Once more we’ve been subjected to a jaundiced letter from the town misanthrope and the Gazette’s favorite columnist in which he casts President Trump in a dictatorial light intent on overturning the election by means most foul. Though not quite up to his standard hyperbole, the writer once again takes his partisanship to illogical extremes.
I don’t agree with Trump’s contention about a stolen election nor his refusal to acknowledge his defeat. But I do support his right to contest the results as vociferously as he desires. (Hillary Clinton still claims the election was stolen from her and advised Joe Biden never to concede.)
Each of Trump’s legal challenges has been denied by the judiciary and each outrageous tweet challenge has evaporated into the netherworld of the internet. So, the end result of these efforts won’t matter on Jan. 20 when Joe Biden assumes office as our 46th president and the Trump era comes to its predictably noisy, chaotic close.
At that point, I hope, the reasonable people who comprise the vast percentage of the electorate will be able to come together to steer the country back to a facsimile of united government. We’ve suffered through four years of the “resistance” from those on the left who refused to accept the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s election; we can ill afford another four years of a resistance movement from those on the right.
A helpful local step in the direction of political comity would be for a halt to the seemingly inexhaustible poisoned-pen letters of the aforementioned agitator whose harangues - childishly amusing, as they sometimes are - achieve nothing other than further rending the social garment of our small community. (With his bete noire gone, perhaps he will follow suit.)
As opposed to this conscious effort to divide by the small-minded among us, I suggest that we look toward the example set by two politicians who have surmounted their differences to time and again work for the benefit of us all.
House Speaker Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf and state Sen. Ernesto Lopez - known to all, simply and affectionately, as Pete and Ernie - have shown that bipartisanship is possible and can solve issues as diverse as sheltering the homeless, protecting and preserving our land, and uniting to comfort, console and protect two women in the aftermath of a hate crime. If political pros Pete and Ernie can unite for the common good, why would it be so difficult for other people of goodwill to do the same?
As we enter this new year and welcome a new president, a significant but achievable resolution would be to assign to the past year those miserable people among us who sow discord and discontent, and to celebrate 2021 with a resolve to emulate the cooperative and unifying spirit of Pete and Ernie. I, personally, am thankful for the star-bright example of leadership they have shown throughout this past troubled year.
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