Midterms in less than 10 days and I’m absolutely petrified. History and common sense tells me what will more than likely happen, but inside there’s this screaming voice in my head telling me this will be the beginning of the end.
I so want to have hope. I’ve noticed daily for the last couple of weeks some deep anxiety settling in and now I can also detect notes of depression.
Here's some hope, from up close:
The Hill: "Michael Moore predicting blue ‘tsunami’ in response to Roe ruling"
"With Election Day just two weeks away, Moore — who accurately predicted former President Trump’s 2016 win in the face of many pollsters who said otherwise — is anticipating a Democratic wave following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
“'On November 8th, 2022, an unprecedented tsunami of voters will descend upon the polls en masse — and nonviolently, legally, and without mercy remove every last stinking traitor to our Democracy,' reads the intro to Moore’s 'Mike’s Midterm Tsunami of Truth' Substack.”
Here's some hope, from afar:
Washington Post: "Lula defeats Bolsonaro to win third term as Brazil’s president"
"The victory for Lula, who served two terms as president from 2003 to 2010, returns a leftist titan of the Global South to the world stage, where his progressive voice will stand in sharp contrast to that of right-wing — and now one-term — President Jair Bolsonaro. For Latin America, Lula’s return to the Planalto Palace adds the regional giant to a streak of wins by the left: Lula joins a club of leaders who have now bested the political right in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Honduras, Argentina and Mexico."
Not only the outcome, but the ramping-up of violence up to election day. Can it get even more ugly than attempted murder of Nancy Pelosi's husband? Probably.
The nuts are loose, and what happens if Psycho Donnie gets back on Twitter today like he claims he will? Optimistically, it COULD make most people remember what a POS he is and run to vote Dem up and down the ticket. Or it could go the other way and incite mass violence.
I’m nervous and anxious, and I’m not even from the US, nor do I live there. I am watching with hope but despair is setting in.