I spent much of my therapy session yesterday on Trump. I resent that. I resent having to spend good money, plus taxpayer money (from Medicare) on dealing with this creature, when I got plenty of other fish to fry. My T assures me that all her clients with PTSD from abuse are going through the same thing . . . lots of us are having Trump nightmares, sexual problems with our SOs, increased flashbacks and, you name it, and she's been working on a pretty good spiel for us all:
1) Remember we have three branches of government and it's historically worked to maintain checks and balances
2) In the unlikely event that the creature is elected, he will NOT be able to function in this role, because his personality is such that he simply cannot deal with this level of responsibility and will likely be impeached within a year (the "within a year" is my political junkie hubby's assessment)
3) in my opinion, and T agrees . . . though the statute of limitations has likely passed on sexual assault for the accusers we know about, he still has other legal troubles, such as the Trump Univ. case which is still in court (as far as I know), the illegal workings of the Trump Foundation, what may come out of investigation to his ties to the Russian government (and cronies) and its hacking into the Democratic Party and Hillary's campaign, and God knows what else. Plus we can pretty much be assured the Secret Service and/or FBI are keeping tabs on his supporters who are threatening violence if he isn't elected, and the Secret Service has gotten pretty damn good at protecting people. There's even been talk of governors activating National Guard troops to secure polling places. Hubby's not sure this last would be a good idea, but I personally would feel more secure if they were there, especially since we're in an area with some really riled-up Trump supporters who have guns, and hubby's going to be an election judge and is well known around here for being a staunch Democrat. However, I'm more worried about precincts in neighborhoods with people of color, as he's encouraging his cult followers to "watch" the voting in those areas.
In short, this creature's got a lot of sh*t on his hands. And every credible political prediction expert gives him about a 10% chance of winning the election, at most.
We just gotta hang in there, guys. Chances are overwhelming that he's not going to win. Still, because of the above, if you're a praying person, this is definitely the time to pray.
And if you feel moved to do so, call or email your governor to encourage them to activate some National Guard troops in your state to be a protective presence at polling places. I'm not sure what else we can do, but I really think that would be something positive.
Well, okay, yeah, it's disgraceful that we Americans can even think of that, but there are people out there, fellow citizens, with violence and hatred in their hearts. . . people who go to Trump rallies and say that Hillary should be locked up or shot. We have not seen this particular brand of hatred and undemocratic and uncivil behavior and speech in this country. I hope it doesn't transform into action, but who knows? I have a bad feeling about all this and just hope I'm wrong.
