Interesting times ahead

I'm torn on my feelings about what happened over the weekend in the election.   I've been pretty clear that I think Biden was beginning to suffer from dementia, alzheimers, whatever you want to call it.   The symptoms are evident and we cannot have a president who's not "all there", however I think Trump is also beginning to suffer from some of that and I do believe that he wants to be more of a strongman type of leader.

What bothers me more is that he stepped down, and the party just decided it should be Harris as the new candidate.   Yes, of course she doesn't appear to be senile, but she's been MIA for the past four years.  This doesn't even mention who's actually running the country because it's clear it hasn't been Biden.

So...  Do I just shut up and smile, and vote for what looks like a shadow government, or do I vote for what looks like a rapid descent into an authoritarian government that wants to take the US back to 1950?  If I vote third party, which would be my normal choice here, it's a vote for Trump.  I'll probably vote for Harris, but I don't know which is better.   Voting for the shadow government, even if it implements policies I agree with, or vote for Trump.   Yes, I know what's better today, but it's really not much better in the long run.

Personally, I think we should have had an open convention, let some candidates advocate for the nomination and let the delegates choose, but nobody asked my opinion.   I still think it's a forgone conclusion that Trump wins.   Unfortunately I can't apply for UK or Irish citizenship through Merinda, but we can move there and I can apply to be a permanent resident and if we stay 3 years I can become a citizen.  I don't want to leave the US, of course the MAGA crowd would say I don't love my country, which is a lie, but I can't stay and watch it become something awful, nor do I want to participate in the descent into what I think is coming, either tacitly or passively.  Look I'm white, middle aged, middle class straight male.   I'm not the group that will get attention at first, and to be honest the only thing that might get me noticed is my political views which are moving to the left, but I'm still what should be considered "centrist".   That said I have friends who no longer want to be branded as "democrats" because of what they think is coming...   And sadly I do too.

Be safe folks.