Nine months or 270 days until the election. November 3rd will be here before we know it. Two things will happen: the country will take a collective sigh of relief or scream in agony. If Trump* is reelected, the American Experiment is over.
Of the debates I have watched, I was not impressed. Frankly, they were mortifying. They need to fire their debate prep people. They’re not helping you.
The message must be around how they will defeat Trump* restore and shore up our democratic process by making sure our election process is strongly resistant to foreign interference. That’s what I want to hear from the candidates.
I want to know that when I cast my vote, there is not one iota chance of someone tampering with it. Too, many people who look like me died so I could have the right to vote. The fact that Trump* and Mitch McConnell are doing absolutely nothing to secure our elections, and the ballot is beyond troubling, it is a violation of their oath of office, for that alone both need to be booted from office.
Since his 2016 win, the Republican party has sold their souls to him, and the price was surprisingly low. All he has had to do is nominate unqualified individuals for judges, a tax cut that has run up the national debt, deregulation that pollutes our waterways and air, trade deals that did little but move us more toward isolationism.
Every day Trump* is in the White House is one where we are moving closer to the total collapse of the rule of law that will lead to instability loss of our checks and balances that protect our freedom, resulting in tyranny.
Candidates want to show they understand the kitchen table issue healthcare, a living wage, saving the environment an overall good and safe future for their families. I get that. But, when you listen, there isn’t a lot that separates them from each other.
Trump’s* message is a simple populist message. That is steeped deep in hate, anger, fear of immigration, and isolationism. Trump* sees it as the prophylactic; the country needs to remain safe from the onslaught internationalism.
Populism is simple. It just requires blind obedience. Whereas democracy is hard, one must work at it. Populism, simple, all it needs is a message of hate, which he can supply plentifully. Democracy, hard; it requires us to see others as our equals.
In 270 days, we will know if democracy and the rule of law win or if we’re on the road to Perdition.
Spot on, Twilson 117!
Thank you.
I meant to get back to you on the Amborse book but got sidetracked. First, let me say I didn’t connect Band of Brothers with him. I watched the series that Tom Hanks helped produced and was totally taken by it, including the follow on. I bought the box set and watch it on a regular basis. I will be placing an order for his book of the same name.
As to Ike, learning a lot about him as a soldier and statesman. Those who thought he wasn’t a good president this book should be required reading. Not only will they gain a real understanding of what war was like and what and who he had to deal with, they will see (in my opinion) the statesman and reluctant politician Ike had to become.
As a side note the reason I bought the book was Tom Selleck portrayal of him in mini-sires on the History channel called Ike: Countdown to D-Day.
You’re welcome.
I’m really glad you happened to mention you’re currently reading
Stephen Ambrose’s The Supreme Commander. Otherwise, of course,
I wouldn’t have thought of telling you about my unforgettable
meeting with him and how he reacted when I told him how highly I
thought of Band of Brothers. And thus it’s likely you wouldn’t have
learned yet he wrote that book!
I trust you will find it very absorbing and informative, as I did. And
from what you’ve written about it, The Supreme Commander sounds
as if it adds a lot to our knowledge of former President Eisenhower
and his contributions in peacetime as well as in war.