I’ve started… and rejected… a dozen posts lately. I had to delete them. They were inadequate.
The election situation exceeds my grasp as a wordsmith. Meanings too deep, ramifications too numerous, it cannot be “wished away” with a silly joke. Nothing I can say in 1,500-ish words is sufficient to the task. So, I’ve limped along with posts about woodworking and (behind the scenes) gone about my personal life with as much inner peace as I can muster.
I’ve bided my time and discovered an interesting point, it’s not all bad news. I’ve been feeling pretty good about things. Resignation has not been the feel of the world. The press is screaming at me until every intellectual circuit is muttering “we’re doomed” but my soul senses otherwise. I know “doomed”. This ‘aint it. Doomed is a gutless leader facing a wise and implacable foe doing incremental measured misdeeds. We have a guy who’s never backed down from a fight facing a stupid, overconfident, and power drunk group that just plain isn’t up to the task of coup. Yeah, I said it. It’s a coup. They’re chumps for initiating it. Sloppy, uncontrolled, incapable of recognizing a time to retreat, domestic (and foreign?) enemies have acted like toddlers with a machine gun. Our would be oppressors are dangerous, but they’re losers and idiots.
Here’s how I know they’re idiots. They couldn’t win a free and fair election in the richest and most peaceful nation on earth, during the richest and most peaceful time in history. If you can’t gain power and prestige legally, in that fertile ground, despite wanting it real bad, you’re fundamentally flawed.
That’s why I’ve been guardedly optimistic. If this is the best they have to offer, they’re in over their head. They’re malevolent, they’re a hassle, they cause a lot of problems, but they’re hampered by their internal limitations.
They could have hunkered down and waited things out. “Orange man bad can get 10,000 people to show up with a day’s notice. He seems to enjoy fighting. Our guy can barely fill out a bowling league and looks like a strong wind will blow him over. Lets wait out the next four years and step in when the time is right.” That’s the wise move.
In their hubris, they overreached and made a mess. It’s so huge and ugly it can’t be ignored. Now the mess must be sorted out. It will get sorted out. Ideally it’ll be resolved by serious people in suits. I’d rather a Socratic Dialogue than the French Revolution. I
For a month, the opening moves have been played. A bitter yet careful defense against the coup has been in process; evidence has been analyzed; foundations have been laid; constructs have been tested. The press screamed like maniacs but they couldn’t distract all of the people. Many of them made their one decisions. A little under half the people think the game was rigged. That number is going to rise. It will not go down.
From a place I least expected it, Texas, came the first punch to connect. Simple logic: “We played by the rules. Every state that didn’t play by the rules has done us harm. There are remedies in the Constitution. Use them.” Quickly, they were joined by Louisiana. Then several others. A score of states with clean elections have squared off against four states that cheated too much.
It was time. Americans just stepped into the ring. They’re beckoning to the coup. “Get in here. Step out of the shadows. I’m going to sort this out right here in the spotlight and you’re going to be in the ring with me.” It feels good. Damn I love Texas today!
Do I seem naïve? Too bad. Cynicism is not meant to be a crutch. It could all be for naught. Lawyers and cretins will twist words; as they have been trained. Judges, will seek to avoid making judgements; as they have grown accustomed. Happy endings are only guaranteed in fiction.
The next step is a big one. Compared to this, the whole of 2020 was merely an opening gambit. The saga we’re going to witness is no longer about Trump. It’s about elections. If Trump gets sworn in this January, that’s the least important thing. I’d consider it a pleasant side effect of resolving a situation that was allowed to get out of hand. The important thing is to restore our elections. Six weeks ago the only “solution” to “margin of cheat” elections was a big fat landslide. The landslide happened and it was denied. That made a different remedy necessary. I’m glad it’s being contested (for now) in the realm of constitutional law.
Texas nudges us toward a solution that doesn’t involve guillotines or tanks on the streets. I didn’t expect yesterday’s news, but I expected something. This year is a trip we will long remember.
Because it matters right now and because you can’t stop the signal:
On July 4th 2013 I posted the text of the Constitution of the United States.
On July 4th 2014 I linked to the Constitution of the United States.
On July 4th, 2017 I posted the text of the Constitution of the United States.
On July 4, 2018 I posted the text of the Constitution of the United States.
Bless you, AC for saying it. I’m ready for whatever comes. I’m hoping no guns are necessarily, but ready if they are. As an elder, I’m probably better at supply if you catch my drift.
They screwed the pooch on the ballot box. The jury box hasn’t played out yet. Hopefully the bullet box stays in the safe, cause boolits are for FUN!… and freedom, yeah, freedom. Misplaced humor? I might be a little loopy from all the happyfun developments this year. I’m cautiously optimistic. Too old for runnin’ n gunnin’, I’m 69 and a HALF(birthdays next month)! Isn’t it weird being the same age as those old people?(stole that).
Hang in there y’all.
I have all the faith that the robed genii in their marble palace will do all they can to run out the clock and create a bigger, badder calamity than there is even now.
After all, they’ve done all they can to deny the 27 words, 3 commas and a period that it will take to ensure this landmass doesn’t turn fully communist when they drop the ball. And millions of freedom-tools and billions of freedom-tool snacks haven’t been purchased by a populace that has been despoiled and their futures in flux.
Those that want it all could have waited another decade and let their population replacement agenda (following the legal definition of “genocide”) and they could have had their way with little blowback.
They jumped the gun, and are now in the crosshairs of their intended victims.
Betting on SCOTUS to fail to live up to the actual words of the Constitution is usually a sure bet. I’m hoping this time is different but who knows.
Guess we know now.
This is going to get sorted out and when the election part is done then we are going to go after the rotten bastards who tried to cram it down our throats.
ALL OF THEM.
That is one of two paths. Path #1, this thing gets sorted out in the short term, involving the 2020 Presidential election and that gives us the freedom to grind every other lawsuit slow and careful through the system. That’s the path best for society. Path #2, SCOTUS or state Houses or the Federal House find a way to pussy out and they try to put the lid back on the boiling pot. If that happens, I have no idea what form the inevitable correction will take.
Note that the Texas lawsuit does not include Mexifornia. Do you REALLY think that state held an honest election???
Oh God no. I used to think CA was solid blue but seeing the huge amounts of cheat in 2020 I’m starting to wonder. A true and solid election count might put Trump over the top. After all, it’s the state that elected Governors Reagan and Nixon. The fact we think of it as now irretrievably left is, in part, due to relentless 24/7 press bias for decades. When I trusted elections had a <1% margin of cheat I'd say "Biden certainly won CA" but in light of much larger numbers I doubt everything.
I wouldn't be surprised if MN was won by Trump too. They did some seriously hinky shit with the Al Franken election a few years back and Trump's rallies there looked like barnstormers. Also Biden's win came with some statistical outliers centered in Hennepin county... a place that I'd consider blue in normal times but might have been a lot shaker after the Floyd riots rocked Minneapolis squares.
The thing about gaslighting is how weird it is when the spell is broke. Once you start believing the 2020 election quashed a landslide, things appear in a new light.
This is not about Trump, it’s about the election!
I agree. If we get free, transparent, fair elections from now on, I don’t really care who is president. But if a landslide can be erased and it goes unremarked, there’s no point in participating in future elections.
Well said, sir.
Thank you. Also, I’m a Curmudgeon but not a Hank… 🙂
Yeah! I’m 100% certain of that now!!!
“It’s not about Trump it’s about the election!” Not to the other side. To the other side it is always about Trump. My wife has friends on Facebook that can’t keep Trump out of any conversation. While I don’t believe that Biden got 80 million votes, I can believe that the number is close to Trump’s. There are people who act as if Trump is a cross between the antichrist and satan. They are not going to stop after some silly election. No matter who wins.
JFM
The divide, as it was in 1860, may be too big to be mended peacefully. A peaceful secession would probably be best. No one would ‘win’ be at least each side would have the government they desire. Those who are like-minded would move to the blue/red state and put down roots. Hopefully, the courts will actually follow the Constitution and do the right thing. If not, Texas and Louisiana may lead the country toward another direction.
The Supreme Court WILL be packed if the Dems win . They have already admitted it . Does anyone really think that the Honorable Clarence Thomas Or Amy Coney Barrett with those precious and well loved kids will allow the court to be dishonored and gutted ? Gawd has his remnant even on the Supreme Court I’m thinking .
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