The Aftermath of the General Election

For John, BLUF:  Just as we weren't prepared for the yezr 2020, it appears we are not prepared for the next year, 2021.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Sorry, there will be no return to normalcy under Joe Biden

Here is the sub-headline:

Biden becoming president will not make COVID-19 disappear and return the country back to normal. Just vote for whatever form of abnormal you prefer.

From UASA Todzay, by Professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds, 27 October 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

As the presidential campaign enters its final phase, one of the messages of the Biden campaign is that putting him, a 47-year veteran of national politics, into the White House will return us to something approaching normal.  With Biden in charge, all the Trump craziness will expire, and things will be safe, sane and familiar.

In fact, there’s no chance of this happening.  If Biden wins, things won’t go back to “normal.”  You probably won’t even hear less from Donald Trump.  And in a lot of areas, like foreign policy, it turns out the establishment’s version of normal wasn’t all that normal anyway.

I think the Professor is on to something.  COVID-19 is unlikely to be going, and Candidate Biden seems to confirm that with his promise of a dark winter.♠  Are protests in the streets likely to go away any time in the near future?♥  Even if the Democrats win the White House and both houses of Congress, the changes favored by Blzck Lives Matter/ANTIFA will not come about on 21 January 2021.

It doesn't matter who wins and is eventually inaugurated, we face protests and disruptions.  While a lot of the media is filled with stories of President Trump not leaving office if he loses the election, there are also problems of factions not being will, or even able, to accept a victory by the Republican Ticket.  How far will President Trump's opponents go to place Candidater Biden in office?

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  On the other hand, my Friend, John McDonough, of City Life Show fame, claims it will all disappear on 4 November (of this year).
♥  And not all of those protests are all that peaceful.  And there is a cost to less than peaceful protests, such as chain stores (e.g., Walgreens) pulling out of ceretain areas.