In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)

 The Better of Two Evils - A Cold Vs A Cancer?

For the last 20 years or so, I have described myself as "Financially Conservative, Socially Liberal", although I generally leaned Republican. My politics these days have changed to simply Anti Trump and Anti MAGA. IMHO Trump is a dishonest, corrupt, nasty and ignorant person with very strong dictator instincts. 

The following record is only meant for me. I find writing thoughts down help me to organize my thoughts. Plus I want my own history of the next 4 years. 

KAMALA  AND THE DEMOCRATS

Kamala and the Democrats lost this election because they are not very bright and somewhat scared of their own shadow. IMHO these are the issues that lost the election:

1. Immigration: Is out of control and obviously a majority of voters are concerned. Its not only an issue of volume, but also an issue of lack of control. Any politician with half a brain should know that the immigration situation is an issue in the public mind. Sadly, back in 2021 Kamala was appointed as the Immigration Czar. 

2. Inflation: The USA economy has been primed for inflation for the last couple of decades by Government overspending and especially Federal Reserve Bank policies, resulting in interest rates of less than 1%, and 8 trillion dollars of "Quantitative Easing" (AKA printing money). This policy laid a foundation for inflation. COVID was just the match (or maybe the blow torch) that ignited the fire. 

Kamala's response to inflation seemed to be based upon a hope that "people would forget" and be impressed by the economy's growth since COVID and the promised "soft landing". And Biden did a good job on the economy through COVID and the subsequent recovery. But people (me included) are still pissed about being ripped off by the higher Cost of Living.

IMHO the could have pushed back by saying that the Republicans were to blame! COVID created the "opportunity" and most of the big store owners and operators that lead the price increases are major Republican supporters and donors. 

3. "WOKE"ness: Being aware and considerate of LGBTQ people and other minorities, is really just about being a decent human being. But it's been pushed too far. Being LGBTQ or black or Native American or whatever, does not mean you have more rights than the rest of us, and causes issues that can typically be dealt with using a bit of common sense. We are all Americans, "live and let live" but don't shove it down my neck. 

And why the "Cleveland Indians" had to become the "Guardians" is a mystery to me.  I would have been OK with the "Cleveland Australians". 

TRUMP and the MAGA Republicans

The only good thing about this election result is that we did not have to live thru Trump throwing a bunch unsupported accusations at the election process and organizing another attack on Congress.

Kamala and the Democrats were not much of an alternative, but Trump and the MAGA Republicans are a terrible choice. Its like comparing getting a cold with discovering that you have incurable testicular cancer.

So what is so wrong about Trump? Let me list the reasons:

He is an incurable serial liar. 

How can we trust a President who will lie with abandon about anything - important or trivial. There have been so many I will only mention the "ten besties". If you have a few hours to spare you can see an almost complete list ov the over 30 thousand at https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/486/

1. "I won the 2020 election." That there had been massive election fraud and Trump won the election. 

2. "I never paid any money to Stormy Daniels."

3. In August, 2024 Trump claimed that schools are sending children for gender-affirming surgeries without their parents’ knowledge.

4. That President Joe Biden sent Harris to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022 in an effort to prevent an invasion of Ukraine. 

5. Trump was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he entered politics. 

6. Denied taking Confidential documents to Mar Largo after he left the Whitehouse

7. That Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs in 

8. The Mexicans will pay for the wall

9. Covid: “We’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away,”

10. 

He is corrupt.

He is a traitor

He is an idiot

He is not a manager