As I see it, it’s not the war that’s really upsetting voters. It’s something related to the war, gas prices.
I’ve got a few swing voter and conservative friends who are vocally upset. They don’t talk about the war. They are upset about what’s up on those gas price signs.
Those folks are both short-sided and shallow.
But it is what it is.
So Johnson has a point.
Gas prices are the greatest correlation to political approval. They get high, the other party benefits. It’s stupid, but it’s true.
Being conservative means facing facts, however unpleasant.
The fact is months and months have elapsed, and we’re supposed to believe Iranians are
“desperate to conclude a deal” yet they still have no problem killing our valuable military.
Iran would be rendered so “ineffective,” they’d even be “unable” to close the critical oil transport route ...... the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, 4½ months later, the US is still fighting w/ no end in sight, or even with a clear definition
of what an “acceptable end” would be -— w/ costs to taxpayers escalating into the mega billions.
And that’s a fact
“””As I see it, it’s not the war that’s really upsetting voters. It’s something related to the war, gas prices.”””
During the obama biden era I often paid four bucks a gallon. Adjusted for inflation that would be $5.40 today.
People can’t do math.
Johnson doesn’t have the vision to know that gas prices will drop before the midterms.
And they’re going to stay upset as the COL cost of living remains steep, not due to the war Deflection, but to Hooverville sweat shop economy:
A * Deflection Again
Everything COL “is back up”
* 30+ Trillion Big Un-Beautiful Government Communists Bill, cash Dumpings. Signed by Trump and his predecessors. From Mr. “Read My Lips 👄” right on up.
The Masses are sweating it up, while the Exempt Ones live it up
* Hoovervilles sweat economics. For the masses, not for the Communo- Fascists Exempt Ones
I think dead American soldiers is a big factor as well.