Voting day comes soon, and candidates are swamping the public with warnings of the danger if their opponents win, coupled with promises that life will be better on their watch.
The odd thing is to hear these promises of nationwide improvement coming from local candidates. As if a small town mayor or a county official or even a statewide official can change national economics and national government behavior.
On a national level, Republican candidates, including former president Donald Trump, warn of demagoguery on the other side, even as he hints that he may run again for the Oval Office.
(Then again, he may not.)
His recent speeches have been full of hints that he may, possibly, perhaps, if things look good, try again to take back the office that he continues to insist was stolen from him.
One wonders how many counts, recounts, reviews, tabulations, investigations, probes, etc., etc., etc. will be needed to persuade him and his True Believers that he lost.
Perhaps the various investigations in state and federal courts, as well as Congressional committees and Federal Justice Department probes will gather enough evidence of fraud to convince legal offices that there was, in fact, some activities that were not legal.
The issue then becomes whether the Glorious Leader will accept the reality that he has been caught.
Not likely.
Meanwhile, when both sides warn of demagoguery, voters must decide which side is truthful, even as they consider that both are guilty of telling lies.
The issue then becomes which side is telling the lesser damaging falsehoods.
The odd thing is to hear these promises of nationwide improvement coming from local candidates. As if a small town mayor or a county official or even a statewide official can change national economics and national government behavior.
On a national level, Republican candidates, including former president Donald Trump, warn of demagoguery on the other side, even as he hints that he may run again for the Oval Office.
(Then again, he may not.)
His recent speeches have been full of hints that he may, possibly, perhaps, if things look good, try again to take back the office that he continues to insist was stolen from him.
One wonders how many counts, recounts, reviews, tabulations, investigations, probes, etc., etc., etc. will be needed to persuade him and his True Believers that he lost.
Perhaps the various investigations in state and federal courts, as well as Congressional committees and Federal Justice Department probes will gather enough evidence of fraud to convince legal offices that there was, in fact, some activities that were not legal.
The issue then becomes whether the Glorious Leader will accept the reality that he has been caught.
Not likely.
Meanwhile, when both sides warn of demagoguery, voters must decide which side is truthful, even as they consider that both are guilty of telling lies.
The issue then becomes which side is telling the lesser damaging falsehoods.
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