I couldn't resist. I'm listening to the 60 Minutes segment Trump posted.
Goodness. Stahl asks Trump if he is ready for tough questions. He fusses about wanting her to be fair. He says, “You don’t ask Biden tough questions.”
My teenager: “He sounds like a three-year-old.”
He's in his own made-up world.
"We had the best economy. Things were coming together. . .there was going to be unity. Then we got hit with the plague. . . we closed it up and I saved millions of lives."
Unity? Before the virus was his impeachment trial.
It's obvious what Trump meant when he called Stahl "biased": She refuses to accept his version of reality.
When she refused to go along with his version of reality, he got angry and frustrated.
Also, he was the rude one.
It was a replay of his greatest hits:
Covid cases are high because of so much testing. He built the best economy ever. The virus wasn't his fault. He saved millions of lives. He'll save suburbia. Biden is the most corrupt politician.
That sort of thing.
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This question came to me through the “Ask Teri” tab on my blog 👇
Short answer: Yes there is oversight. Elections are regulated by statute, and the statutes provide for oversight. Each state has its own processes.
Shorter answer: Get involved!
1/ In CA, for example, the precinct “inspector” (person in charge of the polling place) and the poll workers count the ballots according to detailed instructions. The number of ballots is then reconciled between those voted and those unused so that each ballot is accounted for.
2/ Observers are allowed to watch the counting and recording of votes.
The inspector keeps a copy of the total so he or she can verify the number against the number used in the final state tally.
And who are these inspectors? Regular people who apply. My husband is one.
Two key lies launched Trump into politics: Birtherism and "I am a successful businessman." It worked! He lied. People repeated the lies. Then enough people believed them.
He literally has no other way to "govern" or campaign.
This is nothing new. It's as old as written history.
In the middle ages, one of the lies was Jewish blood libel.
Want to go farther back? Let's talk about Darius I of Persia (522 BCE to 486 BCE)
I started a new thing on my blog. I added an “Ask Teri” button. Back when I had 200 followers on Twitter, I answered every question. Now I can’t. (I can't even see everything) I’ll see if this works better.
Question #1 ⤵️
1/ A lot is being written about how to strengthen our battered institutions. I plan to devote full blog posts to particular reforms that can help.
But here’s the thing about democracy: At any given time, a majority of voters can decide it’s time to end democracy.
2/ In 2016, Trump ran as a “disruptor" and norm breaker. He promised to dismantle agencies, do away with regulations.
People who voted for him didn't care if he lied and cheated and broke rules. That's what they wanted.
When Hitler’s followers learned he lied, “instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness.” Arendt
It reminds me of this passage from @stuartpstevens's book, It Was All A Lie⤵️
The passage rings true for me. It's one reason I never believed the "GOP elected officials are conspiring to cheat and throw the election to Trump even if he loses the election" theory.
We can never stop. Democracy means government by the people.
Example: The long term solution to the problem with how elections are conducted in Georgia is to elect people who are competent and care about well-run elections.