Hope for America

Biden's message was unity, that we can accomplish anything if we work together. Trump's message was that the opposing party must be crushed. I am beyond happy with America's choice.

Trump: Desperate, pathetic, and disgusting

 Our President just went on national television and bragged and whined and complained about the unfairness of the election. Then, the President said, in front of the entire world, that our democracy is a fraud, with no real evidence whatsoever (merely anecdotal, third-person accounts that affect a few hundred votes, at best).

Trump's pal (maybe his master?) Putin is right now dancing in the streets of Moscow.

Shame on Donald Trump.

And, literally, thank God, that my last post (anticipating a Trump win) won't come to pass.

Let's hope it's not too late.

My God, THIS Really IS America

My country has voted for a vile and evil man. My country has voted for a man that pushes conspiracy theories and bullies anyone that doesn't metaphorically worship the ground he walks on. My country voted for a man that PURPOSELY lied and deceived the country about the transmission and severity of a deadly virus (230,000 fellow Americans and counting). My country voted for a man who has told the American public more than 22,000 lies in four years.  My country voted for a man that encourages militia groups and voter intimidators. My country voted for a man whose party wasn't saying we need to unite the country, but rather that said his party needs to squash the other.  

I could excuse it four years ago, because people didn't know really who Trump was. Many hoped he would grow into the role of President. 

But he didn't. 

And now, they know who Trump really is. He is vile and evil.

So there's no excuse for it. None. 

And sadly--terrifyingly--my fellow Americans think this is the man they should have voted for.

This is my country. And THIS is what they think our country is?

Oh, my God.

Heaven help us all.

Vote for Character

Character matters.

I grew up knowing it was wrong to lie. As a kid, I wanted to run after accidentally breaking a neighbor's newly planted sapling in a neighborhood football game. As an adult, I told a colleague a problem was covered, when I knew it hadn't been.

Thankfully, I confessed to those I lied to and no lasting harm was done. But the shame still haunts me even decades later. And I believe those two incidents have made me a better, more honest person, one people learned to trust, one of whom my mom and dad and grandparents would be proud. Those two lies have made me cognizant that I can set the course for my character, and that, indeed, my character matters.

Our current President doesn't subscribe to that notion, as is currently evidenced in the lies and misinformation emanating from the Trump campaign--altered videos and purposeful misstatements of the positions of his Democratic opponent, former Vice-President Joe Biden. 

Or it's evident in the continual deception regarding the severity and transmission of the coronavirus--a deadly virus that has killed more than 220,000 of our fellow Americans. Trump admitted to intentionally downplaying the virus, despite knowing earlier than February 7, that it was transmitted through the air and was "deadly stuff," five times more fatal than "your strenuous flus." Even now, he claims it's disappearing (as he continues to push for large-scale, mask-less campaign gatherings), when, especially in my home state, it so clearly is not.

And it's obviously evident in the 22,000+ lies or misstatements to the American people the Washington Post has catalogued from Donald Trump, just since he started his presidency.

22,000 lies.

Just two changed my life.

You'd think maybe 22,000 might have changed his.

Character matters.

And Trump doesn't have any.

Vote Biden.