Sol's Culture Wars

Who opposes all four of these voter authentication procedures? Who, and for what reasons? Democrats, please explain. - Ballot box watchers. - Hand-counting. - Non-citizens off voter rolls. - Photo ID. Democrats are currently suing to stop these four election integrity measures. Why?

(Opinion) While Republicans are fully engaged in their multi-year goal of resurrecting a previous legacy, Democrats have been playing their own game since Barack Obama - identity politics. Big decisions made based on race and gender, or other irrelevant qualifications. A cynical path without substance or logical basis in fact, since gender and race have zero to do with leadership. Voters have never before had so much to decipher from dishonest media. But, folks seem wiser this time, experienced, less gullible. It's possible that America has learned a lesson, an awareness crisscrossing over old, conventional political alliances. Maybe all voters have become smarter, more independent in thought, more skeptical of highly politicized news platforms pushing narratives over reality. Perhaps we've eventually learned that intersectional checkboxes cannot measure talent.  There is no satisfactory dogma, no wilted word salad tossed up to a public no longer distracted with shiny objects, ...

Elon Musk, tech and business phenomenon, Space X, Tesla, etc., and the richest human on Earth, is certainly a lightning rod for commentary. There is no doubt that his consequential power is immense, and his personal influence continues to expand. It is simply lucky that he is a good guy who loves the West. His concern for all humankind seems self-evident thru his wide-ranging philanthropy and intrinsic generosity.  Now, imagine for a moment if the opposite were the case. Imagine if the world's wealthiest man was not good at all, not a humanitarian. Imagine if this hugely powerful person hated the US and our allies. What if Elon Musk was a fascist or communist fueling evil and chaos everywhere, an enemy of freedom, a supporter of disorder? We are all lucky, this other reality would be scary, even catastrophic.

You're not voting for a Savior. You're not voting for a minister, or a counselor, or a close friend. You're not voting for Big Daddy or Big Momma, Santa Claus, or the Tooth Fairy. Not voting for clicks. You're voting for your family. You're voting to make YOUR lives better, safer, and more prosperous. You're voting for right and wrong, principles and values, ethics and order to your world and the lives of your loved ones. All the rest of this cycle of national upheaval is just more noise.

The First Amendment becomes irrelevant. Truth becomes obsolete. US news media is corporate media. News, with narratives. THAT is the democracy threat. Power is unaccountable. Under corporate control, the Fourth Estate loses track of its public mission and mandate.

How should presidential candidates be chosen? By leadership experience, values and policies, and character? All three? Or, should gender, race, or religion be factors that measure into the final choice? Last question here - everyone may answer these challenges within the calmer context of reflective analysis and reason, away from media sway: how much will gender or race matter those crucial moments in the Situation Room, world crisis at hand?