Posted on 11/07/2018 3:42:49 AM PST by AJFavish
For the many millions they spent (and the mainstream media’s daily fake news) they sure didn’t get much...
I posted these comments on another thread, but they fit here too.
I think it's safe to say the MSM beat us this year.
Take the issue of illegal immigrant families being split. We all know that tens of thousands of families were split under Obama as a result of the same policies, never mind the hundreds of thousands that have been split as a result of the high incarceration rates in Democrat run cities. None of that stopped the MSM from successfully making us own the issue.
I could name others. "I'll have more flexibility after the election" and uranium-gate. Blacks being murdered in Democrat run cities. The list goes on and on of issues that we should have made the Democrats own, but the MSM succeeded in making us own them instead.
I know it feels good to look at Rather-gate as an example of what we can accomplish, but that was 14 years ago. We need to find ways to counter the MSM's saturation of leftist viewpoints as it stands today.
IMHO
They do not have enough votes in the House to cause major problems. They BARELY have control of the house.
But in reality, the Rs deserve to lose. Collectively, they’re barely distinguishable from the demholes. They never do what they’re sent there to do. Obamacare anyone? Debt, deficits..... Gridlock is good.
Every democrat congressperson has to run again in 2 years.
Most don’t come from safe San Francisco districts....
If the RATS in the house follow-through with their threatened vendetta against the Administration, they will set themselves up for a real bloodbath in two years.
The left “bought” the house. Also, the decay that started in the Carter Administration, as instigated by the Department of Education and the NEA/AFT is finally producing a steady flow of ignorant, indoctrinated voters who fail to understand the responsibilities of citizenship.
the goal will be the same as always, tank the economy and push for Socialist revolution...
Received so many Congratulations from so many on our Big Victory last night, including from foreign nations (friends) that were waiting me out, and hoping, on Trade Deals. Now we can all get back to work and get things done!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018
> “I assume that next year the Democrats who run the House will refuse to appropriate sufficient money for: ...
1. the military; “
Favish forgets or is ignorant that POTUS was funded to the hilt in the DOD for all of 2018 and 2019 and fiscal 2019 runs far into 2020.
In the meantime, it will be a frequent sight to watch Pelosi get tongue twisted and confused. She’s a good masthead for the rotten party.
“I assume that next year the Democrats who run the House will refuse to appropriate sufficient money for: “
Not necessarily. There’s politics, then there’s horse-trading. Trump will horse trade and get much of what he wants. It probably means we won’t get rid of things like Obamacare or some horrible regulations. But it’s likely the wall will get built, the military will get funded and ICE funding will stay the same or get increased. Most of what we heard from the Democrats was posturing. When it gets down to building that bridge in my district, the rock solid socialist position will get shoved to the side.
I believe we can take back the House in two years if we shine the light on them until then.
The man knows how to twist the knife, even if there is no knife. The MSM thrives on Republican bellyaching. They love it when FReepers are all crying and Republican lame ducks are lamenting, but Trump comes out there applauding the wins that did happen. They’ve got to be seething. They hate him, because he’s a positive driving force for all of us.
At this point we need to rally around the man who brought us this far and really start earnestly looking for a predecessor who will truly lead us out of the swamp.
Republicans have had 6 years to rid us of the cancer that is Obamacare. They don’t want it gone. It’s a hot button that they can continue to use to whip up the electorate to vote for them. There aren’t many other bete-noir issues that fire up voters like healthcare.
The Dems are simply going to gridlock and panic the electorate for the next 2 years. With a compliant MSM, they have a bully pulpit that can be used to try every last issue in the court of public opinion. America isn’t lost, but we’re certainly at irons for the next 2 years.
It’s time to focus on either Trump’s re-election or another businessman who can come in and take his place. America needs to keep the prosperity rolling.
It seems politics will not solve our problems. We will become lawless and our money worthless. Sewing to the wind, reaping to the whirlwind.
Democrats will just run out the clock while the demographic timebomb ticks away, Paul Ryan and the establishment were doing the same thing. Soon they will have their nomwhite majority and the oligarchy will become entrenched completely.
They got everything. Money well spent. Be it one seat or all seats, they won and we lost. They control it all. There will be no funding of anything to save the country and we will hear nothing but impeach, impeach, impeach.
House rhinos sold out before the left could buy.
Here in Western Pa Democrats brought out the old mantra of cuts in Social Security and Medicare. Shocking, how this old cunard is believed by oldsters who have heard this crap their entire voting lifetime.
Trump still has VETO!
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