Electoral College Reality

My sister Jean's birthday is December 14 which happens to be the same day the Electoral College's electors cast their votes for the President in 2020. FYI, I checked to see how many of her birthdays were concurrent with the Electoral College voting day and this is the third (1964, 1992 and 2020). The term I read is that the date of the Electoral College is usually a civics class afterthought. My sister never thought of December 14 as an afterthought I am sure. And, this year it certainly was not overlooked. In fact, it had some drama leading up to it with all the falsehoods about election fraud and spurious lawsuits. Thankfully, the judicial branch of government demonstrated some integrity and dismissed these fallacies of logic into the trash where they belong. Really, I think if a prospective law student wrote one of these briefs, they would never get an interview to law school. But, in the end the people who actually administer elections did their jobs and the the Electoral College had no drama whatsoever.

January 11, 1987  Cleveland Municipal Stadium

Perhaps things can start getting back to normal. And, the results of the Cleveland Browns football game last night make me think the universe is starting to get back in sync. You see, I am a Cleveland Browns fan and last night's last minute loss to Baltimore brought back that awful feeling I have had on similar Brown's losses, feelings of anger, betrayal, and then a deep despair that the world is not fair. The Browns have never been to a Super Bowl and they tend to lose heartbreaking games. For example, the 1986 AFC Championship loss to Denver culminated in "The Drive" was similar to last night's 4th quarter loss.  When you are a child you have fantasies of greatness realized vicariously through heroes. Of course, for most of us those visions do not get realized and we eventually become aware that such desperate hopes should not be wasted on a fantasy. So, last night made me painfully aware again of this lesson of adulthood. 

Similarly, the current occupant of the White house has had his childish fantasies squashed and he is having a difficult time. However, I doubt if he can ever let it go because he never has had the self-insight of why reality has not met his expectation. Undoubtedly, many of his diehard followers are feeling despair but hopefully most will move on and realize that their hero is just a failed man. They should quit hoping that their lives can be fixed by a man-child who has not realized his flaws or his fantasies.