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Cory 2020: We Rise

Cory Booker, the candidate:

Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has a fascinating biography and progressive credentials to spare. His campaign website is here. Before he was Senator, Booker was mayor of Newark, during which time he became famous for being the kinds of hands-on politician who shoveled snow off his constituents' driveways and once, amazingly, rescued a woman from a burning building. As a senator, Booker is renowned for his lofty, impassioned speeches and morality-based worldview. Given all of this, it's probably not surprising that the New Jersey Senator has a reputation for being something of a superman.

Policy Positions
  1. Common sense criminal justice reform (Introduced as a piece of legislation called The Next Step Act): This is a sweeping proposal that would include such things as banning solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in federal facilities, sentencing reform, and prohibiting federal employers from asking about applicants' criminal histories until the last stage of the hiring process
  2. Marijuana Justice: Senator Booker wants to end the federal prohibition on marijuana AND expunge the records of people who have served time for marijuana-related offenses. (This proposed legislation is co-sponsored by four other Democratic candidates: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand.)
  3. BABY BONDS: Senator Booker is serious about moving toward economic justice and closing racial disparities, and this ambitious proposal goes a way toward achieving this.
  4. Reducing the prices of prescription drugs, which includes proposed legislation co-sponsored by Democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders.
  5. Criminalizing lynching. Senator Booker and Senator Kamala Harris of California (also a Democratic presidential candidate) co-sponsored legislation that passed the Senate unanimously and would for the first time in our nation's history make lynching a federal crime.


Cory Booker, the cocktail:


Senator Cory Booker is a vegan and a man with enough energy and courage to run into a burning building alongside fire fighters to rescue a trapped constituent. I believe that calls for a drink that is vegetable-forward and packs a spicy punch, and that means some kind of Bloody Mary! After mixing various spirits, spices, and tomato juice, we have come up with something that I believe is delicious and uniquely Booker-esque.

In a tall glass mix and stir: 

1 ounce coffee liqueur
2 ounces lemon vodka
several shakes of coarse ground black pepper
2 ounces original V8

Add ice to fill glass and pour 4 more ounces of V8 juice. Garnish with spicy pickled carrot and asparagus spears. Stir with the spears, nibble, sip, and enjoy!
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