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Twilight of the Democrats
American Thinker ^ | 15 Jan, 2024 | Mark C. Ross

Posted on 01/15/2024 12:21:41 PM PST by MtnClimber

Should trends continue, the Democrats will likely still survive, but with much less political influence.

I often say that the greatest political miracle in of all American history is that the Democrats somehow managed to survive the Civil War. They did, however, have to wait until 1884 to win a national election when New York governor Grover Cleveland defeated James G. Blaine. Four years later Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison -- whom he then defeated the next time around. Sound familiar? Should Trump win this year, he’ll be only the second person to ever win, lose, and then win the presidency back again. Also, Cleveland was probably way to the right of even most of today’s Republicans.

In addition to Joe Biden’s obvious lack of popularity and the serious lack of credible replacements, the Democrats are also suffering at the local level. Crime, filth, rising taxes, vagrancy, and the obnoxious nature of many of the Democrats’ agenda issues -- such as messing with the sexual development of young, naïve, and innocent children are provoking ordinary, usually passive people to look for more comfortable choices.

Enter Donald J. Trump, the most conspicuous bull that ever wandered into a political china shop. He broke the longstanding stalemate, putting everything up for grabs. It’s not ideological to just let it become easier for plain folks to prosper. It is, however, goofball ideology that urges government functionaries to inhibit the creation of new wealth… especially because of contrived, pseudo-scientific expectations of approaching catastrophic weather conditions. Weather? Really? Can’t help but think of legendary King Canute who intentionally embarrassed his annoying sycophants by trying to command the tide to go out -- while it was coming in.

We can then throw in exacerbated ethnic sensitivity. You know, “racial” bias...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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1 posted on 01/15/2024 12:21:41 PM PST by MtnClimber
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If the democrats are gone then we still have the RINOs to deal with.


2 posted on 01/15/2024 12:22:45 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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If they have to touch off a world war, or a deadly man-made pandemic that kills a billion people, they’ll do it to stay in power.

Then they’ll blame it on their opposition.


3 posted on 01/15/2024 12:26:42 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: MtnClimber

And what will happen to the Communist Party USA? Their niche has been taken over!


4 posted on 01/15/2024 12:27:16 PM PST by Alvin Diogenes
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To: MtnClimber

Just because they (might) lose this election, does not mean they won’t be around, anymore. Just came back from California, and the hatred for all things good and wholesome is palpable out there. There will ALWAYS be those ready to do their part to flush this great country down the commode.
Stay vigilant.


5 posted on 01/15/2024 12:28:44 PM PST by ArtDodger
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To: Steely Tom

(If they have to touch off a world war, or a deadly man-made pandemic that kills a billion people, they’ll do it to stay in power.)

That’s basically what I predicted in 2016, multiple times here.

The Democrats will start World War III with Russia to cover for Hillary.

I have never doubted it.


6 posted on 01/15/2024 12:30:03 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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The author has no credibility. The Democrats have been written off many times in my life, and yet they survive. Their success derives from the use of nefarious schemes (ballot fraud and illegal immigration), increasing public dependency on government largesse, control of Hollywood and Madison Avenue, and a stranglehold on the educational system from pre-K through college.


7 posted on 01/15/2024 12:30:20 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Mr. Ross posits "Twilight of the Democrats." Wishful thinking, Mr. Ross. That will never happen. The Dems will 1) step up their vote buying, 2) ramp up their cheating, 3) scream "Trump won't let you murder your babies," and 4) hyperventilate that Trump is the Antichrist!! They drained the SPR to lower gas prices. They promised to forgive student loans. They effectively legalized weed. Increase reparations promises (this one may be past its "sell-by" date, though). What was the new gimmick last week? H. L. Mencken once wrote: “Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.”
8 posted on 01/15/2024 12:35:05 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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Think mail-in voting. Put in due to Covid. Covid is gone. Where’s mail in voting gone?


9 posted on 01/15/2024 12:35:10 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Sadly they have success based on fear.

The Liberals and Democrats have been able to scare people that Republicans are racist sexist homophobic Etc.

So they’ve been able to scare people, that since Republicans are so repulsive, they need to find their political home in the Democratic Party.

Why do 90% of black voters vote Democrat year after year? I think fear of Republicans motivates that voting behavior.


10 posted on 01/15/2024 12:35:24 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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“.....Democrats will likely still survive, but with much less political influence.”

LOL-—these people are pushing the craziest crap as if there are zero consequences-——which there’s zero consequences for them because everything will/has been stolen. I predict radical leftists will win everything on the Federal level and most states-—because of ballot harvesting.


11 posted on 01/15/2024 12:35:45 PM PST by mikelets456
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Don’t believe it for a second. After they steal the next election they’ll have Trump murdered in prison, because that’s just how they roll.


12 posted on 01/15/2024 12:36:04 PM PST by SpaceBar
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We're seeing all of these "Democrats are Worried" or "Democrats are Losing" type of headlines for 2024.

Just like the "Red Wave" predictions for 2022.

But the cheating mechanisms used in 2020 (cheat-by-mail-in ballots with no enforced signature verification, un-monitored drop boxes, and voting machines that no one is allowed to audit) are firmly entrenched, and nothing is mentioned about it in articles like these.

13 posted on 01/15/2024 12:39:21 PM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: Dilbert San Diego

(vote Democrat year after year?)

Look no further than unearned entitlement programs.


14 posted on 01/15/2024 12:40:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, y bought, they sold ......)
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To: SpaceBar

Trump as POTUS. Could he empty out jails and prisons of all illegals to start with? They won’t be missed and families can’t cry on cue over their losing a breadwinner like the slime ball who impregnated the 10 year-old in Ohio.


15 posted on 01/15/2024 12:41:06 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Foreign currency, such as pounds, gilders, and marks were fairly commonplace, along with tobacco, a commodity in much demand.

And alcohol. On the frontier where money didn't circulate, people were on the alcohol standard. A barrel of a beer product or a cask of whiskey or brandy preserved the value of farmers' fields and orchards. Those beer products, whiskies and brandies had a known value at a trading post when traded for machine tools, bolts of gingham or hemp cloth, flour, or bacon (if you didn't raise your own hogs). That's why the Whiskey Rebellion was such a big deal.

16 posted on 01/15/2024 12:42:29 PM PST by Publius
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“...Democrats will likely still survive, but with much less political influence.”

I appreciate the thought, but if I had a dime for every time I have heard that statement (or something similar), I'd be a millionaire by now.

17 posted on 01/15/2024 12:43:13 PM PST by CapnJack ( )
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Whistling past the graveyard. The Democrats have at this point achieved sufficient dominance over the government, legal system and media that they simply will not allow themselves to be deposed, regardless of how blatantly they need to steal elections.


18 posted on 01/15/2024 12:44:59 PM PST by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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I don't think even the writer of this article believes this nonsense.

Millions of migrants pouring in, more on the way, and no, they're not ever going home.

Millions of single mothers, and more on the way, unless Christian patriarchy reasserts itself (which it does not appear to be doing).

Mostly MAGA Boomers dying off, while Gen Z snowflakes are coming of age.

These demographic trends favor Democrats.

19 posted on 01/15/2024 12:47:57 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: MtnClimber

DEMmerdämmerung?

Will it be over when the fat lady sings?


20 posted on 01/15/2024 12:49:49 PM PST by sevlex
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