defrog | ELECTION SPECIAL 2024 (Reply)

Here we go again.

Final election Q&A:

1. Who do you want to win?

I gave my endorsement to Kamala Harris back in 2020, so no mystery who I’m endorsing this time around. Granted, I’d have given it to Biden or even a horse over Donald J. Trump, Billionaire. But I’m fine with the prospect of a Harris presidency.

Many people aren’t, and not just the MAGA cult. That’s fine, and I understand why in many cases. But I will say that voting for Jill Stein won’t accomplish anything except put Trump in the White House, and Stein’s campaign has been fairly open about the fact that this is basically what they hope to achieve. If you really think that voting Stein/third party/your conscience will stop the genocide in Gaza or whatever your primary issue is, okay, but I think you’re in for a bit of a shock.

2. Who do you think will win?

Personally, I think the only way Trump will win is the same way he did in 2016. Which is to say, another electoral college fluke. But the polls are close enough that he could actually squeak by. But I think the former is more likely.

Failing anything technically legit, I think he’ll cheat and try to flip results everywhere he can. And unlike in 2020, he’ll have the weight of most of the GOP behind him to help out. There’s talk that Mike Johnson will be his Hail Mary play on Jan 6, but of course that hinges on whether the GOP can keep the House, and there are enough tossup seats that a GOP House majority is not guaranteed.

Point being, don’t assume he can’t be POTUS again. He can. And I think there’s a good chance he will.

If nothing else, Trump has obviously been laying the groundwork to convince his MAGA cult that his loss will be proof the election was stolen, so even if he loses definitively, he won’t go quietly, and the MAGA cult will make the Demos pay dearly for it.

3. Did you make a playlist I can listen to on Election Night or while I’m standing in line?

Why I sure did. How did you know?

PRODUCTION NOTE: I originally intended to use the same playlist I made in 2020, but that was back when we all thought it was going to be a Biden-Trump rematch. Then when I started finding a few new songs, it occurred to me that the 2020 playlist didn’t really fit the vibe or the stakes, so I ended up redoing most of it. I kept the PSA bumpers and a couple of songs, but mostly it’s a different set.

Choose or lose,

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