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The election of 2020 is hardly settled yet, in more ways than one. But it will be recorded as a truly historic one. It is also one that leaves some feelings in the pit of the stomach.
Most marriages between couples that have committed adultery together don’t last. Either one or both realize that if he or she cheat with you , he or she will cheat on you.
I’m with you, Ole Summers. I keep preaching trust in God to myself, but so far it’s not availing to undo the knots in my stomach.
I am definitely not comfortable either. There are about 72 million folks that are disappointed and concerned.
I wish this could be run on the scrolling billboard in Times Square and picked up by every news organization.
it feels like 1876.
Thank you. You said everything I want to say.
I do find it amusing how the people saying “no fraud” now say, “OK, not much fraud”.
I ask people to define proof of fraud and they say, show me proof. People who will swear in court to fraud. I then pointed out that this has happened, but they say, not enough. Of course the massive confusion between what we see on the internet, what is reported in the news, and what happens in court is a massive problem.
For example, with all these affidavits, the lawyers go into court and hedge their statements about fraud. This makes sense because if they say Philly’s election count was fraudulent because observers were barred that isn’t true. It’s suspicious that they were barred, but not proof of fraud. If they make that claim, then they can be held in contempt of court.
Thus we are left with a massive disconnect. On one side we see lots of odd things that point to fraud. On the other we have people who just want Trump gone and are desperate for that to occur. Gripping hand, faith in the electoral system is the third of four boxes of liberty and when its gone, the only one left is the cartridge box and we really don’t want that.
As I quote all too often, this issue seems to continue to trend in the wrong direction:
Please excuse the montage above but you scattered great things throughout. This theme brings me back to what I asked a week ago:
It appears that parts of some state governments are fully complicit in the bastardization of the legal voting processes they are sworn to uphold. I posit that it takes far less than half the nation to lose faith in the election process, it takes one or two states to lose faith in the compact. I suspect one or two or more are getting very close to this.
At this point, it is also clear to me that this is going to tear mightily at not only the fabric between these united states but that within some states. I will be interested to see how red-county Pennsylvania reacts to the Philadelphia area blatantly and very publicly spitting in their faces. Similarly, I suspect the next six weeks is going to drive a wedge between red-county Georgia and the Atlanta area machine…even as those who are intentionally breaking the system make hollow calls to “start the healing.”
This is where we are now. From Newsmax:
Whichever candidate “wins”, we all lose because of the rampant fraud and misinformation.
Two law firms that were representing the President have now withdrawn. One was the firm that was “doxxed” by the “Lincoln Project” which sent out photos and addresses of members’ homes. The other has no explanation. It is nice that John Adams is not around to see this cowardice.
Well, that’s the problem. Fair and open elections might mean that the other guys might win. The Dems don’t like that feature and have figured out ways to avoid it. All that stuff about self-governance, etc, doesn’t come into play.
And because there is little personal risk for individual republican politicians (they remain in the elite, though not necessarily in power) there is risk for them obstructing the reelection insurance policies. Hence Trump, but apparently not for long.
Yeah, I’m still bummed. I thought we dodged this bullet with Hillary’s defeat.
I dream at times of creating city-states for all metropolitan areas bigger than (make up a number). Their senators should be balanced by the new senators in the more rural areas.
The truth is that Trump has to lose or the country is going to burn. So the powers that be will make Trump lose.
It will burn anyway. We just elected the arsonist candidate.
Good point about red-county Georgia and Atlanta. Georgia has 159 counties and I would estimate that 150 (give or take) of them are red. I left Georgia in 2010 so I can’t really explain how the big shift happened but I agree with what you said about that “wedge”. I suspect it’s about to get a lot bigger.
Good post!
Yes. A Good Post; one to save. Thanks again.