When I voted this morning, there were four election judges, and me, for the entire mid-morning time I was there. Someone left the voting site as I parked and I held the door for someone entering as I left. That was it. Apparently democracy isn’t as popular as it once was or folks can’t make up whatever they use for a mind and stay home? I’ll be curious to see the turnout numbers when they’re available.
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I was less than enthusiastic about voting today. I don’t like the idea of living in a Yogi Berra-ism such as 'It's deja vu all over again’ or being trapped in a movie like Groundhog Day. Plus, I can’t begin to comprehend how the polls can have the race so close in light of what should be known about the multi-indicted candidate. What do you suppose it would take to throw out both major political parties, at least three members of SCOTUS, half of Congress, and finally ratify the ERA? Our government has not been doing a good job of being “of the people, by the people, for the people” for quite some time, regardless of which party was nominally in charge. If you want to answer the infamous “are you better off now than you were four years ago,” don’t forget to include climate weirding and its consequences, a deteriorating health system and public education system, and the fact that many middle class families pay a notably higher effective tax rate than many profitable corporations. Gerrymander, anyone?
Alexander Hamilton is reported to have said, “People get the government they deserve.” If Biden loses in November, that will be true for Republicans and turncoat Democrats. The rest of US will be little more than fellow passengers on the Titanic. Let’s do everything possible, and some impossible things too, to make sure MAGAts sink alone. Then we need to change the system so we can never again come this close to the mess we’re currently in.
Why We Oppose Votes for Men
1. Because man’s place is the armory.
2. Because no really manly man wants to settle any question otherwise than by fighting about it.
3. Because if men should adopt peaceable methods women will no longer look up to them.
4. Because men will lose their charm if they step out of their natural sphere and interest themselves in other matters than feats of arms, uniforms and drums.
5. Because men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them particularly unfit for the task of government.
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