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Quote of the Day: The American Crisis
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
I have two questions for everyone who is sure that Donald Trump will lose this November:
- Do you know anyone who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 who will not vote for him on 2020?
- Do you know anyone who did not vote for Trump in 2016 who plans to vote for him in 2020?
I suspect the answer to the first question is no and the answer to the second question is yes.
In the first question, I mean someone who actually voted for the man in 2016; not folks who tell you today they voted for him, but you know were never-Trumpers in 2016 and either did not vote for him or voted for Hillary. People who told you the day after the 2016 election they voted for Trump and tell you today they will not vote for him this time. Do you personally now anyone enthusiastic for Trump in 2016 who plans on voting for Biden in 2020?
Similarly, the polls show the Republicans are headed to be blown out in 2020. That we will lose the Senate and the Democrats will widen their margin in the House. And yet . . .
People know the Democrats are extending the lockdowns, people know the Democrats are supporting the riots, people know the Democrats are supporting the Maoist cancel culture, people know the Democrats’ policies are hurting minorities.
The Democrats are the British Army in this second American Revolution. They seem all-powerful, holding the cities. But who won the first American Revolution. A raggle-taggle set of colonists.
You are being gaslighted by a Democrat media and a largely pro-Democrat elite. People are holding Back the Blue rallies which go unreported. Blacks and minorities are deeply unhappy about defunding the police, but this goes unreported. People in America’s heartland know what will happen to their right of self-defense and their right to bear arms if the Democrats win in November. People are deeply unhappy about what the Democrat-backed education establishment is doing to their children’s education.
Yet we are expected to believe that sheeplike, people will bury this anger and fall in line behind the Democrats in November.
Maybe. I will believe it only after I see it. Yes, there are some “conservatives” who support this. But they did not support the conservative agenda in 2016 and we won without them.
My advice is to stop listening to the news and the polls and listen to your common sense instead. Nothing that the press is telling us makes sense. We know they lied to us about Russiagate, about Neil Gorsuch, about the “mostly peaceful” riots, and about the true danger of COVID. About a lot of other things, too. Listen to what your common sense tells you instead. Do not despair. That is what the Democrats want. Do not be a sunshine soldier or a summer patriot. Push on until November.
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The media I think are fluffing the poles. (I know its a terrible image – if it doesnt bring an image to your mind, dont google it.) In that recently they had Joe Biden winning Pennsylvania by 17 points… But unreported, they also asked who would win the state, and it was a 50/50 split. It seems that when they ask who are you voting for, the responders took the safe answer, but when asked who would win the state – or rather who do you think your neighbors are voting for? The pollsters got a more accurate answer.
I don’t know enough to make an election prediction, but I do sense that Americans are getting more trusting of the benevolent hand of their government masters, and less willing to either think for themselves or rely on themselves. American’s are getting very very risk adverse. All bad news for freedom.
I am voting straight ticket Republican, and encouraging the people I know to do so also.. Not because I think the Republicans are good, but because I know the Democrats hate America & hate me and people like me. Even if the Republic is lost, I will have voted for Freedom.
There may be more than ten righteous people on Ricochet alone…..
I am hoping for Hillary. Worst Candidate Ever. Would turn out the Republicans, Conservatives, and Normal people to vote against her.
That would do it, for sure. But I think the Democrats know this already. Also, it reminds me that the GOP was very fortunate in its opposition in 2016. I suspect anyone a degree or two less unlikeable than HRC would have won.The bad news is that Biden is, indeed, at least a degree or two less unlikeable.
That’s only because people don’t know him.
That, of course, is the reason why Biden will get nowhere near a debate. He is a cypher, or to use a favored leftist term, an Avatar. There is a bureaucracy that is using him as a symbol of the good old days. Democrats like government and bureaucracies are their ideal hive. They are running as a hive using Biden as a symbol.
That is a very peculiar accusation. I think the riots in Portland and Seattle are attempts to lure him into a Kent State incident.
I think Biden might very well have won in 2016.
The dead don’t usually register until the Dems find out how many they need.
One of the worst doom sayers is Rob Long, although it sounds an awful lot like glee.
But his mental condition and the likelihood of him becoming not-president with our foe sitting in the wings, make Biden an even more dangerous candidate than HRC.
It’s like we are in an episode of X-Files, and we know which people have been hijacked by the alien. And we try to convince the ignorant to understand the truth and what it means for the future.
Too bad this isn’t a show, with script writers, but rather real life where everyone has agency.
I bet a friend 200 bucks Trump would win.
He wanted to bet 1000 but I would feel bad taking that amount from a naive friend.
Your clients are not the median or swing voter
it’s a 100 day marathon, not sprint
Campaign doesn’t really start until Labor Day
which seems like a million years ago
Hillary has Parkinson’s.
Biden has dementia.
also Commentary magazine
I read a good article at American Thinker yesterday regarding the riots in Portland.
The one obvious thing no one has mentioned is why attack the federal building?
There are many places to ‘peacefully protest’ in Portland but why this one particular federal courthouse?
Biden Voters have dementia.
Definitely delusional from wishful drinking
Birds of a feather . . .
I can see it working in Trump’s favor if two things happen:
1.) Republicans make it clear that the reason there isn’t/wasn’t a second bill is because the Democrats weren’t willing to work with them to give their constituents one.
2.) Not having a second stimulus package prompts people to conquer their fears and get back to work, thus getting the economy going again.
Really? Is that confirmed or is it just a rumor?
If you go “Republican Voters Against Trump” or rvat.org you will see numerous testimonials by dozens of people in every state of Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016, but won’t in 2020.
Some people will say anything for a little pub.
Sick. It’s just sick, Gary, to look at what’s happening in this country and consider for even one instant giving power to Democrats at any level. Even blacks who voted for Obama at 95% know better than to support these leftists.
https://youtu.be/_LwQKTzJ1-4
I sure you believe that Gary.
Meep! Meep!
On other thing–if there was an organization called Democrats for Trump, anyone who agreed to appear there would likely be risking their jobs and taking a chance at being harassed within their communities.
That’s the type of conduct from the left that Biden supporters enable. It’s easy to say one is an RVAT.
The V is silent?