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Democrats Are Desperate
The political rhetoric is heating up. Lies, distortions, and accusations have reached a new high. The Democrats are beginning to realize that their confidence about winning seats in the midterms this year may not be so certain. And they’ve moved beyond being concerned. They are desperate.
In looking at the following information, you’ll benefit by looking at it not through Conservative eyes, but through the eyes of the Left. You can be sure that their media pundits will disclaim the effects that I’m predicting. But the Democrats would be remiss if they didn’t at least consider that they may be in trouble in November.
Here are some of the reasons that their concerns may be growing:
Rasmussen Reports state that 48% of likely US voters approve of President Trump’s job performance, and 50% disapprove. At a glancem the approval number may seem low, but it’s been improving steadily.
The Democrats have no message, no leadership, and no new ideas; their strategy has focused on degrading and criticizing President Trump and his policies.
Many Americans, particularly blacks, are benefiting from the tax breaks and the improved economy.
Unemployment is down and more jobs are being created.
There are other positive indications, and I encourage you to add to the list.
In the meantime, the Democrats are revving up their attacks on the Republicans. They are controlling the discussion on immigration, and the Republicans are letting them drive the narrative (with the media’s help). The latest Democrat lie is about the separation of parents and children on the border, including photos of children in cages (from the Obama administration). To illustrate the willingness to make offer up lies, a Democrat woman on “Fox & Friends” talked about the administration putting children in cages. When the Republican protested and said the photos were from the Obama administration, the Democrat said they were “US government photos.” Then she smiled.
The Democrats will continue to speak of Russian collusion which doesn’t exist and defend the FBI and DoJ.
To ensure their success in the midterms, Democrats will also escalate the discord; when people are alarmed, they often take extreme action. I predict that there will be violent demonstrations before the elections by the usual suspects, such as Black Lives Matter and Antifa. In the fall term, colleges will also have protests which will likely turn violent. The lies and defamatory comments will escalate. And of course, the Republicans will be blamed for all of it.
What can Republicans and the country do?
First, Republicans have to stop quibbling about immigration and get to a resolution that puts the worst of the issue behind them.
Second, they have to be proactive against the DoJ and the FBI. If that means charging key leaders with contempt of Congress (including jail time) or impeachment, do it. It’s time for serious action.
Behind the scenes, communities and colleges need to prepare for the potential for hostility and be prepared to be assertive against violence. Law enforcement can no longer stand by and watch the destruction and mayhem unfold.
I’m not optimistic that the Republicans will be assertive against the Democrats.
But I’m willing to be surprised.
Do you see any signs that they might?
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Cruz is calling the Democrats’ bluff. It’s painfully obvious to anyone who’s been paying attention that what the Democrats really want is a return to the “Catch and Release” policy of the Obama Administration. Cruz and Meadows are wisely offering a clean bill, with neither amnesty nor wall funding, to stop separations. Either the Democrats vote for the bill or they expose themselves as simply using the children for leverage.
The only thing that can screw this up (politically speaking) would be Trump vetoing the bill.
I’ve become so cynical that I wonder if there’s anything the Dems will do to hurt their image. As long as the media manages their narrative, I fear they may still be able to blame their refusal on the Republicans, i.e., Trump.
Which is why the President is correct to label them enemies of the State.
If the press wasn’t constantly acting as the left’s propagandists, we would have a completely different country today. The damage they’ve done to the fabric of our nation is too enormous to properly describe.
Or issuing a precipitous Executive Order.
The unions that once represented so many American workers, such as the steel workers union, the carpenters, masons, electricians et al are decimated in may places by the rise of under the table immigrant labor.
Ann Coulter, not one of my fave people, rightly pointed out on Fox the other day how the unions that are thriving mostly have to do with government workers – who really don’t need unions because governmental agencies always pay very well.
Already I read among Catholics who claim to be Republican minded that maybe having a return to open border practices would be a nice reward for those south of the border who would come here and have families, as abortion is forbidden by the religion. Never mind that in twenty years all those folks will be voting Democratic. (And by then their daughters will be just as much into women’s rights in terms of pro abortion policies as the most ardent Berkeley lesbian is now.)
Politics continues to make for some very strange bed fellows indeed.
What a lovely turn of phrase.
Let me amend my post by saying that Congress can rightly summon federal employees since said employees are more or less working for them. Summoning people who aren’t taking the king’s shilling is another matter.
I probably kid too much.
Sometimes even I can’t tell.
And as a fellow Ricochet member has pointed out over at the group “Happy Warriors,” how long did the media feign interest in the fact that Congressmen were wounded and Scalise nearly killed by that Bernie Bros guy?
Some few years ago, when the lady Congresswoman with a “D” after her name was wounded in AZ, that was a headlines-worthy news item for months. But Scalise-shooter James Hodgkinson was so very ignored by the same media that few even know his name.
I think it’s also important to remember that the shooter had a list! He wasn’t just trying to take out Scalise. He was trying for mass assassination of Republicans. He was trying to help Democrats regain the House by any means necessary.
And let’s not forget that the FBI seemed unable to ascribe a motive. They claimed that he had no plans to inflict violence and had no target in mind. They also found a hit list of six Republican congress members in his possession but couldn’t figure out what it meant.
Pull the other one.
The FBI has just been covering itself in glory these last few years.
Honestly, if I never hear the shooter’s name again, it will be fine with me.
Private citizens can be “summoned”. This goes back aways, but Frank Sinatra was subpoenaed by a committee over alleged mob ties. Remember the baseball steroids scandal where various baseball players were compelled to appear?
Yes, but the unions largely finance the democrat party. IF you could break that monopoly of union finances the democrat party would be even more captured by their billionaire sugar-daddy’s who’ll lead them further astray.
I think the police and steel unions might be the first to go – I am surprised that the police unions have stuck it out this long – being the pinata for democrat candidates.
Susan “what do you think Trump is waiting for?”
This story is only speculation, however if is true:
A. The Weiner emails allegedly from leaks from the NYPD contain some very distasteful stuff which has to be approached carefully.
B. The scope of the criminality by the Obama Administration is so vast and almost so unbelievable that Trump and his allies need to slowly and carefully release the information to build a credible case for the normal populace. It is that overwhelming. Remember, most people only listen to the nightly news and radio if that , and will have difficulty grasping how really bad the Obama administration was and the legal and constitutional intricacies of what was done. The information will need to be released slowly to allow it to sink in for most people.
Fascinating! Thanks, @alsparks.
I’m surprised the unions have held out this long, too, @occupantcdn. What do you mean by the part I put in bold? Who are the sugar-daddies? Do you mean, like George Soros?
Remember, of course, that there are public sector unions (which should be illegal) and private sector unions. Public sector unions are absolutely an arm of the Democratic Party. They’re doing fine. Private sector laborers are the ones suffering from the influx of cheap immigrant labor. Democrats couldn’t care less. Which is why you’re starting to see private sector unions shifting away from Democrats. The ties are still strong and I suspect the union bosses still hold all the cards (and power and money are all they care about) . . . but I do know that here in Wisconsin we saw a few private sector unions endorsing Scott Walker because of the promise of jobs (which he is fulfilling).
Public Sector Unions? Should be destroyed.
I believe he has already issued an Executive Order yesterday or today calling on Congress to remedy the situation.
On edit: here is a link to the actual Exec Order:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/20/full-text-trump-executive-order-family-separations-transcript-658639
I was thinking of Tom Steyer. The insane hypocrite, who made his money in coal, is now going after “Carbon polluters” in a naked attempt to use the legal processes against these companies to manipulate stock values. Who also had financed “independent” campaigns on impeachment. I think the more democrats promise impeachment the more they’ll drive republican turnout.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/steyer-involved-in-anti-exxon/
The entire “right” of federal government employees to organize is based on executive orders 10988, and 11491.
Someday, someone could repeal those orders… got anyone in mind?
Obama misused the concept of prosecutorial discretion. PD is when a prosecutor has a particular case to take to trial, but decides it would not serve justice for the prosecution to go forward. This can be for a variety of reasons, such as not prosecuting a twelve year old who steals a soda from a store (just getting tangled in the legal process in the first place is enough hopefully to scare him straight).
However, the type of action Obama took is not PD. One, it is not specific to a case, but is universal. Two, Obama (and Trump) swore an oath to enforce the law, which means each case will be tried on its merits. If a prosecutor in a particular case decides not to prosecute, that is PD.
I believe it was Lincoln who said the best way to get rid of an unpopular law is to enforce it. It is the job of congress to do that.
Well said, @stad. Thank you.
Actually overseas competition had more to do with that. Also automation. There is quite a bit of manufacturing still going on in the United States, but most of its automated.
I’m an immigration restrictionist, but I don’t try to use that argument to make my point.
I can’t help thinking about the bizarre situation we find ourselves in regarding passing this most recent legislation. Isn’t it nuts that one of our supposed chief legislators (Chuck Schumer) is telling the president to pass a law with his pen, because it will take too long for the legislators to create a law and pass it? And yet we’ve had two laws just presented, one that has failed and one that will probably fail. What in the world makes this stalemate productive? What are the Republicans thinking when they refuse to pass any of these laws? I’m sick at heart to think that everyone has decided that not getting their perfect legislation is worth refusing to support the law. Or have the Republicans and Democrats finally found common ground: trying to destroy Trump and damaging this country?
That one.