11-05-2020, 11:37 AM
(11-05-2020, 12:37 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: It is said that many on both sides said that the other side is unacceptable and horrific if they win. It seems, if Biden wins, that the result was that the stalemate continues. The world burns, the oceans rise, droughts wipe out millions, world insecurity grows, inequality and poverty grows, health care reform is destroyed, the national debt balloons, gun massacres and police killings continue, etc., all because of two people in the senate, and because people in some red and purple states re-elected McConnell. Can this really be called such an historic election, then? It could have been, but the result of it all will be business as usual.
It's hard to see how this plays, other than badly, of course. McConnell is already working hard to align his caucus against Biden or for Trump, the needs of the country be damned. Of course, Biden is being his conciliatory self, promising cooperation with people who see that as weakness. McConnell is already vowing to stop all his cabinet picks unless the GOP approves of them, and that would never be tolerated in reverse.
If I was Biden, and had the authority, the first attempt at this kind of thing would be met with the pledge to close Fort Campbell. The second, Fort Knox. If it has to be hardball, play your strongest pitcher.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.