Who wants to join a "Go Fund Me" to make this image a reality in the very near future?
15 Days!
(Yes, I know they don't move on the 4th, but wouldn't it be great to park these there as a reminder to them that they were fired?)
I live in a red state and supposed "Christian" state, and my sense of betrayal has not gone away since Trump has been elected. I look upon many of my neighbors and former friends with disgust and have actually turned pro-Trump pastors away when they come begging for money. When asked why, I inform them that I refuse to support any cause for a group that willing supports an immoral President who is responsible for the unpardonable sin of making people turn away from Christianity through their hypocrisy and cruelty. I always end the conversation with "not one cent unless you repent." (Yes, I did come up with that.)
Trump has changed us, and not for the better. I can no longer support some of my Christian charities because they actively support Trump. Instead, I seek out other Christian charities who believe that the same rules applies for everyone, and that a leader is often a reflection of the group. But those groups are hard to find, and thus I find myself lonely and without the sense of community that I would have if I joined a Trump church. I find myself looking at people with a sense of distrust as I wonder whether they actively support a person who locks children in cages, pays his administration to sterilize immigrants at the border (and probably worse), encourages domestic terrorists to shoot and kidnap state leaders because they committed the crime of (gasp!) wanting to put measures in place to save people's lives.
I am afraid that we may never recover, even if Trump is forced out. I think Trumpism will survive for many years to come, because Republicans have shown that they won't change (After 2012, they didn't change to become more inclusive. Instead, they became extreme. They will do so again this year too as they try to emulate Trump for the next few years). But worse, I worry that Trump may win this election, and then what will we do?
I say this because I am worried that Trump is getting stronger in the last week. His Supreme Court justice is about to get voted in, Republicans are closing the gap in swing states, his fake Hunter Biden story may freak out independent voters away from Biden, and Covid-19 is starting to take hold of our nation to the point that we will definitely have 220,000 deaths by this week. I worry that Democrats are being too nice right now. They are passive when Barrett's hearing was underway, and while I think that was smart, I was hoping that some sort of Trump-related scandal would hit by now that would give us hope. But Trump is still going at it and seems to be winning.
This is going on to the point I don't know what is true anymore. My instinct tells me that Trump and the Republicans will lose on November 3, 2020. I voted last week, and there were more people in line than ever. It took me thirty minutes, and that was short compared to most people. The election commission ladies remembered me and processed me at record speed and then brought me to a private booth with no waiting! Who says that simple kindness doesn't pay off? (I brought them free meals once a month when I was President of my local bar and have always brought them Christmas cards! No particular reason, except I love giving Christmas cards to people and I hated throwing out food after our bar meetings, so I gave it to court personnel in our building, so they remembered me!)
Anyway, I see Biden signs in my area, I see higher turnout, and yet I worry that we won't vote Trump out. If there is ever a time to release damaging information on Trump, it is NOW!!! In the next few weeks. Stop letting Republicans get away with stuff and go after Trump hard! We don't even need Biden to do it! We can have other people be vocal about how evil Trump is. But I am so afraid that we may not win, so I am posting here for some emotional support. Any words of encouragement for my soul? I am betrayed by the ones I once looked to for guidance in my community, and I want to know that I am not alone in my feelings (although I will say my "liberal" leanings are no longer met with the same amount of hostility that they were four years ago.)
Any words of encouragement for my soul?
Find one thing - whether it's writing and tweeting limericks, creating stupid graphics, staring out the window at the same damn tree every day, or spending 5-10 minutes just breathing with your eyes closed. Do that thing whenever you're starting to get stressed out.
This coming from a guy who tweets limericks, creates stupid graphics, stares out the window at the same damn tree every day (It's gone from bright red to brown red today, so it's almost over), and puts poster board over his glass windowed office door every day at lunch time to do 15 minutes of yoga, and 10 minutes of meditation.
Seriously, even a stupid outlet is an outlet! Breathe! My gut is feeling stronger about November 3rd by the day...
A limerick to respond to @jeanne-mayell 's post in the 2020 Election thread.
It's time for the mighty and meek
To envision that thing that they seek
We'll send Biden love
With help from above
We vote in just two more short week(s)
@fran - we are the mice to scare that elephant Jeanne saw - the mighty and meek mice that will decide this ultimately! I'm sending more light between now and November 2nd to a held vision of a large, blue wave washing from shore to shore. Who is with me? :-) (To November 2nd because by the 3rd in the evening all those votes are cast, and I'm not a Schrodinger's cat kind of guy.)
14 Days
The day that we wait for approaches
and mischief avoidance encroaches
We’ll see this thing through
The wave will be blue
As Republicans face their reproaches
I can't believe we're almost at my Biden/Harris ball drop 10 day countdown! I've had the final 10 images ready for over three weeks!
13 DAYS!!!
This is not a drill - 12 Days left!
I'm so excited, I can't even limerick!
Just some laughs since Dannyboy ended his limerick run for the ball drop
There once was a man from Trump Tower
Who's minions never questioned his power
Covid came along
And exposed all the wrong
Now he's in the final hour
There is an old perv named Rudy
Who tried to get 15 year old booty
Borat caught him on tape
Then ran in with a cape
And now the perv is in a lot of doody
We now have a VP named Mike
Who no one ever seemed to like
He hitched himself to Trump
Now looks like a chump
And were gonna say take a hike
@mas1581 BRAVO! If nothing else, I hope my contributions over the past couple of months have inspired all of you to channel the occasional inner limerick :-)
