Well, here it is—Election Day. Millions of ballots have already been cast, but yours portly believes in going to the polls on the day itself. God Willing, I’ll be there casting my ballot for Donald J. Trump about thirty minutes after this post is published.
I don’t have much to say, but I am cautiously optimistic. Kamala Harris has all the appeal of a wet blanket that slept its way into power. Donald Trump is like a suave gorilla caring for its young. In other words, if you’re voting for Kamala Harris, you’re either an HR czarina or an aggressively gay man, and the last time I checked (note: I haven’t), even gay men prefer suave gorillas.
Or, at the very least, you’re spiritually on the side of the HR czarinas if you support Harris. I’ve never seen an election so starkly highlight the growing divide between single women and the rest of the country as much as this one. Not even Shrillary in 2016 managed to combine schoolmarmishness with cringe-inducing cackling at this level.
I’m not focusing on the substantive issues at this point because a.) everyone has already made up their minds by this point and b.) Kamala Harris is entirely lacking in substance.
But life was good under President Trump the first time, and I suspect it will be again. His stance on tariffs increasingly makes the free trade consensus of the last hundred years look foolish, the economists be damned. Closing our borders economically is key to restoring American manufacturing; so is closing our border physically and legally. We have got to clamp down on illegal and legal immigration. I don’t care if I have to pay $40 for a shirt; by God, I want it made in America by Americans. It’ll be the best shirt I’ve ever worn and will last a decade.
Regardless, if you’re on the fence or don’t think it matters, stop being a fig leaf and go vote for Trump. Drive up that national vote! Make this bad boy too big to steal.
I’ll be up late (hopefully not too late) watching the returns, and might do some Tweeting/X-ing on X. Consider “tuning” in for my doughy reflections.
God Bless America, and God Bless Donald J. Trump!
—TPP
The Portly Politico 
I, too, prefer to go to the polls on election. I’ve been scolded by my in-laws all week for “procrastinating”. 🙄 Somehow mailing in a week ago would have “stopped the steal”. Sigh.
Tangentially, if you’ve not heard, Trump, Kennedy, and their unity coalition are soliciting nominations for 4,000 appointments in the areas of health, economy, etc. It’s such a neat concept, and I’m feeling hopeful.
https://nominees.mahanow.org/
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I’d think voting in-person on Election Day is way safer than mailing in a ballot! I don’t trust the USPS with anything important, especially my vote!
I wrote myself in for one of the offices, because I could not bring myself to vote for a Democrat running unopposed for a position. But there is another reason: I can go to my precinct after 7 PM EST and see the vote totals for that precinct. If I see a “W/I: Tyler James Cook” for that position, I’ll know my vote was counted (or some other cheeky bastard had the same idea).
That is awesome. I’ll check it out more at lunch. It’d be interesting to work in the Trump Administration!
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Have been reading some disturbing things which, if true, makes 2024 like 2020 on steroids.
Have at look at TCW, Reader’s Forum, which highlights some of these issues.
I hope to wake up tomorrow to see a Trump win. There are a lot of people who don’t want that. The question is, can they pull an even bigger rabbit out of the hat? They’ll try.
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