2024 Election Thoughts - # 6

'Prickly City’ by Scott Stantis

Hypocrisy uber Alles – the way the GOP can ignore an issue that at one time would make their heads explode goes beyond belief. How can so many Americans venerate a man who blatantly does things that these same people swore was disqualifying a few short years ago? We’re talking about a man who lies with every breath he takes...calls people who join the military and die in the line of duty “suckers and losers.”...thinks it’s a good idea to suspend the Constitution so he can get away with more...venerates Hitler…thinks the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs should be executed...says derogatory things about anyone who is not a white male...who buries a former wife on his golf course to secure tax advantages. (Who does that?)

We’re Doomed - I ditched Facebook years ago and do not do any other social media platforms. I know it’s great to be able to connect with relatives and friends, but the downside is that too many people are drawn to the garbage and lose connection to what’s important...like facts, real news and truth.

‘Non Sequitur’ by Wiley Miller

Back in the 70’s when I lived in New Orleans, I remember driving through a suburban intersection where a guy, dressed in the white sheets of the KKK, was handing out a page of propaganda to passing cars. This dedicated cracker had to type it up, run it through a mimeo machine and shlep his stack of racist BS into the hot sun and exhaust. How many did he hand out? How many were thrown away soon after? How many actually changed anyone’s thinking? The number is certainly miniscule compared to the reach of today’s social media. With the click of a mouse, lies and hate can circle the planet and reach millions...and our species seems so drawn to it. If you believe God gave you that big brain to make you superior to everything else in existence, you should give it back. Being ‘in His image’ is not enough. You need to act better.

Voter Suppression – A Republican Value – Ironic how the ‘Party of Freedom’ is so hellbent on keeping certain citizens from exercising our most important right. It started in earnest when we elected that Black guy.

‘Candorville’ by Darrin Bell

Kamala at the Debate – “So, Donald, does it ever occur to you that your description of EVERY Black woman who ever disagreed with you or challenged you as ‘not very smart’ or ‘low IQ’ or ‘mentally-disabled’ is as consistent and predictable as anything?

I am vice president, and you are a vulgar fraud and convicted felon.”

Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts - The rich will still be rich. They should appreciate the contribution from the rest of the masses in this fine system we have. They should be happy to contribute to the welfare (and defense) of all of us so everything remains stable, and they can keep getting richer. But no. Government is the problem, and taxes are bad, and I want more for myself. The home needs a helipad and the villa in France needs redecorating. More for me.

Election Denial – Another Republican Value – The 2020 election was so easy to verify because 93% of the votes had some kind of paper record. The recounts and audits confirmed the results and helped shoot down the sixty court challenges from the Trump election deniers...who had the stones to say they were the ones who were ‘stopping the steal.’ They didn’t call them ‘fake electors’ for nothing. These clowns should have been prosecuted and dis-barred in 2021.

Women Will Die - I want the pro-fetus party to justify this. What they stand for means that the wonderful woman you have loved since high school...the mother of your other children...your life partner…should die because that undifferentiated, damaged embryo that is killing her is more important. I’m sure the husband/father and the rest of the kids will understand.

And Another Thing - As sure as God made little green apples, the following scenario will play out in some Confederate backwater.

Jim Bob is a pillar in the community. His family owns the big mill and lives on the land that once was his great-granddaddy’s plantation. Now, he’s a state senator or county commissioner and proudly voted for extreme ‘pro-life’ women’s health care restrictions. However, his baby girl, Lurleen, had too much spiked punch at the prom and finds herself preggers. Now, is Jim Bob going to cite his bona fides and make sure his pride-and-joy brings in a new family member or is he going to excuse her from class and hustle her little butt North for a quiet procedure?

Bet on the latter.

Please vote to keep insanity out of the White House.