Posted on 09/20/2023 7:05:10 PM PDT by entropy12
Elections are the answer to Trumpism, which aims to undermine the Constitution that protects our freedoms.
Yesterday, we saw the antidote at work once again, and in battleground states, in special elections for state House seats in New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. Both victories were consistent with a 2023 national trend, with abortion-rights Democrats overperforming in the wake of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationally.
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Perfectly said.
The only thing the Roe decision did is convince the Democrat activist base that they need to win by any means necessary—including outrageous amounts of cheating. Nothing else changed.
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Sixty years ago a sexual revolution swept America. It was a result of the Baby Boomers reaching puberty at the same time. By the late 1960s, American sexual behavior was similar to France or Sweden.
The battle over abortion started in states where legislatures, fearing the power of the churches, handed the issue to the people via referendum. The voters spoke, and abortion restrictions fell in state after state via the initiative and referendum mechanisms.
The battle royale was New York state where it had to be fought in the legislature. New York doesn't use the initiative mechanism and only uses the referendum mechanism for bond issues. This was a knock-down drag-out brawl that played out at family dinner tables. The legislature loosened restrictions, and Gov. Rockefeller signed the law. Abortion opponents threatened consequences at the next election but only showed how toothless they were when nothing happened.
The US Supreme Court should have stayed out of it by refusing to accept Roe v. Wade and punting it back to the Texas courts. But having created a national right to abortion, two generations of women came to believe they possessed that right. Men and women were glad to have abortion as a backstop for sexual freedom. Having experienced sexual freedom, people are loathe to give it up, so you need to have a good reason to take away what people perceive to be their right.
The key arguments against abortion are based on religion. Catholics used to be the largest faith in America, but now Unbelief has replaced them as Number One. Unbelief is also the fastest growing "religion" in America. For many, God the Hairy Thunderer has been replaced by God the Cosmic Muffin. It’s hard to make an effective religious argument when so many have put religion aside for a secular or somewhat “spiritual” approach.
To really end abortion, you need to convince people to end sexual freedom, erase the 1960s and return to an earlier frame of morality. That’s a hard sell. Once the cat is out of the bag, as a rule it doesn't want to go back in.
The DNC will play this clip from Joe Biden constantly while Joe Biden is napping in his basement at his house in Delaware. His handlers will do the "campaigning" for him.
The NH seat was supposed to be safely Republican.
She was on Laura Ingraham tonight and scolding Republican voters that are wanting to wait and vote only on Election Day. Her excuse is we need to vote early or mail in votes. Saying she is wasting $$$$ trying to greet people to vote they are waiting for Election Day. Why can’t this woman be fired?
What if you get sick on Election Day?
Soros maintains his orchestrated hold on almost all elections...
Legal votes have become a form of spiting into the wind...
Nicely said.
Not likely
If we get sick on Election Day it will be a throwback to the Covid times and mask up for nostalgia sake and vote in person.
Arguably Trumps biggest weakness are his appointments and the people he has backed
My idiot RINO governor gave us county-wide voting in 2020
Absolute schittshow. Over a dozen polling places crammed into 3. People after work racing across the country only to find hours-long lines
Even the long lines in ‘08 were only 30-40 minutes.
In 2020, I was in line 2 and a half hours. And I physically can’t stand that long. We were taking turns sitting on firetruck bumpers as the line progressed
I have no choice but to vote early next time
We're not even winning those anymore.
That’s so true
And he will have an even smaller number of trusted advisors now to choose from for appointments
Nobody likes getting thrown under a bus by the guy driving
No, no one can be sure of anything anymore at our level.
We've been gaslighted to the Nth degree.
And more opportunities for conservative to cry about "muh stolen electionz!" on Free Republic. Seems to be the only thing we're getting good at.
What a sad story. Winning strategy based on killing babies!
Disgusting!
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