I can’t wait for the election to be over; at the same time, I’m afraid of the outcome. All pundits and opinionators and forecasters say it will be close. Which means we will still be a country divided. It won’t be determined on Election Day either, because there will be disputes and disagreements about ballot totals in various states.
Personally, I agree with the forecast that it will be close. But may I be excused for hoping otherwise?
I’d like to see a landslide. Obviously, a landslide in the direction of the person for whom I’m voting. The person who is rational, experienced, committed to the rule of law. The person who, even if we don’t like her, we can still survive four or eight years down the road. I can’t imagine this landslide any other way.
Still . . .
If there is a landslide in the opposite direction, it will show me where our country is headed. It will be autocratic and vengeful. And I’m not sure we’ll survive the next four years. So I’m grateful that I’m old enough not to see much of the future, because I believe a landslide in that direction signals the end of our country as I’ve known it.
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