Posts by Carter Wrenn
Election Nights
In the old days, when we all voted on election day, election nights had a kind of normalcy – votes trickled in, then rolled in, but huge puzzling swings were rare. Then early voting started and unexpected swings began to happen on election nights. For some reason Democrats like voting early while Republicans prefer walking…
Read MoreLooking Back at Georgia
Our nightmare came true. Democrats won the Senate. According to the exit polls more Republicans voted in Georgia than Democrats (Republicans: 38%, Democrats 34%) – which meant if the two Republican candidates each got 50% of the Independent vote, they’d each win by four points. They lost Independents 57-43%. Why? Most people walking around on…
Read MoreTelling Republicans He Won…
President Trump said he won Pennsylvania – but three Republican federal Circuit Court Judges ruled his Pennsylvania lawsuit had “no merit.” Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court – it told him no. Republican judges in Georgia and Wisconsin said no to pro-Trump lawsuits. Trump turned to the Republican Governors in Arizona and Georgia to…
Read MoreNo More Kowtowing
Trump tweeted “Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it”…four years later he tweeted Biden stole the election – Rudy Giuliani told us vote stealing computers turned millions of ballots cast for Trump into votes for Biden. Fox howled, CNN howled, brawls broke out on Social Media, tweets spread howls like infections; turning against Tucker…
Read MoreWhat Happens Next?
Glaring at a President, thinking, I don’t like you but, at least, you’re not lying to me…that’s a pillar (of democracy) called the Public Trust. Nixon breached the Trust, had to resign. Now Biden lies, Trump lies…but one will be President. If the pillar vanishes… What happens next?
Read MoreBone Deep
Joe Biden, doddery Washington politician, both for and against fracking; Trump slams Fauci; Giuliani says Hunter Biden had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl; Two tribes. One loves Trump; one hates him. CNN, and Fox, stir both. Social media pours gas on the fire. Trump’s tribe roars, If Biden wins our country’s doomed; Biden’s tribe…
Read MoreBetter Angels
Trump boasted, ‘I fight for you harder than any president has ever fought for anyone’ – the video flew across the internet, landed in my inbox with a two-line stab: Remember George Washington fighting for eight years during the Revolution – and at Valley Forge? Staring down from the stage at a legion of admirers,…
Read MoreThe Great Debate
Flamboyant, fearless, pounding his chest, Trump punched Biden. Fumbling, dodging, doddery, Biden punched back. Fox swooned, Trump won. CNN hissed, Trump’s a fiend. Who won? Here’s a biblical question: Trump’s bad. But Biden’s worse. We’re in a ditch. Ask yourself: Why is our only choice between ‘bad’ or ‘worse?’
Read MoreA Reliable Sign…amid Polls
Every day, coming face-to-face with ambiguities, seeking answers I study signs but as Christ warned signs, like wolves in sheep’s clothing, can lead us astray. Media polls have Trump down ten, 14, 16 points – but my friends, with fixed certainty, tell me, You can’t trust media polls – they mean nothing. Yet even…
Read MoreAn Ironic Kind of Justice
Trump brags, name-calls, but to his credit he’s candid – what you see is what you get. He’s a rascal but doesn’t dress it up with high sounding talk. Cal Cunningham’s a rascal too but candor’s not among his virtues: He painted a picture of himself as a small-town boy… to trust… who loves North…
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