Yesterday was Halloween. In a few days there will be an election I believe will either mark the beginning of a major disaster for America and the world, or will give us one more chance to make some substantive changes to help the country and the world move back from the brink of war and unimaginably terrible climate disasters.
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I’ve been giving a little money to candidates I admire who are involved in very close elections for House seats and Senate seats around the country. When you give candidates money online with a credit card, you hear from those candidates again and again asking for more money. And because I feel this election is so crucial, I gave a little more money to those candidates, hoping to make a difference in the outcomes of their races. I’ve now given way more than I intended to, but then I’ve always been a soft touch when it comes to trying to help save the world.
In their follow-up pleas for more money, much is revealed about these candidates and the states where they live. It seems all the people I’ve given to are decent, hardworking, patient, open, idealistic, intelligent, and dedicated to helping everyone, not just wealthy people. None of the candidates I support are racist misogynists, and all of them are running against racist misogynists being funded by… you guessed it… racist misogynist billionaires.
The choice has never been clearer, yet apparently lots of people want to be represented by racist misogynists who say climate change is a hoax and all our problems are caused by women, people of color, gay people, poor people, and environmentalists.
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My mother was a devout member of The League of Women Voters and was the first person to point out to me that polls do not measure voter turnout, which is the main determinant of who wins or loses elections. When turnout is big, the kinds of candidates I’ve given money to tend to win. When fewer people vote, racist misogynists funded by billionaires tend to win.
This is all to say I hope you’ll vote and encourage your friends (especially those in swing states) to vote for decent, hardworking, patient, open, idealistic, intelligent people dedicated to helping everyone, and not to vote for horrid self-serving schmucks funded by… you guessed it… horrid self-serving schmucks.
See you on the other side, so to speak.
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Precious Dream (Todd’s campaign song for Kamala)