Win or lost, election or not

??? What ???

 

So, it appears I have become agitated by this whole conversation about

who won the 2020 election, when what is really important about 

the 2020 election is that we had one.  


Let us assume for a moment that everybody got it wrong.  Nevertheless,

Joe Biden is the current occupant of the White House.  What now ?


The only way to completely resolve the issue is,   that

that 100% of everybody agree.  Okay, now assume that 100%

of the people agree that the 2020 election was stolen.  What 

now?  Are we going to pass a law that says that Joe Biden

and Donald Trump have to share the White House?   Like

what then?   Donald Trump gets the Oval Office on Tuesday

and Thursday and Joe Biden, Monday and Wednesday and

they flip for it on Fridays.   Beyond that they each get their

own staff?  So that means something like where are all these

people going to be?  Share an office or what?  Sounds

a lot like Steve Carell and the Office.  Amazing T.V.  It

also may be just a little bit over whelming.





Now, in 2022 this is mostly - non-sense , in that it makes 

no sense for us to focus so much effort on something

that we can do very little about that will really help in

terms of the administration of affairs of the state of a nation

that has such a big global footprint.  And I might mention

also a few real difficulties of various types.


Now, I would not go so far as to suggest everybody should

just shut up about it,  and I would not suggest that because

so many people are so " wound up " over this, that there

probably does need to be more conversations which will

hopefully make some people feel better about this " odd "

situation, but eventually we have to get to the point that

if this is a nation for the people and by the people, we 

just have to get to the point of actually being for the

people and by the people.  And I might add, whatever

people, they are all people.  Okay?


At the end of the day, the only things that will improve

this situation are: 


1) understanding

2) consideration

3) empathy

4) generosity

5) just a little bit of kindness ...

6) mutual respect ...


and maybe some other stuff...


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