In any game, hometown fans might love it if the refs threw a penalty flags on every play — at first. But it would get boring after a while, because most fans want to see action. They’d rather see a circus catch at the 1-yard line than a penalty flag thrown for pass interference. Besides, no matter how partisan they are, most fans want their teams to win fair and square: to prove they’re legitimately better on the field.
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Court after court has thrown out Trump’s challenges to the election results, but because the courts keep hearing them, that must mean there’s something of substance worth considering. Or so we think. The seed of doubt has been planted. The more recounts we undertake, the less confidence we have in the original count, because even if the result only changes by a few votes, that proves there was something wrong the first time.
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Trump had built his name into one of the nation’s most recognizable brands, and he knew how to market the hell out of even lousy products. He’d learned a lot from televangelists and snake oil salesmen. Democrats, by contrast, don’t seem to have learned much at all. Whether they’re attempting to brand themselves or demonize their opponents, it never seems to turn out too well.
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You might say it’s a war between Republicans and Democrats, or conservatives and liberals, and in large measure, that’s true. But at the heart of it, it’s a war between reality and denial. Nearly half the country has been sold a bill of goods by Donald Trump and his cronies. But they don’t want to admit they’ve been swindled — because it would involve admitting they’re the worst thing in Trumpworld: losers and suckers.
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History doesn’t look kindly on populist leaders, because they largely appeal to their time and lack relevance once it’s passed. They thrive in the fires of their own rhetoric, but when cooler heads prevail, they’re largely forgotten.
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It can be argued that the 2020 election could not have gone better for Republicans. They will probably hold the Senate, make gains in the House, and purge themselves of the political albatross around their neck that Trump has become.
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