Dodging Two Bullets

Dodging Two Bullets

 

This country has dodged two bullets. One was the literal bullet that missed Trump, preserving his life for (I hope) defeat, dishonor, bankruptcy, conviction and long imprisonment. The other was when Biden stepped aside for the good of himself and the Republic. This earns him a seat on Mount Olympus, next to George Washington and Cincinnatus, both of whom walked away from power for the good of the nation.

          The debate proved that neither Biden nor Trump should be President. Biden is frail and perhaps senescent; Trump is a liar and perhaps psychotic. Both parties can and do make grave errors; the difference is that the D’s can error-correct but the R’s can only ‘double down’, i.e. error-accumulate. That’s the difference between enlightenment and tyranny.

          We are not out of trouble yet. The race remains too tight, though now narrowly in Kamala Harris’s favor. She is a dynamic campaigner with a powerful narrative: that she’s a prosecutor and Trump’s a perpetrator. She said, “I know his type.”

          The autocracy party will try racism, misogyny, and random insults. They will mention Willie Brown, but Trump is in no position to criticize anyone for scandal. They will do so anyhow, because their hypocrisy is not a glitch, nor a feature: it is their operating system. Besides, any mention of Willie Brown’s brown willie will reinforce her reputation among Black and Hispanic men.

          The autocrats will also deride her laugh, for it annoys them. What annoys me about Trump’s laugh is that he doesn’t have one, nor any sense of humor. That would require humility.