Related Topics: Enemies; Der Don; More Human Rights For More Human Beings
this election is different. our democratic republic is at stake. So I'd like to see a few words to my conservative Republican friends and neighbors. It's no secret that my political ideas are mostly somewhat left of center at least as the American system is currently aligned. You and I may not agree about certain elements of taxing policy. We may not agree when it comes to government regulation of economic entities, environmental policy, all sorts of things. But we are all patriotic American citizens. I think we can agree that the ideas on which this country was founded: free citizens, created equal endowed by their creator with unalienable human rights. And a government, made up of people we elect, who's main job is to keep secure for us our freedom and human rights. Now I've been voting for a long time. Sometimes I vote for the person. And sometimes I vote for the person's ideas. And occasionally I vote for the political party. But I've usually been able to assume that whoever I vote for (or choose not to vote for) is a patriotic American who believes in our system, and who will (if elected) faithfully adhere to their oath to the Constitution. So if my candidate loses, I know the government will still be in good hands. And there will be another election soon in which my candidate will have a fair chance to get elected. Well this year, for the first time in my life, that is no longer true. Donald Trump has made it clear that he does not believe in our system. When he lost an election two years ago he tried to take over our government by force. Whether or not you agree with the policies of his administration, that's not the way we do things. And when his attempted coup didn't work, he ordered his administration not to cooperate in facilitating a smooth transition to the next. That's not the way we do things. And now he is making it clear that if he ever becomes president again he will make sure that he can never lose an election in the future. That's not the way we do things. This year, and probably in 2024, the choice is clear. If you vote for a Democrat, or a non-Trump Republican, or a libertarian, or a green, or whatever, you will probably be voting (as we always have) for a patriotic American. But if you vote for anyone who supports Donald Trump you will be voting for someone who supports an anti-American dictatorship. Right now we are in crisis. Right now I hope every patriotic American, what ever their politics, will join me in voting against the Don and his Dictatorship. And then once this crisis is passed, and our Democratic Republic is restored, we can go back to the free and fair contest of ideas --- -- voting for whichever candidate we think will best protect our freedoms and human rights and provide a better life for ourselves and our children and grandchildren. ---- but knowing that even if that candidate looses, the country will still be in good, patriotic hands.