A Word About Voter Suppression

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by Gregory B. Gonzalez

Everyone keeps telling me how important the 2020 election is and how vital it is to get Trump out of office. To which I answer, “Duh!” As I mentioned a week ago, I already did my civic duty and chucked my ballot early in my local dropbox. With the post office being actively savaged by Trump’s stooge, Louis DeJoy, I originally planned to hang onto it until election day and drop it off at my polling place, but I figured it would be safe enough. Now I’m not so sure. 

The GOP out here is going nuts and doing everything they can in order to sabotage the vote. First, they decided to set up their own fake drop box sites, and now some friggin’ idiot is tossing matches into real dropboxes and burning ballots. How pathetic is that, I ask you? First, as far as I know, there is no way to determine how a person voted from a sealed envelope unless you’re either Superman or a demented right-wing nutjob dentist using his x-ray equipment to see who voted for Biden, in which case, I’d say you have too much time on your hands. The way I see it, either tactic is kinda pointless, being that once you open a ballot, it becomes null and void. That counts not just for Biden voters, but people stupid enough to vote for Trump, too!

Putting aside the fact that ballot tampering is a federal offense, what is the point of doing it in the first place? If it’s to discourage people from going back to vote in person, I think these idiots will find that it will only make them more determined to make their vote count, not less. Despite what Trump says, his voting base isn’t as solid as he thinks it is, and with the pandemic entering a second wave, the folks who voted for him by mail probably won’t be counted, especially among seniors.

Nearly 60 million people have voted early already, and according to most polling, it looks like Biden is beating Trump. So if Trump is expecting a surge this Election Day to bolster his numbers, I think he’s gonna be sorely disappointed. Not that it really means anything, because I fully expect him to cheat his way back to a second term. There is no scenario in which I expect him to concede, even if he loses by a wide margin. 

I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know by now. It just makes me sick how desperate Trump is getting. Now he’s telling his cult to act as unofficial ‘poll-watchers’ and to be on the lookout for anyone who tries to vote more than once. Yeah, as if anyone would be willing to stand around for another four or five hours to vote against Trump. I don’t think so. Come on, it’s not like jumping the line for the Matterhorn at Disneyland, for crying out loud.

If I had some mouth-breather come up to me and ask whom I was voting for, I’d say, “The guy who’s running for President.” If he asked me to clarify, I’d reply, “The one who’s not ripping off the country.” If he got in my face and asked me again, I’d tell him, “I’ll tell you what, take a wild guess- you have a 50/50 shot at being right!” If he threatened me, I’d be like, “I love your sexy talk. But if you’re gonna give it to me rough, can you at least buy me flowers and dinner first?” 

As a wise man once told me, “Bruises heal, but insults last forever.”

Lately, I’ve been hearing that business owners and landlords are getting into the art of voter intimidation, with one guy in Florida sending a letter out to his employees that he would be “forced to cut jobs” if Biden won, and another clown in California telling his renters that it would be better for them if they voted for Trump because if Biden won, he would be forced to “reconsider raising the rent”. 

It takes a real scumbag to do something like that. But it just goes to prove two things- A: Trump has made it perfectly acceptable to intimidate people into doing what they want, and B: Make soaking people for money seem like a noble endeavor.  Ugh. This is why I hate capitalism. If the acquisition of wealth is your prime motivation in life, then you’re a pathetic loser. Because when you die, you can’t take it with you, and your net worth doesn’t mean jack shit if you’re worm food. Money is nothing more than a survival tool, and hoarding it won’t save you in a crisis. 

Like now, for example. Look at it this way, hoarding toilet paper didn’t save anyone from Covid, now did it? If you still need an example of how useless money would be in an apocalypse, just watch any episode of THE WALKING DEAD.

Republicans like to complain that voter fraud is rampant, but if that’s so, why are they the only ones who keep getting caught committing it? The answer is because, in a free and fair election, the Republicans would never retain power ever again. That’s why they rely on gerrymandering and the electoral college. 

Is it any wonder why so many people feel as if their vote doesn’t count? Our system is broken and hopelessly antiquated. This is why we have to get out and vote for Biden and give Congress a MASSIVE Democratic enema. 

Our country has changed. It’s not the Lillywhite 1950’s anymore, and trying to turn back the clock will only destroy this country, not ‘make it great again’. The United States of America is great only because of the diversity within it. We each contribute something to it that makes it unique, and no matter how much the Republicans, the white supremacists, and the evangelicals say otherwise, they’re wrong. 

Over the last four years, not once have I ever claimed to be a ‘proud American’, mostly because there hasn’t been anything to be proud of. And I don’t know about you, but I’d like to change that. 

People wonder if we’re on the edge of a civil war, but what they don’t seem to realize is that we’re already fighting it, right here, right now. So if you’re one of the ones who doesn’t think your vote matters, it does. 

Now more than ever. Vote!

 

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Gregory B. Gonzalez

Gregory B. Gonzalez is an angry black man who isn't actually black. No, really- he told us to say that! His parents once had him tested for Tourette's, but when the doctor came back with his results, he said, "No, he's fine. Your son is just an a**hole!" It's been downhill ever since. He lives like the Unabomber, only without the explosives. Feel free to contact him provided you can actually locate him. Just keep in mind that he'll probably make fun of you to your face. We here at MMA can't stand him, so if you want him, he's all yours!
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james j brefeld
3 years ago

tRump has united us…..against ourselves!

Bill Formby
3 years ago

If he loses both the popular vote and the electoral college he will try to put it into the Supreme Court. Imagine how he will feel when Roberts votes against him and the one Justice he thinks he can count on also votes against him… Kavanaugh, who is still trying to prove that he belongs on the court.

3 years ago

I agree with Gregory on this. No matter how large the victory no way is Trump giving up that power without a fight.

Reply to  Gregory B. Gonzalez
3 years ago

You make a good point, however, when he loses the presidency he also loses his power. Scores of D.C. Trumpers will be looking frantically for new jobs, and senators, formerly and fanatically loyal to the Fatman, will now deny him, much like Peter following the arrest of Jesus.

Reply to  Gregory B. Gonzalez
3 years ago

Despite those moments of fear when contemplating the re-election of the monster, my learned instincts tell me Biden will win by a landslide.

Admin
3 years ago

I just watched the State of the Union, and I confess to feeling a chill when Jake Tapper, the moderator, emphasized in an interview with AOC, that Trump could certainly win re-election. I cannot imagine any scenario where he would win, but I thought and said the same in 2016.

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