My dear fellow citizens: I am hearing a lot of negative chatter. I understand the trauma of 2016 and the emotional power it still holds.
Yes, he COULD win. His name is on the ballot and he has a cult.
But "could" and "will" are not synonymous. The voting is just starting. THIS, right here, IS the assignment.
Fear is the father of the self-fulfilling prophecy. And the fact that all the traditional sources of information have been rendered useless has us flying blind. Which is disconcerting.
Things like the media and polls. The polls are no longer accurate and the media are all like the annoying sportscasters at the Super Bowl. The ones who natter on when they have literally no way to foresee the future.
Some of the people allowing their fear to take the reins point to the power of the oligarchs. I do not deny that these individuals and families have outsized influence. But I am not at all sure that the oligarchs as a class embrace DT.
It is clear that his policies would be disastrous economically. Most economists predict a serious recession within a year with him.
Most of us think he would not even warm the seat before Vance takes over with a pardon in hand. But his economy would be no better.
There are individual billionaires who like DT. Musk being the one that stands out. Maybe the remaining Koch brother.
But these are examples of oligarch's who have stopped chasing money when there is ideology involved. That is to say, their ego trip has migrated from money to power. Musk and Koch are ideologues.
Most of the others are not. They are pragmatists who favor stability above all else. They know that the center will hold with Harris. It will fail to with Trump/Vance.
They are not inclined to purposefully cause a recession, at least not over tariffs. They will shore up the candidate who will preserve order. And that is Harris.
And even if they were all of one mind and in the bag for the MAGA, that would not negate our right to vote.
So that is what we can and must do. Vote ourselves and get out the blue vote. Do not assume anything. Do not prognosticate on a future that is not yet written. Do not lay down and roll over. Just do the work.
What is the alternative? Concede? Skip the election altogether and coronate him? Think it through. Yes, he could win. But so could she.
When we fight, we win.
Remember the assignment. We are almost at the final exam.
Annabel Asher: "Most of us think he (Trump) would not even warm the seat before Vance takes over with a pardon in hand. But his economy would be no better."
JD Vance is even more hardened a fascist and is far more dangerous than even Trump himself.
Thank you for your encouraging words. Lately I have been dealing with a lot of fear, visions of the intelligent Germans watching the advance of the Third Reich. But I have voted, personally took my mail ballot to the County Recorders Office to make sure it was received. And if Harris wins I will celebrate another near escape for democracy, and also celebrate the first woman President. If she does not, well, we will deal, we will speak out, we will help to hold the Center