Well, I suppose that would be almost any year. But some specific examples:

The Russian Revolution of 1917.

Actually, that was pretty horrible. (And it’s commemorated on the 7th, not the 6th — but close enough for government work.) Looking ahead to the next four years in the U.S., though, what I’m seeing could be even worse.

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1861: Jefferson Davis Elected President of U.S. Confederacy. The Civil War had begun, and would continue for four years. Why does my brain keep seeing some sort of parallel here?

But history doesn’t always have to repeat itself . . . does it?

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1528: Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas. We can’t really hold Sr. de Vaca responsible for the way Texas voted yesterday, but maybe if he had never set sail from Spain . . . Still, at the time it must have seemed like a very good day for his crew.

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1860: Abraham Lincoln elected president. Aha! A really good one at last . . . though not necessarily for Jefferson Davis.

I’d like to know where the Abraham Lincolns of today are hiding . . . if indeed they exist. Anyone out there?

Please?

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2021, 2022 and 2023: Because they weren’t presidential election years.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
11/6/24