Everyone Wants This Over

Only one more Hump Day to go, Friends,

We are actually only 13 days away from the end of this spectacle of an election. And virtually everyone I've talked to just wants it to be over.

Even popular singer Sheryl Crow is so fed up with how long this mudfest has gone on that she's started a movement to shorten the presidential election cycle.

Donald Trump declared his candidacy back in June, 2015 and has been stumping ever since. And it seems like Hillary Clinton has been running since 2007 (and for all intents and purposes she has).

If our presidential elections were like they were in past decades, we'd have nodded off to sleep by now. Imagine a year and a half of pure policy debate.

But the contentiousness of this election has gripped the national psyche...in an insidious way.

Its name calling, dog whistling, and outrageous twisting of reality--mainly by the GOP side--has created a violent faction of know-nothings with a big arsenal and an itchy trigger finger.

Cliven Bundy and his American goons have already taken up arms against the U.S.
government once. Who knows what will happen if their boy doesn't win the presidency.

Our 'fragile democracy' has had a tradition of accepting our presidential election results regardless of how people felt about them. But Donald Trump has told his cohort to break that tradition if he loses.

Most won't follow his advice. But if just a fraction of one percent do, we've got an armed contingent of hundreds of thousands of very angry people who need little additional prodding to revolt.

I actually thought that inciting violence was a crime. Clearly, the law doesn't apply to Donald Trump.

From what I personally observed here in Nevada, early voting lines are long. And the actual tally so far indicates that Democrats are far outnumbering Republicans--and Democrats are clearly not voting for Donald Trump.

Nevada is the classic swing state, and its population is a true microcosm of the United States as a whole. If early voting here is any indication, Hillary will win decisively.

While everyone is ready for this election to be over, let's not ignore what could happen the day after.

Hope that cool heads prevail.