I submit
Donald Trump surprised no one during the first so called debate. He is
what he has always been from the moment he slithered down the escalator
like a poisonous snake fixing his eyes to swallow the American system
whole; a system created by the ingenious Founders that up until this
present moment has stopped the usurpation of power by any one man or
woman. Because of Trump's always confrontational and ever so divisive
tactics democracy, now, is hanging by a thread. We who eschew
authoritarianism and love democracy wonder if the weight bearing
construct of our institutions of checks and balances can hold Trump's
attempt to subvert it.
What
can one say about Trump's unacceptability and unfitness for the high
office he holds that has not been said many times before? He is crude,
he is rude, he is nasty and insulting. He is inhumane and cruel. He
cares for no one but himself. Use any words in the English lexicon to
describe a monstrosity that sits in and occupies a position of unbridled
power he is unqualified to hold and those ugly words merely scratch the
surface of this president's profane, odious, verbiage and conduct.
The
debate format itself was problematic. Trump never let Biden speak or
proverbially get a word in edgewise. It was embarrassing for other
nations to behold and Wallace, the moderator, could not contain him. If
there is to be another debate there must be a limit of time that each
debater can speak and the ability for the mic to automatically cut the
audio off if the rules are not obeyed. There must be a structure and
rules so that the boorish Trump cannot impede anyone from speaking.
Trump was out of control!
Trump,
the breaker of many laws, wants right wing extremists of hate to "stand
back and stand by" to monitor the polling stations where honest persons
cast their ballots. Persons doing that, at least in Massachusetts,
would be breaking the law. I was once admonished not even to wear a
shirt with my favorite candidate's logo while I walked into the polling
area much less if an extremist in the voting area were poised for
violence hiding a weapon they love to hold so much.
Donald
Trump is about fear and he is about rage. He prods his base to monitor
polling stations to intimidate voters and do exactly what? He rails
against mail in ballots deemed over and over by experts to be safe and,
indeed, are the same ballots he has cast himself. Do not fall for his
intimidating tactics, do not fall for his constant mendacity, do not
fall for his psychological warfare because even through the lame duck
session this is still a free nation. The goal is to remain so long
after the cancer of Trump's malignancy has passed.
Again, I ask you to vote and vote blue up and down the ticket to send
this albatross of ignorance, fraud, and lies back to the depths from
which he came. We are still a democracy up to and including January 20,
2021 and I hope long after that whether Joe Biden wins or not as a
transition of power peacefully occurs.
