Still the Worst Election Ever

The news that Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony charges is good news, indeed. Like Al Capone, he is being sentenced for the least of his crimes, not the ones he really should be serving time for but the ones which they could nail him on. Still, Al Capone did go to jail, and did die there.
So, I suppose this is good news for Joe Biden, which does not make me happy. He is, in the most generous description, a senile old bastard and, at worst, which is the way I see him, as a genocidal monster.
So, how does this affect the upcoming election? It just confirms what I’ve been saying for a long time: this is the worst election in American history. The two major parties have dropped any pretense of letting the voters choose the candidates. The Democrats are scared to death of a new Bernie Sanders arising, and the Republicans have been kissing Trump’s ass for so long, they cannot detach.
The two candidates will be Joe Biden and Donald Trump and there isn’t a goddamned thing the American voters can do about it. We have no say. The U.S. is no longer a democracy.
Will they still have debates? Maybe not, if Trump is actually in jail by then, which suddenly seems like a real possibility. If so, that would be a lucky break for Biden, who can barely get through the sound bites they write for him without sounding less coherent than that old geezer in Better Call Saul who was in a nursing home and dinging his bell like crazy. If debates take place, Biden will come off looking just terrible. But, no debates will further emphasize the fact that the voters don’t really matter in this election. Certainly, their opinions don’t.
If Trump is actually in jail, a lot of people will be shocked to realize that he can still be on the ballot. Fine. Be shocked. But he still could win. Which might lead to a bit of a constitutional crisis if he is still in jail come January. I guess whoever he picks for veep would have to step in. But, I’m not sure. This would be, after all, the first time that has happened.
Or, if Trump’s in jail, a lot of people could assume Biden is the only choice and he’ll wind up winning with a Soviet style majority. Even if only 20% turn out to vote.
It will certainly be interesting to watch. An election between a creepy old man with Alzheimer’s and an actual convicted criminal. Some might say tragic. But, in view of the real tragedies unfolding around the world, which Biden is fully in support of, I’m going to go with comical.