Given Biden’s seven-to-ten point lead, depending upon which poll, voting for him and his GOP Lite agenda will fix everything! I for one did my minimal civic duty by participating in early voting. Oddly, I was only in line for maybe 30 minutes which means my part of Pflugerville is still considered White by the horrible governor. I live in an unincorporated part of the town so I don’t have a say on which person, on those kajillion posters at every corner, gets the job. I know I wouldn’t vote for the Rogers guy trying to capitalize on Mr. Rogers’ name since his litany is “spend less, lower taxes.” I read his profile in what passes for local print news, a lawyer, no shock. Probably a Republican who hates all the brown kids going to the schools he has to pay for like me. Here’s the real question. Do you want these kids and teens to get an education so they have opportunities to be, oh, I don’t know, future lawyers? Or do you prefer cutting education and infrastructure so those same kids are breaking into your house?
As for who I voted for? I was going to hold my nose and see if I could help Biden turn Texas purple enough to be blue. It seems that Orange Foolius and his toadies (aka, the shitbirds this state elected) are genuinely scared, hence the visits on a state they used to take for granted. Then Biden got unapologetic over fracking/shitting on the Green New Deal, plans to have Republican thugs like John Kasich (anti-choice, anti-labor) in the cabinet and at most saying, he’ll form a committee to rebalance SCOTUS (mandatory retirement age is the first step). Anyone who calls it court-packing is a chump repeating a GOP talking point. Ergo, I voted for the Green Party’s Howard for POTUS. All you Liberal-Bidenbots who think you can vote shame me like a certain tax dodger in Europe can kiss my Leftist ass. Biden might be “better” than Orange Foolius yet Obummer and Hillbillie co-created this monster/disaster by “pivoting” into the Republican Lite positions, proving there’s no difference. The DLC has wasted its energy crapping on the real base thinking we Leftists have nowhere to go while trying romancing “reasonable” centrists/moderates…a strategy which has continued to fail decade after decade. Larry Wilmore describes them best, they’d rather eat a bowl of shit than try ice cream out of fear of socialism. I added the final part, it’s the underlying irrational fear greedy/uneducated Boomers have.
Remember, Climate Change is now here. It’s not a fear we can kick down the road. The bill is due. Australia burning. The Pacific coast burning. Hurricanes having names beyond what NOAA planned. This is just the beginning. The GOP has been the party of denial once blatant, chattel slavery was made illegal in the Constitution. We know their plan is to hit the gas and take us over the cliff a la Thelma & Louise. Biden and the NeoLiberal establishment are just going to pump the breaks a couple times, send us over the cliff and immediately blame “the professional Left.”
I do hope to be wrong but I fear America’s racism will pull through to give Orange Foolius another four years. Texas which is a microcosm of what’s wrong with America will give country-clubber John Cornyn another six to put his head back up McConnell’s ass. The state legislature will retain a GOP advantage to screw over the cities. If a growing state such as Texas can’t stem the tide of awfulness, I highly doubt a country filled with bitter Whiteys in rust-belt, has-been places will do the morally right thing neither.
If Biden does win. Count on me to antagonize and push him further to the left. Might as well. His milquetoast agenda guarantees the GOP’s comeback on the Senate and House in 2022 and lining up Tom Cotton for POTUS in 2024.
