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The Liberal Lockdown Playbook: What’s Next?
The American Spectator ^ | December 27, 2020 | Tom Raabe

Posted on 12/29/2020 3:37:52 PM PST by CheshireTheCat

Count me among the Pollyannas who was sure that when the election was done the pandemic would be “done,” too. November 4 would dawn bright and clear, the thunderheads of contagion looming on the horizon dissipated by a dry air mass of political reality.

And I was not alone. None other than President Trump was with me, as were pols and pundits across the conservative landscape who speculated that the draconian restrictions on liberty were as much a political tactic employed by the Left as they were a public prophylactic against viral pestilence.

If Biden won, the Democrats would stumble into sanity and downplay the potency of the virus — we need only protect vulnerable populations, those with comorbidities, they would say; everybody else can return to normal. Or they would adopt more amenable metrics for analyzing the crisis — the number of cases doesn’t matter, because practically everybody recovers; it’s deaths caused by COVID alone that are important. They would urge a return to normalcy, and a few months later claim credit for a booming economy.

If Trump won, the Dems would see the futility of their political gambit and back off — I told you I was a Pollyanna. I mean, they wouldn’t keep this up for four more years. Would they?

The result, either way, would be kids streaming into classrooms and fans flooding into NFL stadiums. We could get back to where we were before China dispatched its ambassadors of death.

But it didn’t happen. The election is nearly two months into our rearview mirror, and the lockdowns continue, and are even being gleefully ramped up in Democrat strongholds like California SSR.

What’s more, there is very little hand-wringing from liberal politicians and their media minions. Lockdowns have retained their pre-election cachet and journalistic imprimatur....

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1 posted on 12/29/2020 3:37:52 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

There is only one way historically that a govt ever gives up power.


2 posted on 12/29/2020 3:40:03 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: CheshireTheCat

The election is not “over” over. So they keep up the panic porn to distract the population from the election fraud.


3 posted on 12/29/2020 3:45:09 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: CheshireTheCat

They have tasted total power by decree, and they like it.


4 posted on 12/29/2020 3:48:28 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: CheshireTheCat
The pandemic shut down cannot end while Joe Biden is president, at least not through the inauguration. I do not believe that he is capable of delivering a speech in front of a huge crowd where he would be unable to read from a giant screen situated directly in front of him. He will not be able to meet publicly with any foreign heads of state.

Because of the dangers of COVID-19, Joe Biden will “keep us safe”. /s

I really hate what the deep state and our Marxist media is willing to do to this once great country.

5 posted on 12/29/2020 4:07:41 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: CheshireTheCat

Only peaceful way this is going to end it through cooperative effort on a national scale. Each of those lockdown politicians need to be shunned by society.

Imagine an easily accessed list of troublesome bureaucrats which individuals can reference before doing business.

Need a plumber? Tough. No service.
Need a gardener? Tough. No service.
Need a bottle of booze? Tough. No service.

Travel to another State and get into a car accident? Need a tow truck? Tough. No service.

Make it so they can’t even purchase food without fear of being turned away.

Make daily life impossible.


6 posted on 12/29/2020 4:12:44 PM PST by VetoBill
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To: CheshireTheCat

Covid camps.

You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave.


7 posted on 12/29/2020 4:17:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

““ Count me among the Pollyannas who was sure that when the election was done the pandemic would be “done,” too. ””

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No way. They have to keep this “emergency” going through the mid-terms. Mail in ballots are going to seal-the-deal.

Marxists are winning big and our politicians are too unprincipled to care about anything other than their and their families bank accounts.


8 posted on 12/29/2020 4:32:57 PM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: jacknhoo

The election is not done yet.


9 posted on 12/29/2020 4:33:44 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mr. K

“ The election is not done yet.”

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That point is moot. They’re (the Marxists) still going to keep the emergency going through the mid-terms.


10 posted on 12/29/2020 4:38:26 PM PST by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Covid camps.

Re-Education Day Spas (REDS) Sheez!

I will be glad to talk to you underneath the Diversity Pavilion, comrade.

11 posted on 12/29/2020 4:45:49 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (NuRulz)
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To: CheshireTheCat
Once the Wuhan Flu is under control Rat Party Headquarters will discover a nationwide,horribly dangerous “white supremacy" movement that demands an extension of the full lock down.
12 posted on 12/29/2020 4:55:11 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (STOLEN ELECTION 2020)
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To: CheshireTheCat

A mutated covid virus is next and they extend the lockdowns indefinitely.

For your own good.

Because the government cares about you so much.


13 posted on 12/29/2020 5:08:27 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If the meanings in the Constitution can change, why did they bother writing it down?)
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To: CheshireTheCat

under the ‘control’ category, the drums have already started beating to draw the misguided out into the streets again. Witness the recent article in Teen Vogue and notice the author’s name:

Teen Vogue
How to Shut Down ICE Detention in Your Community, a Detention Watch Network Guide
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-to-shut-down-ice-detention-in-your-community-a-detention-watch-network-guide/ar-BB1cgvy2?ocid=msedgntp


14 posted on 12/29/2020 5:23:26 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: VetoBill

Need Botox injections? Tough, no service.


15 posted on 12/29/2020 5:34:05 PM PST by Old Yeller (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: Old Yeller

Now that is just being mean!

I’m open to the idea of allowing Botox injections as long as they use needles the size of a turkey baster.


16 posted on 12/29/2020 5:50:27 PM PST by VetoBill
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To: CheshireTheCat

It will never end. Power grabs by Control Freaks are never willingly given up. Any excuse will do.

On the contrary, it will het worse. The dry run succeeded better than their wildest dreams. Next fake excuse will be much worse. Outright gun confiscation nis coming. It always does.


17 posted on 12/29/2020 9:47:40 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (This is all a Soros funded communist insurrection! )
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

It will never end. Power grabs by Control Freaks are never willingly given up. Any excuse will do.

On the contrary, it will het worse. The dry run succeeded better than their wildest dreams. Next fake excuse will be much worse. Outright gun confiscation nis coming. It always does.
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Exactly. Now it’s the “new strain” that will make them continue their charade.


18 posted on 12/30/2020 2:25:22 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: Freee-dame

“The pandemic shut down cannot end while Joe Biden is president, at least not through the inauguration.”

I think I’ve surmised by listening to War Room, that there will be no traditional inauguration if Biden is inaugurated. Of course, the rationalization will be eeee-vil Covid; the REASON will be that Joe will drool and stutter and we can’t have the American people see that.


19 posted on 12/30/2020 2:33:17 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (I'd rather have Covid-19 than Biden-20.)
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To: Old Yeller

“Need Botox injections? Tough, no service.”

And Pelosi replies, “I don’t like the sound of that!”


20 posted on 12/30/2020 2:35:46 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (I'd rather have Covid-19 than Biden-20.)
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