Owning the Libs

The “Far Left’s” Ongoing War on Progressivism

Pictured: A donkey in conflict with itself. (Photo by Bill Hamway on Unsplash)

Beautifully attired in a cream coloured silk blouse and white pantsuit Vice President elect, Kamala Harris — the joyful warrior — gave her acceptance speech and introduced the President elect, Joe Biden on the evening of Saturday, November 7th. It was a night of firsts most great and a few less so. Biden will be the oldest President ever, he and Harris received the most votes ever surpassing both Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s records for most votes and most votes for a white candidate respectively. Harris will be the first Black woman and the first Asian woman elected to a federal Executive office. But, also for the first time in America’s history the transition of power is unlikely to be smooth and may not even be peaceful.

The near literal elephant in the room is Donald Trump and his likely refusal to leave the US seat of power willingly. Fortunately, he cannot remain legally, but an underpinning of the US republican-democracy is peaceful transition of power.

I previously characterized the 2020 election as close which is not entirely fair. As of writing the Biden-Harris margin of victory is 4,361,895 votes. It probably won’t get much higher than that, but it almost certainly will not tighten. Biden and Harris did earn more than 50% of the vote, but they are nowhere near Obama’s nearly 10…