US elections not over

Nov 10, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor,

It is worth saying again: the U.S. presidential election is not over. I refuse to wade through the various battlefield states options; or place myself in the delusional state of the president by trying to figure out what he is going to do and where he is going to go; the mere thought is frightening to my sense of stability.
I am content to say that I am satisfied with having a fair to good idea, as to how he is going to react, beyond what is known, since to understand darkened minds, one must be prepared to dive into the gutter.
That I will not do, but take solace from knowing how criminal minds operate by thinking like one; just like I do with political, bureaucratic and commercial players in Guyana.
What is troubling and damning is how McConnell and Cruz and Graham (to name a few) hedge and hold their cards close. If these fellows are not possessed of slave-owners’ mentality, then somebody help me. It is a case of protect the party at all costs, defend the institution of the presidency, as represented by their megalomaniac leader, with every manner of flimsy and specious reasoning and positioning. I recall what United States Army General Welch said to the demagogic bully boy, Senator Joe McCarthy, during his witch hunt for reds. It was something that was along these lines: do you have no sense of decency, sir? They could learn a little from George W. Bush.
That same question about decency is what I ask of my former mayor Rudy Giuliani, who would have long gone to the dogs, but for a little handicap. The dogs do not want anything to do with him; thus, he settled for the next lowest thing, which is the presidential skirt on which he hangs (himself). Right here, I must ask this also: what does Her Excellency-the erstwhile, ubiquitous, dragooning, overpowering United States Ambassador to Guyana-think about what is emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue since last Tuesday. As a courtesy, not necessarily due, I name no names, as I recognize that it is, indeed, a wretched state in which any envoy, not matter how extraordinary, could find self.
For here are the very things for which Guyanese leaders (quite rightly) were lectured over, pushed about, cajoled and wheedled, invited and exhorted-and when all those failed-then mashed and smashed into pulp with a big stick. The locals, inclusive of victors and vanquished, now eat out of the hands, from deeply bowed waists, of the Iron Lady sent here with special charges from DC. She has done well. I would like to see her do better and come out a little to say what is going on in U.S. democracy according to that political don, her ultimate boss. That would not be in contravention of any standing protocols, since those were trampled upon here without regard for the racial sensitivities or electoral intimacies of this dreadful place.
Here our legal eagles were a trashy bunch, feasting on Guyana’s putrid elections carcass (and presenting huge bills), which the PPP must pick up. The silver lining was that our Courts rose to the occasion repeatedly, though there were missteps along the way. In the United States, I believe that the putridity and vulgarity of elections and politics, just like Guyana’s, could be poised to tilt the scales of reason and justice. As said before, I am not persuaded that the once sacrosanct precincts of the United States Supreme Court have not been violated, which is why I expect the less than ennobling from it. The president and his henchman, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, both saw to that with the last charade in the person of Amy Coney Barrett. Given where things are now, I am asking myself whether that last-minute steamrolling was to give them some judicial insurance. We will know soon enough. But the present view here is that this is nowhere over.
GHK Lall

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Latest News