THE Issue in 2024

For months, I thought it would be abortion and what the Republican abortion bans promised for our future under Republican government.  An issue that we cannot forget, but not the key to this election.


Then, I thought it would be the overriding struggle between American democracy, as flawed as it is, and straight out fascism.  This also is a very real issue that cannot be forgotten for a minute between now and November.


But I now sense an issue that is likely to be bigger and more immediate to vast numbers of American voters:  happiness.


Do you want to go on for another four years, waking every day in fear of what Republican greed and hatred are going to spawn in this country, or do you want some degree of happiness in knowing that you have a government that is at least trying to do the best it can for you?  Misery or happiness, that is the voters' true choice this November.  Four years of relative peace or four more years dominated by the ugly cravings and psychological deformities of Republican politicians?  That is the choice you are really making in November, and the Democratic party cannot let people forget it.




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