I could be wrong but I believe that this election represents an end point for a lot of people.\u00a0 My viewpoint on politics and our society has changed to such an extent that many of the things I thought were real I no longer do.\u00a0 And one of those things is the outcomes of elections.\u00a0 2020 proved to me that election outcomes were one of those things that can be fabricated.\u00a0 So, worrying about them is a foolish preoccupation.\u00a0 And that goes even if Trump is allowed to win.\u00a0 To convince me that elections are legitimate again I would first have to see all of those who rigged 2020 indicted, convicted and imprisoned for their crimes.\u00a0 And we all know that has a snowball\u2019s chance in hell of ever occurring.<\/p>\n
And so, when the inevitable 2026 banter begins about saving the House or the Senate from the midterm slump or the even more inevitable panic about preventing Gavin Newsom in 2028, I think I\u2019ll just concentrate on preventing the government from stealing my stuff and harming my grandkids.\u00a0 We all have plenty to do in our real lives and ranting and raving about imaginary battles that we could win is a serious waste of time and stomach lining.<\/p>\n
And honestly, I\u2019m not feeling particularly bitter about all this.\u00a0 Knowledge is strength.\u00a0 I blame myself for being as gullible and lazy as to not see how things really were.\u00a0 As the song says, \u201cI was blind but now I see.\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s not a trivial thing.\u00a0 I can avoid all kinds of trouble by virtue of not believing in fairy tales.\u00a0 George Bush and the rest of the establishment Republicans are not on my side and they are not my friends.\u00a0 They\u2019re just the flipside of the managerial elite who run this country and make sure they always will.\u00a0 If anyone emerges who claims he wants to change that, he\u2019ll have to do a lot more than make noises about it.\u00a0 He\u2019ll have to prove he\u2019s stronger than the gang running things now and he\u2019ll have to spell out what\u2019s in it for me.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a pretty tall order.<\/p>\n
So as the next two months play out, I expect all kinds of entertaining hijinks.\u00a0 This week\u2019s debate has the possibility of being highly entertaining theater.\u00a0 It\u2019s not guaranteed.\u00a0 ABC could rig it for Kamala so that Trump doesn\u2019t get to say anything at all.\u00a0 But it\u2019s just as likely to be a fitting sequel to the Biden meltdown with Kamala screeching and running off stage.\u00a0 So, there could be all kinds of fun coming up.\u00a0 But I\u2019m under no illusions about how the extra week of ballot manipulation will end up in Pennsylvania and Arizona.\u00a0 And I won\u2019t be upset about it either.\u00a0 It\u2019s as predictable as sunshine in the Sahara.<\/p>\n
And come November, I have the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays coming up and every reason to look forward to get-togethers with family and friends.\u00a0 So, life will go on and new projects will present themselves but worrying about President Harris won\u2019t be among them.\u00a0 I\u2019ll leave that to the dreamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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