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Here's the scoop: I'm going to refrain from being hyper critical about the whole election mess right now because there's nothing I can say that's different or unique from any of the millions of fellow Americans who lean right. If you've been following me, you know where I stand.
If there's a recount - one that is overseen & observed by members of both parties - and Biden is still at the top of the heap, that's that. I'm not going to play the "not MY president" game. He'll still be our leader and, as displeased I would be by that outcome, that's the game.
Politics is bloodsport and one party will win & one party will lose. That said, there's no "clear mandate" that was handed to whomever wins. The country is split and some reaching across the aisle is necessary to get us past this point.
The notion that any free-thinking person in our country, let alone a politician, is comfortable with the concept of "making a list" of people who don't adhere to a particular ideology is deeply, deeply disturbing. I will not, can not, and will never be okay with this.
Similarly, I'm not going to declare anyone who leans left "my enemy" if Biden ultimately wins. That's as asinine as the way the TDS/"never Trumper" faction has been behaving for the past 4+ years. It's unnecessary and does nothing *nothing* to move us forward.
Do I believe there were shenanigans afoot? Absolutely. Am I going to spend the next four years with my knickers in a twist? No effing way. During those four years I've got one kid wrapping-up college, another starting, and third making his way through high school.
My family, faith, and friends will always - always - come before politics. Life is too goddam short. All these people "disowning" loved ones over politics will look back at those divisions with deep regret. (Provided they haven't already sold their soul & hardened their hearts.)
I remember sitting with my Dad as he passed away, and as painful as it was, the thought of not being there as he went home would be something I could never come back from. Holy shit. Can you imagine not loving someone because they have a different opinion? Unfathomable to me.
Respectful disagreement is always welcome, as is open discussion. If you try to cram your beliefs down my throat or jump nasty, I'm not having it. During the past couple of weeks I've become much more comfortable with hitting block vs. offering an olive branch. Not interested.
I do think our soul as a country is at stake. I do think the riot/arson/murder faction will never be satisfied and vehemently oppose any and all policies that kowtow to this group. I pray we never get to "Civil War 2.0" levels, but if we do, so be it. I'll pick a side.
But absent anything that extreme, I'm going to continue focusing on the aforementioned "Three Fs": family, faith, and friends. All else is static and noise.
