It is starting to look a bit like 1973 as Donald tries to dodge the swirling allegations that he is a fascist and that his supporters aren't "garbage." This from a man who called the United States a "garbage can for the world." Meanwhile, early voting is in full swing with North Carolina already reaching 50% of its registered voters and Georgia close behind. We could easily see the same numbers in these states as we saw in 2020. A big turn out doesn't favor Herr Trump.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris offered a more than reasonable alternative to this sad state of dementia that 46% of Americans currently find themselves in. I read a story where a young woman voted to protect abortion rights in Arizona while at the same time voted for Trump. Apparently, she doesn't like how Kamala is trying to use abortion to win over women like her. So, she stood her ground.
It's nice to see that Muslim Americans in Arizona are coming to their senses. More than 100 community leaders issued a plea not to vote for Trump. The letter said they were both flawed choices but that Trump would present an "extreme danger to Muslims in our country," not to mention Palestine, and that Harris was the only reasonable alternative. Afterall, this is the guy who gave the green light to Bibi Netanyahu to annex parts of the West Bank in 2020. Anyone honestly think he would stop Bibi from annexing Gaza?
Most outraged are Puerto Ricans after the Madison Square Garden debacle. Even Nicky Jam took back his endorsement. Just about every prominent Puerto Rican in the country has come out in favor of Kamala this week, making things kind of dicey for the would-be furor in Pennsylvania, which has a very large Puerto Rican community.
More telling is that Kamala is winning over young black men, negating whatever gains Trump had made among them earlier. He even visited a barber shop in the Bronx but I doubt let anyone touch his hair. That's what happens when you only offer "concepts" and no plans in regard to improving economic opportunities for young black men.
Through it all, Donald has kept his chin up, determined to carry his campaign all the way to the White House. He says he would start the biggest deportation of illegal immigrants in US history on day one, but we all know if given the opportunity he would immediately pardon himself and clear out the Department of Justice, filling it with his gestapo, so that he could then rid the country of the menace that has been "poisoning our blood," as if lifted directly from the pages of Mein Kampf.
If he walks like a Nazi and talks like a Nazi then he bloody well is a Nazi.
It feels too close to call, but my fears are turning from who wins to what happens in the aftermath. Now that it is a close race and Harris looks like she has a chance, the news is increasingly highlighting the likelihood of a prolonged legal battle and impending violence. The right has filed more than 100 legal challenges to voting even before the results are known. They will use these as "proof" that something is untoward. A depressing analysis I read yesterday suggested that the extreme division and rhetoric won't subside until it hits rocks bottom with some violent event worse than Jan. 6. It has to get worse before it gets better. I really hope they are wrong. -M
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine it getting much worse unless we see an armed rebellion. It is possible and scary to think about, but Trump has his stormtroopers all stoked up. I just don't get how seemingly reasonable persons join this shitshow, to put it bluntly. It is better to lose and regroup than it is to be part of MAGA. He has carried this "movement" to the bitter end.
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