Yes, I'm going to tell you who will be named President on November Fifth, or possibly sometime in December.
In a minute.
I
hate politics, and yet I follow politics closely. Why? For the same
reason I used to pay close attention to where my dog did his business in
the yard: The results could really screw up my day. Also, in both cases
the results always seem to stink.
Every election the left gets
lefter, the right gets righter, and the people in the middle question
why we're giving so much power to a two-party system. It seems like the
only people who want to start new political parties are even more
extreme than the ones already there.
Then they wonder why everyone's so angry.
We should all be reminded of a song that might as well be about the present situation:
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Most
of the little people are regular and overall decent folk doing the best
they can. The worst problem they have is hypocrisy: The other guy is
ALL bad, and our guy is ALL good. They refuse to except that their
candidate isn't perfect, and that the other candidate may (gasp!) have
some good points. The opposition isn't just wrong: They're demons who
eat children and kick dogs, or possibly the other way around.
The truth is, once they've achieved a certain level in their political climb, both
sides tend to turn into crooks working not for the people, but for
their parties. All you have to do is look at laws they pass that don't
apply to them, perks they get that no one else does, and the way the
system is designed to make their reelection almost a done deal.
Term limits? "Sure, everyone else should be voted out, but not my guy!"
The increased hatred of career politicians is what brought us Donald Trump. Love him or hate him, but pay attention.
Me,
I don't like either candidate, although most of my political beliefs
lean right of center. Some in the middle, a few left. Since I don't like
any of the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidates, it's a lot
easier to think more in terms of policies and records. In that, there's
suckage on both sides.
What am I looking for somebody in Washington to do? Show me how they will:
Seal
our porous southern border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants and
various bad guys, and get those who are already here out.
Make the process for legal immigration more streamlined and easier for the people who get in line.
Balance the budget and start doing something about the approaching firestorm otherwise known as Federal Debt.
On
a related note, shrink the government (which could be accomplished by
deleting every Federal function that directly conflicts with the
Constitution. Remember that thing?)
Maintain
a strong defense in the face of our new Cold War with the Chinese and
other challenges, while also controlling waste and costs in the
military, and boy did I just ask for the impossible. Nobody said it was
easy.
Get tougher on crime ... including crime among politicians.
Find
a way to make health care more affordable for everyone, without leaving
the decisions in the hands of red tape bureaucrats in Washington.
There's
more, and I may not have listed the more important ones, but you get
the idea. I'm not looking for an argument, so don't bother: I'm just
calling it as I see it. And speaking of that, our next President will
be:
Kamala Harris.
Maybe
I'd be more thrilled if she'd actually showed up for work in the last
four years, but she has a lot of advantages. Being a Democrat, she
naturally has the support of almost all of the mainstream media. She's already
established as VP (which isn't as much of an advantage as you'd think:
Only six have been elected to the highest office). She has the correct
gender and skin color. True, some will vote against her because of this,
but many more will vote for her because of it, regardless of other
factors.
So
Harris will win, Trump will protest, and life will go on. The size of
government and the debt will continue to grow. The border situation will
maybe get better, with so much light being shined on it. And everyone will continue hating everyone else.
And then it'll be 2028.
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