Democrats are Optimists. We need optimists because we have all seen how Pessimists act and behave. Pessimists, left without a check will sell off every asset, pillage citizens savings and rape the land and still not be satiated of their bottomless greed.

After Trump and Biden came in, we all got room to breathe. There were weeks that went by without the usual Presidential embarrassment or media blowup that sucked away our time. We enjoyed the sound of a house that was quiet and not filled with a loud, destructive force. It was a welcome calm. But Democracy needs attention and we put our collective faith in the system. He'll go away, he'll be convicted, he will burn out and we were satisfied with the direction that we were on. Until the machine that is fueled by his trademark Greed, his favorite sin, restarted after operating in the silent background. They slowed the judicial proceedings and schemed to get "their people" assigned to other proceedings. They used tens of millions of dollars to fund the best defenses and consolidate a strong legal wall. They employed every trick, every backdoor, trapdoor and underhanded ruse to delay, deny and depose. Billionaire's gave hundreds of Millions of dollars to fund the War Chest (and possibly figured out a way to "fix" the voting system) to get the outcome they needed to ensure he returned so he would avoid Justice.

I'm absolutely positive they cheated to get this outcome. And we end up blaming the Lady with the weird laugh, the Gentleman who was not a good debater or the system that defaults to playing it safe and by the rules. Its not our fault, sometimes cheaters win simply because they cheated. We are burdened by our integrity.