A Way Out

By Baxter

The other day we were talking to a friend in Canada who told us we might not be able to cross the border again "until you get a new President."

Eek! Election Day is four and a half months off, and Inauguration Day, six. Will we really not see Montreal again until the snow falls?

Maybe not. After all, why should Canada open its border to us if we don't have our act together? COVID cases are out of control, deaths are rising, our hospitals are jam-packed and our supplies are running low — all because Benedict Donald tried to wish it all away, refused to implement the Defense Production Act, politicized safety measures instead of championing them, and hollowed out or decapitated the departments and agencies who could best respond. And there's nobody in the Administration who's capable of making Trump step aside so he or she can do the right thing.

So January it may be. But can the country last that long? Seriously. It feels like the United States of America is at its breaking point (or will be soon, when parents can't send their children to school). There's only so much sheltering, so many lost jobs, and so many solitary deaths in ICUs that we can take.

So, since the newest polls are showing that Biden is on his way to becoming President by acclamation, we have a proposal: When Americans have finally decided they've had enough, Trump and Pence must both resign so Speaker Nancy Pelosi can step in as interim President. She can set into motion everything that has to happen — everything that Trump and Pence have resisted — to beat the coronavirus. Then she can pass the baton to the duly elected President Biden in January. It's a lovely thought. We cats PURR.