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This Last “Most Important Election of Our Lifetime”
We look to political polling for either reassurances or disappointments at our own peril. But what’s the score and who’s winning? The sportsification of the news business has made spectators of way too many of us. Penultimately, the score in any contest, be it football, futbol or roller derby, is fleeting and temporary.
The clock is running. We need to be players, not spectators. Speak up, knock on doors, make calls, contribute to campaigns, send voter outreach postcards and generally do the things to know where our voters are and get their butts to the polls — whether by mail or in person, in whatever manner makes them comfortable. If you vote by mail, mail your ballot as soon as you can. If you vote in person, early or on Election Day, bring along some friends. If you change your mind before mailing in a ballot, check your local election rules and bring your entire mail-in ballot (envelope and all) with you to the polling place.
I have come to actively avoid Trump news on TV. I still read the news as I have for as long as I can remember. But I can no longer even stand that man’s voice. And what would I really miss? There is plenty in the course of a day to remind me that we are ruled by a death cult and I do not need hourly reminders of it. We still keep a radio on in our house, tuned to a public station that mostly plays jazz…