Well, here we are. We’ve traveled so far yet find ourselves right back where we started. We’re living a real-life chutes and ladders ~ each of us has been up and down before. We’re left unsteady, unsure, and uneasy after every roll of the dice.
The choice before us seems unlike any other in history, but only to us. We are living in this time, so our perspective of historical timelines span only our lives and the six degrees of separation truly dividing us all. We have to make a choice.
We hate multiple choices - wait in a food truck line lately? Maybe not hate, but suffer extreme anxiety and panic attacks. Pressured to choose, then chagrined for picking, our political wants and desires remain hidden. Hell, porn is more mainstream than politics.
So pipe down all you multi-party drum-bangers. We need binary choices round here so we get a winner and a loser. One of the biggest problems I’m having with this election is the description of the parties involved. I’ll tackle the Repubs. Ick.
Traditional Republicans is as much an oxymoron as Moderate Democrats. The Republican Party, or more correctly the GOP ~ Grand Old Party ~ is undergoing a rehab. Or rather, a complete remodel down to the studs. I see Gold Baroque?
Trotting out Haliburton Hawks conjures up a storied past, and one the Dem horse in the race wants to highlight? Oh wait, my enemy’s enemy is my friend. And the talking point is “so many Repubs are supporting Harris.” Party allegiances are broken and shattered, and as useless as tits on a boar hog. Here’s your hero.
Whatever. Whenever. Whoever. For any price and at every cost. This has to stop. This perversion of reality where up can be down and forward is backward is insulting. This is what is driving so much of the vote. How can you see this and say, “that’s my guy”? Trump voters seem more consistent than other voters.
So much wants to be discovered about who drives a voter, yet there’s no dive for what is cared about. What impels millions of diverse voters to agree on one choice? Especially after being subjected to the abuse for just voting for that choice. Why go through that amount of crap?
Where did it start? This GOP? The first line is revealing “Trying times spawn new forces.” There are so many new forces in this election. Why is half of the country voting for this one man who is so flawed, damaged, and feared? He repels half the country. He cleaves families. He ends friendships. He breaks up relationships. He is horrible. And any person supporting him is AS BAD AS HIM. Really?
This is a new tack I’ve seen rarely but now more frequently than ever before. People asking certain voters why? What made you color that spot for Trump? Because there are about 80 million people (or more) that can’t stand being told what to do. We are sick of it. It’s not victimhood, it’s more of a fuck you - we know
Well, that’s about all I have to offer to this. People ask why not a Harris post? Because she is not interesting to voters. Certainly not to me. I’ve been living in her California and it is not a role model for the country. I’m voting for my choice. Vote for yours.
Enjoy some music for your voting pleasure. Check out the lyrics. It might move you. GCs Times Like These is right on.
I love you for being here no matter the topic -
Ric
I will never travel again; if I could, I would not travel to the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of California.