Thursday, October 1, 2020

Still Can't Decide?

 Here are your choices:

One person has never spent any time in the service of others. He's never held any office than the one he has, he has no education in governance and, despite his oath to protect the Constitution, he has been trying to dismantle it.

The other person has almost 50 years in public service and has two sons (on since deceased) that have been in the military. His education is in law. He has been a US Senator from 1973 to 2009 and Vice President for 8 years.

One person has been married three times, having cheated on each wife with the woman who would become his next wife, with the exception of Melania, on whom he cheated with a porn star and a Playboy model, neither of whom he had any intention of marrying but did pay off to keep it quiet.

The other person has been married twice. His first wife and his daughter died in a car accident. He later married his current wife, Jill. There has been one accusation of impropriety, but that story later fell apart and was not pursued.

One person has cheated on his taxes, cheated contractors by refusing to pay for their services and turned a blind eye to the hiring of illegal immigrants by subcontractors.  

The other person doesn't have businesses that would allow him to cheat hundreds of hard working people out of their rightful pay.

One person has no morals, no values, no compassion, no empathy, no experience, no conscience, no love for the less fortunate, no love for people of color and no compunction to do better.

If you are actually "undecided" regarding these two choices, you might need to rethink your own morals, values and conscience.  After Tuesday's temper tantrum, refusal to denounce white supremacy, his "I know you are but what am I" style of "debate", and his attack on the other's son (who is not running for office and whom he accused of being a deadbeat son. Oh, the irony!) why would anyone be undecided?

We are in a recession because of bad decisions that also caused the deaths of over 205,000 Americans. Our cities are experiencing racial divide, violence and protests not seen in decades. We have a president who believes nothing, including science.  He encourages white supremacist groups to operate but calls left wing groups "terrorists".

What person in their right mind would look back on the last three years and think "I want four more years of this lunacy"? This is not a one issue election. This not just about judges or abortion or Putin. This is about the future of not only America, but the planet. This is about regaining our dignity and respect on the world stage. This is about the health of us all.