Exactly. So depressing. Just talked to a friend in Europe who reported that life is basically back to normal. Had we been smarter, we could have been back to normal now too. https://t.co/WLGFfdtab3— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 12, 2020
I learned from the law that very few things are truly "acts of God" for which no human responsibility can be attached.
We have a president who's a con man, a vice president who's a talk radio host, a White House chief of staff who for years claimed to have a B.A. but doesn't, a health secretary who's a lawyer-lobbyist, and an education secretary who's not an educator. What could go wrong?— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 12, 2020
I'm old enough to remember when the line was "Nobody could have foreseen."
Gov. Larry Hogan was on MTP this morning, and Chuck Todd brought up the fact Hogan had written in his father's name for President in 2016. He asked who Hogan was voting for this time, and Hogan couldn't say. The "principled stance" of none of the above should be seen as immoral and shameful, at least. To not vote, to not vote for one candidate or another because they don't "please" or "suit" you, is not to reset the election and demand new candidates. It is a failure of citizenship, a shirking of responsibility, a failure to even acknowledge the devil will take his due. Hogan voted as many Americans did in 2016: expecting Clinton to defeat the clown, relying on "others" to do his work for him, and denying any duty to pick something other than "none of the above" because his precious sense of satisfaction was not fully satisfied.
I'm not crazy about Joe Biden, but he's Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and FDR and LBJ all rolled up together, compared to Donald Trump. If I have to justify my vote for Biden by simply voting against Donald Trump, its still my obligation as a citizen to do so. "None of the above" is never an option. It's just a vote (or failure to do your part) for the worst possible outcome.
No comments:
Post a Comment