Trouble Already

 

I have written very harsh things about Donald Trump. I still believe them. I wanted the senate to convict him after his second impeachment. I wanted Republicans to move on from him after he left office in disgrace. I wanted Haley or DeSantis to stop him in the primaries. I wanted the Democrats to replace Biden with a moderate opponents of the left could support. I still wish one of those things had happened, but none of them did.

Last week I voted for Trump. It was not because I thought Harris was a worse human being or a bigger fool. I did not think that. It was because I finally decided that, by my best guess, the country would be worse off and suffer more with four years of her and the Democrats than with four years of Trump and the Republicans.

So I voted for Trump, despite expecting him to do some very bad and foolish things. Well he has started. Matt Gaetz is a completely inappropriate choice for attorney general that the senate definitely should reject. Surely there will be four Republican senators to join with the Democrats and vote his nomination down. Of course I can hear my friends who voted against Trump saying maybe not and don’t call me Shirley. I hope they do not get the last laugh.