Mark Twain is credited with the quote that “a lie can get all the globe before the truth is putting on its shoes” and that pretty much describes our dilemma. Just try to change the mind of a MAGA—they are locked in. I’ve tried every bit of salesmanship I know to change the mind of friends and family. I sympathize with the pols that are trying. The only hope is to get people with a modicum of sanity out to vote in November and then we have to do that over and over and over again. This madness is going to be here for a while.
I heard historian Michael Beschloss say something I'd never expect to come out of his mouth on a cable TV interview. Words to the effect of, "People need to understand that if they don't come out and vote this November, they may never vote again in a legitimate American election."
James, thank you for this essay and for the work you did to expose the wrongdoing of George W. Bush and his administration. I was a Texas newspaper journalist throughout Bush's electoral career. For me, it was a time of political disgust and disillusionment matched only by Trump's tenure and his efforts to overthrow our democracy.
I'll cast my vote in November in an attempt, yet again, to fight back the forces of ignorance that seek to bring an end to this American experiment.
Keep up the good fight, and thank you for doing your part.
Mark Twain is credited with the quote that “a lie can get all the globe before the truth is putting on its shoes” and that pretty much describes our dilemma. Just try to change the mind of a MAGA—they are locked in. I’ve tried every bit of salesmanship I know to change the mind of friends and family. I sympathize with the pols that are trying. The only hope is to get people with a modicum of sanity out to vote in November and then we have to do that over and over and over again. This madness is going to be here for a while.
Come November, we may be confronting the fulcrum moment on whether or not our democracy will stand upright or teeter off balance, falling to its doom.
I heard historian Michael Beschloss say something I'd never expect to come out of his mouth on a cable TV interview. Words to the effect of, "People need to understand that if they don't come out and vote this November, they may never vote again in a legitimate American election."
Now I’m even more scared than I was before.
Great article and timely too.
Thanks, buddy. Always appreciate you taking the time to read and think about my stuff.
James, thank you for this essay and for the work you did to expose the wrongdoing of George W. Bush and his administration. I was a Texas newspaper journalist throughout Bush's electoral career. For me, it was a time of political disgust and disillusionment matched only by Trump's tenure and his efforts to overthrow our democracy.
I'll cast my vote in November in an attempt, yet again, to fight back the forces of ignorance that seek to bring an end to this American experiment.
Keep up the good fight, and thank you for doing your part.