Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:25 pm
Better days are coming, people.
If you are like 81% of the people polled in a Huff Post You Gov poll, you are sick of this election and can’t wait for it to be over. So sick of it that you can’t bear to pay attention to it.
Not because you don’t care, but because you already know who you’re voting for and you’re worried about the outcome of the election. Even with the polls showing Democrat Hillary Clinton in a lead, people are nervous and over it.
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If you’re like the Politicus readers I speak to, you don’t want to listen to Republican Donald Trump lie about late term abortions, belittle Hispanics, talk about “my African American”, incite violence, or wax on about fantasy gamed online polls — let alone see or hear about his sex tape, the tape in which he’s busted bragging about sexual assault, or his latest run in with a porn star in which he seems to excuse his alleged sexual assault by saying, “Oh, I’m sure she’s never been grabbed before.
Yeah. I’m ready to vomit, so I don’t blame you all.
There are rewards coming for all of you dedicated citizens who’ve managed to not flee the country before you vote — if you all actually get out and vote, and bring friends and family with you.
Here are a five things to look forward to if sane people get out the vote:
1) Donald Trump has damaged his brand and that is really the only legit business he seemed to have had. It will be satisfying watching the racist, misogynistic, vindictive, immature, lying serial assaulter’s brand wither over time.
2) Madame President.
Yeah, that’s right. A sane and exceptionally competent woman named Hillary Rodham Clinton will be at the helm. We won’t always agree but we will know she’s grounded in reality and she is an expert at her job. The best, most qualified candidate in modern history.
3) Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) might be kicked out of his job as Lead Obstructer of Nice Things for America. Sure, the House will still be a joke, but it might be less of a joke and if only Democrats can manage to not fall into their 2010 mistakes, perhaps real progress can be made in a few years. In the meantime, any speed bump to Republican extremism and wasteful government spending on bills that are going nowhere will be welcomed.
4) Knowing that the people of this country rejected Donald Trump’s hate. This is a biggie. Imagine how you will feel on the evening of November 8th if Donald Trump is expected to give a concession speech. Imagine how your heart and soul will feel knowing that your fellow citizens rejected Trump big league.
This will mean that your fellow citizens value LGBT rights, don’t want to kick Muslims out of the country, don’t want a wall built between our county and Mexico, want compassionate and legal immigration options, don’t think African Americans and black people are synonymous with “inner cities”, want everyone to have the actual and protected right to vote, want safe water for all of our children not just rich white children, respect those who contribute to our country and troops by paying taxes, and so much more. It means you can live amongst them without dying inside.
5) Women have been through a lot this cycle, as has every minority — but women have had it nonstop from the Trump machine. In the HuffPost/YouGov poll, “women are 15 points likelier than men ― 41 percent to 26 percent ― to say they’ve found this election ‘very stressful.’â€
That was really to be expected with the first woman candidate on a major ticket, but who could have imagined the horror that is Donald Trump. His violence towards women, his nasty contempt for women, his rejection of our right to live – these things were not expected and they’ve been too much.
Not just for women, but for all people with souls. Yes, plenty of men are so angry with Trump’s treatment of women that they can’t bear to hear him speak now.
Reward? Women might well keep Donald Trump from the White House.
If this happens, women will see their power not only in keeping Trump from the White House, but in having a president who knows how pregnancy really works and knows women’s issues because she’s lived them. No more mostly white men deciding things for women’s bodies without even hearing from a woman, because Madame President will loom over their decisions as a moral authority from the bully pulpit.
These are just a few rewards you have coming to you if everyone stays engaged and gets out the vote like their life depends on it. Remember Brexit and don’t let it happen here (even though they are not the same and comparisons are rather silly — still, mind the Brexit).
Donald Trump is disgusting a nation, but don’t give up, good things are in sight.
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