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I Am Not Your Enemy
Seventy-One days out and this is where we’re at.
According to some, including those in my own family, I am a brainwashed, Satan-worshiping pedophile who eats children and am a part of a vast conspiracy to bring down the United States and institute socialism or Communism. Or some -ism.
According to some, including those in my own family, the only one who can save them from me and others like me is Donald Trump, the current occupant* of the White House. That, somehow if the current president* loses, the country is finished, that if Trump isn’t allowed another two terms as President,* if Joe Biden (the White Obama) and Kamala Harris (a stealth, more evil Obama) win, it’s Civil War Two. As preposterous as it sounds, it becomes more likely as we move closer to November 3.
After all, its not far-fetched. The New Yorker played out some plausible scenarios if Trump loses. First off, he has said, out-and-out, that “mail-in-voting is going to rig the election.’’ (it’s not, but his base will believe it, even though many of them vote absentee, which is the same as mail-in voting) Then, when asked if he’d accept an electoral loss, he told Fox News’ Chris Wallace, “I’ll have to see.”
The article then went on to point out possible scenarios that lead to chaos. In two of the three outcomes, it’s a replay of the 1876 Hayes-Tilden mess. Back then, it…
