Monday, 14 October 2024

"Remember, remember, this fifth of November, Fake electors, insurrection, and plot."


 

Not that I'm voting in the US elections on November 5th — and probably wouldn't if I could — but here are seven reasons not to vote for Orange Man, laid out in The Case Against Donald Trump (Part 1). Seven! Count 'em. Precised by this pithy poetry:

Remember, remember, this fifth of November, 
Fake electors, insurrection, and plot. 
I know of no reason, the sixth of January 
Should ever be forgot.
The 'poem' 's author, Rob Tracinski, reckons "Donald Trump is unfit for the presidency on about seven different levels."
No, seriously, when I began to jot down my notes for the case against him, I identified seven major issues, any one of which would be sufficient reason to vote against him:

    1. January 6, 
    2. his current threats against democracy, 
    3. his hostility to Ukraine, 
    4. his disastrous proposals on tariffs and mass deportations, 
    5. his method of thinking (or lack thereof), 
    6. his unrelenting series of con-man schemes, and 
    7. his repellent personality.

But, but, Kamala Harris ...

Look, the thing that most recommends her for the presidency is simply that she is not Donald Trump—and to appreciate what a compelling motive that is, we first have to survey the full scope of his threat to the country.

Read on to begin that survey. It is truly repellent.




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