A TRULY UGLY ELECTION

Today is Wednesday, the day after the election. We don't have a sure winner yet. There are votes yet to count. Both sides have basically claimed victory but the final numbers are not in yet.

 

This has been the absolute worst election campaign I have witnessed in my life. It has been ugly beyond belief. The ugliness has not been reserved by any one political party or candidate. It has been spread around equally. I have never seen such disrespect by either party. If I had young children, I would have shielded them from what should be an educational process. 

 

Now I know politicians in the past were pretty vicious, even resorting in some cases to duels. I think I would almost have preferred a duel to what we were shown. All this having been said, I will try to comment on what we are left with. 

 

In my last week's post I said America is stronger than any one election or any one politician. After all we survived eight years of Barack Obama. Granted it has taken the better part of Trump's first term just to try and fix the Obama/Biden mess, but he did. If this country is blessed with another four years of Trump, we should see serious advancement. 

 

But, on the other hand, if Biden pulls this off, we will have two years to find candidates for Congress who can win and help us recover from Biden. Another serious matter to consider is that Biden may well not last even two years. Let's face it, he's mentally weak and physically questionable as well. The big problem with that is Harris. She, in my view, is completely incapable of anything close to governing this great country. These are not good options, but it may be what we have to deal with. 

 

We have at least two major problems facing us as a country. Number one, an educational system which seems more interested in indoctrination than education. Higher education has become a socialist nightmare. The second problem facing us is a media which is far more interested in their leftist agenda than actually reporting the news. When did that become okay? 

 

Clearly there are many more issues facing us, like a huge and growing dependent class. I believe the time will come when the producers in America will say to those who depend on their productivity, no more. If you are too lazy to feed and house yourself, too bad. Find someplace else to live.

 

There is good news though. We are never more than two years from our next election. More good news. The traditional-thinking American people are armed and will never accept socialism. I really don't like the chances of the lefties fundamentally trying to change our form of government.

 

It is now Thursday and still we have no declared winner. Trump has filed lawsuits against some states in an effort to get them to count legitimate votes and discard the illegal ones. It is hard to say how it all will end. One unusual matter is the Stock Market. It continues to gain in value as if nobody cares about the Presidential election. Normally with no results being known, the market would be uneasy. We will see. 

 

We are coming into my favorite season of the year. I choose not to allow this election to take up any more of my attention. As for me and my house, we look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

Ron Scarbro November 5, 2020