The Republican Charade

 Donald Trump's ultimate strategy in attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power was his appointing of judges.  He knew that litigation would ensue, and he is counting on his appointed justices in the Supreme Court of the United States to let him off.  The pattern is:  Indictment.  Conviction.  Appeal.  Appeal.  The latest argument is the Presidency (which is over) shields him from prosecution.  The last few days of Trump news have been tooth and nail fighting for his survival.  It ebbs and flows.  Other than the zealot extremists who will not acknowledge factual discovery, the majority of law-abiding, middle class, family-rearing citizens do not want a repeat of the Trump debacle.  They want access to abortion.  Donald Trump may be leading in polls of Republicans, but if the outcome of recent elections are representative, Democrats are making great strides.  A second Trump presidency will seal the fate of America, and the electorate knows it.  The problem has become Republican shenanigans at the state level.  Because the Electoral College is unique to individual states, and not all of them accept the majority vote, these same Republicans are doing every despicable thing in their power to manipulate the 2024 vote.  They did it in 2016, but mostly because of Covid they were not successful in 2020.  Rest assured this is one thing crooked Republicans  know how to do, and it is right in front of us.  The peanut gallery of zany lawyers who have plead guilty in Georgia, and Trump's own people have copped plea bargains to shield themselves from jail time.  We need to be watching closely the voting systems in all fifty states.  There is not much that can be done except lawsuits to stop local state legislatures from these things.  Gerrymandered voting districts all ready have made it through the court system, and SCOTUS is proving their hard right bent.  I do not think Trump can win a second Presidency for various reasons.  One is he is not capable of doing the job.  He is too old.  He has proven that Maverick extremism cannot solve America's problems.  The inciteful rhetoric he has used to rally his base, zealot survivalists, no longer works.  Many of the participants of January 6 have been sentenced to prison.  Those old tricks have proven to be shallow and deceptive.  The adults in the country would like to proceed without another four years of adolescent indulgence.  There are too many real world problems to be solved to allow such an egotistical charade to continue.