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.
I wouldn’t get too confident in April…the Democrats may be despised but it isn’t like their opposition is any kind of political juggernaut. The best, the absolute best, you can say about Republican politicians is they are milk toast do-nothings that are afraid of their own shadows. That’s the best you can say about them…and we haven’t even gotten to their corrupt deep state stalwarts like McConnell, Romney and McCarthy.
Just don’t be too confident in victory…or in them doing anything of value about anything if they do win. In two years, they could well be as despised as the Democrats are today.
Their confidence can be explained in two words: vote fraud.
The ideologue wing of the party has had the bit between its teeth for some time now. These don’t react to defeat as any indication that their fantasies might be wrong because they’re never wrong, “wrong” is something that only applies to opponents. Some of them will kill you, most are at least perfectly happy to have the job done by somebody else so long as it’s done.
Also millions of new voters crossing our border.
Do Democrats really understand why that red wave is coming?
No! They’re to stupid!!!!
Don’t count your chickens.
“No. It will take many losses for most of them to examine the cause”.
You’re right. they are so brain dead and so out of touch with reality that they cannot understand why. They’re worse than sheep.
Do Democrats really understand why that red wave is coming?
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Do Republicans really understand why that red wave is going to crash against the wall of the 2020 election cheating?
“everybody who isn’t as smart as these elites think they are.”
Yep, just yesterday a guy at a Ben Shapiro speech tried to establish his “superior intellect” about transgenders because he was a math and physics major. He asserted that Ben Shapiro had no authority to talk about the subject because Shapiro wasn’t a biologist. When Shapiro pointed out that the speaker wasn’t a biologist either, that suddenly became unimportant.
Of course…they realize they have a messaging problem…bahahaha…
They don’t care and will never give up. They’re commie jihadists.
Democrats are not worried as long as they can keep their electoral losses within the margin of fraud.
I just hope some “influential” Dem Senators lose, that’ll shake’m up. They couldn’t care less if some of the unwashed House Dems lose.
I agree - they’re not worried - they had their trial run coup election and since then have certainly worked out all the kinks for the next one.
Who is president right now?
Unless Republicans get serious about fixing the obvious examples of election fraud we saw in 2020 why does anyone believe 2022 is going to be different?
Even if the predictions turn to be true the time to stop election fraud is now. That needs to be the focus. We can't put all our hopes on predictions. Fix the problems before the fix is in.
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I'm almost to the point that I would rather the old voting procedures of
a) in person
b) no mail except for limit groups such as military
c)must show approved ID of registration and location
Times have changed with the use of instant communication
etc. but we need much better control of the process.
Why would Democrats care? If a man with applesauce for brains can get 81 million votes (most in history), after barely campaigning, who gets only dozens of people at a campaign stop, and can’t form a complete sentence, Dems know they have a lock on the elections. If there’s no penalty at the polls, they. could care less.
Understand or not, they’ll just circle back to righteous indignation from their current state of smug condescension.
Nope. They are clueless.
Not only do they not realize people don’t want what they are selling, if you tried to explain it to them they wouldn’t get it either.
The steal was done in front of our eyes in 2020. Who is going to stop the steal in 2022? I’m not holding my breath.
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