Musings of a marginally sane feline-appreciating female.

To be a week post-election and have more foreign leaders recognizing Biden as President-elect than Republicans in the US. I think we’re up to 4 R’s acknowledging the outcome of the election.

Dreamt I was moving to New Zealand last night and was very excited about that. Also very, very normal.

Oh, and that split on who is worried I mentioned yesterday – I realized most of those who aren’t worried and have faith in the process & courts – mostly secure white men. They’re not being dicks about it, but yeah, that’s a position where it is much easier to feel confident in the systems – because if the systems fail, they’ll be OK.

Folks who definitely will not be OK? They’re worried and understandably so – they see and have felt everything 45 has gotten away with in the past 4 years.

I still don’t think we’ll get a proper concession out of 45, which isn’t legally necessary, so that isn’t the end of the world. But we need the fucking R’s in this country to step the fuck up and essentially concede on his behalf and shut the fuck up about “illegal ballots” – we all know that means black voters.

And Lindsey Fucking Graham. Jackass *won* his race, but it’s all fraud? I legit do not understand why he is still all in on Trump. Whatever he has on Graham – given the past 4 years, I doubt it would even last a full news cycle. Let him go, you can still be a racist, obstructionist POS without him.

Third go at my dental appointment today – looks like anger may drown out anxiety…

And things quickly started sliding right back into the shit.

We do have some really good news on a vaccine from Pfizer, so that’s something.

45 won’t concede – that I expected, he’s a dick. But for reasons I really cannot fathom, the R’s are backing him up. I get no one really *wants* to concede the Presidency – but they don’t need him, I doubt most of them actually like him, and I don’t think he’s helping them at all – so, just rip off the band-aid and be done with it. They can continue to be a pain in everyones ass without 45.

And Purdue & Loeffler want the SoS of Georgia to resign, because, reasons. (We know – black folks got out and voted, and we can’t have that.) Hell, they both get a damn do over in January.

My Twitter feed is a 50/50 split between, “it’s a shitshow, but it will be OK” to “it’s a shitshow and it’s very much not going to be OK”.

Remember when presidential transitions were really, really fucking boring?

This is my olive branch, and my words are sincere.

Nothing in a Biden/Harris administration is going to hurt you. Really. The socialist hellscape that you’ve been promised – it isn’t going to happen. It just isn’t.

Yes, if you’re making more than 400K a year, your taxes are probably going to go up. But, you’re making over 400K a year, so you’re doing pretty well already, so good job!

Once we have a Covid19 vaccine – you’ll be able to get it knowing it’s been properly researched and tested and not rushed out for political gains.

Cabinet secretaries that aren’t walking conflicts of interest – having people in charge of those agencies that want them to work and work well rather than tearing them down and profiting off their failure – that’s a good thing.

Rejoining the WHO and the Paris Climate Accord – good things that won’t adversely impact you. Being part of an international effort to keep people healthy everywhere – not a bad thing. Working to protect the environment and do what we can to mitigate climate change – again, good things. (Wouldn’t you like a few less hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires?)

And speaking of hurricanes and such – you will not hear from this administration is “fuck em, they’re a red state” when a disaster strikes and you need help. You’ll get help.

Improving the Affordable Care Act – helps all of us.

And the Post Office! (OK, this is Congressional/Executive combo work, but still.) If you have a business and ship things – don’t you want a working Post Office again? Having someone in charge who isn’t profiting off its downfall – a good thing.

Helping refugees and asylum seekers won’t hurt you – we have the resources to help these people who are literally fleeing for their *lives* – this won’t negatively impact you. Keeping families *together* when they make it here – again, not going to hurt you.

$15 minimum wage – this is good for everyone! Workers having more money to spend is GOOD. Inflationary impacts have been minimal (if at all) in places that have implemented it. Folks not having to struggle is GOOD for everyone.

Yes, he’s got lots of plans that are targeted to folks who are not you. But it’s not a zero-sum game. Someone else getting help won’t hurt you. And if you need help? Ask!

Four years of people getting hurt over, and over, and over. We’re not doing that anymore.

Seeing this popping up here and there. Did a quick tweet on it, but I have a few more thoughts.

So, he sits down, folds his arms and says, “Nope, not leaving.”

Fine.

Regardless of if he concedes or not, if he packs up and heads out of town or not – if* Biden wins, on inauguration day, Joe Biden is the President, whether 45 likes it or not.

He can be President from Wilmington, the Hay Adams Presidential Suite, Air Force One, Camp David – wherever. (Camp David probably the easiest non-White House place to do it, Air Force One the coolest.)

45 will no longer have any say in White House operations. Send the building staff home (with pay) and update the building access list to…nobody. Cut the cable and internet and phones – have one outgoing line he can call when he’s ready to go back to Mar-a-Lago. Cut the power to everywhere but the residence. He can wander around and figure out how to make a peanut butter sandwich and yell at the ceiling and be sad and angry and not President.

His Cabinet Secretaries, sycophants though they may be – they won’t stick around. I don’t see any of them refusing to leave their offices. (I suspect some would very much like to be done with all this now.) Zero concerns about military leadership – once the oath of office is done, 45 is someone they can and will ignore.

Would it all be a very embarrassing shitshow if he decides to lock himself in the White House and threaten to hold his breath until he turns blue? Of course it would be.

Would it change the outcome of the election? Nope.

*Yes, still saying If.