Just a reminder to my American friends that everyone was absolutely positive there was no way Trump would get elected in 2016. You sleptwalked into a near dictatorship because everyone agreed the idea that he could win was a big joke. There’s very real possibility that a refusal to believe he can do it again will mean he does do it again. And if he does, I don’t think it’ll be a near dictatorship you have to live in.
I don’t know how much of it was really a joke. A lot of people, especially in the Midwest, seemed to really just not like Clinton… they saw both of them as political devils and people were pissed the DNC got in Bernie’s way. It was kind of the perfect storm in swing states.
Biden doesn’t have the “root of all evil, manipulative woman” issue Clinton had, but he really does need to show people that he’s fit and ready for another 4 years and that he’s done great things for this country … because those are the two points the the right are really trying to undermine him with.
Hopefully Trump just doesn’t even get the Republican nomination and someone else is able to shine through in the Republican debate. Trump is basically like “Jeb!” was in 2016, everyone’s just assuming he’s got it by default, but a lot can change, especially in the later debates and as Trump’s legal troubles get worse.
I recently read Nikki Haley was climbing in some polls (or was that Ron DeSanity falling)
To quote his majesty from BG3
“I’d rather die”
I say HISS!
The Americans had better get really serious about saving their democracy because it’s about to run off of a cliff. If Trump gets reelected, he’s going to go after democrats HARD.
