Sunday December 31st, 2023
My Dear America:
We have certainly had some very difficult New Years Transitions in the American past.
Going from 1963 to 1964 without President John F. Kennedy who had been murdered the month before New Years wasn't easy.
Every Year that The Vietnam War continued wasn't easy to tolerate.
Watergate and Iran-Contra did not provide much to look forward to for several years.
But none of those Difficult New Years compare to the Transition from 2023 to 2024.
Unfortunately We can't stop the New Year from coming although we might wish to.
2023 wasn't easy for sure but we didn't have one of the Most Consequential Elections of our Lifetime this past year.
We will have that in 2024, however, despite the fact that we don't particularly want a Presidential Election to happen this coming year.
Regardless of whether or not we want to experience the consequences of a 2024 Election we are presently on our way over the Fault Line to 2024 and in November of this coming year we will, whether we want it to happen or not, have the Most Consequential Election of our lifetime.
Now the truth is that we may not have much to worry about.
We are currently still living in a Functioning Democratic Country.
That's the way it appears Anyway.
Our last Presidential Election in 2020 is still holding, after all. At least according to the Democrats who control the White House and the Senate by a few votes.
Unfortunately, Democrats do not control the House of Representatives.
According to many Republicans their party was on deck to take the House and Senate by extremely wide margins in recent Elections where several Trump backed Election Deniers got their asses kicked in Elections that they and their Mentor, Donald Trump, had predicted would result in a substantial "Red Wave" of Republican Victories.
Although the "Red Wave" never really materialized, Unfortunately Republicans squeaked through enough of their party's contenders in the House of Representatives to wrest control of that body from the Democrats.
The result of Republican control of the House has been a disastrous and sad display of ineptitude on the part of the Republican House Leaders and Members and a truly staggering inability to get almost anything done.
January of 2023 was marked by vote after vote in which the House Republicans failed to get enough votes to confirm Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. To actually get enough votes from Far Right Republicans to elect McCarthy as Speaker, McCarthy had to make promises that would come back to haunt him in the end and result in kicking him out as Speaker and eventually resulting in McCarthy Quitting Congress and a new Far Right Religious Nut, Mike Johnson becoming Speaker of the House.
Although Mike Johnson is OK with giving money to Israel to work toward Doomsday in that country and the world, apparently Speaker Johnson is not so inclined to assist Ukraine in maintaining it's Democratic Government against Russia's Invasion of that Next Door Neighboring Country. Johnson is also a January Sixth Conspirator and Trump insider who does not believe that the 2020 Election wasn't stolen.
To put it mildly, things are very screwed up in the House of Representatives with Mike Johnson in charge.
So where are we as we cross the threshold of American Democracy from 2023 into the New Year of 2024.
To my mind Joe Biden has done everything right during his three years in office. He has managed support for Ukraine in their battle to keep their Democracy alive and out of the hands of their neighboring Russia and in the process Biden has developed better relations with NATO countries in Europe who also back Ukraine's fight for Freedom and Democracy. President Biden has, with Democratic backing in Congress, also managed to get an incredible amount of legislation passed and signed by him that will be improving the lives of Americans of all political stripes for a long time to come. It would seem that in normal times Joe Biden would be a Shoo in to not only win the Democratic Nomination for President but to certainly win the General Election election for President.
The fact that Joe Biden will undoubtedly be running against a Presidential Contender that he beat before in 2020 named Donald Trump who is facing prosecution in several upcoming trials in several different parts of the country should make it easy for Joe Biden to beat Trump. Trump's deficits are many and his serious problems back in Normal Times would certainly have killed a Candidates credibility and chances to win election to the Presidency.
But we all know that these are not Normal Times to any extent and despite the fact that I don't understand Donald Trump's attraction for his followers, the Donald Trump followers seem to be willing to follow Donald Trump to the Gates of Hell and back.
Why that level of devotion is given to a man who states very clearly that when and if he is reelected he will surely follow in the steps of his Long Time Political Hero, Adolph Hitler, is not only difficult to understand. It is impossible for me to understand.
But here we are, standing on the brink of an election in 2024 in which the results of that election is either going to bring us a continuing strong Democracy in the United States or a Weird and Hellish Dictatorship in the United States of America.
I can only hope that there are enough bright and loving Americans left in this country willing to get up off their asses on Election Day in November of 2024 and go to the polls and vote to keep Democracy Alive in the United States of America.
Otherwise we are in for it, Brothers and Sisters.
It is time to recognize just how important keeping Democracy Alive truly is.
A vote for Donald Trump in 2024 will totally change our country and not at all in a good way.
So if you don't want to see Mike Flynn Running the Pentagon
Or if you don't want to see Rudy Giuliani running the Department of Justice
Or if you don't want to see Kash Patel running the CIA
Or if you don't want Stephen Miller running Homeland Security
Please Wake Up Americans. Wake up to reality and recognize just what kind of a situation we are facing this incredibly consequential New Year.
If We Re Elect Democrat Joe Biden as President in 2024 we will certainly be looking at a Happy New Year.
If We don't Elect Joe Biden and instead Elect Donald Trump or any other Republican Election Denier in 2024 we will be looking at Many Unhappy New Years to come in our future.
And while we are at it, lets vote for Democrats for Congress and get rid of the Right Wing Extremists in Congress so that we can finally stop the bullshit and get some things done to improve our lives, rather than wrecking our lives.
Thank You Everyone. We Wish a Happy New Year to Everyone reading our Blog and Listening to our Podcast.
Lets all hope for the best in the New Year of 2024. And Lets all Hear if for Democracy in 2024.
It has taken us a long time to learn how make Democracy Work. Now is not the time to abandon It.
In fact, There Never will be a Time when it makes sense to abandon Democracy in The United States Of America.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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