To be honest, I find days like this deeply depressing... [View all]

[regnaD kciN]

...and, by "this," I mean the Biden "town hall," or his acceptance speech at the DNC.

I don't find them depressing because our nominee did poorly; on the contrary, he pretty much knocked it out of the park. What I find depressing is that, by rights, an appearance like this -- as is also true of Trump fiascos like "suckers and losers" or his downplaying COVID revelations -- make such a stark contrast that, in a more rational and ethical nation, they should have been enough to incite a veritable stampede toward our ticket; should have left the incumbent high and dry with absolutely no chance of prevailing.

And yet, I know that the polls over the next few days, and thereafter, will show no movement in our direction whatsoever; that nothing will convince the 40%-plus that currently stand by Trump to desert him.

And that's what I find so depressing. I weep for the fact that our country is so intellectually and morally blind that almost half the people will persist in preferring willful ignorance to reasoned thought, selfishness to ethical behavior, cruelty to compassion...and that that "almost-half" may be enough to cement their whims into law for the rest of my lifetime. And, even if we do prevail this time, that "almost-half" will still be out there, unrepentant, convinced of their own righteousness and our utter villainy, and ready to pledge themselves to the next Trump to come along -- and, make no mistake, many will.