My birthday wish

It’s my birthday in a couple of days. Something that happens around the time of (and occasionally on) my birthday every four years is the US presidential election. Last time around all I wanted for my birthday was for Joe Biden to win that election. And I got my wish. The election that year was actually four days before my birthday, but what with recounts and Wankmaggot court challenges the results remained unknown. On the morning of my birthday, my visiting friend Catherine woke me up with a cappuccino and the news that it was official: Biden won. Hurrah!

I don’t know how long it will take this year, but I’m fervently hoping that I will get my birthday wish this year: The defeat of the Wankmaggot and a prison van taking him to jail.

I’m sure it’s not going to be pretty. Early voting ballot boxes have already been set on fire. MAGA heads have volunteered to be at polling stations to “secure the vote” – in other words attempt to intimidate and disrupt. A far-from-veiled threat authorities everywhere are taking very seriously indeed.

“F around and find out.” Good on ya, Larry Krasner.

I’m prompting a play rehearsal tonight, so won’t be sitting down on the sofa with Rachel & Co from the moment the polls close on the east coast until god knows when tomorrow morning. I’ve already made plans to head over to the director’s house after the rehearsal so we can do some nail biting together. Here’s my prediction for when we turn her television on: New York will be declared for Harris. (Probably Massachusetts and Vermont, as well.) That’s it. That’s all I got.

And, of course, it’s not just a Kamala Harris landslide (oh, man, wouldn’t that be fantastic?) that matters. It’s down ballot, too, folks.

In an ideal world (not that any such thing could exist), the first thing I would like to see Harris do on January 20 next year, is end all offensive arms shipments to Israel. (That isn’t going to happen, but I hope like hell that something will.) The second thing I want to see (and I’m guessing it’s already been drafted by someone) is her signing a bill that will restore – and enforce – reproductive choice for every woman in the United States. However, if all those pissed off women (and men) who are voting for her primarily for that reason want to see it happen, they’d better be voting Democrat for the House of Representatives and (if the position is up for grabs this year) the Senate. Otherwise, if they succumb to the crazy US “checks and balances” mindset and split their vote, nothing (not abortion rights or any other damn thing) is going to happen.

So, Ohio voters, make sure you re-elect Brown, Montana voters, go Tester. Oh, and Texas voters, get rid of that fuckwit Cruz!

Fingers crossed.