Our Electors vote to make Trump the President of the United States on Monday

As tomorrow is the day that our Electors meet to cast their votes for President, I know I should probably post something thoughtful here tonight, but, as I’ve written so damn much about the Electoral College over the past month, and the efforts to convince Republican Electors to cast their ballots for anyone other than Trump, I just don’t have much left to say. And, even if I did have something to say, I just don’t have the energy. The cold that I’ve been trying to evade these past few weeks has finally dragged me down like a virile young lion on a wounded wildebeest. So I won’t be going to Lansing tomorrow, as I’d intended, to stand outside the building where Michigan’s 16 Electors will be meeting to cast their ballots at 2:00 PM. Instead, I’ll probably just be laying here in bed, anxiously reading the news, looking for signs of an Electoral College coup. As I’ve said before, I don’t think it will happen, and I’m not convinced that it would yield a better result, even if it did, but I still can’t help but hold out hope that some of our Republicans Electors might choose to follow the example of Christopher Suprun and send a message against hate and corruption, despite the illegal threats being made by members the Trump camp. Personally, though, I’ve come to accept that most Republicans have come to the conclusion that, through Trump, regardless of how terrible he may be for the nation, they can get everything they’ve ever dreamed of, from the closing of public schools to the privatization of social security. So, even if 37 Electors turned “faithless” against Trump, and the task of picking our next President fell to the House of Representatives, I suspect they’d pick him anyway. But, until all of the votes are counted, I just can’t look away, and dream of better results.

If you’re interested to know more about what I think on the subject, here are a few links, followed by a video from last night’s Saturday Night Live. While I didn’t get the film references, I found it a fitting way to mark the end of this chapter in American history.

Now, on with the resistance.

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