General Discussion

The GOP is flashing its ass in front of the whole world. And for that, I am glad.

And if we could rely on the election, I would feel much more sanguine. We can survive a year of a monarchy if he is voted out of office. Nobody's switched to Trump's side since 2016. But elections can be and have been rigged. And there is nobody in the majority party in the Senate who has the least interest in doing anything to ensure free and fair elections in 2020--just the opposite.

What are we going to do if the exit polls have our candidate winning by 360 electoral votes on Election Day but the official results have us losing by 360? What can be done? And of course, we'd be even more helpless if the results are carefully designed to mirror 2016 and we have a squeaker of a loss, but a plausible one. What can we do? Nothing. March? Big deal. Protest? It will amuse them.

This question isn't aimed at you, DFW--I'm just howling it into the wind--but I just started typing my initial response to your post and kept going.