Ford/Kavanaugh & November Mid-Terms

          The Ford/Kavanaugh debate goes on, but the FBI investigation may be over as soon as this afternoon. Then we may get some closure on this nasty story. Will he be confirmed? Probably, despite his demonstrating his partisanship under oath, a partisanship that goes against the concept of a non-partisan Supreme Court. And that thought leads me to another thought: Why are SCOTUS’s confirmed for a lifetime and not some more logical and reasonable amount of time? Why not ten years, or even twenty years? What happens when an aging justice starts losing memory and judgement to approaching dementia or Alzheimer’s? I’d like someone to answer that for me.

          We’re now only a month away from the November elections. It’s a date I’ve been looking forward to for a long time, actually about two years. In a nation wherein only about half of those eligible to vote do so, I want to see it grow to at least 67%. The more the merrier. I’m predicting that the numbers will noticeably rise in these voting groups: young people, Hispanics, African-Americans, women of all colors and creeds, and those who believe we need stricter gun laws. If I’m right, we may be able to get the buffoon out of the White House before 2020. His base, set in concrete like the foundation of a building, will remain and vote for him no matter what he does or says. What an appropriate name for his supporters, base. Base means support or foundation, but it can also suggest “having no moral principles,” just like The Donald himself. He has told his “base” that he could go down Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot and kill someone and he wouldn’t lose a vote. I can imagine a political cartoon: “Hey!” Donald shouts, looking down at his trousers. “My pants are on fire!” The man lies all the time and most of his lies are apparent to everyone but Sarah Huckabee Sanders, often even to himself. His supporters don’t care. That’s just his nature, they say. But do we really want a liar as our president? He cuts corners on his tax returns? "Oh," he says, "that just shows I’m smart." He keeps saying he’s a self-made billionaire, that he started with only a million dollar loan from his father, but there now seems to be evidence  that he got way more than a million from  good old dad, more like half a billion. And his supporters lap it up as a sign that he understands how to make money for himself and for the U.S. But will he show us his tax returns? No. But maybe, just maybe, the FBI will get them for the past three or four decades to see just exactly what corners he cut and how many of them are legal.

          Here’s a sign I think should be put up at every voting site: Due to an anticipated voter turnout much larger than originally expected, the polling facilities may not be able to handle the load all at once.  Therefore, Democrats are requested to vote on Tuesday, November 6, and Republicans on Wednesday, Nov. 7. Independents may vote on either day. Please pass this message along and help us make sure no one gets left out.