Let's fire the worst candidate for this job

When The Apprentice came out a few weeks ago, I wanted to see it in the first few days of its release. I wanted to contribute, in whatever small way I could, to the downfall of Donald Trump. Even just a ticket bought -- or in my case, a ticket acquired for free with my critics card -- might be one more nail in this man's political coffin. Better yet, I'd review the movie, hopefully like it, and use my small bully pulpit to remind the world of the sort of charlatan that we could not afford to elect to public office again.

But my wife wanted me to hold it until I could watch it with her.

If he wins the election today, I don't know if I can ever see it. It may be too painful. That's what happened with Weiner, the 2016 documentary that I had intended to watch, but which now only reminds me of the thousand small factors that contributed to him getting elected the first time. 

But I don't think that's going to happen.

I think Kamala Harris will win the presidency today, becoming the first woman ever to do that. It'll be vengeance for Hillary Clinton, but for also for all the women Donald Trump has wronged in his 78 years on this planet.

It will also be a watershed moment for a populace that I think has more good in it than bad. It will be an embrace of the different face of the United States in the 21st century, and all the beauty of that different face. 

I have always contended that the human race, despite occasional evidence to the contrary, continues to evolve in the direction of enlightenment. Issues that once were a strength for bad people are now not even issues. For example, did you hear anyone talk about gay marriage even once in this campaign season? To say nothing of the limited range of what we believed was the correct sort of human experience a hundred years ago, and a hundred years before that.

I believe it will continue today. And with any luck -- and to also finish on a note of hope, not a note of the sourness of what Kamala calls "the other guy" -- this will be the face of our next president:

If there is even one persuadable voter reading these words, please get out there today and make it happen.