Posted on 04/14/2022 11:47:54 AM PDT by Signalman
Democrats may not like it, but they know what’s in store for them in November. That may be one reason that so many of them have decided not to run for reelection — 31 in the House at last count, a 30-year high, according to news reports. When a freight train is heading in your direction, it’s wise to get out of the way.
But it’s not at all clear that Democrats understand that this time around, it’s more than “the economy, stupid.”
They may grasp the obvious: Inflation is a major issue as the midterms approach. If just about everything you buy costs more today than it did yesterday, they know that voters tend to blame the party in charge.
But it’s not only prices that are rising; it’s discontent in general. There’s a growing sense of alienation among many Americans who follow the news and wonder what’s happening to their country. There has always been a gap between liberal elites and ordinary Americans, but the gap has become a chasm.
Many Americans wonder why liberal elites think it’s a good idea to teach very young children about sex and gender orientation in public schools. Starting in September, first-graders in New Jersey will learn about gender identity. This is what a sample lesson from one school district looks like: “You might feel like you’re a boy even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ‘girl’ parts. You might feel like you’re a girl even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ‘boy’ parts. And you might not feel like you’re a boy or a girl, but you’re a little bit of both. No matter how you feel, you’re perfectly normal!”
Liberal elites may think that teaching first-graders such topics is a wonderful idea, but a lot of parents don’t — and they don’t want to be smeared as bigots, or as too stupid to understand, just because they’re against it.
Then there’s crime, which is out of control in many cities that are run by liberal and progressive Democrats. News clips show looters stealing from stores and casually leaving with bags full of merchandise. The thieves know that if on the outside chance they’re arrested, no-cash-bail laws passed by Democratic legislatures will mean they’re back on the street in no time flat, and there’s a good chance they won’t spend even 10 minutes behind bars because progressive district attorneys will find some reason not to prosecute them. Ordinary Americans wonder how this can happen to our country.
When crime is raging through cities across America, voters don’t embrace soft-on-crime politicians — or the party they represent. They reject them.
Voters also see what’s happening at our southern border, with uncontrolled immigration, and they don’t want to be dismissed as anti-immigration bigots because they don’t like what’s happening to their country.
Most Americans don’t want to “fundamentally change” America, something many on the Democratic left proudly acknowledges is their goal. They don’t want to be lectured by liberal elites, either, about how America is fundamentally — systemically — racist. Most Americans want to say what’s on their minds without fear of being “canceled” for having opinions the “woke” crowd finds unacceptable.
As November approaches, voters will remember which party locked down our cities during the pandemic and crushed businesses because they supposedly were “following the science,” and which party’s autocrats mandated masks and vaccines, and which party closed schools because a major benefactor, the teachers’ unions, wanted it that way. They’ll remember all those Democratic mayors and governors who told us that we had to wear masks and stay at home because that was the prudent thing to do — while they dined out at fancy restaurants or went mask-less while taking pictures with celebrities.
They’ll remember who demeaned them because they object to their children being taught that some of them are oppressors and some are oppressed because they were born white or Black.
Most of all, I think, voters will remember the arrogance of liberal elites who come across as self-important sophisticates who are convinced they know what’s best for everybody — everybody who isn’t as smart as these elites think they are.
Despite all this, there are some progressives who think the reason that Democrats are likely to be run over in November is that they’re not left-wing enough. Being “woke” means never having to acknowledge that you’re not in sync with mainstream America.
Yes, inflation matters to Americans. But culture matters, too. And Democrats will find out how much it matters soon enough.
No. It will take many losses for most of them to examine the cause.
Do conservatives understand that the Dems don’t care, as they already have plans in plans in place to steal another election and to continue their destruction of America for an additional two years. The GOP weasels on the Hill will sit by quietly and do nothing more than talk a lot. But it is just hot air and lip service.
The political pendulum always swings. Some people choose to believe otherwise, then act all surprised when it swings against them.
Bet ...the GOP will do nothing....but talk..
Will republicans field election observers and poll watchers everywhere?
That will decide it.
Never mind weakest-link dims. they can be beaten with a little work. It’s the slow-learner Rino crowd that needs a head jerk. Notice how Kemp, GA Gov., is actually working like he campaigned, just for example. He sees a train light, it seems.
GOPe wont help. But the electorate will.
Nope, they either believe they “Didn’t Get Our Message Out” and/or “Everything Bad that is happening is Trump’s Fault”
As Jack Nicholson’s character said in As Good as it Gets when asked how he writes Liberals so well, “You start with a Conservative, then take away all reason and accountability.....and morals, shame and empathy).
Mr. Goldberg needs to stop the white and Black thing. He’s part of the problem if he wrote it like this, and it wasn’t the editors.
I understand the decent is accelerating with no possibility of redemption. Gates of Hell, Pandora’s box.. real life. Horror beyond imagination.
“That may be one reason that so many of them have decided not to run for reelection — 31 in the House at last count...” When they retire I think they get to keep using the money in the campaign “war chest”.
That is not the way the "woke" think. They know they are not in sync with mainstream America.
They think mainstream America is evil and must be fundamentally changed.
They hate reality, and wish to destroy it.
They have a fantasy, that somehow, when they destroy the most successful civilization in all of history, something better will magically arise from the ashes.
nope, they have covid, mail in ballots and control of the machines to stop it.
of they know it’s unstoppable and have mashed the peddle to the metal to do as much damage has they can till they are stopped.
A red tsunami can come but in the end what counts is who counts the votes. Until, unless the nation addresses voter fraud that's been tolerated for decades, we will continue to have disenfranchised voters and people in office who should have lost their election.
The GOP complains about how government is broken.
Then gets elected and proves it.
They know, but they don’t care... WHY?
Simple... they will push all they can through, GOP will take the reins and undo some of it, but not nearly all of it, and eventually they will get power back and do it again....
When Democrats get power they go all in and push everything and the kitchen sink... GOP gets them they throw some token undoing but just list along....
We will never get rid of the progressives in Congress but instead will end up with more of them. Those such as Ilhan Omar will continue to be elected because we import her supporters from other countries who agree with her positions. They wish to take everything created by hard-working Americans and make it their own.
They want to import their own culture and destroy everything that makes America great and they are succeeding in doing so. Meanwhile we are bringing in thousands of more of them on a daily basis.
True but
It swings against Liberals when they put in their policies and the inevitable failure and misery results.
It swing against Conservatives when they 1) Act like Liberals 2) Do nothing to stop Liberals 3) Let the Media take them down
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