three days out.

the election is merely three days away.

we are there – at the place where we all decide how this country will move forward. forward, not backward. forward to better, hopeful, joyful, united.

and so, in this moment, we could talk about so many pieces of this decision, so many aspects of the candidates, so many policies, so many ramifications.

we could talk about the maga candidate and his historically misogynistic, racist, bigoted views on life.

we could talk about his spewing vulgarity about taking advantage of women in the access hollywood video’s audiotape. (caution – vulgar language in videotape)

we could talk about his repulsive imitation of a disabled reporter.

we could talk about the many, many women who have accused him of sexual assault.

we could talk about his silver spoon, his elitist attitude, his entitlement.

we could talk about his lack of compassion, his clear lack of empathy, his lack of regard for the populace of this country – people – some of whom he refers to as “the enemy within”.

we could talk about his corruption.

we could then talk about his incompetence, his hateful vitriol, his obscene handling of the pandemic, his lack of respect for the vulnerable, for people different than himself.

we could talk about his felony convictions, the civil suit jury decision in which he was found guilty of sexual abuse. we could talk about his multiple standing indictments.

we could talk about his ad nauseum lies, his utter nonsense about disproved election fraud, his inciting of a brutal insurrection on this nation’s capitol.

we could talk about his lack of vested and intelligent interest in addressing human-based climate change that will affect this planet and the lives of all those who follow.

we could talk about his depravity, his lack of coherence, his inability to speak to his policies, his deliberate weave off-topic, an avoidance of spilling his actual intentions.

we could talk about the people he surrounds himself with – all with agendas of the most vile nature.

we could talk about how his maga supporters are not hearing – really hearing, really grokking – that he will destroy the affordable care act, decimate healthcare in this country.

we could talk about how project 2025 will slash medicare options – making narrow advantage plans the only option, eliminating supplemental plan choices of care, places of care, medications of care.

we could talk about how his cronies – who will have positions of power – will create hardship for the people of these United States. we could talk about how the present economy – under the present administration – of which other industrialized countries are envious – will be demolished under their selfish thumbs.

we could talk about how maga will run social security into the ground. we could talk about tariffs that will add mountains of cost to our daily bills, about taxes that will serve the super-rich and undermine everyone else. we could talk about how this might affect you and me, regular people.

we could talk about the elimination of women’s rights. we could talk about how this despicable, women-abuser will continue down his already-well-established path eliminating the right of women to choose, the right of women to seek reproductive health care. we could wonder how else this maga candidate wishes to drown the rights of women, what else he wishes to do to push women under, to eliminate their voice. “whether women like it or not.”

we could talk about his appalling intentions against the LGBTQ community, his limitations on who people may love, marry, with whom they may have children, basic rights of every single person regardless of sexual orientation or identification. we could talk about his spreading of lies about transgenders, his repugnant and distorted-from-reality rhetoric.

we could talk about how his extreme nationalist view runs scared of and runs rampant over any race other than his own whiteness. we could talk about his egregious plans for mass deportation of immigrants; we could talk about his zeal for remigration. we could wonder about this kind of loathsome animosity, this kind of sadism.

we could talk about his kowtowing to vicious autocrats. we could talk about his alliances with dictators around the world, his bowing to them, his ego hungry for their strokes. we could wonder about – or do we intuitively know – the tyrannical direction in which he wishes to take this precious country.

we could talk about his unhinged dedication to revenge, to retribution, to perpetuation of the ugliest ugly.

we could talk about his stoking of division, his glee at chaos, his embrace of violence, his utter evil.

but – really – we are merely three days away from this election. and who has frickin’ time for all that?!!!

don’t bother comparing policies now. don’t fool yourself into thinking that policies are the issues.

we are at a place like never in recent years – a choice-point – this very election – that threatens the very tenets of this country.

so now it’s time to cut to the chase.

because it clearly all boils down to one thing, one choice.

do we wish for this country to continue to grow forward as a democracy?

or do we wish for this country to sink into the depths of fascism?

it would seem a no-brainer.

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read DAVID’s thoughts this SATURDAY MORNING

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