Thursday, November 7, 2024

REFLECTIONS ON THE 2024 ELECTION AND RESOLUTIONS FOR THE AFTERMATH

       Tuesday, November 5th, 1605, is the date of the Gunpowder Plot, a Catholic attempt to blow up the House of Parliament in opposition to James I.  Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, is the date of Trump’s successful attempt to win the presidency and restructure the American political system.   Like millions, I am stunned by this outcome, the more so because of my predictions of a Harris win and a “blue wave.”  I am among many of the worst of political prognosticators.  My only consolation is not that I had much company, but that I had a higher, though obviously now mistaken, opinion of the present majority of American voters.  I do not adhere to the pieties in response to political ugliness: “this is not who we are” and “there is no place in this country for [whatever is ugly]).  The results of the 2024 election are who we are at this time and in this place—at least for now. 

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