This is so sobering. I haven't taken a deep plunge into the results yet, but from bits and pieces of headlines I thought Democrats had made outstanding progress, just short of victory. What a shocker this well-reported story is. Now what?
While we fail to muster up power for the good, overshoot makes everything else irrelevant. Best thought I have, for the reality and the danger of now, is something I've posted around Substack with no responses:
"How about a coup to install a presidential team? Let's say Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Anne Applebaum, and Marianne Williamson. Just picture such warm, smart, human-loving human beings leading our way. If they state that they are taking charge, so many millions would be on the streets in Washington that we couldn’t be thwarted."
Thanks, Sue, I appreciate the kind words about the post. As for the coup, I somehow don't view these women as gun-totin' mamas ready to blast their way into the Oval Office to face off against the likes of Admiral Bradley (he of the "Kill them all" fame off the Venezuelan coast).
They're nice people. The kind we *should* have as national politicians, but don't. Why don't we? I guess the problem is as old as politics, but the United States adds a malignant twist — it doesn't seem interested in having a female president. We'll let them gingerly approach the occasional governor's mansion, but there we draw the line in the sand.
Yes, and. These are perilous times and new thoughts are in order. The idea with those women would not to be as gun toters but as lovers, to make America a loving country.
Yep, for sure. It's getting them into power that's the tricky part. And yeah, we need some radical, outside the box thinking, even if this immediate crisis is resolved.
I agree about the difficulty of electing a woman president. That is what did Kamala in. There were other problems with her campaign as well, but hindsight is 20/20.
I am at a loss. And have grave concerns. But this little anecdote gave me some hope. My evangelical former neighbors moved to Iowa a couple of years ago. On this year‘s Christmas card they say ‘A darkness has descended over the land. There is no king but Jesus.’They voted for Trump before. I’m hoping they’re the tip of the iceberg.
I appreciate your analysis, and it is exactly why I continue to sink into despair. I live in Brevard County, Florida, and I see no signs of this regime’s popularity hurting. This has been consistent concern of mine since the Republican presidential primaries in 2015. To be honest, the despair and concern started after President Carter was voted out of office.
Brevard County is also known as The Space Coast, a place that Elon Musk has significantly wreaked havoc. People have lost their jobs and programs have been bankrupted (ie, Artemis I) and yet educated, (so-called) intelligent people blame President Obama. If there was a word to express my dismay at this last sentence, it would have to be the verbal equivalent of Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
When child rape cannot be condemned by ‘both sides’, what will? The vast majority of ICE detainees do not have any criminal record, let alone one that might rival the record of Dear Leader.
I keep asking my fellow blue-dot-in-a-red-state residents the same question : where do we go from here?
Anyway, thanks. I live in Georgia. Not quite as bad as Florida, unless you take your chances outside of the Atlanta urban area and a few other places, where it's MTG land.
They invent the strangest reasons to support their cult hero here, too. I haven't heard Obama's name for awhile though.
This is so sobering. I haven't taken a deep plunge into the results yet, but from bits and pieces of headlines I thought Democrats had made outstanding progress, just short of victory. What a shocker this well-reported story is. Now what?
While we fail to muster up power for the good, overshoot makes everything else irrelevant. Best thought I have, for the reality and the danger of now, is something I've posted around Substack with no responses:
"How about a coup to install a presidential team? Let's say Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Anne Applebaum, and Marianne Williamson. Just picture such warm, smart, human-loving human beings leading our way. If they state that they are taking charge, so many millions would be on the streets in Washington that we couldn’t be thwarted."
What do you think?
Thanks, Sue, I appreciate the kind words about the post. As for the coup, I somehow don't view these women as gun-totin' mamas ready to blast their way into the Oval Office to face off against the likes of Admiral Bradley (he of the "Kill them all" fame off the Venezuelan coast).
They're nice people. The kind we *should* have as national politicians, but don't. Why don't we? I guess the problem is as old as politics, but the United States adds a malignant twist — it doesn't seem interested in having a female president. We'll let them gingerly approach the occasional governor's mansion, but there we draw the line in the sand.
Yes, and. These are perilous times and new thoughts are in order. The idea with those women would not to be as gun toters but as lovers, to make America a loving country.
Yep, for sure. It's getting them into power that's the tricky part. And yeah, we need some radical, outside the box thinking, even if this immediate crisis is resolved.
I keep thinking one scenario is some final straw, wher even though we resist operating outside the Constitution, life or death may force us to.
I agree about the difficulty of electing a woman president. That is what did Kamala in. There were other problems with her campaign as well, but hindsight is 20/20.
I am at a loss. And have grave concerns. But this little anecdote gave me some hope. My evangelical former neighbors moved to Iowa a couple of years ago. On this year‘s Christmas card they say ‘A darkness has descended over the land. There is no king but Jesus.’They voted for Trump before. I’m hoping they’re the tip of the iceberg.
That's pretty cool. Let's hope they've turned around.
I appreciate your analysis, and it is exactly why I continue to sink into despair. I live in Brevard County, Florida, and I see no signs of this regime’s popularity hurting. This has been consistent concern of mine since the Republican presidential primaries in 2015. To be honest, the despair and concern started after President Carter was voted out of office.
Brevard County is also known as The Space Coast, a place that Elon Musk has significantly wreaked havoc. People have lost their jobs and programs have been bankrupted (ie, Artemis I) and yet educated, (so-called) intelligent people blame President Obama. If there was a word to express my dismay at this last sentence, it would have to be the verbal equivalent of Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
When child rape cannot be condemned by ‘both sides’, what will? The vast majority of ICE detainees do not have any criminal record, let alone one that might rival the record of Dear Leader.
I keep asking my fellow blue-dot-in-a-red-state residents the same question : where do we go from here?
Obama? Yeesh.
Anyway, thanks. I live in Georgia. Not quite as bad as Florida, unless you take your chances outside of the Atlanta urban area and a few other places, where it's MTG land.
They invent the strangest reasons to support their cult hero here, too. I haven't heard Obama's name for awhile though.