Shabbat shalom!
No Jewy stuff today. This is my last post before “the most consequential election” in my lifetime. I hate that this term has become a cliche, but here we are. It should not be a difficult choice. On the one hand, we have the orange turd, aka Donny Dumb-fuck (DDF), who in his increasingly demented and deranged mind is trying his best to piss off Puerto Ricans, other Latinos, and women as part of his closing act. Here he is in an actual, un-retouched photo posing as an orange “anus-mouthed garbage man” in yet another lame cosplaying effort to “own the libs”.
And just yesterday in Milwaukee, after being heckled in Michigan and making vile comments about shooting Liz Cheney, he actually started mimicking oral sex on the microphone due to audio issues with the mic.
Seventy five million people voted for this horrible man the last time around. For President of the United States. WTF.
And in the other corner is Kamala. Since grabbing the nomination from our diminishing President, she has tacked fairly well in a mostly normal campaign, avoiding getting bogged down in many of her unexplained “woke” flip flops. And despite the wide range of criticisms on her lack of substance, she has provided more details on her policies and positions than Donny Dumb-fuck, who hasn’t read a book since Mein Kampf and will clearly rely on Project 2025 for anything resembling a platform.
So there you have it. The difference is that the obviously unstable Donny Dumb-fuck is a first-rate monstrosity who could do serious damage to our democracy, and, if 90% of the economists are correct, serious damage to our 401ks. And there is no reasonable rationale for excusing the fact that Donny Dumb-fuck could not accept that he is a loser, and because his fragile ego could not handle that fact, he tried to commit an act of treason by not accepting a peaceful transfer of power. So, while Harris may be a second-rate mediocrity, there are far less risks to pulling the lever for her. We will surely survive four years of Kamala and whatever woke nonsense might follow her, but I cannot say the same about Donny Dumb-fuck. And that is my bottom line to DDF supporters: is the orange juice really worth the squeeze? Forget about democracy, do you really want your 401k to diminish like Donny Dumb-fucks rapidly failing mental capacity?
My sister asked me how I was feeling about the election. I responded that I am nervous. Upon further reflection, I would say I am somewhere between a) buying guns and building an underground safe room and b) feeling slightly more confident that the women of this country will save our democracy, our economy and our political asses. Please women! Get out the vote and get rid of this misogynistic monster once and for all. We need a convincing win to be rid of him and the MAGA morons. I am not giving up on men, but guys, and I am talking to the tech bros in particular, get out of your basements and get some fresh air. Radon exposure is apparently clouding your judgement, or maybe it’s the mind-muddling testosterone that misleads you into investing in Trump crypto tokens or his rapidly falling Truth Social stock, which just lost 40% of its value in a single day. Men, don’t be afraid to vote for Kamala. You don’t have to tell your wife or girlfriend. What you do in the voting booth is your own business. Take your cue from Julia Roberts:
When Vote Common Good released this ad, reminding wives that they don’t have to tell their numbskull husbands that they voted for Kamala, MAGA men shit their pants. Jesse Watters, a notorious MAGA moron, had this to say on live television:
“if I found out Emma was going into the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair … it violates the sanctity of our marriage.”
Which is rich coming from a guy who cheated on his wife. Moron.
I’ve been reading a lot lately about safety issues and the threat of violence around our voting stations. Drones, snipers, razor wire, sniffer dogs, body armor, bulletproof glass, and 24-hour armed security. This is not a list of protections in place for a visit by the president of the United States nor the contents of a shipment to frontline troops fighting in Ukraine. This is a list of the security measures election officials in counties across the US have had to implement ahead of Tuesday’s vote as a result of the unprecedented threats they have faced in recent years.
The latest edition of the Brennan Center’s annual survey found that 38 percent of local election officials experienced threats, harassment, or abuse for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice is investigating dozens of threats made to election workers and so far has charged 20 individuals. Thirteen have been convicted. All of them MAGA nuts of course. Why is this happening? Duh, gee Donny Dumb-fuck, who could possibly be responsible for this undermining of our most important institution?
So, when reasonably rational and intelligent analysts, both conservative and liberal, claim concerns about Donny Dumb-fuck are just derangement syndrome or hyperbole, don’t believe them. Whatever their good intentions, they are perpetuating and enabling this dangerous nonsense and threats to normalcy with their talk of “guard rails” and “institutional strength”. The guard rails are gone. And while I hope they are right, hope is not a strategy, and I for one, will not take the risk they are wrong.
So, vote for Kamala. And if you want to help her win, here are a few things you can do to save our democracy and preserve your 401k:
- Take a shift on a phone bank – Here is a link from the Harris campaign to sign up for reaching out to voters using a cool app. They connect you with a dialer that calls into swing states. According to our cousin Ari, it is pretty easy to use. Hetalked to dozens of people and claims to have persuaded a few to actually vote! According to Ari, “If Harris takes North Carolina by 3 votes I personally am taking full credit.” You can use this link to look for a shift that works for you. https://mobilize.us/s/k8nV5d
- The Jimmy Kimmel approach – I tried this with a friend/colleague who told me he is voting for Trump. So far, no response. Just forward this short video along to someone you know and/or love who is supporting DDF. Kimmel makes a fun and respectful argument on why you should join other Republicans, including many who worked for Trump and know him best, to vote for Kamala. The video has already been viewed close to 6 million times.
- Remember, let’s be careful out there. And vote for Kamala!
Brad out.
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