It's Over, And Trump Knows It

Despite the denial of millions of Trump voters, who in all likelihood far outnumbered millions of Biden voters, the president's term will end on January 20, and Joe Biden will be sworn in.

Nobody in America relishes this fact any less than me, but that's the truth.  Trump knows this.  How do we know Trump knows this?  Because he has begun issuing pardons, which all presidents do prior to leaving office.

His defeat has been rubber-stamped by court after court, including the Supremes, and his three appointees.  In short, the apolitical D.C. establishment doesn't want Trump inside the Beltway, and after Biden's inauguration, he won't be.

But what of the remaining cases?  What about all these apparent Trump-friendly attorneys, who fight on, vowing their will indeed be a last-minute reversal of the election?  One word:  money.

Take Lin "Don't Vote!" Wood, the Atlanta-based lawyer who has been on the case, barking into microphones, offering slivers of hope to Trump voters.  Wood, a lifelong Democrat and Obama supporter, knows how the game is played.  As long as this debacle drags out, he makes bank.

A gaggle of attorneys are getting while the getting is good, and to sustain the charade, they offer red meat to Trump voters, who remain convinced a miracle is imminent.  The Deep State is going down, and Trump will stand tall, blowing away the smoke from both barrels.  

This is the stuff of fantasy.

People are outraged because the Democrats cheated.  There is no doubt of this.  But this isn't news.  Democrats always cheat.  Anyway, the DC establishment cheats.  Ask Ron Paul.  Ask Pat Buchanan.  Trump should have seen this coming.  He should have been proactive.  The Democrats recognized early that the GOP establishment wasn't going to do anything to keep them from stealing the election, and they took advantage of the golden opportunity.

Trump is sitting on another golden opportunity here, the chance to politically mobilize his millions of bloodthirsty supporters, who want revenge.  They want leadership and direction.  They want to know what to do to get him back into office in four years.  But Trump has given no indication he's interested in this, which causes one to wonder whether he actually wants to be president.  

If Trump want to cash in on this opportunity, he should sit at his desk, and make this speech:

To the millions of America who supported me in November:  the election was stolen by the Democrats.  The recounts in battleground states were rigged by the Democrats.  Republican monitors were blocked from this process.  The lying media have covered up this fact.

The outcome of this year's presidential election is illegitimate.  Joe Biden's presidency is illegitimate.  It was stolen.

Now is the time for you to join me in restoring honest democracy to our country.  If you are a Republican, you must become politically active.  You must fight with me to take back the GOP.   You must work at the local level.  You must attend precinct meetings. You must become a skilled and active party member.

I am staying in this fight.  I have set up a GOP training organization.  We are going to capture the Republican Party from the ground up.  This will take a lot of work, and a major commitment.  Are you ready to commit?

Today, I am announcing my candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2024.    If you get active in the Party locally, together, we will work to make this happen.

If you join with me, I will win the nomination, just as I did in 2016. Then I am going to defeat President Harris.

With your help, from now on, Republicans at the grass roots will monitor the polls, day and night.  Especially night.  It is time to stop the political theft of our government.

I will be posting details of our mobilization on my website.

We lost this round to the thieves.  We will not lose the next round.

Together, we have begun to make America great again. Join with me to complete the task.

Will Trump do anything like this?  Not likely.  He will probably be more content to return to his life, and make hay for TV cameras.  But he is in prime position to administrate the greatest political movement of our lifetimes.  

It will be business as usual in Washington after January 20.

 

Civil War, Secession And Other Delusional Fantasies

 I've been called a cynic, because I reject the silly notion that some sort of right-wing storm is brewing, and Donald Trump is on the verge of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, thus sending Joe Biden-san and Kammy "Throw them black boys in prison for 20 to life!" Harris into oblivion.

Well, yeah.  A cynic I am.  Much like I would be were one to tell me JFK was actually the victim of a sole assassin.  Cynicism ain't a character flaw.  A cynic looks at the available facts, draws obvious conclusions, then naturally poo-poohs fanciful ideas about the aforementioned TrumpStorm.

Undoubtedly, the clueless president-to-be is the beneficiary of a stolen election.  What we know, however, and what we can prove, are two different things.  Even with a briefcase laden with proof, not much can be done if arguments are heard by Never-Trump judges.

In short, Biden will be inaugurated January 20th.  That's the view of a cynic.  It's also the truth.  

Those who insist on clinging to the fleeting notion of Trump prevailing are starry-eyed, myopic Pollyannas who just cannot bring themselves to acknowledge the United States is governed by an incestuous gaggle of statists, for whom remaining in power is the be all, end all.  As George Carlin famously said, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it."  

Trump, for all his obvious devotion to government largess (which should gain him lifetime admittance to said Club), is not a member.  He truly was an outsider, a populist who did not do what virtually all presidential beauty contest contestants must do:  get vetted by the Council of Foreign Relations.

So, Trump has to go, and you can be sure, what happened in 2016, will not happen again.

This is a bitter pill to swallow for those who actually believe they have a say in how the government is run, and who gets to run it.  So in frustration, they ultimately turn to an assortment of conspiracy theories.  Perhaps it's Steve Bannon, who has vowed since election  night Trump will be sworn in again.  Or maybe it's Steve Pieczenik, who told us the ballots bore watermarks, for added security, and that in a matter of days, the true vote count would be revealed.

Pieczenik has gone radio silent on this bogus claim, likely regretting the loss of any credibility he ever enjoyed.

Or, maybe it's a mysterious poster on the dark web (whatever that is), who uses initials for his username, like X-22, or 007, or 0U812.   The mystery man assures us, and he has it on good authority, The Swamp is about to be magically drained, and Trump will be standing tall with his hand on the Bible January 20.

No, really.  X-22 said so.  How can you doubt it? Just you wait and see!

Blah, blah, blah.

Ultimately, all the conspiracies flame out, and the true believer is left with little to grasp on to.  This threatens to morph into despair, but it's far better, if only for one's mental health, to acknowledge the truth, as stated above.  There is no political salvation, certainly not in America.  The frat rats run the ship of state, and anyone who believes voting is going to change that fact just isn't paying attention.  And if the debacle of November 3 isn't enough proof, then not much else can be said.

When the dejected souls sense the end of the fantasy is near, they may turn to more grandiose theories, such as civil war, or secession.  Some latch onto such ideas, without giving much thought to the merits.

Perhaps we should.

Civil wars are fought by farmers.  They are not fought by urban residents.  This is so obvious that it is utterly astounding that anyone could consider the possibility of an American urban civil war.

The military today has extraordinary communication systems.  They have armored personnel carriers.  They can control city streets without much trouble.

We are not a decentralized society any longer.  The vast majority of our people live lives in cities.  They are docile.  They are easily controlled.  They do what they're told.  They are not yeoman farmers.  They move to a new house every five years, so they have no emotional commitment to a piece of land as representing their families.  

There are no town meetings any longer.  They don't know their neighbors. That was not true in 1776.  It was not true in 1861.  If you don't know your neighbors, you don't trust your neighbors.  The best you can expect from your neighbors is to be let alone.  The enemy is the homeowner's association.  It runs the show.  Homeowners submit.  They submit begrudgingly, but they submit.

The thought that anyone who submits to a HOA is going to fight a war against local police, the National Guard, and SWAT teams is utterly preposterous.  It is astounding anyone actually believes this.

Another vain theory is that of secession.  The idea begs a lot of questions.  First of all, secede from what?  From where?  Republicans, Democrats, and an assortment of political independents are found in all fifty states.  How shall we separate them?  To where will we secede?

One politician proposed those states loyal to the Constitution would form a new Republic of sorts.  Okay, fine.  Then comes the endless questions of what is, and what is not Constitutional.  Sound familiar?

How about a new America, with Trump as president.  What would this mean?  It would mean a president who spends more wildly than any Democrat ever has, a president who supports government-mandated health care, a president who has proven to be a proponent of massive, unrestrained government.

How is this any different?

Most Trump voters are fine with America being what it is:  a welfare state.  Trump was never going to change this.  Had he tried, Biden would have swamped him without any shenanigans.  Most Trump voters are fine with public education.  Public schools are the national religion of the USA.  This should not be the case, but Trump was never going to change this.

We're really going to secede, or start a civil war, standing arm to arm with those Trump voters who support such things?

It's time to exit Fantasyland, and cash the reality check.  Like it or not, Joe Biden is going to be president, fit-throwing and name-calling notwithstanding.  

It sounds hopeless, because it is hopeless.  Political salvation in the United States is utterly hopeless.

Our energies are best spent making the best with what is left.