Election Day Thoughts

It's like it's a party that's in its final years, trying to remain powerful but offering nothing in the way of compromise or ideas; only fear, sabotage, disinformation, and voter suppression. They're a shrinking party and they know their days are numbered so they will do whatever they have to do to not lose control. Their final act is to attempt to install a strongman in office, an authoritarian who will corrupt institutions and consolidate power—better that they figure than ever conceding to Democrats. 

The number of election deniers on the ballot today should tell you something. Most GOP supporters may still believe in democracy but their party leaders have moved on. Democrats aren't perfect but they at least believe in fair elections and the peaceful transfer of power. The same cannot be said for the GOP. I would love to be wrong but I see no other explanation for what's become of the political party I once embraced. 

The most important thing on the ballot today is our democracy.

I like to try and focus on trends to get a better idea of where we're heading as a nation. It's not good. I wish I could say otherwise but we've got a large percentage (still a minority, I believe) of the electorate awash in propaganda—unable to help themselves and unwilling to listen to more reasonable voices trying to help them find their way back to reality. 

That's honestly where I see us as a nation.

This won't end well for us unless the propagandists from both inside and outside our borders are dealt with. But there's money to be made and a democracy to be upended. Who ever imagined that our democracy could be bought and shredded for several billion dollars?

Heather Cox Richardson's update from last night. 

That's all I've got