I actually thought Kamala would win, right until the last week or so, when doubts started multiplying. I think key for me was seeing the huge crowds early voting. That is seldom good news for an incumbent.
The true believers among the Trump base are very energized and excited, I can tell you that. However, they are not the majority of Trump voters. Your average Trump voter probably has some reservations, just as your average Kamala supporter has some.
I am not at all surprised that he won Pennsylvania and Georgia, as I have visited both those regions recently. I am not as enthusiastic, because I am older and don't believe a lot of stuff in politics, but I chose Trump, and hope that he brings in some good minds from the Right.
Remember 2016-2020, that is a good roadmap. The economy was good, there was peace in the world. Perhaps he can do something to fix some of the damage since then. He is tough, and a good leader has to be tough, because there are some mean numbers out there in the foreign countries.
It is sad that some here do not like police officers. They put their lives on the line for us each and every day. It is one of the toughest jobs around. If somebody beat me up, who would do anything about it? The only one that might do anything would be a police officer. If somebody broke into my home, the only person that might help would be a police officer.
If there were no police, a new order would enforce order, like they have in Mexico, the gangs. They have a different policy altogether about the use of force. We are so lucky to live here in America with a professional police force that is not bought out by the cartels. (Or if they are, I don't know about it, ha ha.)
The only thing you have to do to get along with police is obey the law, so that they do not have any interest in you. The other thing is to just be nice and treat them like a human being. Look at them in the eyes, not the uniform. There is a real live human being under the uniform. It has fears and hopes and beliefs. Sometimes the human gets grumpy, other times happy, sometimes sleepy.
Maybe in the future, we will have robot-police. Will that be better? Or will it be worse?
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My magical motto is Animus facit nobilem.
I like to read fantasy and weird fiction, such as the Lovecraftian derivatives and stories by Donald Tyson. My favorite novel is "Zanoni," by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
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