good Kid and His Ghosts, and Tough Guys, Bad Dudes, And Other Men My Father Knew. He is an active member of Real Utopia and founder of the Hail Mary Brigade.
The following is an excerpt from a campaign speech given at the Neely Schuster Cultural Center in January 2022
Throughout the 2022 primary season, I want you to explore with me the absolutely bonkers idea of running a progressive, dare I say radical, Lefty McLefterson candidate in a Republican primary in a GOP stronghold district
So I could be right about this, or I could be wrong. The question is whether we will find a system that…
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