Reasons to Be Cheerful
Added 2020-11-02 15:36:31 +0000 UTC
I'm nervous. We're all nervous.
But here are some things to consider.
Today's tweet thread from Politico carefully details the eight crucial states in the election, and how all of them (aside from Michigan) could really go either way. Really? This is Politico, the "center-right" insider publication that has been called out several times for being so desperate to attack Bernie Sanders that they have dipped into anti-Semitic stereotypes. These guys are "respectable" crackpots. So if Politico is all, "you know, this could really go either way," it's over. Biden's got this.
And if you feel like a long read, here's a very careful, well-reasoned (and often funny) analysis of (among other things) why 2020 is not 2016, why it was a statistically-improbable anomaly that Trump ever won in the first place, and that the idea that he and his team of idiots would be able to repeat that stunt in Two-Thousand-COVID is, well, preposterous.
So yeah. We're all nervous. But that's mostly because, after four years in Fucknutsville, it's difficult to be 100% certain that the sun will come up in the morning. [EXECUTIVE ORDER: GIANT IRON TARP TO SHROUD NATION IN DARKNESS TO "OWN THE LIBS"]
It's gonna be okay. Now enjoy some Ian Dury.
