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.
So you are just NOW realizing this?
Yes. Trump made mistakes, some major, true. But he is a whole lot better than Biden or Harris or Newsome! I will not give up my Republican status just yet until we see what happens with the elections in 2024 or unless the Dems and RINOs make some really big move to end elections period and we know they just might try. We all know they are going after Trump to try to make it impossible for him to run. If they take him out that way....I may just give up my Republican party.
Like the Jews who killed Rumkowski, the head of the Łódź Judenrat, before the Nazis could get to him.
Ummm, I’d be just as much a prisoner in those camps. With my politics, I certainly wouldn’t be one of the functionaries.
But I’d still laugh at the GOPee prisoners . . . right before I’m shot.
Remove yourself from our Overlords. Remove yourself from the Republican party.
Good point!
The Republican Party has been the slow boat to China for decades now, and yet we are still heading to China, are we not?
They had the perfect chance to win in the midterm elections, and to take back both Houses of Congress, as well as, many state legislatures and Sec. of State offices. They chose not to become more powerful & to remain the minority party.
If you can't see that they sabotaged the midterm elections, just as they sabotaged Trump's reelection in 2020, then brother Bob, I don't know what will make you see that reality. They do nothing to fix elections either, have you noticed? Why is that? Is it because they want to be able to rig elections? Ifs it because they are afraid? Also, notice that they never like the candidates the base likes. Without even seeing how they would carry out their job, they reject them without consideration. Why is that? After all, the candidates that we allowed them to select for us certainty weren't very good, for they got as to where we are today.
Do what you must do, but Like me, you will come to see the reality that I now know, & thus can no longer make arguments as to why the Republican Party is to be supported by loyal members of the base.
I've stayed with the Republican Party in hopes of changing it. If more people got involved in their local Republican Party, and made changes at their respective local levels, that change might actually occur.
If I were a few years younger, and in much better health, that is where I would seek to invest my energies.
Just casting votes will accomplish nothing positive, because voting has become nothing more than a charade anyway. The democrats are always allowed to count every vote, contest elections or whatever, but not the Republicans, and the Republicans do not one thing to rectify the charade and restore voting integrity back into the voting process.
I think the Lord is the only one who can change things. I believe in the power of the Lord, and that his power must be expressed & embraced by every conservative who wants to defeat evil. Until them, we are wasting our efforts, engaging in insanity, and becoming insane in the process.
You see, I haven't stopped fighting against the forces of evil, I have changed how I have decided to fight evil.
Just my opinion.
I don’t know. research it and let us know what you discover. 🙂
Louisiana does not conduct true primary elections. Instead, the state employs a majority-vote system. If a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for an office, he or she wins outright. If, however, no candidate reaches that threshold, a second round of voting is held between the top two vote-getters. Any registered voter can participate in both the first-round and second-round elections.
Thus if someone else runs against Sen. Bill Cassidy on the Republican ticket, I will vote for that person, unless I know something objectionable about that person also. Then I won't cast a vote in that election at all.
There is no replacing them. When the election comes up my choice is the incumbent Republican or the Democrat. The Incumbents win in the primaries because of name recognition and ignorance amongst the electorate. This is why they are seldom replaced.
Also, my voting history is horrid. Four of the Reps who voted for the omnibus spending bill were people I voted for in the past. I thought they were all true Conservatives by the things they said....and did back then. I also voted for the Bushes and others who are showing their true colors now.
So how do we replace them when the candidates lie and tell us what we want to hear to get elected?
Which is why I'm pretty much at the point of not bothering to vote anymore. What's the point? Even if your guy wins, he'll just be "assimilated".
I guess that’s why they’re called politicians.
“Understand that the good ol’ days are not coming back”
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No, they are not. All empires end in time. Usually around 250 years.
https://www.docdroid.net/5CdrehR/the-fate-of-empires-by-sir-john-glubb-pdf
And what are you and we going to do when they take your savings, housing and any other assets for the common good and take your grand kids for the state and subject them to reeducation? (rhetorical questions)
The communist Chinese have bought many politicians including mitch mcconnell.
Rhetorical questions? Hardly, more like fear mongering and bovine scatology.
What I will no longer do is vote for Republicans simply because they are Republicans. I also will no longer send any money to the RNC, RNCC, or RNSC. I will send funds directly to candidates.
I don’t see how Trump can win when there are so many forces against him. It’s hard to win normally, but when cheating is thrown in, it seems impossible.
The mass public don’t care about the possibility of corruption, as long as they feel good and are provides for by government. And the MSM provides them with lies & fear to keep them placated and feeling good.
With the Democrats, NeverTrumpers, Wall Street, Big Business, the universities, BLM, RINOs, DOJ, FBI, CIA, the Pentagon, the military, the courts, IRS, BLS, CDC, and every other government agency against Trump... running seems like it a waste of time. And then there were people who thought the red wave would crush the Democrats.
“Mr Smith goes to Washington”, is a dream put out by people who specialize in dreams.
So can the people ever return to the constitution? Can America be what it was meant to be or has it always been this way? Has it always been this way without us knowing about it? Maybe there was never a golden age?
I say Trump has a chance against incredible odds, but he has to have a fair election. As Stalin says: “it’s not about the number of votes but the people who count them.”
“I also will no longer send any money to the RNC, RNCC, or RNSC. I will send funds directly to candidates.”
That one I agree with, although I never sent a dime to the party.
As to not voting for squishy Republicans, never forget that if not for the RINOs, the Democrats would have REJECTED all three of Trump’s Supreme Court justices, and virtually every conservative lower court judge.
So I will ALWAYS vote for the R on the ticket because those judges are the people who determine whether we become another Soviet Union or not...much more so than even the people we vote for.
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