Cage Match Re-Match

 

It's official! We have a re-match!

Whether you like it or not.

If you don't like it and did not vote in your primary for somebody else, you have no one to blame but yourself.

I'm not thrilled with the lack of real contest in our primaries and conventions. If we really like democracy, then we should consider competition essential.

That said, no matter how many choices we had, I would still vote for the same person - Joe Biden. Yes, he's old. Yes, he's not perfect. But the reality is that he has exceeded my expectations for what he has achieved.

The most comprehensive infrastructure and climate bills ever passed. Growth in the stock market, low unemployment, growing GDP and stock market, a return of manufacturing jobs, and recovering from post-COVID inflation as quickly as any nation on Earth. He has helped rally the free world to support Ukraine. I'm not happy with how he has failed to do everything to protect Gaza, but without a shadow of a doubt, he is doing more than what Trump would (who has just urged Netanyahu to "finish the job"). 

I won't go on and on about Trump. Anyone who reads my blog knows how I feel about him.

Every day for the past nine years has been an utter embarrassment to me that anyone would support this racist, misogynistic, narcissistic, adjudicated rapist adjudicated fraudster four times indicted with a total of 91 counts, twice impeached incoherent orange conman. Shame on you if you're still with him.

But...speaking of still being with him, Pierce County continues to outshine in its extremism.

I keep waiting for the big turnaround, but the Democratic Party's share of the vote keeps dwindling.

Here is the county vote in yesterday's primary, as reported by The Blackshear Times:

In the last two general Presidential elections, Trump has garnered about 87% of the total vote.

How about this time?

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It just keeps getting more depressing. Unless they're people we know that are not Trumpers, we have to keep our mouths shut or risk dehumanizing vilification.

Only Republicans go to heaven, you know. At least per our very active and loud Christian Nationalist churches that dominate Pierce County.

It's hard. But I hope people across the nation recognize the danger Trump poses.

* This vote total represents only 17.53% of the county's registered voters. I'm sure this was somewhat reflective of the real lack of competition. Nevertheless, I don't know for any reason why the vote percentages would have been higher if more people had voted.