At this point it is clear that Joe Biden won the elections of 2020. President Trump should be more gracious than the Democrats were four years ago when he was elected President. The President should congratulate the President elect and move on.
It it is true that their was fraud in the elections, it would not be the first time. Richard Nixon was aware of the fact that JFK stole the elections of 1960 but accepted the results anyway for the good of the country. President elect Biden spoke well as did Vice President elect Harris. But then again politicians speak well and they read speeches written by others. Let us wait and see if they put their nice words into practice.
President Donald Trump was a President of substance and not empty rhetoric. We shall not see another President like this in our life time. An outsider who spent his life in the private sector who went straight to the Presidency rather than being a career politician. Trump was not particularly articulate but he governed well and was effective in the formulation of policy.
As the Trump administration exits, so does this bloggers purpose for voting. Even if Donald Trump has won the election this would have been the farewell vote for this blogger. With the exit of Donald Trump, a genuine independent, the Republican party will likely be retaken by the neoconservatives
Therefore, there is no reason to support either party in the future. This blog has criticized the Democrats and will criticize the pre and post Trump Republican Party. Before Donald Trump, the Republican Party was the party of the war criminals George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, John McCain, and Mitt Romney. I expect the parasitical neoconservatives to reclaim the Republican Party.
Greek American organizations endorsed Joe Biden. It should be remembered that American foreign policy began tilting away from Turkey toward Greece under the Trump administration. Greece found new life and assertiveness under Prime Minister Mitsotakis and credit should be given to the Presidency of Donald Trump. All previous administrations of both parties have supported Turkey and always bullied Greece.
The Trump administration never exerted pressure on Greece to appease Turkey and this has shown itself as Athens has stood up to Turkish bullying. The Trump administration adopted a sane policy toward Russia and removed the United States from Syria. There was the danger of instigating war with Iran but the Trump administration reversed itself after the mistake in killing Iranian General Soleimani.
We have now an incoming administration talking about “science”. Both the President and Vice President elect mentioned science in their speeches. Do they think that the idea that a man can get pregnant is scientific? Do they think that there are sixty three genders? We shall see what kind of social agenda they pursue.
Hopefully, the election of an African American Vice President will contribute to easing tensions in America. This should contribute to killing the idea that America is racist. It should not be forgotten that the elections of 2020 were conducted under the threat of civil unrest and political violence mainly from the Democratic side.
In any case, it is time to wait and see. In the Orthodox Church, it is customary to pray during the divine liturgy and in private prayers for the head of country. Throughout history, the Church has prayed for Christian and non Christian rulers alike. For Byzantine Emperors and Ottoman Sultans. For Russian Tsars and Communist leaders.
The President elect and the Democratic Party cannot be considered Christian. But they are not the Ottomans and Communists either. We will pray for them in our Orthodox prayers as we have for all previous Presidents. Let us hope that they will be enlightened and respectful of the right of Christians and others to profess their faith and dissent from the new radicalism that the Democratic Party embraces.
3 replies on “The Election Results”
Actually, they are not elected yet. That will take place when the Electors do their jobs in December. The Press need to understand they do not declare the next President, the people do through their representatives.
I have little doubt that Joe Biden will be the next President. The process the DNC used to get him there was shameful, but it is what it is. No Federal Court is going to overturn it. It will unfortunately tarnish this Administration, but they knew that when they put together their plan.
Trump needs to cease and desist with the harsh rhetoric. Recounts are great and we need to understand how flawed this process was, so it will never be repeated again. A lot of people are very angry today and you can’t blame them, normal voting was shunted aside for millions of unsolicited mail-in ballots. That Trump had strong leads in most of those states when they went to bed and was buried under mail-in ballot votes when they woke up is upsetting to folks who want to believe in this nation.
I hope the new Administration does the right things with respect to Greece and Cyprus. I hope we don’t end up getting in a lot of new, expensive wars around the world. One good thing Trump has done is get us out of foreign conflicts. I hope that continues.
The media controlled the way the news was presented. The most obvious example is downplaying the scandals involving the Bidens. They influenced the outcome of the election by not reporting on the real agenda of black lives matter and Antifa. Many people think Black Lives matter is about civil rights. Four years of trying to discredit the
2016 elections, the fake coup in February. An example of media bias is their failure to show how the World Health organization was linked to China. And then the mail in votes fiasco.
Regarding Greece and Turkey I think the State Department will lead foreign policy in the right direction because of how deranged Erdogan is.
I hope you are right about our direction wrt Turkey, I fear that Biden will take us back to the old days of favoring Turkey by appointing a NEOCONish Secretary of State. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Hillary Clinton or someone along her lines appointed. Very disappointing to me is that I saw this coming, but most Greek Americans slopped up the koolaid that Biden was more ‘pro Greek’ than Trump-on the basis of a couple of statements. In my view most Greek Americans aren’t too smart on foreign policy issues. Until they become educated, our interests will continue to languish and be afforded indifferent treatment in the USA.