October 29. 2022. The election is only 10 days away. Have you voted yet? If your state won’t let you vote early, do you plan to vote November 8? So much more is on the line than in 2020. How so? If we want TFG in jail where he belongs, we need to make sure Democrat's control both houses. If we want to save ourselves from more “Benghazi” hearings, we need to ensure Republicans remain in the minority.
If we want to take back our right to bodily autonomy, we need to send a bigger message than we did in 2020.
If we want to deny the GOP a chance to turn back our progress on student debt relief and climate change, we need to do what it takes: standing in line, giving other voters rides to the polls, encouraging our friends and family to do their part to save our country from fascism, chaos and disaster.
If we fail to keep control of the House and/or the Senate, we will lose so much. I recently read Malcolm Nance’s “They Want To Kill Americans” and it still boggles my mind how we’ve arrived at the place the country is at right now. It’s astounding how so many faux militia groups have coalesced and infected the Republican party. All of this hate and loathing based on nothing but lies. Words can indeed hurt and kill, if wielded like a weapon.
It is my hope many conservatives will wake up from this nightmare once Trump is in custody and we find out just how badly he’s damaged our national security. FOX News and the like will continue lying to save themselves from financial ruin but, Republicans will have to be denied the reins of power if we want, as a country, to work our way back to a two party system that’s feasible. Today’s Republican party is nothing but an armed mob, thirsty for bloodshed and destruction. If a politician lies in order to get elected, why does anyone trust them to uphold their oath of office? It’s no way to run a country, just ask Libya.
Rachel Maddow’s Ultra
Of course, this isn’t the first time our country has been afflicted with dangerous groups bent on destroying Democracy. Rachel Maddow has a new podcast out detailing the last time this happened, during WWII and the Roosevelt administration. It’s called Ultra and it’s very scary.
I wrote this long before yesterday’s attack on Mr. Pelosi, Madam Speaker Pelosi’s husband, and what has kept going thru my mind is a point Jon Stewart made after 9/11. I happen to be reading, “The Daily Show: An Oral History” and I’m going to post the video but, I hope people focus on the point close to the end, “Chaos cannot sustain itself, it never could” Radio Goddess Randi Rhodes likes to say, “In Chaos, they can steal” which is true, it’s harder to rip people off if they’re paying attention or if the authorities aren’t too busy trying to keep people safe and secure”.
Well, that’s what worrying me this Halloween. Have a safe and fun holiday.
WYFP?