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Woke: The Coming “Red Wave”*
All the Dems have done is awaken a sleeping giant.
* While I dislike the exaggerated and hyperbolic language of the media regarding the upcoming midterms as some sort of major global storm (most laughable is tsunami), I’ll go with it here since it seems to be the rage. However, as was previously well done by @valiuth, let’s define the term as I use it here. My use of Red Wave means:
- Republicans add seats to their control of the Senate; and
- Republicans keep control of the House (narrowly or not).
I previously posted a hopeful prediction (with lesser confidence) back in July … Slouching Toward a Red Wave. I’d like to update that prediction now with much more confidence. Let’s use three significant new current events once again, shall we?
First up is the nomination of Justice Kavanaugh. The impact of this travesty of justice at the hands of scurrilous Democrat senators has already been amply discussed at length. What it has succeeded in doing is to motivate the GOP voters to come out for this November’s midterm elections in force. What had previously been a deficit in the “enthusiasm gap” between the Dems and the GOP has evaporated. Midterm elections have historically been very bad for the party in the WH. Look for a 2002 or 1934 result this November. Thanks, Spartacus! Corey, meet a real Spartacus named Lindsey!
Second are the mobs. Whether in restaurants, GOP headquarters or on the streets of Portland, normal Americans do not like violence or civil unrest in our free country. We particularly don’t like it when it is being incited by the so-called leaders of a political party. Hillary “yes, she’s still running” Clinton defends and advocates for uncivil actions.
Lastly, one of the saddest lies from the Democratic Party of today is that they still claim to be the party of the common man, or even worse “The Children.” Nothing could be further from the truth. We are finding that the common man in both Latino and African-American communities are actually better off economically under the policies of the Trump administration. And people are noticing the empty rhetoric of the socialist Dems. #WalkAway is real and growing.
And regarding “the children,” go see the movie Gosnell. This is a powerful portrayal of the evil of abortion. This is not the party “for the children.” That is a sickening mockery of the truth. This will make a difference in November.
The Democrats are very angry. They have revealed their inner Antifa. The American people have noticed. Independents have noticed. The Dems have jumped the shark and this coming “Red Wave” is all of their own doing.
So Dems …. in the immortal words of Nancy … embrace the suck!
Huzzah!
Thanks Spartacus! Corey meet a real Spartacus named Lindsey!
From your lips to Gods ear!
Concur. Well said.
Indeed, nothing facilitates the expansion of government more than apathy. If you protest in favour of the expansion of government, you’re simply gonna end up electing people who promise less of it.
This is why the most successful progressive politicians work so hard to hide that their promises of “free” stuff unavoidably mean more government.
This is also why Hillary Clinton failed. She was too honest about her plans to expand government (e.g. “It takes a village”). If she’d simply spent her career promising “free” stuff she would have been more successful.
Look at the Trudeaupians up here in the Great White North. They never discuss the costs of their promises.
(It’s also why honest conservatives tend to lose. Honest conservatives can’t help but discuss the costs of their promises. “It’ll mean cutting some services, but trust me it’ll be better in the long-run,” doesn’t tend to win many votes.)
Let us hope that the awakened giant has also been filled with a terrible resolve to do unto the lefties as he did to those other guys.
And this includes Democrat voters.
Even if they aren’t the target of a hate mob, ordinary Democrats don’t want to be in a restaurant having a nice dinner with their families, only to have the peace disrupted by an angry leftist hate mob running a conservative family out.
Oh, I so hope you’re right. WE must keep the House.
I like the introductory picture with Graham and who’s that behind him?
Hasta to be a Democrat Senator; she has her mouth wide open, screaming.
Some protester during the Kavanaugh confirmation. If I remember correctly, she screamed that she was going to get him out of office. He told her to move to South Carolina, kept walking, and adjusted his tie.
Cool as ice. 😎
Columbo,
MAGA THIS!
Regards,
Jim
I saw the edited video. Someone had used the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive as the soundtrack. You’re right; cool, and I never thought I’d say that about Lindsey Graham!
https://youtu.be/iCmcl9Tu4F4
Regards,
Jim
https://youtu.be/iCmcl9Tu4F4
“Tsunami!” Drink!
It’s promising… but I’m very much conservative on this. Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched, pride before the fall, hell I got a million of them.
It’s looking like it might work out, but cocky is no different from complacent. Forget gloating, let’s just win.
Insert brief warning about waiting until domestic poultry offspring hatch before attempting to ascertain their quantity. But get out there and make it happen, people.
Point of clarification: Just one or both?
Embrace the power of “and”.
From the Western White House in Santa Barbra, President Romney concurs.
Thanks.
Currently FiveThirtyEight shows an 85% change of the Democrats taking control of the House.
Bookmark.
Yeah. You get that 1-in-3 is different from 1-in-7, right?
I get that you and … hushed tone … Nate Silver … are wrong. Again.
Fred, Fred, Fred, polls are a dynamic thingy, look at what Nate was predicting in Mid October before he had to get caught up in a bit of realism to keep his bonafides…
In other words even if Nate has a clue, he cannot dispirit his own folks too soon.
Look, reporting poll data is either supposed to dispirit people or scare them to the polls. It cannot be both simultaneously.