Caught a few minutes of Victor Davis Hanson on Johnny Joey Jones' turn in Tucker's old slot last night - VDH is dead on target when he says that to effect real change, Republicans need to win elections, hold the three branches of government by wide margins.
VDH also sees the debt "deal" the same way I do. It's weak sauce and he is skeptical about the GOP's claim of "This is the best deal we could get, it is a stopgap, part one - just wait for part two!" - largely because this is the same crap we have been sold for decades and there never is a part two (or when there is, it is worse than part one).
Republicans are simply too afraid to be who they are. They want to be shapeshifters who please everybody, giving in and compromising is their stock and trade. I can't understand why, after all these years, they still fear what Democrats in the media are going to call them because they are going to call them that regardless of what the GOP does.
Democrats ain't having none of that. They don't give two shits about anything other than their agenda. There are no individuals in the Democrat Party, there is only the collective and the collective knows nothing but the agenda. The thing about them is they are assholes, of course, but they are focused assholes and they don't care who knows it.
Where the GOP modifies its actions to fit the issues, the Democrats modify the issues to fit their actions, even if that means connecting the unconnectable and going to ridiculous heights of contradiction and absurdity.
Sure, the GOP is awful, there is no getting around that, but I think the greatest problem America faces is an electorate that 1) doesn't care about politics, 2) think things can go on forever the way they are, 3) have no understanding of economics, 4) simply take freedom and prosperity for granted and 5) pays little or no taxes, and 6) votes based on the fantasy of a munificent and benevolent government that gives them stuff.
Democrats have worked hard for about a century to create this electorate and the Democrat message is tailored to fit them. The message of free candy forever - and punishment for anyone evil enough to try to stop the flow of candy - resonates with these people.
If you don't believe me, go to Twitter and see the spin and outright lies that are peddled to the Gen Z kiddos. You will see screaming teens who are treated as if they are Socrates but only prove the immature minds reason emotionally. You will see criminals and traitors like Peter Strzok accusing others of criminal activities and treason. You will see NeverTrump “Republicans” continue to claim “the walls are closing in” on the President and misrepresent everything Trump does or says.
And, of course, you will see paid DNC shills who coordinate to simply tell lies - the one I noticed yesterday was that "Texas AG Paxton admits to stealing 2.5 million votes. If he didn't, Biden would have won Texas!" when none of that is true. Paxton AND the Texas Supreme Court prevented heavily Democratic Harris County (Houston) from sending out 2.5 million absentee ballot APPLICATIONS in contradiction to Texas law. Not a single vote was prevented, but you wouldn't know that from Twitter.
For goodness sake, you have seen the same "man-on-the-street" interviews I have - if you can't name the 9 members of the Supreme Court, can't say who fought in the Civil War, say when the Declaration of Independence was written and by whom and name the three branches of the federal government, you should not be voting.
A few years ago, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania did a survey and found that:
While little more than a third of respondents (36 percent) could name all three branches of the U.S. government, just as many (35 percent) could not name a single one.
Just over a quarter of Americans (27 percent) know it takes a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to override a presidential veto.
One in five Americans (21 percent) incorrectly thinks that a 5-4 Supreme Court decision is sent back to Congress for reconsideration.
Shockingly enough, I don't think everyone should vote.
Voting is at least as important as qualifications for a job - would you select a cardiologist who knew nothing about how the heart worked? Would you go to a mechanic who knows nothing about how cars work? If you wouldn't, then why should someone who knows nothing about the way government works be allowed to vote
Andrew Breitbart used to say that politics is downstream from culture. It is high time the GOP understood that.
From the latest man on the street the question was asked - how many moons does the Earth have. In all seriousness the answer given was 6. Not a typo - they said six. Additionally, when asked how many states are in the US, several responded, only one person got it correct. When asked what two countries border the US, one person said Canada and Russia.
All I can do these days is PRAY... I vote, and it does not seem to matter. I speak up on SM and all it gets me is educated libs who I thought were friends, unfriending me. So, I will continue to Pray for the wellbeing of the country, my family, and for the educated libs. That appears to be all we can do right now.
Thank God that more and more kids are being home schooled. Thank God that more and more people are going into the trades. Thank God for folks like Michael here who can still write, unabashed, and unfiltered. Thank God that more people are beginning to wake up.
Universal suffrage is a bad idea yet it is almost universally endorsed. No one who receives government assistance should vote. No one who is not self-supporting should vote. Mental defectives should not vote. Criminal should not vote. Only people who pay taxes should vote; there should be "no representation without taxation." (How's that for a slogan?)
Then maybe the government can start to return to sanity.