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and then he goes on to list various things demonstrating this before he concludes:
I get it. The GOP has become the party of White racial grievance, and this battle against an imaginary enemy stirs the base. But the whole charade involves Republican officials — many of them educated at the nation’s top schools — betting that their constituents are too dumb to know they’re being lied to. So far, the bet is paying off.
And then, of course, there’s the whole “stolen election” farce, which led to the tragedy of Jan. 6. Every recount, every court case, every verifiable fact proves that Joe Biden fairly defeated Donald Trump. Yet a sizeable portion of the American electorate either can’t do basic arithmetic or doesn’t believe that one plus one always equals two.
How dumb can a nation get and still survive? Idiotically, we seem determined to find out.
No posts on Oct. 4 and 5
Oct. 3, 2021
Oct. 2, 2021
Quote of the Day, from
Opinion: Don’t be afraid of the election audits — they may be our only ticket out of this mess, by Republican Ben Ginsburg, Wash. Post (subscription)
If the audits that Trump himself has demanded keep coming up empty, maybe, just maybe, some true believers in Trump’s falsehood will recognize he’s been feeding them snake oil.
These proceedings run by Trump supporters at least present that opportunity. Reducing that 30 percent number will be good for everyone, Republicans included.
Challenging election outcomes when one party doesn’t like the results is a door Republicans need to realize swings both ways. Having two-thirds of your voters not trusting election results will over time injure Republicans more than Democrats. Why should Republican voters turn out? It’s a lethal path for a party that has already seen depressed turnout in some elections, such as the Georgia Senate runoffs and California governor’s recall.
Moreover, if a state’s elections are so flawed that Democratic victories should be reversed, that will also be fodder for Democrats to challenge the certifications of Republicans who ran on the same ballots.
Something has to change, and the key to that change is to convince some portion of the 30 percent that Trump has failed to deliver on his bombast. Trump is hoisting himself on his petard. Let him.
Oct. 1, 2021
My Kos story How to tell if and when Trump becomes psychotic
These are a few other stories that piqued my interest today:
Also: A child pianist makes it to Carnegie Hall and a tree in Portland with house destroying roots. This (map below) effects me because I send and receive mail from Massachusetts, this map of how new post office slowdown will effect people in various states (Click image to enlarge):
