I have – have you? Tomorrow is Election Day across the United States, and it’s been obvious for months and months that this one is critical. It’s not an overstatement to say that the survival of the United States as a democracy hangs in the balance.
I’ve voted – California does an excellent job of keeping you in the loop on your ballot status.
One of my favorite authors, John Scalzi, had this to say on his website today. I don’t have any arguments with any of it. The summary is succinct – “don’t vote for a single fucking Republican.”
That was my number one rule when filling out my ballot. From President all the way down to assistant dogcatcher trainee, I will never, EVER vote for a Republican candidate.
Are the Democrats perfect? Hardly. But we have a two-party system, and voting for a third-party candidate is futile and useless. Not voting at all is de facto a vote to maintain the status quo, and the status quo had us dangerously close to starting World War III while both children and adult die of fully preventable diseases. Bald-faced lies by the hundreds fill every speech and policy from the current Administration, and the President is quite clearly batshit insane. The Supreme Court enables his crimes and the GOP-controlled Congress is not only not even trying to rein the corruption in, they’re actively participating. Treason, bribery, civil rights violations, Hatch Act violations – these are just the start of an extensive list of daily criminal violations.
If it doesn’t stop here, it will be too late. We won’t make it another two years without a return to a rule of law.
Vote like our lives depend on it.
