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Is Virginia Rising A Harbinger Of Good Things To Come?
Townhall.com ^ | November 1, 2021 | Scott Morefield

Posted on 11/01/2021 3:27:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

I think we can all agree that it’s been a rough past 12 months? A year ago on election day, Donald Trump supporters went to bed with solid leads in key states, hopeful of another presidential victory that would have somewhat held the leftist tide at bay for four more years. We woke up only to watch those leads slip away in a tsunami of mail-in ballots and suspicious vote counts in just enough places to deliver a ‘victory’ to Joe Biden. A few months later, the unfortunate events of January 6 - one day after Democrats took back the Senate with two wins in Georgia that should never have happened - gave Democrats the narrative and talking points they needed to permanently brand Trump supporters as “insurrectionists” and “domestic terrorists,” and off we went.

Biden was sworn in, and the government of Covidstan - begun under Trump - continued to sink its evil tentacles into every aspect of American life. ‘Wear a mask for 100 days’ became ‘let’s forcibly muzzle kids forever’ because of a virus that barely affects them. Endless car lines at vaccination sites followed by a brief return to ‘normalcy’ when the Covid vaccines seemed to be working soon turned into so much ‘leakage’ that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was again recommending masks even as they continued to double-down on their failed shots. When demand for the jabs predictably plummeted, the powers-that-be resorted to bullying and coercion.

When Dr. Fauci - and all the rest of them - lied, people died, and they continue to do so. Now, countless kids from 5 years of age on up will be subjected to these experimental shots, their parents, driven insane by media-induced fear, more than content to play Russian roulette with the lives of their own offspring. Add to the mix soon-to-be runaway inflation, supply-chain issues, a government-induced labor shortage, skyrocketing gas prices, and growing consensus that a national split may be the best way to go, and you’ve arguably got as volatile a time in America as has existed since the Civil War or at least the turbulence of the 60s.

The vast majority of the disastrous past 12 months arguably wouldn’t have happened, however, had Republicans managed to win the election in November 2020 (Say what you want about who ‘won.’ All of us know who’s sitting in the Oval Office now, and it’s not Donald Trump). No, things wouldn’t have been perfect, but we certainly wouldn’t be looking at legit Banana Republic status less than a year in. Republicans have lost elections before, but none so big as 2020.

Which makes tomorrow, November 2, 2021, a VERY big day. Because tomorrow, Lord willing, is the day that conservatives begin to take their country back. Now clearly, it's not over 'till it's over, and even so, repeatedly voting Rs into office over Ds isn’t enough to accomplish what is desperately needed. “If we just elect Republicans to national office,” we’re told, “things will change.” But they rarely do, not for long anyway and not in any meaningful way.

For the first time in a long time, I’m hopeful that real, lasting change could be on the horizon. In 2009, less than a year after former President Barack 0bama assumed office, Republican Bob McDonnell broke a string of two consecutive Democratic governorships in Virginia. In hindsight, that victory was a harbinger of things to come, with Republicans surging to take back the House of Representatives in 2010 and the U.S. Senate in 2014. Those events stopped the Obama agenda in its tracks, mitigating the carnage that would have ensued had the former president had overwhelming Congressional majorities his entire term. But still, the leftist train kept rolling along, happy to bide its time and pick up steam wherever and whenever it could.

But somehow, this feels different. With Biden’s approval ratings even in mainstream polls sinking like a rock and parents in Virginia fighting mad about keeping their kids from being brainwashed with nonsensical leftist ideas like CRT and gender theory, the sea change that’s hopefully about to happen isn’t just at the gubernatorial level. This time, what used to be mundane, boring choices - like school boards - have become vitally important. And, perhaps in many cases for the first time in their lives, parents are paying attention.

If Republican Glenn Youngkin can pull off a victory against slimy sleazeball Terry McAuliffe tomorrow, or even if he keeps it super close, every sane political observer predicts the result won’t bode well for Democrats’ chances in 2022. The better news for conservatives this time around, however, is that these ominous portents for Dems won't just translate to a GOP House takeover, but also to countless local and state elections, including and especially school boards. If we want to stop Covidstan in its tracks short of an all-out national separation, this is how it could happen.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: glennyoungkin; terrymcauliffe; virginia
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1 posted on 11/01/2021 3:27:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Anyone who doesn’t think this election is going to g=be stolen is terminally stupid.


2 posted on 11/01/2021 3:37:30 AM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: Kaslin

Something about counting the chickens before they hatch.


3 posted on 11/01/2021 3:42:32 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (This will be a hot extract.)
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To: Kaslin

What have we seen Democrats do when they lose? They’ll pull votes out of their ass.


4 posted on 11/01/2021 3:46:58 AM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

The votes have already been manufactured, the democrats just need to see how many they have to put into the system to secure the victory. There will never be another honest election in this country. They proved in 2020 that no only can they do it, they can brag about it before and and still get away with it.


5 posted on 11/01/2021 3:49:49 AM PDT by redangus
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To: Kaslin
Biden is Obama without the competency, charisma and color. Obama got spanked in the midterms and not even his massive vote fraud system is going to save Biden. Just hope the country can hold out that long
6 posted on 11/01/2021 3:50:11 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Kaslin

Just maybe if Yungkin wins, we can get our eyes up above the waterline. It won’t be that much to celebrate because we can’t yet breathe. The Country is sinking fast and there is a helluva long way to go to get out of this disaster. We all need to pray for a political revolution in the Country.


7 posted on 11/01/2021 3:51:38 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Kaslin

For every dollar Soros and company pour into the cheats, we should pour two dollars into absolutely fearless poll watchers.


8 posted on 11/01/2021 3:51:40 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: TalBlack
What have we seen Democrats do when they lose?

Martha Coakley's close in her concession speech to Scott Brown: "The work begins again, hope rises anew, and THE DREAM LIVES ON"

Sun Tzu: "If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

I don't think there is a chance in the world that McAuliffe will lose, and I will be on here Wednesday morning to admit I was wrong if he does in fact lose.

But "conservatives" are fighting against a revolution with tactics suitable for a debating society. They do not know the enemy, they do not know themselves, and they constantly are beaten as a result.

Remember Coakley's closing words: "the dream lives on". If you thought to yourself, "WTF is she talking about" (as I did), then you do not understand the enemy.

9 posted on 11/01/2021 3:54:54 AM PDT by Jim Noble (The nation cannot be saved until the GOP is destroyed)
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To: Kozak

Anyone who doesn’t think this election is going to g=be stolen is terminally stupid.
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You are justified in being cynical, but the cold hard fact is if we lose in Virginia, the Country is lost for sure since you can kiss off all future elections. Let’s be skeptical, but hopeful.


10 posted on 11/01/2021 3:56:41 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Kaslin

Note that if McAuliffe wins, and wins in such a way that makes people think (once again) that the Democrats just steal these elections ...

... then what happens next? How do you stop it? No method has been found. There seems to be nothing to be done. 2022? 2024? Won’t they steal those also? Why wouldn’t they? What would stop them?


11 posted on 11/01/2021 3:58:31 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: Kaslin

attitudes change over time.

A good result tomorrow does not mean 2022 will also turn out good.


12 posted on 11/01/2021 4:03:12 AM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: mad_as_he$$
My first thought, too.

Absentee ballots are accepted for 3 days after the election as long as they are postmarked by midnight on the 2nd. I have this image of thousands of ballots sitting in a trunk waiting to be distributed to Dems who will insert them into polling places.

13 posted on 11/01/2021 4:06:32 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ChronicMA

I think millions and millions are not happy with Biden’s economic moves. His policies have hurt everyone.


14 posted on 11/01/2021 4:07:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kaslin

What does Dominion (and/or their ilk), portend for the Old Dominion.


17 posted on 11/01/2021 4:23:43 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: Kaslin

Dominion will see to it that the steal remains on steady course to finish ruining America.


18 posted on 11/01/2021 4:27:29 AM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta is now a Dictatorship, there are no more “laws..”)
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To: Kaslin

Remember the California recall?


19 posted on 11/01/2021 4:27:35 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Kaslin

Has Fox News called it for McAwful yet?


20 posted on 11/01/2021 4:28:35 AM PDT by Troublemaker
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