TheWiseOldFart

It may surprise some of you, but votes in the 2024 election are still being counted. This is not unusual. On Monday it was reported that Trump’s popular vote has dropped below 50 percent. Think about it. I said it in November of 2016, and I repeat my statement today: Trump will never be my president because he is not an American. In his own words he opposes every virtue which makes America a respected nation and its people the envy of most countries in the world. I have learned many things in my 78 years. First, everything changes. If the changes are progressive, everyone benefits. If they are regressive, most people suffer. America has not moved bravely into the 21 st century. Millions of our nation’s people continue to harbor racism, bigotry, and misogyny. If you believe in the principles included in “the American way of life,” your thoughts and beliefs are also progressive, or as today’s fake Republicans call us, “damn liberals.” In the world of developed nations, America is 15 th ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Fact: if the Electoral College, a rule which allows the states to choose our president, preventing the will of the people, and preventing the promise of “every vote must count,” did not exist, not a single Republican would have defiled our White House since 1993. There Can Be no Argument: The People Should Choose Who Leads Them Our Founding Fathers believed that presidents must be chosen by the people. However, smaller, less populated states whined about “representation,” and the Electoral College was created, ending another right of the people, and the inevitable creation of “red and blue states.” From 1992 through 2020, Democrats have won the popular vote, with a single exception. After 9/11 and the reelection bid of George W. Bush in 2004, John Kerry lost the Electoral College by three million votes, 62,028,285 to 59,028,109. However, like 2000, the 2004 election was controversial. A plethora of false information about John Kerry flooded the air...