{"id":6919,"date":"2024-11-01T15:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T22:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/?p=6919"},"modified":"2024-11-03T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:46:50","slug":"mom-and-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underthetablebooks.com\/blog\/archives\/6919","title":{"rendered":"Mom and the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve 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\u2019ve now given way<\/em> more than I intended to, but then I\u2019ve always been a soft touch when it comes to trying to help save the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019ve 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<\/em> of them are running against racist misogynists being funded by\u2026 you guessed it\u2026 racist misogynist billionaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choice has never been clearer, yet apparently lots of people want<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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<\/em>, which is the main determinant of who wins or loses elections. When turnout is big, the kinds of candidates I\u2019ve given money to tend to win. When fewer people vote, racist misogynists funded by billionaires tend to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is all to say I hope you\u2019ll 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<\/em> to vote for horrid self-serving schmucks funded by\u2026 you guessed it\u2026 horrid self-serving schmucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you on the other side, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Precious Dream<\/a><\/em> (Todd’s campaign song for Kamala)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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