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棄絕川普 拯救美國民主
/吳伯昌
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八年來，美國人第三次不得不決定是否希望川普成為他們的總統。現在，沒有選民會不知道他是誰。他們對川普的看法不僅硬化——而且枯竭和厭倦。這人的性格已經出現在我們面前太久了，明目張膽，完全不變，以至於它扼殺了新思想的可能性，這解釋了美國政治中已經成爲無聊和恐懼的奇怪混合。每當川普感覺到公眾關注度的減弱時，他就會罵他的對手一個令人作嘔的名字，或者褻瀆陣亡士兵的記憶，或者威脅說如果他輸了就推翻選舉，或者發誓如果他贏了，他要像獨裁者一樣統治。他知道，美國人已經麻痹了，他所說的任何話都不可能改變任何人的看法。
近一半的選民在 2016 年支援川普，並在 2020 年再次支援他。同樣的分裂似乎也可能在今年的 11 月 5 日發生。川普的支援是來自鐵衛的川粉，他們不接受任何事實及不受他引起爭論的影響。這次選舉和前兩次選舉一樣，將由少數幾個超級戰區幾個州的極小比例選民決定。
川普是美國歷史上個人最惡毒、政治上最危險的候選人之一.
在川普的所有侮辱、殘忍、濫用權力、腐敗交易和犯罪中，對美國民主政治危害最深的事件發生在 2021 年 1 月 6 日，當時川普成為第一位試圖推翻選舉並阻止權力和平轉移的美國總統。至於，他以累犯還能大顔不慚競選總統大位，美國民主已經到了險崖邊緣。
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但我們肯定知道賀麗錦（Harris）畢生致力於公共服務，尊重法律和憲法。她相信所有美國人的自由、平等和尊嚴。她沒有受到腐敗的污染，更不用說重罪記錄或性侵犯歷史了。她不會用她的語言和行為讓美國人難堪，也不會讓他們彼此對立。她不討好獨裁者。她不會濫用最高職位的權力來保住它。她相信民主。
支持賀麗錦不會對川普的對手產生作用。這對他的支持者來說也不重要。但對於那些不太關心任何一位候選人、將決定國家命運的選民來說，僅僅列出賀麗錦的優勢或寫一份針對川普的明顯刑事案是不夠的。那些矛盾的美國人投票給賀麗錦的主要原因與政策或黨派關係無關。那就是：選舉她並擊敗川普是將我們從陷入政治噩夢中解救出來並帶我們進入美國民主實驗下一階段的唯一途徑。
川普是這個充滿毒言、仇恨謾駡、陰謀和謊言、分裂的家庭和社區、騙的追隨者的時代的唯一責任——只要川普仍然坐在共和黨的巔峰，亂世就不會結束。他的權力取決於將國家降低到一種恐懼和憤怒的狂熱狀態，美國人在這種狀態中互相攻擊。
對於數百萬被疏遠和政治上沒有歸屬的選民來說，他們鄙視這個國家已經變成的樣子，並認為它可以做得更好，因此，讓川普退休是必要的第一步。
對保守派來説，他們無法忍受賀麗錦的高稅收和移民政策，但也被川普掌握共和黨的腐朽所冒犯，那麼只有川普的最終失敗才能讓共和黨才能重生。將來，再有機會自由地全心全意地反對類似賀麗錦總統。很多共和黨員希望Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney的共和黨回歸，一個由實際思想激發的政黨。如此，當充滿活力的保守黨和自由黨在政策問題上展開競爭時，美國政治是最健康的。
如果一個自進步派，認為民主黨是美國企業的工具，問問自己，賀麗錦或川普，哪位候選人會給使力來推動你關心的政策。
對於眾多無法忍受政治而只想退出做局外人美國人之一，請記住，在民主制度下，不作為也是一種行動;沒有人的手是乾淨的;沒有什麼可以免除我們盡最大努力以公民的身份看待所有公共問題，因此在某種程度上選民既是管理者和也是統治者。換句話說，投票是一項有責任的權利。
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川普是阻礙美國進入更有希望的未來時的獅身人面像。在希臘神話中，獅身人面像殺死了所有未能回答她之謎的旅行者，直到Oedipus最終解開它，導致怪物死亡。川普致命的答案就掌握在每個美國人的手中。選民投票棄絕他之後，美國民主政治才會在回歸正途。美國是幸，自由世界是幸。
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Let’s End Halloween by November 6th.
/Dr. Glenn Mollette
This may be the most frightening Halloween of all time. People across America are scared stiff as we are bombarded 24-hours a day with terrifying scenes splashed across television, our telephones and tablets. We can’t get away from the howls, screeches, growls, ghastly facial expressions and horned headed characters spewing menacing rhetoric. All of this has been brought to us by our Democratic and Republican parties.
The scariest part of Halloween is that there will be five more days of political campaigning and political advertisements. But wait, what happens if the election is so close and so tight that a winner is not able to be called next Tuesday night? What happens if the voting is so close that several of the states must recount and recount? We could be in for the longest Halloween in American history.
We are already scared to death. Democrats hate Trump and are terrified he might win. There is no limit on what is being said about him. Any woman who will come forth with a damaging comment about Trump will have the national spotlight. Anyone who can come up with a scenario that would make Trump the illegitimate son or grandson of Hitler will receive airtime on national television. Of course, Republicans will play Kamala’s bloopers, giggles and nonsensical answers time and again. By the way, whatever happened to the Obama slogan, “Whenever they go low, we go high?”
Just hope, and I mean hope and pray that whoever wins this election wins decisively so that when we go to bed either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning that we know for certain who has been elected President of the United States.
Most everyone knows I’ve already voted for Trump. This doesn’t make me hate you if you vote for Kamala Harris. I just think you are making a bad decision. There are probably other people who write for this very good news source who have a differing opinion. What makes a newspaper or news blog good is the ability to print both sides of a viewpoint. Most of us long for the old days when television anchors presented the news and all sides of the story.
Trump is strong on border security. It’s a no-brainer that our country is in trouble with so many millions illegally entering the country. We are losing our country. We are becoming a third world country right before our eyes.
Our military and Veterans were treated well under Trump. We need a strong military. We had achieved worldwide peace under Trump. What is going on between Ukraine and Russia and now North Korea is draining our country financially. The billions of dollars never seem to stop flowing out to Ukraine. The Middle East is now a powder keg that could ignite World War III.
I can’t see Kamala Harris commanding respect from any of the other world leaders in discussions to solve the conflicts. What would she do? Call Oprah, Taylor Swift, or Beyonce?
Trump has promised he will do away with seniors paying tax on their social security benefits. This would save 70 million seniors in this country. Trump’s policy on energy will be a boom to the United States. America drills oil and gas and burns both cleaner than any other nation. China, India and Russia are going to continue with oil and gas. We can do it much cleaner than them and financially save our country. We should also use our own wind, oil, gas and coal. A balanced approach will help our nation as well as our entire planet.
With Kamala we will get four more years of what we’ve had, maybe. She won’t be as good as Joe Biden. I believe she will be much, much worse. Will she be able to take the abortion issue away from the states? It is doubtful. For years, Congress wanted to put this in the hands of the states and it is unlikely it will ever be taken away.
On Wednesday, November 6th, we are still Americans. We need to act like it regardless of the election outcome. We must work for the good of this country and always work to help each other be the best Americans we can be.
On November 6th, let’s end Halloween and begin our season of Thanksgiving.
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