Posted on 07/20/2021 11:59:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
Democrats in California are concerned. By “concerned,” I mean they’re mildly irritated that they have to go through the motions of putting forth a recall election against Governor Gavin Newsom. They don’t really believe he will lose, but they’re trying to spin the fact that his superiority was questioned at all. It’s the right-wing racists, they say. It’s Russia. It’s QAnon. It’s… it’s… anything other than the fact that Newsom has been an utter disaster as Governor.
They’re concerned, but they’re not worried. They have all the shenanigans in their election-rigging playbook at their disposal, so it’s not a question of whether they’ll cheat but how many plays in the playbook they’re willing to use. They started it before the signatures were even finished being collected. Reports (one made by me when I witnessed it first hand) indicate they had booths positioned around the state for multiple signature drives. These paid political operatives often sit outside of grocery stores or in front of sporting events collecting signatures for various initiatives. One of them was the Recall Newsom drive.
But many of those signatures never saw the light of day. People thought they had signed the petition, but their signatures were often “accidentally” trashed or altered. This not only reduced the count but it misled people who wanted to get rid of Newsom into believing they’d done their part. When asked later to sign a petition by volunteers, they declined because they thought they’d already done it.
Despite all of this, enough signatures were collected. At least, that’s what we hoped. But Democrats desperately wanted to cut it all off so they changed many of the rules regarding signature verification in hopes that enough could be disqualified. The easiest way for an unpopular incumbent to win a recall election is to prevent it from happening in the first place. That play failed, so they had to dust off the whole playbook and prepare for battle.
Now we’re here. But they’re not going to play fair. First, the set the election for the earliest possible date to reduce the ability of opposition candidates to spread the word and campaign. Then, they called in all of their corporate and Hollywood donors to give big dollars to Newsom’s campaign. He now has more money to fight the recall than all of his competitors combined, and it’s not even close.
Their most egregious act to date is the attempt, which appears to be successful so far, to keep Larry Elder off the ballot. As a popular national figure he threatens to drive a lot of disenfranchised Californians to vote Newsom out. So, they pulled out a technicality regarding tax return redactions to keep him out.
Of course, they never play by their own rules so Newsom himself is excused from even supplying his tax returns. According to Breitbart:
The Secretary of State is not releasing Governor Gavin Newsom’s tax returns — even as she is trying to exclude conservative radio host Larry Elder from the upcoming recall election because of supposedly incomplete tax returns.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced a preliminary list of 41 candidates that excluded Elder. Elder revealed yesterday that he had been told he failed to submit complete tax returns, though he said he had done so. He is planning to sue Weber to compel his inclusion on the final list of candidates when it is released on Wednesday, July 21.
In contrast, Weber said Monday that Gov. Newsom’s tax returns would not be available to the general public because he is not technically considered a “candidate” in the September recall, since he is the officer who is subject to the recall vote.
This is an important tell. One would expect a politician, particularly a Democrat, to willingly reveal their tax returns to the public. That’s what they always griped about with Donald Trump. The fact that they’re conspicuously hiding Newsom’s returns tells us there’s something there they don’t want us to see. It could be something basic like the fact that he’s a filthy rich elitist who has flaunted his superior status throughout the lockdowns. Or, it could be something more nefarious.
I’d love to say that the California Republican strategy should be to focus on Newsom’s elitism and make a huge deal out of his refusal to release his tax returns, but thus far the state and county GOP offices have seemed completely disinterested in this race. They have already given up, falling in line with the low expectations they’ve garnered in this state. They’re sitting this one out.
We, the people, cannot. We must act. The best way to do this is to spread the word. But it will take much more than that. We need to rally the people to vote against Newsom on the first all-important question on the ballot. Accumulating votes to replace him in the second question is meaningless if the first question does not pass. Californians will be asked if Gavin Newsom should be recalled. We need a majority of voters to agree that he should. Whoever is on top with the second question will be the next governor.
His elite status and his tax returns are his weakness. We must exploit them. We cannot wait for the mediocre GOP in the state to do anything. It’s up to the people to organize protests, make calls, and blast it out there. We have to keep asking one question: #WhatIsNewsomHiding?
The people MUST demand that Gavin Newsom release his tax returns and reveal what he is so desperate to keep from the public. Democrats have pulled out all stops to protect his failing governorship. This is the key to setting things right.
As Mama Lurkin used to say: Once communists are voted into office they make sure that they can never be voted out.
“As Mama Lurkin used to say: Once communists are voted into office they make sure that they can never be voted out.”
And many in the public, especially in CA, are just fine with that.
Communism: You vote your way in, but you have to shoot your way out..................
They are going to setup Newsom to be “The Comeback Kid” and I still believe he will be the Rat Nominee in 2024.
Well, the brute force way is to tie Newsom to Trump, because he won’t release his tax returns. Call him TrumpNewsom. Go after his with his own voters.
The GOP is useless.
Well it sure looks like it won’t be the California Whore Kamala at this point.
This is indeed a self-inflicted human tragedy of global proportion, the dreadful results of which have only begun to be realized (and I'm not talking about anyone getting sick from CC Cooties; I'm talking about the breathtaking loss of human spirit, rationality and self-respect throughout most of the world. Very sad indeed.)
The powers that be want to save him for a 2028 run at the WH..
From Biden to Harris to Gavin and Abrams
This is how Republics are destroyed.
You can lie and steal when you have the media in your pocket.
Gavin is part of Pelosi’s family. Any questions?
Toddy’s Americans are easily hoodwinked...
Mexifornians even more so...
Once again, the Democrats show how they rig an election. Once again the Vichy Republicans look like the 3 monkeys, hear, say & speak no evil about a Democrat. Once again the courts will show a maximum nonchalance & indifference, as long as those checks & perks keep coming.
“Weber said Monday that Gov. Newsom’s tax returns would not be available to the general public because he is not technically considered a “candidate” in the September recall”
What a crock that is. Democrats just make it up to fit their own ends. They own the ballot box anyways so good luck getting Newsom out. It will all be rigged.
The GOP is useless.
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Agree. The GOP is truly pathetic.
This is a spoof site. Though they don’t label it as such. The Navy cannot indict any civilian... actually they don’t “indict” servicemen either.
Gosh. 110% of the vote went to Newsom beating the recall.
The final Dominion machine tallies are coming in but that’s enough to declare him the winner.
Oh wait, the voting hasn’t officially begun yet.
Women do find him sorta dreamy. Gay guys, too.
One pundit said about an earlier election: The women's vote may be swayed in the millions by a change of the candidate's hair part.
I didn't say that---it would be sexist.
We’ve known all along......................
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