I'm feeling a twinge of patriotism this morning.

Dec 14, 2020, 7:03 AM

I'm not typically a rah-rah, USA! USA! guy, but I was listening to the radio this morning about how today the Electoral College would meet to elect our next President. I'm certainly not patriotic about who that is...I'm pretty concerned about the many things I think he'll do or try to do, that are fundamentally averse to what I believe in.

No, I found myself proud of the system of government we have here, that Grand Experiment started almost 250 years ago, a government built to withstand the whims of powerful individuals. We have witnessed the most extraordinary fight of our lifetimes, and perhaps ever, over the transition of power as prescribed in our Constitution. I never had a worry about the courts in this way, but if ever there was a court system that would favor the one in power, we have it, and his efforts still weren't even close. I am proud that, despite a highly vocal and passionate minority, the President will be unable to break down the Constitutional wall that preserves the integrity of our democratic processes. It makes me believe that, even though the country seems to be going crazy, we are still far away from anything other than a Constitutional and democratic Republic. We may have the most liberal administration of all time coming up, and that to me is very concerning, but today I'm thinking that we'll be OK anyway. Our founders made sure of that.

To be sure, this was never a battle over the Office of the President. That battle was fought and decided on November 3rd. No, this is a battle over minds. Those in power, on both "sides" of the aisle, try always to appeal to our baser motives: fear, hate, anger, paranoia. They believe that this is the path to preserving their power. And maybe they have been successful in that. I want to be driven by those higher motives, that make us better humans: love, trust, faith, and grace. I want to reject the voices that draw me in the other direction.

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Prod,

I agree so wholeheartedly that I hesitate to bring up this one small point - I don't see why some of y'all think that this administration is going to be soooo extremely liberal. Joe has always been viewed as a moderate. And the fact that he became the party's nominee indicates that there are a lot of moderates in the Dem party. I think his cabinet picks have been pretty moderate and competent so far.

I know that there are some very progressive voices in the party. And they get a lot of attention from the media because extremism sells. But they really have NOT taken over the party. Let them expound upon their progressive agenda and we can all have a rational discussion about them. American democracy is all about healthy debate.

But after the debate, there is every indication that Joe Biden and the Dems will steer a reasonable course. They may be more liberal than you would like - but the most liberal administration ever ? That seems a bit hyperbolic. Why don't we give them a chance to provide us some evidence about where they stand.

I'm feeling a twinge of patriotism this morning.

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I bet if you told them that centuries later,

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Fact check ... none of the Founders were

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Qwestion ... do you want Biden on the

President-elect Biden had nothing to do with it.

Yay. The Libbies feel safe

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I am thrilled and proud that law enforcement,

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