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.
Will this eliminate the “Deep State”? Real change will not come until the bureaucracy is purged, which to date; the Republican party has declined to do.
Do Republicans understand that we will not Make America Great Again by re-electing Assistant Democrats?
Needs to be bigger like this:
Alvin Foo on Twitter: “Sebastian Steudtner, a German pro surfer, rode a wave over 115 feet tall at Nazare, Portugal, a record breaking surf! https://t.co/PiDN5O53He” / Twitter
😳
https://twitter.com/alvinfoo/status/1513622923768057856
On a related note: who knew Germans could surf?
according to them it’s only because they didn’t “message right”
Communists really don’t give a crap why the “unwashed” are non-compliant. All that matters is that they stay in power and control everything, even from the point of a gun, if necessary.
“Do conservatives understand that the Dems don’t care, as they already have plans in plans...”
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No, so many don’t understand. The deep state will not allow another Trump Presidency.
What I find upsetting is looking back at 2016. The Reps won control of all three branches and for the most part, squandered the opportunity. Democrats went after Trump immediately and the Republicans did nothing about it.
Why would it be any different this time? They are career politicians period.
They insult us every day with some cockamamie accusation without realizing that most people don’t take kindly to being insulted. And not accepting how many of us there are.
Then they are shocked when their numbers go down.
Your RINOs are gonna get slaughtered Bernie. We’re not voting for them. We’re voting for MAGA Republicans - whom you hate.
Bernard is either forgetting something, or he’s being coy.
The Republicans’ one, true superpower is snatching defeat from the jaws of vistory. Even if we GET a red wave, we will probably squander it.
In the meantime, I wish our people would quit JINXING the midterms with all the “red tsunami” talk.
Every reason under the sun is in place to NOT vote for any Democrat this fall.
Love it! I have read that the ancient ROMANS actually taught elephants to walk tightropes in the Colosseum.
Don’t understand the ability of Democrats to cheat.
Let’s not forget our pubbie friends have the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The MSM has successfully brainwashed 50 percent of the Americanpublic, the Rats cheat, the judiciary and the FBI are controlled by the Rats. The GOP leadership is spineless.
Stop counting your chickens before the eggs are even laid.
Losing elections because of communist policies is a bug, not a feature. Look how they got “wiped out” during/after Obamao. Exactly how many of their totalitarian policies were reversed? Zero. For them the expansion of collectivist totalitarianism is their religion, electoral loss is merely the occasional penance.
Conservatives want good policies that are beneficial to humanity. Leftists want irreversible power even if it harms most of humanity, about whom they care not a whit. Most folks on the Right simply cannot get this truth through their heads.
Or do they know something about that red wave that we don’t know?
Yes. Undermines the entire piece.
There will be no red wave so long as blues count the votes
They do and are concocting their emergency to repeat mass mailing of ballots for month long voting,giving them plenty of time to stuff ballot boxes
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