Dear members of the Electoral College:
On December 19th the world will be watching with bated breath, desperately clinging to the hope that a requisite number of you will put your humanity ahead of politics and choose the right side of history, rather than engage in the archaic and undemocratic (note the popular vote) ensuring the disenfranchisement of over 2.5 million Americans who did not vote for an ego-maniacal sociopath, but voted for progress, for tolerance, for a brighter future. Please put an end to this insanity and save us from utter catastrophe. I'M BEGGING YOU! It's obvious to those of us living in the rational world, not stuck in a satirical reality devoid of facts and basic human decency, that Trump is psychologically, temperamentally, intellectually, and morally unfit to be President of the United States – it's simply inconceivable. If you allow Trump to take office, he and his kakistocracy will pose an imminent threat not only to America, but to the world, to our children's future. You cannot allow this to happen. Take a look at his appointees. Note his latest statements and bizarre behavior. Given his recent conduct – via Twitter, no less – Trump has clearly shown that he has absolutely no concept of diplomacy, and will inevitably spark a major international incident. If he is actually sworn in on January 20th – becoming the most powerful person on earth – things are going to get very scary, very fast. His apparent disdain for the constitution alone should give you pause. Stopping this lunatic is a moral imperative. It will be the most consequential decision you have ever made. This is a defining moment in human history. Think of your loved ones and the crisis of conscience you are sure to face when they raise questions concerning the pivotal role you played in the inevitable disaster that awaits us all if you fail to do what is fundamentally right. Do you honestly think the founding fathers had this in mind? The ignorant, the misinformed, the spiral-eyed redneck whose decision on November 8th was based on a plethora of misinformation, cannot be allowed to dictate the course of humanity. Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist Papers “that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.” The Constitution was designed to prevent the very nightmare in which we currently find ourselves. According to Hamilton, The Electoral College was created in order to preserve “the sense of the people.” Ignoring the vast majority, the will of the people, is unacceptable. According to Laurence Tribe, a professor of constitutional law, “Presidential Electors are theoretically free to vote as their consciences dictate, something the founders anticipated Electors would indeed do under Hamilton’s Electoral College invention.”
President Obama pulled America out of the worst recession since the great depression, despite relentless Republican obstructionism, shameless political gamesmanship, a GOP controlled House and Senate via gerrymandering, and an unprecedented right-wing disinformation campaign, laying the groundwork that ensured the outcome of this farce of an election – with assistance, of course, from the media, the Russian government, FBI Director James Comey, voter-suppression, voter purging, and a largely misinformed and complacent electorate. Obama put millions of Americans back to work, providing years of record-breaking progress, and now Trump will inherit an economy that is the envy of the world, amidst warnings from highly regarded economists who claim his policies will bring on a recession that will span the globe. The latest unemployment level is at 4.6%, considered full employment by most economists (another one of those pesky facts). What your country is about to do is the height of lunacy, not to mention incredibly self-destructive. And what about the countless lives saved through the Affordable Care Act, while Republican governors refused to do their part by expanding medicaid, risking the lives of their constituents for political gain – sadly, universal health care isn't possible in America given the political climate. Obama's list of accomplishments is incredibly impressive, especially considering the countless obstacles he was forced to contend with on a daily basis. And how did your country repay him for the eight frustrating years he spent fighting tooth and nail for the little guy? You spit in his face. That poor man received very little appreciation while working tirelessly to repair the damage inflicted on your country after eight years under a destructive Republican administration – whose failed policies are supported to this day, along with an even more extreme conservative agenda. Rather than demonstrating a command of the issues, shoddy “journalism” helped raise an army of ignorant, irrational, knuckle-dragging xenophobes, consistently voting against their own best interests, and as a result the horrifyingly surreal prospect of a Donald Trump presidency (if you fail to stop him) will come to fruition, with far-reaching consequences beyond comprehension. Those who support him are in for a rude awakening. By definition, given his track record, he is a con artist through and through. It's so blatantly obvious – although, apparently not to those sporting a Kool-Aid mustache courtesy of right-wing media, including Breitbart (dessen Führer sehr stolz sein muss) and the Fair & Balanced network, whose motto's irony is not lost on those living outside the post-truth reality of lost causes.
It's important to note that only a minority of Americans suffered a break from reality and voted for a cruel, hateful, arrogant, erratic, unstable, apathetic, manipulative, vindictive, vulgar, abusive, aggressive, misogynistic, bigoted, willfully ignorant, morally bankrupt, pathological lying narcissist; an utter hypocrite whose products are made overseas, buildings are made with Chinese steel, and whose supporters were encouraged to commit voter fraud while he claimed the system was rigged (oh, it was certainly rigged alright); a pervert who makes incestuously lewd comments about his own daughters, remarks on the dating potential of little girls, “inspects” the bodies of naked teenagers, and boasts about the size of his penis on national television; a self-described sexual predator who has spent his life demeaning, degrading, objectifying, and sexually assaulting unsuspecting women; a climate change-denying philistine who seriously suggested the National Enquirer be awarded the Pulitzer prize; a reprehensible degenerate who takes pleasure in benefiting from the misfortune of others; a con artist who has spent the better part of his life scamming the vulnerable, stiffing small business owners, peddling in deceit, intimidation, and corruption; a phony philanthropist who used donations made to his fraudulent foundation to settle lawsuits, engage in quid pro quo, cover business and campaign expenditures, not to mention a number of personal indulgences, including two portraits of himself; a “black soul” who insults gold star families, criticizes prisoners of war, and mocks the disabled; a divisive, fear-mongering racist who legitimizes white-supremacy and the alt-right (neo-Nazi) movement; a deranged demagogue who encouraged the second amendment folks to assassinate his opponent, appealing to the false morality and deep-seated hatred ingrained in the twisted minds of those gun totin', bible thumpin' good ol' boys; a dangerously incoherent buffoon who claims to know more than the generals, but lacks the wherewithal to grasp the implications of nuclear war; a traitor who encouraged foreign adversaries to commit espionage, and whose statements have been used as a recruiting tool by extremists; an aspiring war criminal who clearly stated that he would order the US military to torture detainees and kill their families, including women and children, further demonstrating a disturbing indifference to the heinous crimes against humanity committed by the very same ruthless dictators he praises, including torture, murder, tactical starvation, false imprisonment, the targeting of hospitals, schools, markets, aid convoys, and the use of chemical weapons, inflicting unimaginable suffering.
Should that Gigantopithecus ignoramus get his creepy little hands on those launch codes, the world will know exactly who to thank for the nightmare that is sure to follow – and there's a whole lot of blame to go around. History will not look kindly on those who lead their fellow Americans past the countless warning signs straight off a cliff. There's no do-over, folks. There's no time machine. There's no going back when the shit hits the fan. This is it. YOU ARE OUR LAST HOPE! Do the right thing. And you'll be goddamn heroes!
Sincerely,
A Concerned Neighbour
