Vote Like Your Life Depends On It

So, could Trump be any more obvious at this point?

Look, it's always been obvious when Republicans try to suppress voters.  Historically, voter suppression favors Republicans.  Whenever they close down polling places, it's usually in poor neighborhoods that tend to vote Democrat.  If everyone who wants to vote were actually allowed to vote, we'd probably have more blue states than we think we do.

It's a despicable practice.  Engineering who can vote and where, gerrymandering, and now sabotaging the Postal Service - it's like they admit they can't win without cheating.  And yet, Trump is the one who keeps saying, "If I lose in November, it will be because of voter fraud."  

That's not idle prattle.  As usual, he's trying to plant the seeds to support whatever lies he might need later.  Even if he says nothing more about it (yeah right), if Trump loses in November, Republicans will doubt the results.  They won't need any further evidence of tampering, they'll only need those seeds Trump planted in their highly suggestible brains.

We can't leave any room for doubt.  We need this to be a landslide, so no one tries to overturn the election on some "hanging chad"-style technicality.  Do whatever it takes to vote.  If you're not allowed to vote by mail in your area, take the risk.  Wear a mask, stand six feet apart, take whatever other precautions you can, but go.  Keeping Trump out of office is one of the few things worth the risk of leaving the house during a pandemic.

Four years ago, some of my friends couldn't decide between Trump and Clinton.  Some of them didn't vote.  Others threw their vote away on third party candidates.  Under normal circumstances, with normal candidates, I'd support voting for third parties.  You won't win, but if they get enough votes, it sends a message that the world is ready for new ideas, which could influence future elections.

But too many people stayed home four years ago, and now people are dying.  Many people are dead now, people who would still be alive under any other president.  If you didn't vote for Clinton four years ago, you share some responsibility for those deaths.  I'm not going to flat-out declare you responsible, because you didn't know.  This time you do.  If you don't vote for Biden this election, more people will die, and you will be responsible.  

If you voted for Trump four years ago, you were a fool.  I can forgive fools.  If you let him win this November, you're a murderer.