Today's the day to keep the bad guys out

I watched a crime show once where a single scene disturbed me to the point that it haunts me to this very day. . .The scene opened with a man in his home, surrounded by his family, comfortable, safe. The doorbell rings, and the man.opens the door to a stranger pleading for help. The man doesn't invite the stranger in; instead, turns away to make the call himself. The door is still open, and the stranger and his cohorts enter the home. They close the door, and now the man's alone with these strangers in his house. . no one to help, no way to call for help. The crew mercilessly guns down the entire family, parents, kids, even the dog.
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[This] election reminds me of that man and his choice to open the door. . Today people may vote or might be too busy. After all, the millions of Trump-supporters will show up. They'll vote. Some Americans might do what's easiest and turn away just this time. . Then, when the door closes, when they're trapped inside with people who are destroying them, hurting their loved ones, killing the country they love, they'll suddenly understand that they allowed this happen.

Or we can all, every single one of us, get to the polls and cast our vote. We can make the small sacrifice to make the time, find our polling place, stand in line, or be cold for a little while to keep the bad guys out. That's how we defend our families, our country. We keep the bad guys out.

"If there is no enemy within the enemy outside can do us no harm.” —Eric Thomas

"We have an advantage over the man in the story because we already know that the guy outside is a bad guy. We know he's been selling out America for decades to our enemies. We know he used his damaged son as a bagman to rake in millions in pay-to-play schemes. We know he's used our money, our tax dollars to leverage our allies, like Ukraine. Those charges aren't up for debate; they're facts."

"And a small detail: Joe's senile, not capable of being president even if he weren't a crook."

Just what we need to finish the country off...

Mobs of cut-throat democrat thugs wilding in the streets led by a demented pedosexual scammer and a faux black commie pole climber in the White House!

All of that ran through my head this morning. We tried to vote a few times during early voting but the lines were too long, for me anyway. I can only stand 10 minutes or so due to a foot injury two years ago that no doctor seems to be able to fix.

We got to our regular polling school this morning 15 minutes before it opened. The line was around the building so we went home. I told my husband that we would go back every hour all day if we had to. An hour later I put on my heavy duty ankle brace and we went back. The line had gone way down so we got in line. It was 15-30 minutes in line and by the time I got finished I could barely walk but we got it done.

My husband kept saying that it didn’t matter if the two of us didn’t get to vote because TN will go for Trump for sure but I explained that I had to vote to help run up the popular vote even if technically it doesn’t matter.

One thing I can tell you is that 99% of the people in line were voting for Trump. No social distancing and only half had on masks. :-) No COVID paranoia. We wore ours because both of our doctors say we should but we are not a mandated state. Nobody got snippy or had their panties in their crack over no masks or social distancing. I love living in a free state!

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