Having A Beer With Trump?
In Nebraska, some leading Republican Legislators said they would not change the state’s electoral college system before the 2024 election. Nebraska is not a “winner takes all” electoral vote state, so Trump Maga supporters have been lobbying the state to change it to benefit Trump. State Senator Mike McDonnell said he will consider putting this idea to the voters next year, but that it was too close to the election to change the system. Mitch McConnell was one of the Trump lackies who went to Nebraska to try to change things.
This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, they spent a fair amount of time on how Republicans are pushing the narrative that Kamala Harris in “not clear on the issues.” Spreading this untruth is an easy out for so many people, who are happy to parrot it without looking into what she really IS saying. And to me, she says a lot more than Trump does. It also is a subtle form of “othering.” Harris is a woman, so some would like to push the stereotype that she doesn’t explain much, i.e. “she’s not smart,” and she’s a person of color, so her ideas are suspect.
Some new polls show that Trump is still strong in the sun-belt states, just taking the lead in Arizona and ahead in Georgia. Voters say they feel they did better under a Trump presidency. This is what I like to call selfish voting. Not thinking big picture in terms of what is morally right, or what our nation stands for. Rather, “what is in it for me?” voting. It is immaterial that we could have a lying, racist, sexist, convicted felon, sexual abuser, dictator-fan for president.
CNN just did a report about young voter activists in Pennsylvania. One Trump supporter/organizer said that he was “trying to get fellow students to understand that you don’t have to like someone to vote for them.”
Is this the old “do you want to have a beer” with this or that candidate idea? I can’t recall when we started talking about that in terms of candidates, but it is often a refrain in presidential elections. I have always agreed that “having a beer” with a candidate was not a pre-requisite to voting for them. I voted for Bill Clinton, but never wanted to have a beer with him.
But with Trump, it’s a question of morals, not about “not liking” someone. I don’t even want to be in the same room with him.
Below is an old cartoon, and the only one I seem to have ever done about beer.
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Trump's campaign is like a glass of beer left out overnight. Flat, stale, and undrinkable. But when people are hungry, or uninformed, they'll swallow anything. Kamala is a glass of sparkling wine. Enjoy.
I've always been wary of a candidate that people wanted to have a beer with. That said, I'd have a beer with Tim and Kamala, but I'd expect fabulous conversation and a high-quality local craft brew.