Tomorrow is Election Day, and I’m worried. Trump himself is
not on any ballot, but his supporters are seeking to win elections as
governors, senators, school superintendents, and right down to the town clerk
level. They realize the importance of organizing at the grass-roots level. If
they want to force all of us to accept the alt-right, racist, anti-choice way
of life, they have chosen the most effective way to do it.
Donald Trump is surely the worst president in our history.
He may not be the most wicked (I’m not entirely sure), but his tweets and other
far-reaching lies have reached far more voters than the messages of any other
president have. And his narcissistic, materialistic attitude has been accepted
as admirable even by people who should know better. Evangelicals should be emulating
Jesus, not Trump! Silicon Valley workers should use logic to assess his
statements about science. Middle-income taxpayers should realize that temporary
tax cuts will only lead to worse conditions for everyone.
We liberals have begun to fight back, but we tend to tell
the truth rather than deceive voters, which puts us at a disadvantage.
Meanwhile, the MAGA group continues to besmirch Hillary Clinton long after she
lost the 2016 election, to pretend that wretched immigrants fleeing terrible
conditions are an imminent danger to the U.S., and to allow the EPA’s environmental
standards to be lowered by denying scientific studies of climate change. Though
I prefer to set the truth bar higher than they do, I have to admit that their
despicable methods are effective. I hope fervently that there will be a Blue
Wave tomorrow. However, it is all too likely that hatred and stupidity will win.
