Posted on 10/21/2021 5:11:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
Washington -- In September, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sat down with the Washington Times -- known amongst the cognoscenti as the "Good Times" --and made me wish he had never left the House of Representatives. Everything he said made perfect sense, including, I presume, an "Excuse me" or two when he sneezed. It is hay fever season after all. He began by saying that Republicans are facing an election season that they cannot afford "to blow." It is "a once-in-a-generation campaign opportunity to tag all congressional Democrats as 'big government socialists.'" And he pointed to their support for President Joe Biden's "$3.5 trillion social welfare spending package" and quickly added "$3 trillion in taxes."
"To have an issue of this size," he noted, "involving $3 1/2 trillion in spending and about $3 trillion in taxes, and to have every single Democrat having voted lockstep in favor of it, gives you a weight of argument unlike anything I've seen in recent years." Newt might have said not just in "recent years" but in his lifetime. The Democrats have given the Republicans a tremendous gift, and I cannot see how they will blow it. I doubt they will.
Just last week Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was in town, and he certainly did not blow it. He was here for an American Spectator Gala, and he sat down for an interview with the evening's master of ceremonies, incomparable Grover Norquist of tax cutting fame. The governor was in fighting trim. He is Chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and he said he thought the Republicans could win every race in 2022. His issues? Lower taxes, improved education for the young and school choice -- he mentioned Terry McAuliffe's recent education gaffe repeatedly. Being from Arizona, he is naturally for closed borders. He says Biden has made the border issue a federal issue, and he wants the issue back. After ticking off his desiderata for 2022, he said the Republicans have "the wind at their backs." Doubtless, Newt Gingrich is in agreement. For a certitude, Ducey had the gala audience with him.
Yet what I want to know is where the impetus for socialism has come from in America today. We are not living in the 1930s. We are living in the 2020s, and it is not like we don't know anything about socialism. We have seen what socialism did to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. In fact, ask a Soviet general if you can find one. Practically any survivor of the Red Army will tell you that the Red Army did not lose to NATO forces. Socialism lost to capitalism. It almost bankrupted the Soviets. Former President Ronald Reagan was right.
By the late 1980s, the Soviet Union could no longer compete with capitalism. The Soviets could not even provide machine parts for their armies. When asked in 1993 by the American diplomat Bud McFarlane, "What role U.S. Policy in general and the Strategic Defense Initiative in particular played in the Soviet Union's collapse," the retired Soviet diplomat Vladimir Lukin was quick to respond. He, a former general and chairman of the Supreme Soviet Foreign Relations Committee, replied, "You accelerated our catastrophe by about five years." It does not sound like Mr. Lukin was a fan of Socialism.
Today not even the Swedes are socialists. Not even the Red Chinese are socialist. The only socialists I know are the North Koreans who cannot feed themselves and the Cubans whose cigars I stopped smoking years ago.
Who is pulling for socialism in America? Well, there is the retired bartendress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is known for her lavish taste in clothing. Where did she get the money to pay for such fabulous gowns, and why does she wear them? Should not a child of the proletariat wear a Mao Zedong jacket and pole climbing boots. Then there is Comrade Bernie Sanders. How many homes does he now own? Do any of our cheerleaders for socialism actually live like a socialist? I remember back in the good old days when leaders of the socialist movement such as Paul Goodman actually lived like they would have us all live in the People's Republic of America. I think Paul bought his clothes at Goodwill Industries and lived in a doghouse.
I agree with Ducey. We have the wind at our backs. It is time for Newt to run for the House again.
“The objective of Socialism is Communism.” - Vladimir I. Lenin........................
You have a mass of people in this country that don't really know what socialism is, at least in practice, much less fascism (the latter is what I would argue is what we're seeing trying to raise its ugly head).
You have what Codevilla identified as the "ruling class", and they they may/may not understand this nascent fascism, and if they do understand it, they don't really care as long as they "got theirs".
This ruling class needs that ignorant mass of people, alond with the propaganda, in order maintain their status. They also need scapegoats for when their failures inevitably arise.
The CCP still controls the voting machines.
Yeah, we need Newt, maybe he can cuddle up to Nancy Pelosi again, and shove some climate change taxes down our throats.
Meanwhile, Grover can advocate for our new Afghan additions.
The swamp.
Well, that kind of says it all - call of the RINOS, or something.
Ducey is THE problem in Arizona. Newt is worthless, from what is written. He still thinks it’s a game, and can’t see how compromised Republicans are. His home state is going to start electing Democrat Governors because vote fraud is rampant in Atlanta. Newt has shot his wad. He’s done.
The RINOS aren’t going to save us.
“His issues? Lower taxes, improved education for the young and school choice...”
THOSE ARE HIS ISSUES??!!! The Dems are attempting a monstrous coup against this country & its constitution, trying to convert us to a communist country with no property rights - essentially no rights at all - & that’s what he comes up with? These people truly are the Stupid Party & they should be voted out of office along with all the Dems.
“Not even the Red Chinese are socialist.”
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What kind of BS is that?
Our issue is not simply socialism, but what it really is, TYRANNY.
Yes, I still believe our beloved President, Joe Brandon, when he says they have the greatest voter fraud organization in history. When you had precincts in 2020 all around the country with many more votes than registered voters, and it’s a “valid and fair” election, no need to audit, I don’t see a big Repub landslide.
And then, as usual, half the Repubs that do get elected are playing for the other side.
And it’s still over a year until the election. Too early to get too worked up.
Sorry Newt...
The most powerful intuitions in the U.S. such as the CIA, FBI and NSA have been weaponized against the people and a specific political party.
Our government helped our enemy create a bio-weapon which was then used against our people.
We just went through a year with the Constitution suspended.
The powers that be looked on as our cities were burned.
The deep state stole an election and got away with it.
The idea that we are now going to argue over a $3.5B spending bill vs a $1B spending bill and say that is the thing that will tip the election in our favor is ludicrous.
Until we start fighting over the real issues, it is just going to get worse.
Not exactly, but it would be nice if the house GOP leadership went on the record with a sort of "contract" that we can expect them to deliver.
I expect so much social upheaval next year that we'll have to have martial law by summer's end. And it looks as if they just had a trial run in D.C. How many of those rioters will be arrested for insurrection?
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