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Biden’s Bile, or How to Guarantee a National Disaster if Republicans Don’t Act
While Joe Biden raves and rants at MAGA Republicans, who he thinks are determined to destroy our democracy (which is actually a republic), the rest of the country is taking stock of Biden’s presidency and asking the difficult question: why are we supporting this man who has led this country in such a disastrous direction? I’m becoming more convinced every day that he has sealed his own fate and that of all citizens by believing that the country will be inspired by his rhetoric, which is not only irresponsible but denigrates the very people he is supposed to be serving.
Why have I come to this conclusion?
He insists on thinking that Democrats don’t realize that his administration is responsible for all the hardships that are unfolding. Inflation has risen on his watch; the borders have been decimated with his ignoring enforcement; interest rates are rising; the food and household goods continue to be in short supply.
And how is that caused by the MAGA Republicans?
Then there are his climate change causes. Biden tells us that we will all be driving electric vehicles in 15 years, even though they are very costly; they only travel limited distances; and charging stations are still in short supply, or will be expensive to install in people’s homes. And those solar power panels for rooftops? If the roof or the panels are damaged by installation or afterward, insurance companies will likely not cover them.
And how is that caused by MAGA Republicans?
In addition, there are all the changes that Biden promised to his followers: gun control legislation; national abortion legislation (even though SCOTUS says that legislation belongs with the states); reform to the criminal justice system (although no one seems to know what that means); dealing with crime all over the country; stopping voter suppression (as Americans support voter ID laws); and dealing effectively with China and Russia.
And how are these factors caused by MAGA Republicans?
Biden is in serious trouble, and with his raging rhetoric, he’s only making his public persona worse. And yet, in his speech reminiscent of a Nazi forum, he made the following comment:
But the heart of Biden’s address was a ringing alarm bell about what he called ‘an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.’
‘MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards. Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy. No right to contraception, no right to marry who you love,” he said, striking on cultural issues Democrats believe can help them win in November.
‘They promote authoritarian leaders,’ he went on. ‘They fanned the flames of political violence.’
If we parse just this particular comment, there is no legitimate evidence that any of these outcomes have anything to do with MAGA Republicans (except perhaps January 6, when a MAGA Republican was killed by the Capitol Police). In fact, who are these MAGA Republicans?
According to the Pew Research Center, 43 percent of independents and nonaffiliated voters supported the former president, as did 4 percent of Democrats. Are we going to declare them ‘MAGA Independents’ and ‘MAGA Democrats?’ By transitioning from ‘MAGA Republicans’ to ‘Trump and his supporters,’ the scope of those who may be classified under the ill-defined ‘threat to democracy’ is widely broadened. . .
What is new is how the Biden administration is further expanding components of the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism and using powerful federal agencies to target political opposition. The Democrats’ intent is clear: anyone who rejects their agenda is an enemy.
If you dissent from the narrative or oppose the radical agenda, you will be branded a ‘MAGA Republican.’ And Democrats consider ‘Maga Republicans’ to be fascists. Don’t be fooled by their doublespeak.
We’re seeing the signs that the Democrats are seeing the truth behind Biden’s hateful speech and lies:
In the end, no voters like to be attacked for their choices by those seeking votes.
Make no mistake: this isn’t the Democrats fired up and ready for war. This is the rage of the rejected and the dejected.
It is now up to the GOP to make adverts carrying excerpts of Biden’s toxic rhetoric to fire up not only GOP voters but independent voters who may not have watched the entire speech. [Italics are mine.]
Republicans can no longer sit back and watch the frightening signals that Biden is sending out. There is much more to lose than they are willing to admit, and they must act now:
There is a very real possibility that Biden will back up his threatening speech with actions. He may not round us up in ghettos (at least not in his first term) but make no mistake: He just declared war on 74 million of his fellow Americans. If Republicans don’t win big in the midterms, or if Joe Biden gets a second term, there will be no stopping the Left. Our most sacred rights—freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, the right to bear arms—could go away—poof—like all that student debt he just ‘forgave.’
What is it going to take for the Republicans to speak out and tell the truth?
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In 2022 and 2024, the Republicans should keep it short and sweet: “Are you better off today than you were in 2018 and 2020?”
My sister does tax returns for people, and she told me that lower-income-earning Americans have taken a real beating under Biden. She told me a story about one family she has worked with for five or six years. (I may have some of these details slightly wrong because she was upset when she told me and a little hard follow. Edit: In fact, I’m wondering about the tax years here. She told me this story about a month ago about this year’s tax season, but as I reread it, I wonder if the story is actually two years old. I don’t remember when that “tax cut” went through, 2020 or 2021. I do remember the confusion, not just exactly when it occurred.)
This is a married couple with three kids, trying to make ends meet. Each parent works a full-time job and a part-time job. In 2021, the Biden administration made a big deal out of a “tax cut” such that people would get more in their paychecks than they were getting before.
A lot of families my sister works with use the tax withholdings as a sort of savings account. Should they do that? Probably not. But they do.
Based on Biden’s incoherent speeches, all they saw was an increase in their weekly paychecks. This family had always gotten a refund of a couple of thousand dollars by not claiming any dependents through the year.
They live paycheck to paycheck. This year, because the Biden IRS screwed up the tables they sent to employers, this couple ended up owing $4,000, which the couple does not have. Some of that was because the husband’s part-time employer did not make sufficient payroll deductions; but the bulk of it was due to miscalculations by their other employers due to the faulty IRS tables. They have no way to come up with that kind of money. They blamed her, sadly, but that was just their frightened emotions talking.
My sister said that last year, she worked with quite a few families with similar frustrations and stories.
Republicans would do well to listen to Americans talk about their bread-and-butter issues.
20% of the population is on welfare.
21% of the population is mentally ill.
15% of the workforce is employed in state, local, or Federal Government.
Accounting for overlap, pretty obvious why 40% of the country will support a Democrat even if inflation is out of control and his son is caught with child pr0n on his laptop.
Please show me where I said this.
How do you claim that is the case when most of our data comes from polls?
Finally, how do you figure that Trump won in 2016?
So simple and so true! Are you listening, Republicans??
Such a sad story about all those families, too. I hope they do vote with their pocketbooks!
VTK, do you have an idea of how these groups will play out in this election? I expect those on welfare and in the govt. will vote for Dems, but we I don’t know if we can expect the mentally ill to vote at all.
I do too. The poor and near poor are always the hardest hit by the Democrats.
Yet how many of those people will vote Democrat anyway, because “Republicans are Mean” or what-not?
There are a whole lot of people, such as ex neighbors I had in Phoenix and some of my relatives, whose approach always amounts to “Wow the Democrats have really screwed things up! We have to elect more Democrats to fix it!”
I agree. The Republicans are failing to connect. They need to listen more than they talk.
We have to work harder. This is our fault. We can do better.
Here’s some:
Here’s some more:
Also:
And yet continue to vote for Democrats…
Well, not to worry. Someone is sure to cast their ballots in favor of Democrats on the mentally ill voters’ behalf.
C’mon, ke. Are you serious? None of those reflect my saying they are growing in large numbers. Even “seeing the truth” has nothing to do with whether they are seeing in large numbers.
If you are going to make comments that are not relevant, I’m going to stop responding to them.
If they aren’t large enough numbers to make a difference, then they don’t make a difference. So why bring them up?
That would mean it’s your post that is not relevant, not my comments.
Of course! What was I thinking!?
Ummm…. I didn’t say they wouldn’t make a difference. Besides, it’s my post. Remember? Sorry but I will save responses for others . . .
Gee, maybe you should find another post to comment on . . .
You mean, one that doesn’t admit to being irrelevant?
What other choice do I have?
Look for positive facts that are showing up. They’re there if you are willing to see them. And eventually they will add up. We have seen too many things happening quickly in the last few years, right under our noses, and we didn’t take advantage of them or act on them.
And, that’s something I’ll never understand. The “intellectuals” and the Martha’s Vineyard types are idiots and beyond reason. I get that.
However, the “suburban soccer moms” and labor unions completely mystify me. Those “moms” have children who are getting a 3d class education and seem perfectly content. As for the labor unions, their leaders have completely sold them out. The head of the United Mine Workers has “gone green” yet he has kept his job. The head of the teacher’s union is a raving idiot.
In my own family, the Pipefitters Union has cancelled their health insurance, yet those family members are staunch Democrats. Drives me crazy.
The main conclusion I reach is that most people aren’t very smart, but I already knew that.
I don’t know about the moms, but I wonder if people are seriously intimidated by the unions and their leadership. I’ve heard that pretty nasty things can happen when you don’t go along; then again, the leaders aren’t at the polls with them when they vote. Maybe if someone asks them how they voted, they’re afraid to tell the truth if they switch parties. It’s a mystery to me, too.
I see this too. I’m very frustrated. What I was trying to say, but failed :-), in comment 31 was that we can see that the Democrats are hurting financially right now. If we were a business with an active marketing and development team, we would recognize this problem and offer a solution. We always play the Democrats’ game when we should be playing our own: “We hear you. This is what we are proposing to address that problem.” JetBlue built its business on its founder and first CEO’s many plane rides in which he discovered, for example, that there was insufficient leg room for normal-sized people. :-)
In the 2016 election, Republicans took the House, the Senate, the presidency, and several governorships that had previously been Democratic. Many analysts said that the reason was the economics of ObamaCare at the individual level. When it comes to money matters, the Republicans have a good track record. That’s the strength we need to play to right now. We should not let the Democrats turn this coming election on personalities. It should turn on economics–energy, specifically. And agriculture. And inflation. And housing. And insurance.
We can do this. We just have to listen to the voters, empathize with their concerns, and figure out ways to solve their problems and describe our solutions in terms the average non-CPA voter can understand.
, and what’s it going to take for the rest of America to realize the truth?
I am very concern that for too many of our fellow citizens the moment they decide to realize and tell the truth will be when they are being separated by age and sex, and loaded into the cattle cars to go to the labor camps.
Work will make you Free
Agreed. Also agree that Republican leadership isn’t willing to admit it.
Which is why, while I may support individual Republicans running for some offices, I ignore all the calls I get from the NRSC asking for $$$.
I’ve seen several other people say the same thing, and it makes sense to me. If someone is not going to make the tough choices, they haven’t earned our money.
I meant, than I I vote GOP.
I will stay engaged even though I think it is a lost cause. Is that not good enough for you?
Talk about being hard to please.
No, Bryan, that’s good enough.☺️
I think I am more positive than some because overall I’m an optimist (not a pollyanna), and I’ve not been interested in politics as long as some of you. So I’m not as disillusioned.
I think he has been quite clear about what it means: More federal funding of police, more federal control of local police, more police state.