Today is election day. I have cast my ballot (in person). Now I must wait for the polls to close and the counting process to declare the winner. Of course, as we all know, there are scenarios, where one or more battleground States will be still counting the mail-in or early voting ballots (which could take several more days). One might say it has been a strange four years and getting this election’s results may turn out even stranger.
For a Biden supporter, it is unimaginable that anyone could fall for Donald Trump’s reelection rhetroic. How could anyone with a heart beat not recognize the danger President Trump represents. But most simply stated, lot’s of people think Trump has done a good (some say great) job and deserves four more years. Hmmm.
The United States stands at a cross road where keeping the course is destine to maintain the growing income inequality, the healthcare crisis, increasing debt for college education, and fragmentation of the safety net most Americans assume exists as they enter their senior years. President Trump’s most rabid supporters do not see these issues as a concern. If the “Trump Trains” we see driving around in their pickups are any indication, these supporters believe they will live for ever and certainly do not need to save for a rainy day. Hmmm.
My guess, however, is these “Trump Train Riders” have not thought long or hard about these issues, considered why foreign policy might be important, or thought that something must change if America is to balance its budget and tackle these issues.
Instead, the “Trump Train Riders” have been mesmerized by the unconventional, shoot from the hip, talk tough style Donald Trump has put forward. The “Trump Train Riders” have no idea that they are under a spell from a beyond good “con artist”. The “Trump Train Riders” have no clue that the President is bankrupting the country while at the same time, stuffing his and his family’s pockets with funds courtesy of US tax payers. Who would you rather be, the “Trump Train Riders” think, a swashbuckler like Trump or another politician like Biden?
In a few hours we may have a clue whether the “Trump Train Riders” outnumber those voting for Biden, or that our agony may go on for a few more days. If the answer is Trump, the old adage “God Bless America” will never have been more apt.
If the answer is Biden, there will be a gigantic sigh of relief from all those not on the “Trump Train”.
Regaining the Center 