Well, I confess, I’m quite concerned about the outcome of this election. My mind STILL won’t accept the fact that the United States might really choose a racist, criminal, idiot with delusions of grandeur who wants the job, mostly, to shut down the criminal investigations that promise to convict him, and then enrich himself with stolen lucre while doing as he’s told by Vladimir Putin, of all people.

But we might.

The right is out screaming about how unfair it is that the left keeps comparing their beloved with Adolph Hitler. They do not see (Nazi?) the comparison and they’re just sure it’s over-the-top hyperbole. Is it though? Is it really? I suppose that depends on how well you know your history – and I think it has been QUITE well established that MAGA does NOT know their history. Of course they don’t see the comparison. But their ignorance won’t protect them from the onslaught of Trump.

MAGA thinks if they just toe the line and be good little MAGA, they’ll be fine. They’re not taking into account the economic wreckage he keeps promising, as if it might be a good thing. And another bit they don’t understand is that with a damaged personality like Trump’s “the line” they’re toeing will keep moving. They may well find themselves on the wrong side of that line having done nothing “wrong,” but because the line moved.

Meanwhile, they fear Kamala because she keeps promising to help people who need help – including them, by the way -and not the richest one percent who are doing just fine, thank you very much.

MAGA is scared of Kamala because they don’t understand things.
I’m scared of Trump because I do…

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Cons keeps asking, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” The other day, I was thinking about that. Guess what I remembered. I remembered the election of 2020. You know, the one Trump lost in a landslide? Do you remember that? Do you remember WHY Trump lost in a landslide? People were furious at his feckless and failed handling of Covid-19. Remember? People were dying so fast it was hard to keep count, and the misleader of our once great nation (Trump) just kept trying to wish it away.

The anger at Trump’s failure was white-hot and people came out in droves to vote against him. Record numbers, in fact. The highest numbers, the biggest numbers. We had never seen so many voters come out to vote against a guy. One voter, big voter, brave voter came up with tears in his eyes and said, “Sir, you’ve fucked up bigger than any President has ever fucked up and we’re literally dying to get you out of office.” It was a record turnout to vote against Trump because he was so bad at his job and had done so much damage.

The economy had crashed. People were “social distancing.” Most people were locked inside, with nowhere to go. His failed policies led to a crash in the supply chain that took months to straighten out – and only AFTER he was out of office. Oh, the economy has struggled under Biden? He inherited an economy that was basically dead and he has brought it back to record levels. I don’t argue it’s perfect in every way. I’m not delusional like a MAGA, who pretend America was a perfect utopia under Trump.

But THAT is the main thing I remember about Trump and his Presidency: the number of Americans who died as a direct result of his stupidity – and how angry the American people were about it. AM I better off today than I was four years ago? Well, the economy is humming along at record levels and medical staff aren’t stacking bodies in refrigerator trailers because they’re out of room in the morgues, anymore, so, yes, I’d say we’re all better off…

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I interact with MAGA on a regular basis. The secret? Don’t talk politics. It works, but it can be tough, especially right now. Everyone is on edge about the election and that makes it hard to keep it off the table. But what I just wrote, there, is true. EVERYONE is on edge about the election. I find it odd that MAGA is just as scared of a Harris victory as Americans are of a Trump victory.

A MAGA recently shared a prediction with me: if Harris wins, there won’t be any adverse reaction from the right. If Trump wins, the left will pour out into the streets and riot. Obviously, I disagree with that prediction but not for the reasons my friend might think.

The cons may not riot in the streets, but Trump has been vocal about his “secret plan” with MAGA Mike the Johnson to just steal the election outright. The thing I fear is that the left may NOT riot in the streets if Trump “wins.” We already know Trump can’t win on the power of his dark and hateful message. But the level of underhanded and nefarious activities intended to steal the voices of the majority of Americans is almost mind-boggling.

MAGA has been doing everything in it’s power to disenfranchise as many Democrats as they possibly can. As an example, Virginia started purging Democrats from it’s voter roles a very short time ago, in violation of Federal law that says specifically, states can NOT purge voters too closely to an election because it’s too late for the victi-, er, voter to correct the action.

Of course, the Roberts Supremely Kangaroo Court has ruled against that common sense notion and harmed the United States, yet again. It’s just what they do. So now, not only Virginia, but other red states and the so-called “battleground” states controlled by cons can do the same thing. And you can bet your sweet bippy they will.

The whole world’s watching. Conservative efforts to simply disenfranchise voters is plain to everybody. EVERYBODY. Even if Trump were to “win,” how could ANYBODY take his “victory” seriously, knowing how much the Republicans cheated, lied, and stole to make it happen? When you manage to simply keep your opposition from voting, did you “win?”

Look, I didn’t like it when Trump won in 2016. I even think things were actually hinky in that election – in Trump’s favor. But nobody was ever able to prove anything and I accepted the result. (Grudgingly, I grant you.) This time? We don’t have to wait for after-the-fact proof of chicanery. We’re watching it happen in real life and in real time. We already know “Trump cheated.” He may cheat and still lose. He may cheat and be called the winner. But either way, he’s already cheating.

If Americans, true Americans, are going to suffer an election process destroyed enough to bring to power a man who is promising to dismantle the United States of America, the very least we can do is hit the streets. The cons think they’re fighting to save America. They’re exactly backwards, of course, but they believe it. It will be up to the left to ACTUALLY save America, and that might mean a fight. Does America still have that revolutionary spirit, or are we too engrossed in TikTok and other social media? We’re all about to find out…