Hero or goat?

Why did Trump lose?

            I have read any number of analysts giving reasons for Trump losing the election. Had Republicans done worse in down ballot elections the loss would be easier to explain. But they didn’t. Republicans, Georgia notwithstanding, didn’t do too badly. Trump would lose, yet Republicans on the same ballot would win. (This is one of the many truisms that makes the accusations of voter fraud so ridiculous.) Republicans achieved a record turnout, it just wasn’t as big as the Democratic turnout. Eighty one million to seventy four million.

NOTE:  For the election deniers struggling with math. 81 is a bigger number than 74. 306 is a bigger number than 232. See how that goes?

The Liar lied

            Try saying that 3 times real fast.

            Anyway, for months I have been reading comments from family members blaming Trump for their loved one(s) dying because they believed Trump’s comments about the virus. They believed Trump when he said that it was a hoax. They believed him when he said that they didn’t need to mask. They believed him when he said it would go away.

They died.

            The numbers of dead MAGA people were small in the beginning but as the pandemic progressed the numbers continued to rise. High profile MAGA supporters caught it and died. Trump caught it. Then he lied some more and more people died. He held super spreader events. People died. They weren’t blaming Trump’s seditious MAGA Republican enablers along with Trump. They should have. But they didn’t.

They blamed Trump.

Survivors voted

            Trump killed a few too many people and it cost him the vote.

            All in the world that he had to do was treat the virus seriously rather than lie about it and he would have been not only reelected but been a hero as well. Instead he put money before people. That ended up making the economy worse and resulted in a couple of hundred thousand needless deaths. So, hero or goat. Trump ended up having mashed potatoes on his head and being….

The goat.

 

 

WWTD?

            My general observation in life is that people who have the least compassion for others often end up being the ones that need it the most.

Divine providence.

            Seriously, What Would Trump Do (WWTD) if the situation were reversed? How would he act? The Greatest Draft Avoider couldn’t avoid the virus, try as he might. He created a bio-bubble of testing around him and the virus still got through. Walls don’t stop it. If he had avoided testing would the virus have still got to him?

            And it happened now. Of all the times that it could have happened it happened now. Wade in evangelicals. First God sent a plague. You didn’t get the memo. You did nothing and continued to support the Great Liar. Then God gave your “Chosen One” the virus. All a part of God’s plan? The Liar got the virus so that we wouldn’t have to? Oops! Can’t say that since 220,000 have died in the country and it is a worldwide pandemic where millions will die before it’s over.

            Divine providence?

            Hardly.

            Mankind screwed this up. We’re good at that.

            If President Obama had had any of this happen on his watch Evangelicals would be shouting from the pulpit that this was God’s revenge on a fallen nation.

White House Covid-19 Hot Spot

            So who would have thought that the White House would turn into a hot spot for the Covid-19 contagion and the President of the United States would be a super spreader? Well the answer to that question should be self-evident and is to people that live in the real world. The only really big surprise is that it didn’t happen before this.

            That was one cold-blooded SOB move for Trump to go ahead and go to his rich friends’ fundraiser knowing that he had been exposed along with his team. There have got to be some pissed off attendees over that. (Depending on which timeline you believe, he may have already tested positive before attending the fundraiser. It certainly seems that he might already have been symptomatic as well.)

Dusting

            I have seen a few dust-ups over how people should talk about President Trump since he was air-lifted to Walter Reed because he caught Covid-19. The primary gist from Trump’s die-hard cult members seems to be that people that claim he’s an unfeeling asshole only concerned about himself should be showing a lot more compassion in his time of need.

            In other words people should show the compassion that they espouse to a serial killer who is directly responsible for killing tens of thousands of people unnecessarily.

Trump killed my Dad….

            ….or mom or uncle or aunt or fill in the blank. That’s what surviving family members are in the news saying.

My dad is dead because he believed Trump about the virus being a hoax.

My mom is dead because she wouldn’t wear a mask because of President Trump.

My family is dead because they all got together thinking that it was safe because of President Trump.

Garden party.

            An uninvited guest crashed the Rose Garden Party. The White House Rose Garden appears to be where many people contracted the virus. Everyone had been tested beforehand. It’s evident that mistakes were made. Because attendees were under the mistaken notion that they were safe, many, if not most, went mask-less, even indoors. They ignored the science. They ignored the data. They ignored the recommendations of epidemiologists. Like his cult followers they thought that they were safe.

They were wrong.

Never pivoted.

            WWTD? There was talk from some Trump supporters that when Trump became President he would pivot to being and acting Presidential. He didn’t he got worse. At the end of his term he is emboldened by the power of the office and his character flaws have become worse. He’s now a playground bully with power.

            So what would Trump do if the situation were reversed and it was Biden that acquired Covid-19?

Ω  First off he would have made fun of him for wearing a mask and still getting Covid-19. He makes fun of sick people. They’re disgusting to him.

Ω  Trump tees off with lies. His supporters pass on his lies whether they believe them or not.

Ω  He would call people names.

Ω  Insults would pour out of him just like they always do.

Ω  People around him would be blamed for him getting Covid-19. Not him.

I’ll take sociopaths for $500, Bob!

            President Trump is saying that he wants to get back to holding rallies! He’s raring to go! He’s chomping at the bit! Back to business as usual. He survived! Now he’s willing to sacrifice even more people worshiping at his altar.

            In his comments before being airlifted to Walter Reed hospital and receiving the best medical care possible and from the hospital, he didn’t mention his team or the Secret Service men and women that he puts at unnecessary risk because of the image he wants to portray of being a macho non-mask wearer. He takes no responsibility.

He is what he is.