Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Outclassed Voting

IN A SMALL SOUTHERN TOWN full of right wing blue collar Christian extremists hangs a sign which says: "Impeach Biden", and another nearby which says "Trump 2020: Keep America Great". Commentary on this could manifest from mulitudinous points of origin, and proceed in many directions. The "Impeah Biden" movement, and doubtless there is one, can only be based on blind ideologial hatred, a belief that since Biden is a Democrat, and believes in government giving help to people in need, that he must be sodialist, or communist, or devil worshipper, rather than the moderate capitalistic champion of the working class, and practicing Catholic that he actually is. The far right, as evidenced by its deliberately twisted view of Biden, is not known for its factual accuracy, to say the least, and is populated by pathological liars, to say the most. The very notion that Trump made America "great" and should be returnd to office to keep it that way is ludicrous beyond comprehension. Whatever America was before Trump's tragic election, it remains after his defeat for reelection, with the rich richer, the poor poorer, and is a darker, more cynical place, having exposed itself as the home of tens of millions immoral reprobates wiling to support a criminal, traitorous president merely for the sake of their corrupt personal political ideology. That, plus the obvious fact tht it is somewhat too late to return Trump to the presidency in the year 2020, evinces nothing but ignorance and stupidity on the part of the sign hangers. The "Impceah Biden" sign hangs on a one room cinder block building in which is housed a tire repair shop, in front of which daily sits a group of good ole boys dressed in overalls and dirty ball caps. The "Keep Ameria Great' sign adorns the front of a bungalow house no more than twenty feet wide and forty feet deep, with a sagging roof in need of replacement, and a small yard overgrown with weeds. The people who come and go through the front door look like they would fit in well in rural Appalachia, or on the set of the movie "Deliverance". The socio-economic question of the day thus becomes: Why on Earth, in the name of all that is sane and reasonable, would poor working class people in the deep south support a multi - billionaire from New York City who grew up riding in the back of a stretch limo, was handed millions of dollars the day he was born, and has spent his entire corruption laden life in penthouses and executive suites? There is not, and never has been, the slightest trace of evidence that Donald Trump gives so much as a rat's ass about poor working class people, nor, for that matter, anyone else, anyone but himself. To confirm this, all one needs do is carefully examine his every word and deed, day by day, for his enire life. Trump's utterances to associates in private settings are an unending litany of racist slurs, deprecating comments about uderprivileged people, about the jobless, the homeless, and the helpless. Everyone who knows him, everyone who has spent time in his presence confirms this, in the dozens of books written and publishecd during his presidency by people who know him well, and are not admirers. No one who knows Trump well amdires or respects him, and that is repeatedly confirmed by written and oral testimony from hundreds of people. Donald Trump is a patological liar who uses other people, expolits those who work for him, and uses every unethical method known to advance his own interests, without any concern for the well being of others. It is astonishing that so many people continue to support him; these peopple have abandoned whatever moral principles they ever had and have reduced themselves to the level of criminal enablers and unscrupulous traitors. If these good ole boys were capable of giving the situation a moment's thought, they would take down and burn their misguided signs.

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