VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
In the 2024 presidential election…
Like your life depends upon it…
It does!
The wheels of justice turn slowly… especially for the rich and powerful. They can extend their day of being held to account for, what seems like, an endless period of time. Notwithstanding, in these cases – finally, the color of the skin, gender, ethnicity, religion, or whether one is straight or gay, does not matter: Show me the money! Show me the money is the demand from all those who defend these people from any mess they get themselves into. Sure, those who defend them will tell you that morals are not a consideration where these kinds of things are concerned. This is America, they say, and everyone has the right to a defense; not only to a – emphasis on “a” – defense, but the best defense… that money can buy! That is our system of justice!
So, you see, one can’t automatically label these highfalutin lawyers as being without morals and principles. But it is reasonable to speculate that 99.999 percent of them do not get involved with poor folks 99.999 percent of the time. Can’t you just see them kicked back in their big offices in their big expensive chairs, behind their big expensive desks, smoking their big expensive cigars, drinking their top-of-the-line whiskey while wearing their super expensive suits? But again, that is the American justice system.
On life’s spectrum, everyone would like to experience the good life: Some would love to be exactly like these lawyers while others would be perfectly content to land anywhere along that “good life” spectrum… as long as it is the “good life.” Unfortunately, far too many of the rich and powerful seem to fear that if ordinary Americans can have an ordinary, relatively successful, and happy life somewhere along this “good life” spectrum, that it will somehow negatively impact them. Therefore, they do everything in their power to deny these Americans that life.
My intension is not to motivate any American to be envious of those who have tremendous wealth but, instead, to point out that there is a great flaw in the American justice system and flaws in numerous other systems in this great country called America: Our leaders and the preponderance of the American people are working to fix this! But we do not stand the slightest chance of fixing this if we opt to change America from a democracy to an autocracy: if we opt to elect Donald J. Trump to again be The Donald J. Trump of the United States of America! There is absolutely nothing wrong with each American standing on their principles and voting their conscience. However, if America is to remain America as we now know her, the Constitution must be factored in and those thoughts and principles, of necessity, must be mitigated by this great document that the founding fathers of America toiled to create.
Despite all our differences – large or small, making easy things difficult – and fighting back-and-forth among ourselves; as some of our dedicated leaders, Democrats and Republicans have said, we have much more in common than we have that divide us. It is obvious that there are many Americans who support Donald Trump. They truly believe that he is the person that America needs to lead her right now. Those are the people that I am appealing to.
I know that most of you are aware that Trump is an incessant liar who has said that he wants to be a dictator. I know that you are aware that he loves strongmen, identifies with them, and lavishes them with praise. I know that you know that in the closing stretch of this election that he is, no matter the reason, stirring up divisiveness and hate and gaslighting the American people. And it is reasonable to assume that despite all this you will vote for him.
I believe that most of you are standing on your principles and beliefs. My plea to you is that you will factor the Constitution into your thinking and vote, instead for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to be the next President and Vice President of the United States. It is important that you recognize that this is a plea and not an admonishment.
You can adhere to this plea in good conscience and with the thought in mind that you will keep your power and voice in determining the direction in which America should travel. You will keep your power and voice via a new Republican Party that will be built on the foundation of the previous Republican Party that existed before Trump wrenched it away from the true Grand Ole Party that was dedicated to the American people, the Constitution, and – not “making America great again” – but keeping her great by way of fighting for the conservative principles that this Party was founded on and participating in mapping the direction that America should travel to the benefit of all the American people.
This phoenix – led by solid, principled Republican leaders who love America, value the rule of law, respect the Constitution, and believe that their oath of office is sacred and has meaning, is more likely to rise if it has your support. It is possible that this can happen without you but it is better if it happens with you. It is better if it happens with you because, with you, it will be better for America. There are only seven days left for you to make your decision as to whether to save the American democracy; to save America! Make the right decision and you will help to preserve the American way of life while retaining your opportunity to live and fight another day as a loyal, dedicated Republican. Make the wrong decision and…
Time is of the essence if Americans are to come together to successfully complete this daunting task we are faced with. But in times of challenge and controversy, Americans have always been up to the challenge and have remained in the fight. And in the words of Vice President Kamala Harris, the next president of the Unites States of America; “…and when we fight, we win”!
So always remember, whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, your vote is the most important one of all…unless you don’t use it! May God bless the United States of America!
Eulus Dennis – author, M2: Street Cop To Top Cop, Operation Rubik’s Cube, and Living Between The Line