Well kids, we are under two weeks from whatever. The polls are going nuts. Some screwball says he has picked the last five winners. Door County, Wisconsin picks the winner every time. Why do we even vote?

The first deciding factor is your sex. If you have Sir Orange in the mix it might be plain old sex itself. He’s never cheated on any of his multiple wives. He treats women with the utmost dignity. He “weaves” sex into almost every conversation and waxes eloquently as to a person’s looks or jock size. But don’t worry it is just the Donald being the Donald. 

Kamalla makes her sex about the right of a woman to have say over her own body. This gets a little tricky. We discuss when life starts and when we still can end it. When it comes to rape and incest some of us say tough luck. If a child is to be the culmination of a couple’s love for each other, then doesn’t that seem out of whack? Then again when it is just a matter of convenience or timing, I imagine there are a lot of us that would take issue. 

This really gets confusing when you say I don’t care how good or bad you are,you are one of me. Suburban housewives like Kamalla and macho men like Trump. Some guys can’t even picture a woman as president. Women detest Trump because of how he looks toward women.  I wish we could all wear blinders. It is 2024. Haven’t we outgrown the man and woman thing? I guess not. 

Inflation,deflation,taxes,tariffs are the predominant issue on everyone’s mind. One guy says he is voting for Trump because he can’t grill steaks anymore but has to settle for hamburger. Meaningful.

Things are more expensive for sure. Can a president really change that? Dunno. Price controls seem a little off the wall. But so are tariffs. 

Of course, neither one has said a word about my inconvenient topic of the national debt. Each one-ups the other with, I am going to cut taxes and issue givebacks that will bring a tear to your eye. I am crying because spending over $1 trillion on interest alone. I will see your lower income tax and raise your capital gains. 

Chuck Shumer is a progressve Democrat. He is also the guardian angel of carried interest for hedge funds. Simply put all the humungous profits they are taxed at a much lower cap gains rate. I wonder whom they are voting for?

Let’s do immigration. Kamalla was for open borders and now wants them slammed shut. His Hairness wants to send millions of illegals back to where they came from. Some have been here for over ten years. The sheer size and cost of any such operation gets lost in the shuffle. Would local commerce grind to a halt. We may find out. 

We can discuss whether we were better off under Trump than Biden. Some of us want to be walled in from the rest of the world. Some want to solve global problems. Ditto global warming, abortion, guns et al. Each side has its valid points. 

I have a problem with Kamalla in the way she answers questions. Her answers are sometimes circuitous and vague. You wonder if there is any meat to the thought process. I truly question Trump’s sanity. His narcissism would be fun to watch as a back bencher but as a president, he scares the hell out of me.  Forget the fact that he is crude and boorish. Some like it because we are seeing the real him. To each his own. 

Who am I voting for in the end? Good question. You know I will not answer that. In fact I am still undecided. That is the first time that has ever happened to me this late in the game. Part of me wants to look towards what it will mean for me and vote accordingly. Then my weird cousin Herbie asks me what is best for the country? Then I think about my kids and grandkids. A tough decision. I do not take it likely.  

As always

Ted The Great. 

Factoids: 

Registered voters are now evenly split between the Republican and Democratic parties. In reality, 1/3 are part of one party and 1/3 are part of the other. 33% consider themselves independents. Man, I wish we had a third party. 

Pew research lists what we consider to be problems. Dated 5/2024

How accurate are polls?   As a result, the actual margin of error in most historical polls is closer to 6% or 7%, not 3%, said a 2016 study from The New York Times. This represents an error range of 12 to 14 data points, the Times said. That gives one a warm fuzzy doesn’t it?  Think about how many of us are swayed by polls.