Cheaters Never Win …

And winners never cheat. Heard that one before? It’s an old one, but I remember teachers and coaches using it a lot when I was growing up. I always had a hard time believing it though.

Maybe, I’m being cynical, or just short-sighted, but sometimes cheaters do win. I’ve seen it in sports, in academics/school, in the workplace, and now maybe in a Presidential election. So yeah, sometimes cheaters do win.

I’m a little more of a believer in the second part, but even then, there’s room for some doubt. Depends on your definitions, I guess. How do you define a winner? The competitor who comes out on top? Scores the most points? Gets the most votes? Or are we talking about character?

And how do you define cheating? Breaking the rules? Intentionally? Or only by accident? What about just taking advantage of legal loopholes? Never is pretty easy to define, but don’t get me started on absolutes. Winners never cheat? Ever? 100% Squeaky clean, perfect record?

Now that I’m older, I suppose I can better see the “big picture.” So, maybe I’m a little more willing to believe the old saying. Maybe in the long run, cheaters don’t really win. Eventually the truth will come out. Karma, or the Law of the Harvest, or God, or Fate, or whatever you believe in, will catch up with the cheaters. I hope so. I would like to think there’s justice and fairness in the world.

If so, then maybe the real winners will get their rewards, and the recognition they deserve for doing things the right way, playing fair, being honest, never giving up. That’s kind of how I define a winner.

Perhaps what saddens me the most about the 2020 Presidential election is that so few Democrats seem to care whether or not they may have won by cheating. Only a small percentage are willing to admit that they don’t believe the election was fair and honest (https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article247121139.html ), but even they seem perfectly content to have their candidate declared the winner.

Regardless of what you hear (or don’t hear) from the mainstream media, there was obvious fraud (cheating). Maybe a little, maybe a lot. Enough to change the outcome? Who knows? Either way, every American should be very concerned about this election and every one to come.