Posted on 12/23/2022 5:21:35 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy
Being a Republican voter has got to be one of the most frustrating things a person could imagine. Having an easily winnable midterm election be stolen from you via vote fraud is bad enough. But then having the large majority of the elected officials who are supposedly on your side just treat it like it’s no big deal while they try to undermine the one person actually trying to contest the fraud and bring it out into the open is even worse. An increasing number of rank-and-file Republicans are starting to get the impression that their own party isn’t really serious about winning - and one can hardly blame them for thinking this.
After all, even aside from their refusing to contest obvious fraudulence in elections, the power brokers within the Party actively try to undermine and fragment their own side. They spent millions against genuinely pro-American candidates during the primaries. In Alaska, the establishment GOP instituted a new ranked-choice voting system designed to allow Democrats to help them suppress non-approved conservatives. A critical mass of elected Republican insiders consistently works to squelch genuinely conservative legislative priorities when the GOP “holds power” (LOL) while helping to advance unpopular and destructive Democratic initiatives (such as the recent, unread $1.7 trillion goodie bag bill) so that they can be given a “bipartisan” veneer in the media.
Meanwhile, the Republicans basically do nothing for their own constituency, which is supposedly the great mass of everyday middle- and working-class Americans who form the backbone of the country. Indeed, the Republican leadership does almost everything exactly the opposite of what a credible patron-client relationship would look like. The Democrats have no problem delivering wins and goodies to their disparate gaggle of intersectional weirdos. The Republicans - allegedly the competent party of reasonable adults - act like giving their voters anything at all would be an assault on our “sacred principles.” One could not be blamed for thinking that their loyalties lie somewhere other than with their voters.
The icing on the cake to all of this is the “aiding Ukraine is the number one priority for Republicans” rhetoric coming from Mitch McConnell and other top GOP lawmakers. From this, we can (correctly) infer that Yertle the Turtle and other Republicans care more about funneling taxpayer funds through Zelensky’s laundromat than they do about our homeless veterans or middle American families struggling under the weight of inflation and skyrocketing energy costs. Why on earth would we ever waste time trying to fight illegal immigration or cut off the flow of fentanyl into this country when we can grandstand for “democracy” while involving ourselves in a war that we have no business being entangled with?
The great irony in all of this is that propping up Ukraine and prolonging the war there is not helping America on the world stage at all. Sanctions on Russia did little to actually harm them but did manage to deep-six a good chunk of the economies of our European allies. Meanwhile, the American dollar essentially lost access to the 11th-largest economy in the world, accelerating the already existing trend of foreign economic blocs looking to find alternatives to the greenback as a reserve currency. Further, the massive amounts of US and allied aid have only extended the war, getting thousands more Ukrainians killed while leading Russia to remilitarise to an even greater degree than it had been, even as it develops a slue of innovative weapons systems that are putting it even further ahead of the USA in critical areas. For all this, we can’t even really say that we’re “supporting democracy” when Zelensky is a tinpot little dictator who outlaws religions and bans opposition political parties. Of course, the US government’s decision to overthrow a lawfully elected Ukrainian government in 2014 and replace it with a CIA puppet is the proximate cause for this whole conflict to begin with.
Long gone are the days when George Schultz would quiz new American ambassadors by asking them to show him their country on a globe. When they would invariably point to their new assignments, he would tell them, “No, America is your country.” There are precious few in our political caste - including among Republicans - who haven’t been coopted by transnational globalism.
It’s obvious that regular Joe everyday Americans are not, in fact, the GOP’s priority. No - the Republicans who actually hold power in DC (among whom the “based, good guy” many of you might have voted for is likely not included) are not on the side of the American people any more than the Democrats are. On issues as wide ranging as immigration, trade and foreign policies, or culture war issues, pretty much every Republican who is allowed to have an actual role in governance under the current Regime is in lockstep with the rest of the Regime’s establishment.
The thing that normies need to understand is that this is not due to “stupidity” or “incompetence” or any of the other typical cope that they use to maintain the “we’ll vote ‘em out next time!” fiction. The phenomenon of fresh-faced young Republicans being elected to Congress and quickly becoming coopted by the system is not accidental. It’s a feature, not a bug. If a Republican wants to have a hope of getting any of the crumbs of power, prestige, and positive publicity from the Regime, they have to sell out their own voters. The ones who refuse to do so (at the federal level at least) end up being marginalised and vilified by the Regime’s media and investigative arms.
Some of this cooptation is due to these politicians being bought and paid for. Some of it may be because of blackmail (flights to Epstein Island and what have you). But most of it is simply due to the fact that oligarchy tends to maintain oligarchy until it finally reaches that critical mass of terminal collapse. Power structures don’t exist to benefit the little people, they are there to perpetuate themselves, only allowing carefully vetted new blood to enter in a few at a time. And if you’re one of the regular Joes in the vast expanse of flyover country, you’re not part of that power structure, so you’re not really who the party you vote for cares about. This will be reflected in what these Republican politicians do, not what they say when election season rolls around.
Keep in mind that the ruling class in the United States is really a subset (thought a major subset) of the larger globalist transnational empire that transcends national borders. Their only constituency is themselves. Having accrued to themselves power, their preferences in all areas will be those which work to maintain and expand that power. Republicans at the federal level - with a few obvious exceptions - are a part of that. What that means for you and me is that these same Republicans have to throw the game over and over even though they could win more often than not. But winning would mean that flyover hillbillies get what they want instead of banksters and left-wing culture warriors.
So what does that mean for us? Well, the pat answer that normiecons usually give of “voting harder” is not really a viable option. After all, the procedures are being put into place to permanently swing elections for the globoparty and this is going to be extremely hard to roll back once the concrete is set. Instead, the answer is to start preparing for the inevitable collapse that the Regime’s policies are unwittingly engineering. It’s time for the great masses of average Joes to start organising at the local level, preparing to establish and maintain order and local legitimacy when the larger structure begins to implode.
Prepare your states and localities - likely only possible in Red areas, of course - to step into the gap once federal power slips (or alternatively, to seize power from it when the opportunity presents itself). Don’t give up your guns. Be prepared to present the credible threat of force even against the government if necessary. Be ready to respond, but not provocatory yourselves. Support those leaders who are trying to do the right thing. Toughen yourself up personally, both physically and mentally. Dispense with your normalcy bias. Understand that the good ol’ days are not coming back and that we the people will have to forge our destinies in the trials to come.
They should change their name from Republican Party to the Prima Donna Party
All the Trump bashing is taking glow off the success.
Biden is making a total mess in what he is messing with..
Republicans are splitting and there are no solid agreements on anything.
The Dems went along with a senile old man and put him in the seat. We have a man who has proved he can turn this mess around and there are divisions in the gop on yes Trump and no Trump. Yes spend trillion and no trillion.
Come on people! Get this train on the right track!
Get Trump back to undo the damage and then agree on the next 4 years.
This foreboding hanging over the land has to lift!
It’s bad for the country but the state level GOP RINO’s have to be punished. To hell with them, let the RATS beat them. Eventually the RATS will root the RINO’s out of office and take the while feeding trough for themselves. Leftist run the GOP at the state and national levels. I’m done voting for both.
I will be the one in the camps laughing at the GOPee officials as they’re brought in screaming, “But we worked with you guys!”
Bad Candidates: I give you Hobbs, Fetterman and Biden. That argument doesn’t hold water. The fact of the matter is the GOP establishment didn’t want these people as candidates and simply stepped back and let the Democrats win and in some cases supported the Democrats. Loyalty is a one way street with this country club trash with money faction that dominates the GOP. I’m done with the GOP after nearly 40 years of supporting people that hate my guts. To hell with them. When enough conservatives get to this point that GOP trash with money will no longer have enough votes to win even in normally safe seats that give them access to tax payer money and graft. Then watch these pricks squeal like stuck pigs and rip into conservatives. Again to hell with them!
I used to vote for the Libertarian, I could live with HW, but, I ended up with Bubba Clintoon and the Bitch. I then decided I would vote for the Republican. We need a conservative third party.
I'm with you, FRiend. I'll continue to participate in the True Texas Project, a conservative grassroots organization that's growing in Texas.
That's pretty much it...my life now revolves around work, and spending time with my 3 grandkids. Debt reduction and UGMA accounts for my grandkids is where my money goes. I'll be 70 in 18 months, will stick to the plan as long as I can.
Don't really need vacations, don't have a bucket list, either. I've seen a lot in my life, took care of the wanderlust. I'm happy with a long weekend in the Hill Country (Fredericksburg) when I can get it.
Big trip this July coming up, grandson's playing in a baseball tournament in Cooperstown.
That's how the DC lawyers play the game.. And, for them, it is a game. They don't give a rat's rear end about the nation..
Oh, and the money.! don't forget the money.. As of December 2022, Barack Obama's net worth is estimated to be $70 Million dollars. Not too bad for a guy that couldn't pay for his own education when he went into politics..
Where did he get all that money?? Oh yeah, he wrote a book... (snort)
Ping
Seems like we are of the same mind. I’ll continue working as long as I’m able, mostly to provide for my grandkids’ education. It won’t be enough for 4 years at their preferred college, but it will give them a start.
“While I liked and voted for President Trump, it was evident he did not possess a basic understanding of the U.S. Constitution.”
I am always amazed at what people say Trump cannot understand. The Constitution is a basically simple document.
There is, in government, a distinction between what you understand and what you can do, especially when your own party is, along with your Senate mandated cabinet, daily stabbing you in the back.
Yes. You are partially right. But I’m sorry but picking Dr. Oz to run against fetterman was a huge mistake. Pennsylvania is relatively blue collar. Oz is not only unable to appeal to them, but he’s from New Jersey. One state Pennsylvania doesn’t particularly like is New Jersey. Arizona picked a 15 year old. Well he’s older but he was not aggressive or even display a desire for the job. We need to do better!!!!!
‘...Trying to lose...’?
Nothing new there!
Like Elvis Costello sang, "Well I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused."
Forget about politics, take care of your families, and fend for yourself.
It’s a “Complicated Game”, as Andy and the boys put it:
A little boy asked me should he put his vote upon the left?
A little boy asked me should he put his vote upon the right?
I say it really doesn’t matter where you put your vote
‘Cause someone else will come along and move it
And it’s always been the same
It’s just a complicated game
Oh, it’s just a complicated game
-XTC
God Bless Texas 🙏
“I will be the one in the camps laughing at the GOPee officials as they’re brought in screaming, “But we worked with you guys!””
Which is what happened by the millions under Stalin.
Losing to kill MAGA is absolutely the Uniparty’s goal.. make no mistake about it.
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