Michigan was just called for Joe Biden, putting him closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to elect him the next president of the United States.
Avid MSNBC and CNN television watcher that I am, I couldn't bear to watch live TV coverage of the election results last night. I knew I couldn't go to sleep after watching MSNBC's Steve Kornacki continually show all the ways Trump could pull another rabbit out of the hat, like he did in 2016 (with Russia's help) and win re-election. I went to bed early (for me, 11 PM), hoping to wake up to the good news, I mean FABULOUS news that Biden was elected president in a landslide.
At around 4:30 AM I work up for my nocturnal bathroom visit and I just couldn't resist. I picked up my iPhone of my charging pad and saw where the presidential race was UNDECIDED!
Oh damn! This was the worst case scenario.
Of course Trump went on TV, from the White House now behind an unscalable ten foot fence (nice), to declare victory, before all the votes were counted. Twitter went ablaze reminding Spanky that that's not the way elections work in the U.S. Here we counts ALL OF THE VOTES first before one or the other candidate can declare victory. You don't get to declare victory when you're ahead, YOU.WAIT.UNTIL.ALL.THE.VOTES.ARE.COUNTED.
The Blue Wall of Democratic states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which Trump narrowly won (with Russian help) in the 2016 with a combined total of 70,000 plus votes, enabled Trump to score one of the greatest political upsets in modern American history. This election that Blue Wall is trumping Trump's re-election as president. Wisconsin and Michigan have already been called for Biden. Absentee or mail in ballots are still being counted in Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia. The majority of those absentee ballots are favored from Democratic voters.
We would have know the results of the election earlier but Republican controlled state legislators in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania forbade mail in ballots from being counted ahead of time. Trump claims that only ballots counted by election night should count. Of course this twisted logic comes from a con man who has cheated his whole life (and gotten away with it). Did you get the Catch-22 here? Republican controlled legislators pass a law that ballots can't be counted until the day of the election and Trump says only ballots counted on the day of election should count. Trump threatens to sue, which is another life long feature of his sad and evil life, threatening to sue anyone who stands in his way.
Biden is on the path to win this election however there is a drawback. It looks like Moscow Mitch will continue to be Majority Leader in the Senate of his coward, Trump sycophant Republican senators whose only function is to put as many conservative judges on the Federal Court system as possible and repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obama Care", which will take health care away from millions of American with pre-existing conditions.
I'm glad Biden is going to be our next president. However I am saddened and shock at knowing so many of my fellow Americans were willing to vote for Trump after knowing him. Trump's catastrophic failure as a leader controlling the COVID pandemic resulting in the deaths of 236,000 Americans, one of the highest death rates in the world. Trump's racism and formenting violence with his orgiastic rallies of fellow racists and "poor educated" also known as "The Deplorables". Hillary was right, they are deplorable. And they live among us folks. Trump attempting to shake down a foreign government (Ukraine) to gin up false evidence on Biden's son. All the rampant corruption in the Trump world from his many indicted fellow criminals to his cringe inducing family and yes including the sainted (in Republican circles) Melania. Don't let the pretty face fool you, she's just as evil as Trump. SHE.DOES.NOT.CARE.
I'm venting and rambling now. Time to bring this blog post to an end. Oh how I look forward to having a boring president that I don't have to wake up every day worried sick to my stomach at what did Trump pull while I was asleep. Yes, Biden is boring. I could Harding bear to listen to one of his stumbling, screechy speeches (Obama gives a much better speech). Oh sure, I know he overcame stuttering (like I did) but I can speak better than Biden. I'm surprised he's been able to have a 47 year career in politics with his obvious speech impediment. And yes, Biden has lost a few steps, I'll admit that. Biden is only a year younger than me but even I've "lost my step" (you should see me walking up stairs), I have more vim and vigor than Biden and I'm not as forgetful although I'm going in that direction.
I am so looking forward to posting blogs about my hum drum life these days, which isn't actually so hum drum, lots of drama around here especially with Bill who continues to slip mentally and physically. And then there is the drama with my Canadian friend Pat F. We haven't been about to get together for our quarterly adventures because of COVID. This week we were supposed to be in Philadelphia to celebrate my birthday (next Monday). We had to cancel that trip too because the border continues to be closed between Canada and the U.S. for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we can make the trip to Palm Springs this February to celebrate Modernism Week. The last time were together in person was last year in Palm Springs during Modernism Week.
Hopefully the next time I write a blog Biden will be officially the next president of the United States. That is if Trump's Supreme Court appointed judges and the other conservative judges don't perform a coup and invalidate enough of the mail in ballots to deprive Joe Biden of the presidency. If that happens folks, expect a revolution in these United States because we won't stand for it.
Trump is trash and he and all his sycophants and enablers are on the way to the dustbin of history. Only fly in the ointment is that we have to endure another six years of Moscow Mitch McConnell and Susan "I'm Concerned" Collins, of Maine, who was unexpectedly re-elected. WTF?
3 comments:
Ron, although you can't fly into Canada, Pat can fly into the States. The only stipulation is that once he flies back to Canada he must remain in self-isolation (quarantine) for 14 days.
There is still no travelling across the land borders (eg. I remember he took a bus across the border in the past) but as a Canadian he is allowed to fly into the States and then fly back to return to Canada.
I am Canadian and just returned from a tourist trip to the States. I did not have to quarantine while down in the US, but did self isolate for 14 days in Canada after returning home.
Ron...I have had very limited television coverage of election day and post...I can't bear to listen to all the different scenarios...What is so disheartening for this old guy-63-is how close the election is...I was hoping for wider margins and maybe a blue wave...Think for a minute that folks think The Turtle has done a great job for Kentuckians that they gave him a few more years in the Senate...Are they blind, deaf, and dumb...Kentucky is among the last in a lot of the life measure rankings...A broader still what he has done in the Senate...200 plus bills just waiting for action...Folks think this is OK...Push through a Supreme Court justice and no Heros Act II...Oh, by the way, they took a mini-vacation after the judge thing...I just don't get it...Susan Collins is another...I can list more...Folks who have voted for the Big Fat Orange One says it is OK that our country is a laughing stock because of COVID...That folk is suffering-badly-, small businesses are almost decimated...That it is OK for the rich to feast at the trough and the rest be damned...It's Ok with them...Give him four more years...What the hell is going on with our country...It is sad, discouraging, and frankly unbelievable...Wake me up when we have a winner...I just can't take it...
Great post Ron, couldn't have said it any better than myself.
I was so disheartened last night that I went to bed early and cried myself to sleep. I haven't been this sad since my Mom died unexpectedly 30 years ago. Not sad for myself, sad for the great United States of America.
My wonderful husband said, "Don't cry, it ain't over 'til it's over."
Woke up this morning and even though the race hadn't been called for Biden, I was happy to see ding dong had not been reelected and the counting continued.
Was Biden the best choice for the Democratic Party? No. Pete was my #1 choice and I kinda think he would have done better, much more relatable. But he is young yet and has plenty of time.
Once Biden is in office, wouldn't it be awesome if Hillary was named Attorney General? She can lock all those bastards up!
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