Do The Right Thing

 An open letter to American voters:

My grandfather once said that he always voted for the best man for the job, and the best man was always a Republican.

I expect that many of us vote the same way, following the party line just as our ancestors did. For some it is an ingrained habit, and we mark our ballots automatically, without much thought.

If you are a Republican I urge you to break that habit, at least for the upcoming election.

Before you check the box or pull the lever for Donald Trump, ask yourself the following questions:

Do you truly want to appoint a man commander in chief of the armed forces who disrespects members of the services, both dead and alive, calling them “losers” and “suckers,” and who has said he will turn troops against the American people?

The next president may have the opportunity to nominate at least three new Supreme Court justices who could serve for decades. If Trump is that president he will see to it that the court locks in his reactionary policies against women.

Do you really want your daughters and granddaughters to be subject to that persecution? Do you genuinely want as president a man who violated his oath to protect the Constitution numerous times, and has even suggested the Constitution—the cornerstone and anchor of our democracy—should be overturned?

Are you 100 percent certain that you want a man who lusts after power at any price, glorifies tyrants, and who sent a mob to attack Congress, to have access to America’s nuclear arsenal?

If you can answer “no” to just one of these questions follow your conscience and vote for Kamala Harris. America has always been great, and continues to be. Let’s keep it so.

-- Diogenes, 28 October 2024