I wrote this a couple weeks ago, and one thing and another jumped up and down and yelled “I’m more important! NO! I am” and so I finally got this one done.
There will be a bit of a rant after this ‘toon, so feel free to skip that if you are tired of me ranting! I am still a wreck, and I suspect many of you are too, so let’s just get to those fun-loving pandas!
Cheating is definitely not winning.
Be the Bear and Panda On
Bob T stress napping for the next 5 days Panda
So here goes my rant:
I seriously can not figure out how anyone with a brain could possibly consider voting for TFG. He is visibly deteriorating every time he is on camera, and we have no idea what is going on when he is not on camera. At this point it is clear he is being used by the extreme wing of the Heritage Foundation/GQP because he is (inexplicably) popular with his rabid base. At this point it is clear that the goal is to get him elected, either pull his puppet strings or replace him with JD, who seems to be full on board with a live action version of The Handmaids’ Tale/Hunger Games.
And can we talk about Pastor Mike’s plan to toss out the Affordable Care Act? Were it not for the ACA, I would have been without healthcare from about 2010 till I was eligible for Medicare (which they also want to get rid of, along with Social Security.) In a recorded conclave with big GOP donors, he talked about the affront of having the government get between you and your healthcare.
I’ll wait while you consider that statement from Pastor M…
Yeah…the party who allows women to die of sepsis/blood loss in the parking lot when they have miscarried rather than let her determine with her doctor that she needs an abortion to save her life, is concerned about the government sliding into your doctors office.
Every time I watch Kamala Harris and the people who support her (Michelle! Beyonce!) I feel a flood of hope for the possibility of being governed by adults. I can’t listen to any more news about polls or the horse race the major media seems to want to keep talking about. I can only worry so much about TFG and Pastor Mike’s BIG SECRET for that One Great trick That Big Democrats Don’t Want You To Know About to Overthrow Democracy and trust that Marc Elias and all his clever lawyers will protect us from such fuckery.
I know everyone who is still here with me is the choir I am preaching to and believe me, I am so glad you are here and understand the assignment: To vote for Kamala and all the D’s on the ballot. Big shout out to all of you in Ohio (Sherrod Brown!!!) and those in swing states who have to listen to all the hyperbolic political ads non-stop.
Thank you who have chosen hope over retribution. I’m so glad we are here together.
5 more days!
as a reward for listening to me rant, here’s our favorite seasonal ‘toon!
Problem is, it quite likely won’t be over in 5 days. Brace yourself. Ugh.
I’m trying not to think about that, but you’re right. I need to stock up on cake, I think.
I’m with you. You said all the things I’m thinking. Already voted.
BTW I believe that JD is secretly waiting for the Donald to have some kind of medical issue so he step into the presidents shoes.
Keep speaking up for the good guys!
Thank you for voting. I was thinking that maybe I had made up this terrible conspiracy theory about JD being poised in the wings to take over, but I’ve seen that idea being written about by people I respect (like Heather Cox Richardson) so maybe I am very jeeniousy and not a lunatic like TFG. I think that TFG (the former guy) is deteriorating much faster than they anticipated, and they are hoping they can get him across the finish line, or start pretending he won, before he takes his pants off at one of his rallies and takes a big dump on stage. Ugg! Sorry for the visual. I should have warned you.
He is off the charts with violent rhetoric (re: Liz Cheney) and saying beyond rude, crude insults about Harris that I will not repeat.
Listening to The Daily Beans (from the Mueller She Wrote folks) is the best news source. None of this hyperventilating over polls. just the facts. Plus they have some down ballot Dems on from time to time and they are realistic but hopeful.
whoo boy I can go on. Now it’s way past time for dinner!
I have to comment when I read something from a person who thinks as I do that we must vote Democrat all the way down the page(s). It sooths me to hear anyone else say, “I seriously can not figure out how anyone with a brain could possibly consider voting for TFG.” I don’t know what TFG stands for but I do know it’s him. And I can’t figure it out either. I have voted by mail already and I’m so hoping time will continue to speed by for me (I’m 78) and election Tuesday will be over. What happens then will be, shall we say, interesting.
TFG stands for The Former Guy, or if I’ve had enough of him (ha ha! when isn’t that the case) for the day, it stands for That Fu**ing Guy. Thank you for voting. I already did too, but I’m still stressed out like you cannot believe. Take care of yourself. Have some cake. Pet a kitty or doggy. Be the Pookie you want to see in the world. Thanks for being here.
Little Pookie holding his cup of cocoa is so sweet. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if we could all be like Pookie and hold our little cuppies, maybe there would world peace?
Be the Pookie you want to see in the world! Love that! Moar cocoa, mommee!
I’m buying this “conspiracy theory” about JD too. If I were “Mittens” I wouldn’t walk down a stairway with him behind me…
And the kitchen table with soothing cocoa is what we need. Possibly with an “enhancement” for the adults
I need extra marshymallows AND an enhancement!