Mattes's Musings by KC2GIK

The day after  the 2008 election I wrote an entry entitled " The White House Meeting " where I imagined the contrast between the meeting between outgoing President Bush and incoming President  Obama and the meeting between the outgoing Vice President  Dick Cheney and the incoming President Joe Biden. Frankly it was a tounge and cheek  piece where while Bush and Obama seemed to be at peace, Cheneyy and Biden seemed to be on the verge of coming to blows. Then after Obama'a two terms as  president, he reluctantly welcomed Donald Trump. Then we all what happened over the course of those four years, fake investigations, the trials and all kinds of othe  r

I first want to congratulate President-elect Trump for recapturing the Oval Office. From announcing his campaign again to almost getting assassinated on July 13th to his victory last n ight, it's sure been a wild ride! It has been said he hasn't stopped running since losing to Joe Biden in 2020. I would also likle  to congratulate VP Harris for running a good campaign however it fell short. A few observations \ the day after the election.  I find the most interesting, the race in a little county in Texas called Starr County, a county that has a heavy Hispanic population, and hasn't voted for a Republican since 1896, that's 132 years!! It's remarkable because all the Democrats ever talk about is Trump's racism . However Starr County is right on the Mexican border and has definitely seen its share of crime coming across the southern border. T he Democrats again said Trump's border policies were racist and by endorsing Trump you're endorsing racism. That th...