ole howard1
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A few things:
-- On Thursday I drove from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to pick up my daughter at Lehigh. We drove from there to Atlanta, where my former wife and our two kids moved in 2020, so that she could vote in person. Absentee voting should have been fine, but there was some discrepancy on her registration materials or something and we decided not to risk it. So she got to vote in Georgia yesterday and flew back to Pennsylvania today. Her big sister is a senior at UGA and voted, too.
They live in Decatur. It's so interesting being around there -- possibly the heaviest concentration of high-income, mostly white, progressives in the entire South. Harris-Walz signs everywhere. I wanted to feel hopeful. Then I drove back to South Carolina. It's sort of jarring.
-- I like Simon Rosenberg, and I think he makes a lot of sense. I worry a little that his angle is to capture the market for positivity. Not that I think he's full of it -- just leaning in that direction (he even did his "would rather be us than them" thing when Biden was still in the race...). In any case, I hope his assessment is on target.
-- I guess I could put his on the mental health thread someone started.....but I'll add here that I am a nervous wreck. And I'm angry. I see these Trumper people on social media -- and I admit that I sometimes interact with them -- and there are the full-blown hardcore MAGA types. And then there's those who are sort of your polite Republicans and are just determined to brush aside any awful thing Trump says. Trump lying constantly isn't bad; it's people making too much of his lies that's the problem. It's not a big deal that he suggests using the military against US citizens; what's a big deal is that Democrats say it's fascist. You know, it's all TDS. On and on. If he wins, then hopefully they're right -- Trump won't do the awful things he's talked about. But I believe their logic is incredibly dangerous, and it enrages me.
--I am planning to finally do some phone banking for Harris this week. Later than I should be.
-- On Thursday I drove from South Carolina to Pennsylvania to pick up my daughter at Lehigh. We drove from there to Atlanta, where my former wife and our two kids moved in 2020, so that she could vote in person. Absentee voting should have been fine, but there was some discrepancy on her registration materials or something and we decided not to risk it. So she got to vote in Georgia yesterday and flew back to Pennsylvania today. Her big sister is a senior at UGA and voted, too.
They live in Decatur. It's so interesting being around there -- possibly the heaviest concentration of high-income, mostly white, progressives in the entire South. Harris-Walz signs everywhere. I wanted to feel hopeful. Then I drove back to South Carolina. It's sort of jarring.
-- I like Simon Rosenberg, and I think he makes a lot of sense. I worry a little that his angle is to capture the market for positivity. Not that I think he's full of it -- just leaning in that direction (he even did his "would rather be us than them" thing when Biden was still in the race...). In any case, I hope his assessment is on target.
-- I guess I could put his on the mental health thread someone started.....but I'll add here that I am a nervous wreck. And I'm angry. I see these Trumper people on social media -- and I admit that I sometimes interact with them -- and there are the full-blown hardcore MAGA types. And then there's those who are sort of your polite Republicans and are just determined to brush aside any awful thing Trump says. Trump lying constantly isn't bad; it's people making too much of his lies that's the problem. It's not a big deal that he suggests using the military against US citizens; what's a big deal is that Democrats say it's fascist. You know, it's all TDS. On and on. If he wins, then hopefully they're right -- Trump won't do the awful things he's talked about. But I believe their logic is incredibly dangerous, and it enrages me.
--I am planning to finally do some phone banking for Harris this week. Later than I should be.
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