I follow some political TV (MSNBC mostly). I love Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow. I get pretty worked up about elections, so fact-based analysis is good.
I am very glad the campaigns are about done and everything will be resolved in 3 days. It all may go well, it may go horribly (from my personal POV), but at least it will be over for 2 years. I EXPECT to be pleased with the election results, but then I thought Hillary Clinton was sure to win in 2016, so you never know.
I'll be honest. I think Donald Trump is a lying wanna-be autocrat with no agenda other than to gain enough power to make him and his family rich (because he is far less wealthy than he pretends to be).
But what really scares me is his ability to lie routinely and in spite of corrections by fact-checkers who have no political affiliations. He riles up people with outrageous claims. One fascinating thing is that traditionally conservative Republicans are against him. When George Will and Micheal Gerson are arguing against a Republican President, that President is doing something very seriously wrong.
Trump can't be allowed to run free. The nation needs a check on his desire to become an autocrat. The Senate looks to stay Republican. But The House looks to go very "hugely" (to use a favorite Trump term) Democratic. And he is desperate to avoid that. The House has subpoena powers to investigate the financial corruption of many of Trump's Cabinet Members. And many of them have taken advantage of their positions to enjoy a lifestyle of "the rich and famous".
They deserve to be investigated and removed from office. I object to their goals of reducing environmental protections, clean air and clean water, allowing industry to pollute, etc, but also it angers me that they have some odd sense on entitlement to use taxpayer money for personal use.
True public servants don't do that.
I'm going complete Democratic Party ticket on Tuesday. That's just my decision. I have voted for some Republicans in the past, but not this time. I'm voting for anyone against Trump. I don't like the idea of voting a straight ticket, but Trump has to be stopped.
2 comments:
Your assessment is right on ! Some months ago, when I read a George Will column and was in complete agreement with him, I knew the country had reached a tipping point.
It will be very interesting to see how it pans out on Tuesday Mark.
Here in Australia, the nation's attention will be on a horse race if you can believe that! One state even has a public holiday so that no one there misses it.
Megan
Sydney, Australia
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