If there ever is a video dictionary and one looks up "hypocrisy", it will have a clip of Grassley,

after Gorsuch, after Kavanaugh, after a parade of incompetent fascist federal court nominees being rubber-stamped by unanimous votes in the GOP Senate, dutifully reading his script complaining about possible future COURT PACKING!

For those who won't vote for Trump but don't know if they can "justify" voting for Joe:

If you had been locked away without any food for 5 or 6 days and the door opened and someone walked in and handed you a big warm cheeseburger with mustard, onion, tomato and a slice of dill pickle---would you say "No thanks" because it had no Heinz 57 Sauce?

If you car conked out on a remote highway during a blizzard and the nearest service station was 3 miles back and the only warm coat available was that bright purple-trimmed-in-lime-green one that your mother-in-law gave you, would you leave it in the trunk?

If your cruise ship sinks and you are thrown into shark-infested waters, will you not grab a bright orange Coast Guard life ring because it clashes with your red dress?

Maybe, just maybe, you might accept the fact that the choices life offers each of us throughout life very seldom, if ever, include one that is exactly 100% what we'd prefer. Your decision comes down to "Who can I help defeat Trump?" NOT "Who is my version of the perfect candidate?

"If you can't be
With the one you love
Honey, love the one you're with"

May I suggest a modification of a time-honored response to Republicans?

End it with "---and the ELEPHANT you rode in on!"

Gives you a two-fer: slams the individual AND the enablers.

Carry on.

The apparent source of most GOP campaign ads is MSU----

----they just Make Shit Up!

Trumpists' philosophy in a nutshell: if you call a banana an apple often enough and loud enough,

it will change its color to red, its shape to globular and will make a very fine pie if you pare it, remove the core and seeds and bake slices of it in a flaky crust sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.

IT'S APPLE PIE, DAMMIT! HAVE ANOTHER SLICE!

Please don't just say you are going to vote. Don't say you "will" vote. VOTE NOW!---or Monday if

that's the first opportunity in your state.

ESPECIALLY if you are "planning to" vote by mail, GET IT DONE!

If you are planning to vote on November 3rd, be sure you know for sure where to do so and verify that you are still registered to vote. Make sure you have transportation for that day plus a good mask and gloves. Take your own black ballpoint or pencil so you won't have to use the one in the booth that unknown others have used.

Do not put this off. Many others will and you will risk losing your vote if you don't plan to cast it effectively.

VOTE NOW!

Trump's coffin could really impact the final debate. nt

I believe that what happened to a large old dead tree on our homestead years ago is a

good analogy for what happened to the GOP.

It was a huge old oak that had been dead when we moved here. During a thunderstorm that rattled our windows, it was struck by lightning and was still smoking the next morning. We were busy and thought that surely the tree would eventually stop smoldering and we basically went about our lives and ignored it.

Three days later we heard a crash and found that the internal smoldering had so weakened the old giant that it had broken apart. And, now, with all the oxygen it needed, the smoke exploded into a raging fire! Even when we connected all the hoses we owned, they fell short of the fire. For an HOUR we lugged buckets of water to the flames and threw the contents onto the burning fallen oak. We finally extinguished the flames and collapsed exhausted. For the rest of that day, we checked hourly to be sure there was no new fire and we placed every bucket we had next to the charred trunk filled with water---just in case!

The GOP has been hollow for decades, but it was large enough to shelter a heart of smoldering racism and hate. Trump broke it apart and gave its core the permission---oxygen---to burn down the party and the nation in which it had lain dormant.

We are now lugging buckets of passionate concern and, hopefully, enough votes to knock down the flames.

We must succeed.

Anyone who is not insulted by Trump's scheduled "interview" this evening should

reconsider their priorities and the poor state of their self-image.

Dr. Marc Siegel---who the hell is this?---will conduct a "medical exam" and "interview" on---are you ready?--- "TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT"!

I'll write it out: Jesus. Fucking. Christ!

"YOWZA, YOWZA FOLKS! The Leader Of The Free World will inflame your prejudices and thoroughly disgust you right after our guest geek bites the heads off several live chickens!"

"Gee, Mr. Trump, I am sure sorry to add to your concerns but, in addition to the Corona virus,

you also have syphilis and gonorrhea."

"Doctor--- geez!---what can be done? Is there any hope for me? Surely there's SOMETHING that you can prescribe for a rich important genius like me! Please---tell me! What do you recommend?"

"Well, sir, don't give up hope. We're going to put you in your own private ICU room and feed you all the pizza and pancakes you can eat."

"PIZZA AND PANCAKES! I love pizza and pancakes! Will those cure me? Will they make me better?"

"No, they won't help you at all, but they're the only foods we can slide under the door!"