It’s no different than in Canada: Trudeau is being (justifiably) raked over the coals so that Pierre P (the next inline WEF young leader) can step into place. The globalist uniparties are getting their next candidates in. You can’t vote your way out of communism.
CANADA? mass non compliance? As a born and raised Canadian I can assure you that will never happen. Make the slightest noise and they freeze your bank accounts here, don’t forget.
1. A bylaw could be passed Wednesday by Waterloo, Ontario Regional Councilors that would prohibit any communication, word, sign or gesture on publicly owned property that makes persons who identify as LGBT 'feel harassed,' 'offended' or 'troubled,' thus eliminating protests such as the Million Person March. Fines up to $250.00 could be issued for peacefully protesting on public grounds.
2. I've very recently seen videos by Rebel News and by True North News, both are independent news outlets, not MSM, where they ask passer's by in Vancouver and Toronto if they'll wear masks and/or take the next covid shot this fall/winter. The majority said 'yes they would' to both. We're still in a minority.
It may take Trudeau continuing as PM and completely destroying the country to make Canadian sheep see the light of day.
Speaking of gulags, NY state wants to set them up for the unvaccinated. Lawyer and substack writer Bobbie Anne Cox had a court date of Sept 13 to fight this:
Please explain what I've missed on the Waterloo proposal.
Aside from the fact that masks do little to nothing in protecting the wearer from a virus, they give the wearer a false sense of security. The vaccines have been billed as 'safe and effective'. They are not. Unfortunately, our politicians refer to opinion polls when setting their policies so while the claim that me wearing a mask or getting the covid shtos protects you from covid is completely false, the claim today that you wearing a mask or taking the shots makes it likely that politicians will try to mandate me into it is quite likely.
I've read enough about what the governor of NY is trying to do that no, I'm not spewing out lies. Yes, gulags is an exaggeration said tongue in cheek. Or don't you have a sense of humour or wit? it wouldn't exactly be a country club either. Are you aware of what Australia had as quarantine facilities?
Consider that when we keep pushing against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre we may push conservatives into the arms of PPC Max Never-Won-a-Seat Bernier (whose party will still not win a seat), and thus dividing the vote, so we must be prepared for the chief narcissist JT propped up by Jagmeet until 2029.
While PP may not be all we hope for, he will surely be better. Even if it’s a mere 10% improvement, it’s not nothing. Six more years of JT will lead this once great nation into full blown communism. Gulags anyone?
And yet....PPC has the only true conservative platform. You’re right the people aren’t ready for it though. Perhaps we have to lose everything before people awaken.
If the DNC doesn’t let RFK Jr be a part of the primary, he will run as a third party. Kennedy stands a good chance over Biden and Newsom. And depending on rules from state to state, Kennedy as an independent could suck enough from both Trump and Newsom or Biden to be the ultimate Perot-monkey-wrench.
i just don't see him getting the dem nom as an even remote possibility. the machine hates him, he lacks the charisma, and the voice is just a deal break.
he's going to appeal to a small group and nothing beyond it. possible he plays perot, but this is tricky. if it's newsom v trump, do you really think dem leaning voters will risk an obviously fruitless protest vote if it means orange man wins? this is where trumps negatives really come into play. too many in the center just HATE him and it will spike voting rates on the left and keep the left in line.
RFK lacks charisma?! He has more charisma in his little toe than god awful Gavin who ONLY appeals to the left and nowhere else. Kennedy is getting votes from left, right and center. Remember the DNC will do anything to stop Trump and that anything might be JFK. If not as an independent he would drain the votes away from Gavin or Joe who the majority cannot stand.
However you are right that this election will be the dirtiest, most rigged on record, as to who will win, well whoever the deep state wants to win, if that’s Joe it will be. If it’s that filthy liar Gavin then it will be. Who does America need to win? RFK or RDS.
I'm with you on that. DeSantis saved Florida, Trump totally failed with the whole USA. He is the Father of the LNP encased, mod RNA Spike tech, plasmid DNA & RSV contaminated crap that's been injected into 2/3rds of the world's population. Thank you Donald!
Biden is a rank traitor to the USA and our allies, imho, and the others are paid off by the Corporations.
Only DeSantis & Kennedy have any chance of being/staying honest, and I still watch both very carefully.
They each have their own blind spots, but so far I see nothing in either to disqualify them.
Kennedy is head and shoulders superior in knowledge and experience with the history of where our Federal Government went wrong from the assassination of JFK till today, and DeSantis has more experience as an administrator.
Neither has political capital in D.C.
If they really want to save our Nation, if it can be saved at this point, they should join forces, start a third party, and campaign on cleaning out the Swamp.
Frankly I prefer Ron Johnson to DeSantis, because he is the only one in DC really standing up for the truth, but either one is worth a gamble in my personal opinion. The rest are just more same old same old, if you ask me.
Time for more sheeples to wake up, smell the coffee, and figure the game out, don't you think, Mr. Cat?
Environmentalists who escape the DNC, MSM and Pharma mind control know who Kennedy really is. He created River Keepers, Water Keepers and won against Monsanto.
Eric Clapton isn't far right. His heart and mind just function, that's all.
Read the Real RFKjr. This guy is a liberal. He's just a normal one, not a woke sociopath. Sooner or later more mainstream Democrats may figure this out!
I've watched him since his days working to clean up the Hudson River. Watch "Dark Waters."
Follow Children's Health Defense.
Read Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Seneff's work on Glysophate and then look at what Bobby accomplished against Monsanto.
The guy is a bonified American hero, in my book.
DeSantis I like immensely for saving Florida from the Covid Coup, but he's horrible on environmental issues. And his associations can make you wonder. Bobby saw through all the Covid lies early on and called all the illegal and Unconstitutional behavior out. He still is, God Bless him.
People just don't know anything about him because of media blacklisting once he tackled vaccine injuries, pHarma profits, and government collusion.
They, (pHarma,) give more campaign dollars in DC than the weapons manufacturers or coal, gas, oil, & nuclear.
PHARMA rules the waves, and now thanks to Donald Trump and Joe Biden they have 100 billion more.
Maybe the vaccine injured will finally say NO to the Fascistic Government behavior of the Democrats and the Republicans in DC.
Maybe those who see the destruction of our economy and all our Constitutional Rights will too.
Three million + bankrupted businesses. Millions dead or disabled through Government incompetence, at best.
And 75% of the nation forced into taking a dangerous and experimental product with zero liability. Hmmm. That's a pretty big voting block.
And now the plasmid DNA and SV40 contamination issue is surfacing...
One lone voice, (a likely vaccine damaged one at that,) crying in the wilderness, you say?
What evidence do you have to back that claim? You're underestimating the growing freedom movement which represents a broad mix of left, right and center. There are plenty of disaffected liberals like myself who will vote for him whatever party he runs with. I for one will not vote for any Democrat other than RFK Jr.
RFK Jr is by far and away the best cross over candidate of any of them. His funding isn't all from the right - that is just pulled out of somewhere, not factual or logical in any way.
Well, they’d better be better armed than me and my friends. In this small town, where I’ve lived before, everyone is on the same page. We are all well prepared.
Remote and very low population density. 90-miles to the nearest town or store. Thirty miles of that on unimproved, mountainous dirt roads. Although any rural area is better than being in-or-near a city.
I think Kennedy as Perot is a very real possibility. And I 100% agree that Governor Hairdo will be the heir elect -- but I think it will be a true last-minute substitution, coming AFTER the primaries. Sleepy Joe will have a “health crisis” that will require drastic measures, and voila!
Despite my disappointment with RDS’s performances at public events, I still think he has the actual depth of competence to make things better -- to the extent that is even possible under the current regime.
Finally, all this is predicated on the concept of “free and fair elections” which I now know we simply cannot achieve. The playbook has been perfected, the dress rehearsals have been SRO, and the actors are waiting behind the curtain, raring to begin.
BTW, what website is offering that vig on Newsome at 11%. Maybe I’ll get in on that...
"... i just don't see him getting the dem nom as an even remote possibility. the machine hates him, he lacks the charisma, and the voice is just a deal break."
That voice is annoying but maybe the lying and detachment from reality are more deal breakers.
How about Trump giving the middle finger to the Repub party, grabs Tulsi as VP, to run as a 3rd party independent?
He's got his core 41% supporters who will follow him. 41% is greater than the Dem/Repub 30%/30%. So he wins (with similar margin as Clinton in '92).
He takes the executive office, with no need to pander to the House/Senate Dems & Repubs. Of course, we'd expect him to be impeached as soon as he takes office.
I do value the anecdotal feedback since the pollsters are liars. However, he is polling well in the Dem field. And the fact that he is not making any “Best Of” predictions recently (including gato’s here) tells me that the Left is terrified of him. The cabal is boxing him out. And the lack of publicity is hurting him somewhat. He’s terrible on school choice and queer theory. But other than that he checks a lot of boxes for the pro-choice Republicans and leftward. Even his Climate Change stance is tolerable to the right if you consider that he is opposed to the Green Cronyism and is more interested in stopping big corporations from aligning as Green syndicates against tangible environmental impacts.
Regardless, I hope RFK and Vivek last as long as possible. They are good for the overall discussion. They are both impacting the Overton window.
I think RFK would be wise to run as an Independent, because this throws the biggest wrench into the whole vote manufacturing process for both sides, respectfully. It would be such an interesting debate and outcome.
not sure i follow. he's polling about 15% in the dem primary and that's an easy vote to "throw away." would any of those pick him in a general if it meant giving the election to orange man? i have serious doubts.
the left (voters) mostly does not care about him. the establishment may fear what he'll say next, but he's not electable. he overplays his hand time and time again and manages to turn points where he's right into electoral liabilities. best case is he helps more the overton window. but i really see no way he manages to step through it.
Predicting RFK will run as an independent for Nov 2024 and challenge Trump to a series of Lincoln-Douglas 2-man -only style debates next summer. No debate moderators, just a timer. They will both ignore the D nominee. If Newsom is selected by the D primary, the 2024 summer debates before early voting starts could be 3-man. Biden and his current VP will never debate. RFK and Trump will push for election-day-only paper ballot drops and voting to try to swamp the Election Day midnight ballot drops and counting shenanigans.
I think he is polling better among the independents and has been as high as 20% among Dems. And I agree with you that abortion is a big deal to most non-R voters. He scratches that itch. I don’t think, however, that RFK’s concerns about vaccines are a big deal to the majority of middle and left voters. Anti-Vax has historically been on both ends of the horseshoe--living on the fringes of both the left and right. In fact, there were rumors that Gavin Newsom was among the CA Lefty Elite who didn’t vaccinate his kids. Even if that isn’t true, there is a sizable chunk of liberal Hollywood/Brentwood/BH/Malibu that used to be anti-vax.
All that said, the Dems CANT lose this election. And for that reason they WONT lose. As you pointed out, there is machinery in place that will prevent a Dem loss.
You know, I too have issues with Kennedy on "green energy." But, the man reads and comprehends science, and, has actually interviewed Dane Wingenton of Geoengineering Watch and in the end acknowledges that the evidence shows we are up to Geoengineering already and that it's another case of the "cure" being worse than the disease.
Show me one other candidate with enough courage to face THAT unpleasant reality.
Great point, and one I often speak as well. Nobody touches the geoengineering issue as I believe it may be the holy grail (or an integral part of it) as to how they are poisoning us all without our consent.
This guy has tackled the most difficult subjects in our Nation and beat the "Big Boys" over and over again.
Fifty percent of America's kids have mental, emotional and physical disabilities or chronic diseases. Bobby Kennedy Jr. is the only guy truly tackling the topic.
If we don't rein in pHarma, toxic "foods," the chemical companies & excessive EMR soon, there won't be a next generation, other than the kids of all the illegal aliens who didn't grow up with 72 toxic vaccines, gallons if Glysophate, plugged into a screen!
And, he wants a secure border and a solid currency backed by precious metals and crypto, quite possibly.
And, PEACE. No more endless war machine bankrupting us, setting off waves of illegal immigration and human trafficking.
Well, we shall disagree. FYI, I never knew what happened to my only child, a daughter, back in the 1990's, when her "safe and effective" required childhood vaccines nearly killed her, and did lifelong immune system damage until I heard Bobby Kennedy Jr. talking about the Guinea-Bissau Study, where it was shown that vaccinated little girls were dying at much higher rates than the unvaccinated little girls. Boys and Girls are different, and so are their vaccine reactions. Testosterone opens pathways to the brain in boys, making autism more common first them.
But with the girls it's pneumonia, sepsis, and a whole litany of infections diseases and then the harms from all the antibiotics poured into them to combat the diseases their injured immune systems couldn't fight off.
So Bobby is an American hero to me, and thousands of American moms who have been gaslit and abused by Government plus the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries for generations now, ever since President Reagan foolishly provided them full indemnification in 1986.
Two and a half generations on American kids have paid a very high price for his error, mine included.
One in 36 boys is now on the Autistic Spectrum and we are on a trajectory for it to be one in two. What exactly do you think this is doing for America? Not to mention all the autoimmune disease, heart disease and cancer that may be vaccine linked.
Or Glysophate in our rain, not to mention our food supply? Hmm. Yes, there are lots of Schmucks in American politics. But this guy isn't one, not if you understand health, biology, or environmental science.
Or Freedom of Speech, Due Process, or the Rule of Law. Or a secure border or a solid currency. Or Peace, for God's sake.
Frankly the only place I fault him is on "green energy." But he even understands what's happening in our skies. So there's that as well.
I sure wish we had a couple thousand schmucks like him running for high office, all over our Nation; now there's a lovely thought indeed!
Kennedy won't get Trump votes, but he will dismantle the Dems. The idea that Newsom is appealing outside of California I think is incorrect. I'd like to see some evidence to the contrary, rather than just speculation. Even in California people hate him. He's a wealthy elitist with ties to the billionaire Gettys and everybody hated his COVID policies and these trans kid shenanigans are not going to work in his favor, despite his recent posturing. I agree that Biden is likely not going to get the nod again, although he may nod off before 2024.
Newsom is also a WEF tool. He has so many things going against him that anyone with a spine willing to call him out on those will ruin him. RFK Jr. has the spine and will do it because he actually cares about his country.
RFK and recent support by some on the right (which I'm not certain isn't really just astroturf) is a variation of Baptists and Bootleggers driving Prohibition.
Conservatives - maybe not as much for the oldest in that group - felt kinship with RFK on vaccinations, but only with respect to the mRNA COVID vax. He's mainstream on on vaccinations which most feel are worthwhile (I am bracing for the deluge of responses here...) but is a Caped Climate Crusader in spirit, at least.
He has some one-issue support but I don't think he's changing too many votes.
-CPC (Conservative Party of Canada), 121 seats and 34% of popular vote
-Liberals, 157 seats and 33% of the popular vote
-NDP (socialist New Democrats), 24 seats and 18% of popular vote
-Bloc Québécois. (a provincial party that labels itself a federal party) 32 seats and 8% of popular vote
And several minor parties:
-PPC (conservative People’s Party of Canada), 0 seats and 5% of popular vote
-Green Party. 2 seats and 2% of popular vote
Currently, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals (who earned 33% of the popular vote) are completely propped up by the socialist NDP, and together they act like a majority government. The CPC lost many seats at the last election because the conservative vote was divided between CPC and PPC, thus handing seats to the Libs or NDP.
The NDPs who prop up Trudeau’s Libs constantly rail against Trudeau, yet refuse to remove their support to call for a vote of non-confidence, thus bringing down the government. I expect the salaries, bennies, pensions, power and prestige are too great a temptation.
While it should not seem necessary to warn against multi-parties, a strong reminder is that once a nation falls down that rabbit hole it’s hard to clamber out. After 15 yrs of losing elections to Libs, conservative Stephen Harper did Unite the Right c2003, and elections were won by conservatives. Now, once again, conservatives have been divided and because of our first-past-the-post voting system, we are mired in this liberal/socialist quagmire. Never discount the possibility that third parties are created precisely to divide party loyalties, change the vote outcome, and hand it to the opposition.
They followed the globalists, hook line and sinker fired Jonas Smith Yukon. Voted to put parents in jail who don't want their kids getting gender affirming surgery because the school says to.
Want replacement levels of immigration and to interfere in provincial jurisdictions to compensate for it.
Max fought for my freedoms while the CPC gladly sought to end Charter Rights in Canada. And was silent re concentration camps and,
As Canadian all Cause Mortality ACM rises the CPCs position is.....?
As I stated, he might only be 10% better, but at least the rapid slippery slope slide will be slowed.
We cannot endure another 6 years of JT. Nothing will be left.
With a miracle, we would see Leslyn Lewis at the helm of the CPC and Mad Max drawn back into the fold … if that is possible.
Again I reiterate one wonders if a second conservative party was put into place specifically to divide conservative votes - and ensure never-ending Libs.
There is calculated evil in this lib agenda, and it has been there for years, in particular since 2015. Dedicated, planned chip, chip, chip at rights, freedom, faith, common sense, and community standards. I could not imagine explaining to my long dead grandparents: abortion on demand , euthanasia, transgenderism, legalized pot, open borders ...? Pere Pierre et fils have carefully spun their webs.
I have no illusions about honesty in politics, having been involved for 40+ years. Just as there is a deep state in the US, there is one in Canada. Elizabeth Nickson labels it the Laurentian Elite. And, yes, it is in many ways a uni-party. In the last 50+ years voters are reduced to choosing the lesser of two evils every election.
As for differences in platforms - two quickies: Gun control and defunding the CBC. Yuge.
In the end, for me, Job One is to see the Libs lose power.
I predict that, regardless of which avatar wins what “race”, 2024 is going to be cataclysmic and catastrophic for what is clearly now just the decaying ruins of the republic.
That which can’t be sustained must eventually stop, to paraphrase a well-known economist. We’re getting close to the end of the tracks and yet the throttle is wide open. Who the engineer is, at this point, is moot: momentum is going to carry engine 1776 through the buffer stops and into the terminal in a spectacular and fiery wreck.
“Ukraine” (and probably “Covid”), in my view, was nothing but naked “cantillon effect” plundering of the treasury as the insiders smash-and-grab as much as they can -- they know what’s coming.
America is going down. I have mourned my native land for two years. It's going the way of all empires. I know this will enrage people but our country is terminal.
We can't go back. But perhaps if we go through we will come out better the other end.
We will be up a creek if we let the same people decide what it will look like on the other side, as their objective is to make sure they still have power then as they do now.
Maybe America will divide into 50 separate nations, which will later reform into new countries based on common interests. Breakup into three or four regional blocks.
Everything our civilization is based upon has gotten way too big, too high tech, and too centralized. Not all models are scalable. The law of diminishing returns set in quite a while ago.
I am afraid you are correct, but more because of the destruction of education and health for the majority of American children, as much as because of the corruption and stupidity, (or out and our malevolence,) currently running our show.
When it comes down to it, I think that, if there is a path forward, it might be in a rebellion of the states. It’s why I hope DeSantis stays in Florida and leads that instead of stepping into the foul maw of the District of Criminals.
DeSantis’s battle station is Florida. He would be instantly be boxed in and have no appreciable effect in DC. I’d rather Newsom win and accelerate breakup.
As a South African, it is fascinating to see that the plundering of coffers is clearly not just an "African" phenomenon, or something that only happens in "backwards" countries. I confess to a little bit of Schadenfreude (sorry). The naked corruption and vast plundering and greed we are witnessing in the States and elsewhere in the "developed" world at the moment makes our own plundering politicians look like they're stealing sweeties on a playground, or pilfering office supplies. Yours looks to be a money-laundering rout. A demolition job that will surely bring the State's to its knees. No wonder the central banks are so desperate to change over to CBDCs. A nice bit of slate-cleaning and they hope to keep the good times rolling. Maybe they'll get away with it. Who knows. Possibly the people will be so afraid of the alternative, that they'll be happy to embrace a wee bit of digital slavery and social engineering.
2024 is going to be a long year. BLM comes out every 4 years and I wouldn't be surprised if we see another Summer of Love "mostly peaceful" protests when some conveniently-timed inciting event causes it.
Respectfully, I disagree. First, people who vote in primaries are NOT remotely similar to voters generally or adults (and polls tend to poll adults or voters). You might as well ask Minnesotans who they want to be governor of Ohio - it's really not an accurate or valid approach. Given the social pressures against Rs, it's hard to imagine lots of moderates showing up for the R primaries; in reality, the electorate will skew towards MAGA. Second, R primaries are not like D primaries - winners take all. The D primary system is skewed to allow people who are very popular on the far Left to get lots of extra delegates through nonsense states like UT (imagine UT going for a D & you'll see what I mean about why it's odd that UT even votes at DNC, odder still that rules give it more say than PA or NY (a swing or pro D state, respectively). Trump wins a few early races narrowly & it's all over. As Bill Clinton famously noted, Hillary would have defeated Obama under the RNC's rules & she'd have done it very early in the cycle. So, I think Trump is a cinch. His only real chance of losing is that Ds become so toxic that everybody who can vote votes in R primary, but that's unlikely (would Ds really cross over to vote for an R? Can they given local laws?) Trump wins because the rules require it.
On D side, Biden is unstoppable given the rules. Remember 1/3 of all votes are fake - they're preallocated to D officials who won't cross Biden. From there on in, lots of sham voting - like UT etc. Like I said before, a Kennedy couldn't beat Carter, and the rules are even more rigged for Biden.
In terms of the general, I think wide spread corruption ensure Biden's re election, but there's always a chance his regime collapses. Remember the Soviets were here one day & gone the next; same can happen here. If the Russians beat the Ukrainians, which now seems inevitable, and if the dollar/economy continues to struggle, the whole rotten regime may fall. I think preserving the $ is more important than preserving "democracy," so I wouldn't be surprised if they dump Biden through legal or arguably legal means & say problems solved. If 2020 was the fake election, 2024 may well be the non-election election. Not sure we won't have an election, but I don't think you should count on it - too many unknowns.
Put it this way: if the regime cancelled the election & put in a "unity" government, are you confident SCOTUS would intervene? Like they intervened to stop the lockdowns & all that other illegal crap? Do you think anybody in Congress would stand up for elections (at which they or their party could lose)? Who do you think would care if we had an "emergency" government? They didn't care about the other emergency powers, so why bother w/ this one?
We can all worry about who wins this election to be our nominal warden, but the real issues won't be solved regardless - if people aren't willing to fight for their freedom, they're already enslaved. We need to use every lawful means to restore our Constitutional right; if we don't, it's just which warden you prefer.
i don't think biden makes it to the vote. they are lining up the pieces now and will start to squeeze hard. his team will realize "mate in 5" and know that if they get an R in the WH, they are going to get rolled up and investigated so they will toss joe under the bus for "personal" reasons and dump in gavin. there is not going to be a run of newsom v biden, it's going to be an anointing as "savior."
Agree on the dem plan as it is not hard to negotiate with Biden as his legal problems can easily be ramped up if he refuses to play ball. He will take "medical reasons" and step away.
Where things get complicated is the overall economic landscape. We are only a year plus into an unprecedented rate hiking cycle by the Fed. The bodies in the CRE space are beginning to pile up and inflation is nowhere near under control, especially for the working class as "hey inflation slowed to 4%!" does not fly when food is still 20-25% more expensive than it was two years ago.
The economy is a wildcard but I do agree the election shenninigans will be rampant on the democratic side no matter if it is against Trump or Ron. It is shaping up to be a horrendous mess.
I was alive. It is unprecedented against the backdrop of rates being at zero bound for years + quantitative easing and the Fed's 8 trillion balance sheet
Not for Rs; but for Ds it'll be 'principle' vs. 'principal'. I'd wager that most Ds are not financially elite... nowhere near, and that as more and more tread gets worn-off, where "the rubber meets the road", their votes will turn R... if they vote for P/VP at all.
This. Biden will “remove myself as a candidate“ in early spring. Gavin will replace him. RFK Jr will be Tulsi’d and not permitted to participate meaningfully in any of the “debates” or news shows (with an occasional CNBC interview). An independent RFK Jr in the general will peel votes from slick Gavin, and only a practical vote counting strategy will again allow Trump to lose.
I agree, Newsom/Susan Rice are the chosen ticket, and the only benefit of Biden and his family of grifters is that this entire final last grasp onto power/money is throwing a wrench into the Obama/DNC plans, so that distraction is helpful. But Biden will be ejected and Kamala too.
Well, maybe, but I don't think any R would be able to do anything to the Ds - I mean what court would they use? D judges would squash anything. And impeaching an ex President? Again, far too many Ds in Senate for that. I just don't think our legal system works as well as you do, so I don't think Ds feel the least bit threatened. Heck, their Senators accepts gold bars! They don't seem scared to me.
Here's the problem: people making $ off Biden have no reason to believe they'd make $ off Newsome, so why switch? Biden's death would be only a minor inconvenience as who would report it? I'm sure media would dutifully report that it's only a conspiracy theory he's dead.
Look the people who run this country make $ by running it, so why give it up? Why not just impose Biden again? I think they won't stop until stopped & once they're stopped, who knows? Not clear what will stop them or what's left after they are stopped (because the winners tend not to feel constrained by the Constitution after they've overthrown it).
Hard to keep revolutions in line, no? I think if Rs get in, it won't be Rs inclined to play nice, but I don't think Rs get in w/o some sort of major change to the system - a change Ds just don't fear.
That is, in any scenario in which the regime is in real danger, the regime is DEAD, and they aren't considering that possibility, so it's like they're horses w/ blinders (they're unaffected by scenarios they can't see). They'll just keep doing what they're doing until stopped; they aren't worried about voter backlash because they don't face the voters - they just ginny up more fake ballots. At most, they see this election as an extra expense, not a real threat.
the D's are going to do it to the D's with the unwitting help of the GOP. the pelosi/newsom wing will force joe out by making it clear he WOULD get impeached with dem help or by just piling on the charges and senility talk. they can make joe a bigger liability than his backers will tolerate, esp if nominating him means a trump win and forthcoming investigation/loss of control of the justice department.
and yes, most of the people making money off biden will thrive under newsom. teachers, green grift, gender grift, ESG, all of it. they'll probably do better because newsom is better at it than joe is.
Overall I like your analysis. The only comment I add is my general cynicism: the entire government is rotten to the core. Elections and "representative" democracy is mostly theater. For any would-be reformer or activist, what does it mean to fight for one's freedom? Late-stage democracies "select for" dysfunctional behavior; their utterances to the contrary, the prime instinct of any politician or organization is to survive and to expand its influence. What if we got a palace revolution, say a military takeover as so often happens in less stable nations? That might temporarily solve matters or reign in the more idiotic excesses of a civilian government -- often the very reason such coups happen -- but consider that our system of government would be null and void the minute the coup occurred.
Change is inevitable; perhaps our culture will have deteriorated into even worse state than it is now. You think things are bad now? Just study some history, even modern history, and find out just how bad things can get.
If "reclaim idaho" is successful in getting its open primary question on the ballot, and if it sails through, you can bet more states will do it. Then primaries begin to really matter less.
2024 election prediction: "People will believe what the media tell them they believe." is my favorite Orwell quote (and I'm spoilt for choice). Notice he says "tell them THEY believe" not "tell them TO believe."
You're overlooking the fact that the number of people who actually still tune into and believe the lamestream media represents a fraction of the overall population and a fraction of the voting population
Yes I did consider that aspect when I was writing this comment but I think that fictional notions of 'public opinion' still filter through to most people and most people always incline to go with the flow even the ones who flatter themselves that the flow they are going with is edgy and 'radical'.
Excellent assessment, but in an era of fortified elections, it's "game over, man."
The other side does not play fair. Ballots flood Blue strongholds and they'll just keep counting "votes" until the preferred choice of the Oligarchy is installed.
I am pinning my hopes on an American Napoleon seeing the crown lying in the street (swamp?) And picking it up with his sword. Frankly, that's the only way I see out of this mess.
It’s unfortunate that half or more of the Republican Party is infatuated with the pro-lockdown talking yam. Trump’s behavior on covid should disqualify him with the non-totalitarian wing of the Republican Party which is sadly much smaller than I would have imagined.
It’s not particularly clever to call DJT a yam - he was one of the most consequential presidents of our lifetimes - but otherwise you make a good point.
The “health freedom” group of which I’m a part here in San Francisco is largely MAGA, and I don’t get it. In Sep ‘20 I decamped to Pensacola because I needed a haircut and wanted to go to church. The only place on lockdown in Escambia County was the P’cola Naval Air Station - under the command and control of the Commander in Chief, DJT. He could have and should have weaponized the federal government to make a mockery of blue-state governors. He could have and should have ordered federal workers to their desks in our Civic Center and he could have and should have opened buildings in the Presidio here for churches to have a “legal” place to worship. Those airmen in P’cola should have been enjoying the late summer along with everyone else in town. He was taken in by the liars in his admin and media and he still doesn’t seem to understand that he was hoodwinked and made a huge mistake. I will vote for him in the general but RDS walked the walk during the #fakeplague and he’s my man in the primary.
Obvs in addition to lockdown lunacy DJT also doesn’t seem to know or care that his clot shots are a disaster.
Don’t know why my health freedom friends are willfully ignoring this track record.
I agree with you 100! Trump completely f**ked up with his COVID response. Remember his “I provided ventilators to hospitals” nonsense. Then to find these ventilators were killing people? Recommending churches and schools be locked down while allowing liquor stores to remain open? Walmart/Costco/Kroeger stay open while Mom and Pop markets were closed. Trumps poor decisions destroyed people. He showed zero of the courage and mettle of DeSantis. And until he comes clean and apologizes (which his ego won’t permit) DeSantis has my primary vote.
When Cuomo demanded respirators, Trump got him respirators. Trump did his part. What was done with them was out of his hands. Trump's problem was that he listened to the wrong experts early on, but he came to his senses. The likes of Cuomo and Newsom never have.
Trump's response was not perfect, but I have my doubts that any of the GOP field would have done better in the heat of the moment with what they knew then.
If he’d come clean, admit his errors and apologize it would help. But he will never admit he’s done anything wrong. And those errors have affected people financially, medically and emotionally. Heck, they killed people. He owns those decisions.
Notwithstanding Trump’s mistakes on Covid, he advocated for ending the lockdowns as soon as possible and looked for solutions - HCL, Operation Warp Speed - to address the issues. Trump also recognized China’s role. Trump was attacked for every reasonable position he took. The media lionized the experts and, at the time, Trump’s options were limited. As it turns out, the experts were not experts and lied and continue to lie about Covid, its origins, vaccines, etc. Imagine if Trump had fired Fauci in April 2020 and put a reasonable doctor like Scott Atlas in charge. The media would have made Trump responsible for every death, even if deaths were 50% or more lower than what they turned out to be.
Trump bragged about the clot shots long after anyone with a brain knew how dangerous they were. I don't understand why people keep giving this a pass. Additionally, if he was dumb enough to believe and trust the big pharma goon "health experts" it shows how unqualified he is to take on the swamp or permanent state. Morons like me have known this for years, and morons like me were able to figure out within a week of the plandemic that something was up...
Trump got some things wrong, but he he was right about China. Remember the “China Virus.” He also opposed keeping the lockdowns in place and, in particular, closing schools. He is wrong about the vaccines, but Trump did not support vaccine mandates and certainly would not have forced federal workers and the military to take the shots. The remarkable thing about Trump’s Covid response is that it exposed Fauci and the public health bureaucracy, not Trump, as malicious, incompetent or both. How could Trump possibly expected the level of corruption that he faced?
His ego and pride are his downfall. But we've already seen him cow tow by saying he'll make both sides happy when it comes to abortion. And by saying DeSantis' 6 week heartbeat bill was terrible, he has lost many more people. I find him ro be a coward anyway. Refusing to debate reminds me of Joe hiding in his basement.
He's not an honest broker and never has been. He's a pathological narcissist who makes everything about him which is why he can't ever be trusted to do the job that needs to be done to dismantle the administrative state.
Absolutely. He’s acting like a spoiled child refusing to debate and then scheduling a rally or interview opposite the debate at the same time. He needs to GROW UP.
Exactly. He was either dumb enough to be deceived, making him wholly unqualified to take on the permanent state, or he is in on it. Both make him unqualified.
I don’t know what is wrong with substack but it no longer shows me the comment people are replying to, so I have to guess from your reply which of my comments you’re talking about
I’m sorry that you don’t find my description clever. I was truly dying to impress you. How was he consequential exactly other than proving you can be a crass jackass and still earn the undying loyalty of 20 or 30% of the electorate? Or do you mean his trillions of deficit spending which was hardly historic or unprecedented.
The economy grew, but growth could hardly be described as exceptional. I liked Gorsuch as a scotus pick, but consequential? You might as well call a journeyman backup catcher on a third place team a generational talent.
True, and I can understand why it appealed to one side and drove the other crazy. The right was excited to see someone punch back without any regard for social convention. The left was aghast because they hated the guy anyway for policy reasons, and he didn’t even use the right fork to eat his salad or listen to NPR. This guy they saw as beneath them was mocking them, and was actually in a position of power. It upset their sense of how the universe works. It would be like telling a physicist gravity isn’t real.
The system is the opposition. The plebs vs The state. Gato wrote so much about this system being rotten and now he is speculating about the outcomes. Which is completely irrelevant....
Do you think it would be possible- not likely, given his temperament, but POSSIBLE- for Trump to change his fortunes if he were to, very soon, tack to owning up and apologizing for COVID "mistakes" (a minimized apology is better than nothing under the circumstances) and vowing to protect the freedoms he endangered?
I don’t think it would matter for his broader electoral chances. His issues with the broader electorate are temperament and his portrayal in the media. In short people dislike him because he’s an a**h***. For me he got the most consequential issue in almost a century dead wrong in the most anti-liberty way possible. No amount of the self flagellation he is incapable of would matter to me, but I’m not the electorate.
My sense is his appeal for his base is is unwillingness to apologize so it plausibly might help with some voters, but might dim some enthusiasm in the process.
I think a lot of Trump's admirers love him because he is an a**h***.
I voted for him twice but cringed and held my nose both times. His personal life is like Bill Clinton's. But he's a celebrity billionaire which trumps moral character as far as choosing leaders go. (Pun intended.) He says he is looking out for us nobodies. Why? What's in it for him? Since when has this lifelong secular Democrat supported conservatism or Christian values? Why the sudden about face in 2015 after announcing his intention to run? If you looked into his history you would be scratching your head too.
I think you are correct because he is being an a**h*** to their political enemies, but most people aren’t that invested in politics. They don’t have political enemies so to the marginally attentive voter who maybe reads the google news headlines a couple times a week he just seems like an a**h*** which is not a traditionally admired quality.
On this topic, I find it interesting that Newsom- a far, far worse perpetrator in this regard- recently started pivoting with his whole "in retrospect we would have done everything differently" non-apology, which hardly seems necessary to appeal to his lockdown-loving base.
True, but I don’t think that is who Newsom is appealing to. I think at some level most people now see covid policy as a mistake. Notice nobody including Newsom is saying “we did the right thing”.
Mostly they are saying
“Shucks we tried really hard, but we got some things wrong, but everyone was doing their best trying to figure things out”
Notice no discussion of specific policies like shutting down campgrounds. They want to vaguely wave away the whole episode and not talk about it. I think Newsom is appealing to non-covidians who are appalled by what was done during covid. He’s trying to cut off a line of attack in the election.
If one wanted to address this, say in debates, one might take the line of attack that the "well intentioned" policies were unlawful, and if they weren't, perhaps they ought to be, which might demand a specific response.
I suspect, if properly pressed, Newsom could be induced to saying for the record that unlawful emergency powers should remain in the executive toolbelt despite the now-admitted harms.
Oh he’s definitely vulnerable to a well prepared candidate. California didn’t even announce they planned to reopen campgrounds until January of 2021, you know because of the dire threats posed by wide open spaces, fresh air, and exercise. Good luck defending that.
I just want to say Karl Rove is a slimeball. He’s a political operative with no honesty. He can shove his whiteboard up his a$$. His part in trying to remove Texas’ AG Paxton will never be forgotten. Anyone being favored by Rove is someone not to trust--that means DeSantis. He’s been bought and controlled by the Rove, Paul Ryan (another snake) and the Bush family. I will never vote for RDS.
Paxton is a saint and Abbot and Mcconnell were crickets during entire farcical trial!! The RNC wants the southern border wide open for their NGO’s and corporate benefactors.
Exactly. You also have to question the wisdom of political advisors who are telling you to get involved in the most-runaway 'open' primary in recent memory. DeSantis could have solidified his resume over the next 4 years and would have been the obvious heir apparent in 2028. It's like his advisors are TRYING to tank his career.
You nailed it with this paragraph: "the left really wants to run against trump. they have been doing everything in their power to help him because they 1. think they can beat him 2. know that he is fund raising gold for them and 3. that “orange man bad” is about the only thing that can unify their increasingly fractious and incompatible coalition. it also gets out the vote for down ticket house and senate where they have a lot more to defend than last time."
It's perplexing to me that more Americans don't understand why it was so important to our Narrative Manipulators to shoot DeSantis out of the primary saddle before his horse picked up any speed and momentum. Basically, the "narrative" on DeSantis was changed before it became firmly entrenched.
Like you, I also question whether fair and honest elections CAN still be held in America. My assumption is this probably can't happen.
Respectfully, I don’t think you should quote Karl Rove on anything. He is the is part of the Bush/McConnell machine and he is not to be trusted. He is a Frank Luntz. I liked DeSantis but his campaign has been terrible and he should have never kissed the Mcconnell/Bush ring. He will support endless wars in Ukraine and open borders as that is what his corporate donors ask of him. Trump is flawed, but he will make the US energy independent and that will be necessary before a massive culling of government/waste jobs are made. Hate Trump but he is the one who pulled back the curtain on how the Uniparty works. Nobody can tell us that Abbott can’t just get National Guard and repel the invaders to the south, he can, Mcconnell just wont let him. And never forget every single RNC was against the wall to the south, Trump was wrong about warp speed,he got suckered by the Fauci gang, but he was right about everything else.
I did see a video of RDS saying he would go to war against Mexico over the border/immigration problems. That was a deal breaker for me. Bye, bye RDS. It seems to me that if people thought critically, RFK would be a viable candidate. But critical thinking isn't very popular.
We don’t have free and fair elections. These corrupt politicians (puppets) serve their puppet masters. It’s doesn’t matter what side of the political aisle you’re on. The real people in power will put whoever they want into positions of power. Since 1871 and perhaps sooner, America was no longer a constitutional republic. It became a federal corporation. Look up 28 USC 3002
The abortion issue is a thing because the ((media)) makes it a thing. If they switched the messaging and told women to stop being promiscuous and getting accidentally pregnant (or stopped celebrating abortion) we would have a different world. This is among many other issues that used to be common sense.
The media is a virus and it needs to die.
For anyone to vote for the man who has caused California to implode means our country is dead. California has the most people moving out of it. People who don’t live in California don’t understand how bad he is, I suppose. But I do. He’s awful.
The only benefit to Newsom as president is we may finally get a civil war.
If they REALLY want a civil war, they'll let Trump win. Back in 2020, the Left Coast made noises of seceeding if Trump had won. Stealing the election was the route they chose instead. Civil wars are messy.
I know someone close to newsom who worked on his campaign. They tried to avoid as many pubic speaking engagements as possible bc he is a terrible public speaker and unable to read a teleprompter. Then enter Biden setting the bar extremely low and it seems Newsom might have a chance. The problem is that people are sick of the bumbling idiot act.
Gavin will have at least a billion-dollar war chest courtesy of Silicon Valley (at minimum) and the entire MSM working as his campaign manager, hiding his mistakes and painting his opponents as Hitler 2.0.
This will be more than enough to compensate for any deficiencies.
Anybody who thinks the democrats do not already have all the necessary "fortification" measures in place to ensure a comfortable win the 2024 show-election is fooling themselves. 2020 was just a surprisingly (to them) successful systems check after fixing their mistakes and miscalculations of 2016. They were just as surprised by Joe "The Houseplant" Biden's victory as they were by Hillary "Irma Grese" Clinton's loss. But you gotta admit, they sure did recover nicely!
They now have the process tweaked to a fine art. They have both the mechanics and the people in place in all the key voting offices in the very few key States that matter in the even fewer key Counties and districts that matter in each of those States. In 2024, instead of running Biden, they could run someone who was ACTUALLY dead and that person will win.
The Democrats, no matter their nominee, won't have to cheat to defeat DeSantis or Haley (the two most likely non-Trump nominees. The election you need to base the model on is the one in 2012 where Obama won with unemployment over 7% for all 4 years of his 1st term. That election (and the ones from 1988-2008) established an important point- the Democrats have an electoral lock on the Presidency after 2004. The Republicans lost the ability to win the Presidency when Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Nevada turned blue in 2008, and all four have continued to drift to the left demographically. The importance of 2012 is this- even if Romney had won Ohio, Florida, and Virginia (the big states that Obama turned blue in 2008) he still would have lost the election.
Too many predictions of the 2024 race are making a big error in overlooking how sui generis Trump is electorally. He is the only Republican candidate that can make Ohio and Iowa solid red and make Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan competitive while running in the national vote at up to minus 4%. Without Trump on the ballot, Ohio goes back to be a true swing state between the two parties, Iowa returns to being leans slightly Democrat, while Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania return to lean Democrat from 4-8%. 2016 was not a realignment election- had the GOP run Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton would be finishing her 2nd term next year. The only thing you gain by running Ron DeSantis or Nicki Haley is probably returning Georgia and Arizona to the red column, but you then put Ohio and Iowa back into play, and even if the Republican nominee wins all four of those states, they still lose the electoral college.
You mention Romney and 2012. I remember the hype that Romney was giving Obama a close race. There were fleeting moments when I thought Romney might trip over the finish line first. But when election day arrived - back then election day was still a thing - I knew Romney had flopped. It was the least surprising election night since 1996 when Clinton clobbered Dole. Romney utterly failed to connect with too many voters. Both he and Obama are elitists and Obama, being a Democrat, can get away with that.
I would like to see the Republicans nominate someone younger than 70. But a party coronation of the next Republican loser won't do. The next Republican President success story will be the politician who earns the prize through hard work and builds a national reputation that can be wholeheartedly defended. DeSantis is actually on that journey and that is a good thing. I am doubtful DeSantis or anyone Republican will be able to take Trump's place by 2024. But nothing is certain.
It’s no different than in Canada: Trudeau is being (justifiably) raked over the coals so that Pierre P (the next inline WEF young leader) can step into place. The globalist uniparties are getting their next candidates in. You can’t vote your way out of communism.
There are already "Coke on Baby Castro's Aeroplane" accusations - by someone in the Indian Diplomat core, not his "rivals" in Canadia.
I'm not saying the Blow rumors are real. I'm just suggesting that this is a part of how you engineer a takedown from behind the scenes.
"Show me the man...."
Yerp
What can we do here in Canada to stop this madness? It seems futile.
Start with mass non-compliance. Escalate from there. Lots of low hanging fruit, like antifa, who don’t have armed security...
Or as a dissident I admire said:
1. Act alone.
2. Never, ever tell anybody.
3. Your conscience will bother you less as time goes by. 😎
🎯🎯🎯
CANADA? mass non compliance? As a born and raised Canadian I can assure you that will never happen. Make the slightest noise and they freeze your bank accounts here, don’t forget.
Too true:
1. A bylaw could be passed Wednesday by Waterloo, Ontario Regional Councilors that would prohibit any communication, word, sign or gesture on publicly owned property that makes persons who identify as LGBT 'feel harassed,' 'offended' or 'troubled,' thus eliminating protests such as the Million Person March. Fines up to $250.00 could be issued for peacefully protesting on public grounds.
2. I've very recently seen videos by Rebel News and by True North News, both are independent news outlets, not MSM, where they ask passer's by in Vancouver and Toronto if they'll wear masks and/or take the next covid shot this fall/winter. The majority said 'yes they would' to both. We're still in a minority.
It may take Trudeau continuing as PM and completely destroying the country to make Canadian sheep see the light of day.
Speaking of gulags, NY state wants to set them up for the unvaccinated. Lawyer and substack writer Bobbie Anne Cox had a court date of Sept 13 to fight this:
https://brownstone.org/articles/david-v-goliath-in-new-york/
You very much misrepresent the Waterloo proposal.
Don't want vaccines or masks? Don't get them, don't wear them.
New York state, "gulags," etc - You consume the lies and poo them out like the big girl you are!
Please explain what I've missed on the Waterloo proposal.
Aside from the fact that masks do little to nothing in protecting the wearer from a virus, they give the wearer a false sense of security. The vaccines have been billed as 'safe and effective'. They are not. Unfortunately, our politicians refer to opinion polls when setting their policies so while the claim that me wearing a mask or getting the covid shtos protects you from covid is completely false, the claim today that you wearing a mask or taking the shots makes it likely that politicians will try to mandate me into it is quite likely.
I've read enough about what the governor of NY is trying to do that no, I'm not spewing out lies. Yes, gulags is an exaggeration said tongue in cheek. Or don't you have a sense of humour or wit? it wouldn't exactly be a country club either. Are you aware of what Australia had as quarantine facilities?
Consider that when we keep pushing against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre we may push conservatives into the arms of PPC Max Never-Won-a-Seat Bernier (whose party will still not win a seat), and thus dividing the vote, so we must be prepared for the chief narcissist JT propped up by Jagmeet until 2029.
While PP may not be all we hope for, he will surely be better. Even if it’s a mere 10% improvement, it’s not nothing. Six more years of JT will lead this once great nation into full blown communism. Gulags anyone?
And yet....PPC has the only true conservative platform. You’re right the people aren’t ready for it though. Perhaps we have to lose everything before people awaken.
Yet no one will vote for the PPC. A party with an actual conservative platform.
“You can easily vote your way into socialism, but your grandchildren will have to shoot their way out.”
--Unknown
My entire family escaped from the eastern bloc. Your statement is accurate.
If the DNC doesn’t let RFK Jr be a part of the primary, he will run as a third party. Kennedy stands a good chance over Biden and Newsom. And depending on rules from state to state, Kennedy as an independent could suck enough from both Trump and Newsom or Biden to be the ultimate Perot-monkey-wrench.
Don’t sleep on RFK.
i just don't see him getting the dem nom as an even remote possibility. the machine hates him, he lacks the charisma, and the voice is just a deal break.
he's going to appeal to a small group and nothing beyond it. possible he plays perot, but this is tricky. if it's newsom v trump, do you really think dem leaning voters will risk an obviously fruitless protest vote if it means orange man wins? this is where trumps negatives really come into play. too many in the center just HATE him and it will spike voting rates on the left and keep the left in line.
RFK lacks charisma?! He has more charisma in his little toe than god awful Gavin who ONLY appeals to the left and nowhere else. Kennedy is getting votes from left, right and center. Remember the DNC will do anything to stop Trump and that anything might be JFK. If not as an independent he would drain the votes away from Gavin or Joe who the majority cannot stand.
However you are right that this election will be the dirtiest, most rigged on record, as to who will win, well whoever the deep state wants to win, if that’s Joe it will be. If it’s that filthy liar Gavin then it will be. Who does America need to win? RFK or RDS.
I find Newsom creepy, not charismatic.
Maybe charismatic for those who fancy slick snakes in suits.
Gruesome Newsome says it all.
Newsom gives off extreme Patrick Bateman vibes
I'm with you on that. DeSantis saved Florida, Trump totally failed with the whole USA. He is the Father of the LNP encased, mod RNA Spike tech, plasmid DNA & RSV contaminated crap that's been injected into 2/3rds of the world's population. Thank you Donald!
Biden is a rank traitor to the USA and our allies, imho, and the others are paid off by the Corporations.
Only DeSantis & Kennedy have any chance of being/staying honest, and I still watch both very carefully.
They each have their own blind spots, but so far I see nothing in either to disqualify them.
Kennedy is head and shoulders superior in knowledge and experience with the history of where our Federal Government went wrong from the assassination of JFK till today, and DeSantis has more experience as an administrator.
Neither has political capital in D.C.
If they really want to save our Nation, if it can be saved at this point, they should join forces, start a third party, and campaign on cleaning out the Swamp.
Frankly I prefer Ron Johnson to DeSantis, because he is the only one in DC really standing up for the truth, but either one is worth a gamble in my personal opinion. The rest are just more same old same old, if you ask me.
Time for more sheeples to wake up, smell the coffee, and figure the game out, don't you think, Mr. Cat?
DeSantis isn't as squeaky clean as people think:
https://immutabletruthelections.substack.com/p/epic-election-fraud-in-broward-county
Don't feed the troll
You're giving away your age with the RFK/charisma comment. Getting votes from left, right and center? Has he run for elected office, ever?
All of his large-dollar funding comes from the right; most of his funding, overall does as well.
Environmentalists who escape the DNC, MSM and Pharma mind control know who Kennedy really is. He created River Keepers, Water Keepers and won against Monsanto.
Eric Clapton isn't far right. His heart and mind just function, that's all.
Read the Real RFKjr. This guy is a liberal. He's just a normal one, not a woke sociopath. Sooner or later more mainstream Democrats may figure this out!
He's just a differently flavored anti-establishment populist.
Actually, the man has done the work.
I've watched him since his days working to clean up the Hudson River. Watch "Dark Waters."
Follow Children's Health Defense.
Read Senior Research Scientist Stephanie Seneff's work on Glysophate and then look at what Bobby accomplished against Monsanto.
The guy is a bonified American hero, in my book.
DeSantis I like immensely for saving Florida from the Covid Coup, but he's horrible on environmental issues. And his associations can make you wonder. Bobby saw through all the Covid lies early on and called all the illegal and Unconstitutional behavior out. He still is, God Bless him.
People just don't know anything about him because of media blacklisting once he tackled vaccine injuries, pHarma profits, and government collusion.
They, (pHarma,) give more campaign dollars in DC than the weapons manufacturers or coal, gas, oil, & nuclear.
PHARMA rules the waves, and now thanks to Donald Trump and Joe Biden they have 100 billion more.
Maybe the vaccine injured will finally say NO to the Fascistic Government behavior of the Democrats and the Republicans in DC.
Maybe those who see the destruction of our economy and all our Constitutional Rights will too.
Three million + bankrupted businesses. Millions dead or disabled through Government incompetence, at best.
And 75% of the nation forced into taking a dangerous and experimental product with zero liability. Hmmm. That's a pretty big voting block.
And now the plasmid DNA and SV40 contamination issue is surfacing...
One lone voice, (a likely vaccine damaged one at that,) crying in the wilderness, you say?
I think Americans are waking up, finally.
2024 should be very interesting, that's for sure.
What evidence do you have to back that claim? You're underestimating the growing freedom movement which represents a broad mix of left, right and center. There are plenty of disaffected liberals like myself who will vote for him whatever party he runs with. I for one will not vote for any Democrat other than RFK Jr.
Evidence for what? The funding? That's common knowledge.
Or the lying? That's common knowledge also
I, for one, think that your use of the term, "I, for one ..." is adorable.
If it is "common knowledge" please provide a source for this claim.
RFK Jr is by far and away the best cross over candidate of any of them. His funding isn't all from the right - that is just pulled out of somewhere, not factual or logical in any way.
Not factual, except for his campaign's required disclosures
Perhaps you should be more careful with the words you choose to use. "All" of his donations is clearly inaccurate
yes. time to pray?
Pray and buy yourself fifty acres in the boonies. That’s my plan.
That works until some desperate person with a gun finds you.
Well, they’d better be better armed than me and my friends. In this small town, where I’ve lived before, everyone is on the same page. We are all well prepared.
Remote and very low population density. 90-miles to the nearest town or store. Thirty miles of that on unimproved, mountainous dirt roads. Although any rural area is better than being in-or-near a city.
Mine too.
; ))
I did that, gas is still $4 here though.
I think Kennedy as Perot is a very real possibility. And I 100% agree that Governor Hairdo will be the heir elect -- but I think it will be a true last-minute substitution, coming AFTER the primaries. Sleepy Joe will have a “health crisis” that will require drastic measures, and voila!
Despite my disappointment with RDS’s performances at public events, I still think he has the actual depth of competence to make things better -- to the extent that is even possible under the current regime.
Finally, all this is predicated on the concept of “free and fair elections” which I now know we simply cannot achieve. The playbook has been perfected, the dress rehearsals have been SRO, and the actors are waiting behind the curtain, raring to begin.
BTW, what website is offering that vig on Newsome at 11%. Maybe I’ll get in on that...
That worked on this liberal independent in 2016. It won't work again, not on me.
There just aren't enough "me's" out there but kudos to you for being one of them. bad cattitude is 100% on this one.
They will never allow him to be the nominee. And because primaries are private events run by private actors, there's nothing anybody can do about it.
yeah the weird granny voice would be too high a hurdle even for his uncle Jack.
"... i just don't see him getting the dem nom as an even remote possibility. the machine hates him, he lacks the charisma, and the voice is just a deal break."
That voice is annoying but maybe the lying and detachment from reality are more deal breakers.
How about Trump giving the middle finger to the Repub party, grabs Tulsi as VP, to run as a 3rd party independent?
He's got his core 41% supporters who will follow him. 41% is greater than the Dem/Repub 30%/30%. So he wins (with similar margin as Clinton in '92).
He takes the executive office, with no need to pander to the House/Senate Dems & Repubs. Of course, we'd expect him to be impeached as soon as he takes office.
Such is the mess we're sinking into..........
Fascinating fantasy.
He can run as a libertarian. He can be a power broker and a spoiler.
https://thekennedybeacon.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&r=1f6fu0&utm_campaign=email-share-pub
We can all read, you know!
; ))
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I like RFK, but every democrat I have spoke. With do not. They do not like his vaxx rhetoric, I do.
I do value the anecdotal feedback since the pollsters are liars. However, he is polling well in the Dem field. And the fact that he is not making any “Best Of” predictions recently (including gato’s here) tells me that the Left is terrified of him. The cabal is boxing him out. And the lack of publicity is hurting him somewhat. He’s terrible on school choice and queer theory. But other than that he checks a lot of boxes for the pro-choice Republicans and leftward. Even his Climate Change stance is tolerable to the right if you consider that he is opposed to the Green Cronyism and is more interested in stopping big corporations from aligning as Green syndicates against tangible environmental impacts.
Regardless, I hope RFK and Vivek last as long as possible. They are good for the overall discussion. They are both impacting the Overton window.
I think RFK would be wise to run as an Independent, because this throws the biggest wrench into the whole vote manufacturing process for both sides, respectfully. It would be such an interesting debate and outcome.
not sure i follow. he's polling about 15% in the dem primary and that's an easy vote to "throw away." would any of those pick him in a general if it meant giving the election to orange man? i have serious doubts.
the left (voters) mostly does not care about him. the establishment may fear what he'll say next, but he's not electable. he overplays his hand time and time again and manages to turn points where he's right into electoral liabilities. best case is he helps more the overton window. but i really see no way he manages to step through it.
Predicting RFK will run as an independent for Nov 2024 and challenge Trump to a series of Lincoln-Douglas 2-man -only style debates next summer. No debate moderators, just a timer. They will both ignore the D nominee. If Newsom is selected by the D primary, the 2024 summer debates before early voting starts could be 3-man. Biden and his current VP will never debate. RFK and Trump will push for election-day-only paper ballot drops and voting to try to swamp the Election Day midnight ballot drops and counting shenanigans.
I think he is polling better among the independents and has been as high as 20% among Dems. And I agree with you that abortion is a big deal to most non-R voters. He scratches that itch. I don’t think, however, that RFK’s concerns about vaccines are a big deal to the majority of middle and left voters. Anti-Vax has historically been on both ends of the horseshoe--living on the fringes of both the left and right. In fact, there were rumors that Gavin Newsom was among the CA Lefty Elite who didn’t vaccinate his kids. Even if that isn’t true, there is a sizable chunk of liberal Hollywood/Brentwood/BH/Malibu that used to be anti-vax.
All that said, the Dems CANT lose this election. And for that reason they WONT lose. As you pointed out, there is machinery in place that will prevent a Dem loss.
He is polling higher in early primary states. I saw something they put out had him at 35% in either South Carolina or NH...
Dem sheep follow orders although some are antsy as their commie demands are not being satisfied fast enough.
You know, I too have issues with Kennedy on "green energy." But, the man reads and comprehends science, and, has actually interviewed Dane Wingenton of Geoengineering Watch and in the end acknowledges that the evidence shows we are up to Geoengineering already and that it's another case of the "cure" being worse than the disease.
Show me one other candidate with enough courage to face THAT unpleasant reality.
Great point, and one I often speak as well. Nobody touches the geoengineering issue as I believe it may be the holy grail (or an integral part of it) as to how they are poisoning us all without our consent.
hear! hear!
Once The Greased One (Newsom) gets the nod (he will), RFK, Jr.'s fickle supporters will run away from him like the mad dogs they are.
Excuse me? RFK supporters fickle and mad dogs? Hmmm I think you’ve misread not just the room but the whole building.
Not a snowball in hell's chance bud. You are revealing just how programmed you are by what the media and the polls say.
Nah. Just a dreamer. Use your mind reading attempts elsewhere.
He is a wretched dilettante princeling. We don't need no more o' them.
Wow, your lack of information is stunning.
WaterKeepers? River Keepers?
The Hudson River? Children's Health Defense?
Monsanto?
This guy has tackled the most difficult subjects in our Nation and beat the "Big Boys" over and over again.
Fifty percent of America's kids have mental, emotional and physical disabilities or chronic diseases. Bobby Kennedy Jr. is the only guy truly tackling the topic.
If we don't rein in pHarma, toxic "foods," the chemical companies & excessive EMR soon, there won't be a next generation, other than the kids of all the illegal aliens who didn't grow up with 72 toxic vaccines, gallons if Glysophate, plugged into a screen!
And, he wants a secure border and a solid currency backed by precious metals and crypto, quite possibly.
And, PEACE. No more endless war machine bankrupting us, setting off waves of illegal immigration and human trafficking.
Now there's a platform worth thinking about.
He is a schmuck of the first order.
Well, we shall disagree. FYI, I never knew what happened to my only child, a daughter, back in the 1990's, when her "safe and effective" required childhood vaccines nearly killed her, and did lifelong immune system damage until I heard Bobby Kennedy Jr. talking about the Guinea-Bissau Study, where it was shown that vaccinated little girls were dying at much higher rates than the unvaccinated little girls. Boys and Girls are different, and so are their vaccine reactions. Testosterone opens pathways to the brain in boys, making autism more common first them.
But with the girls it's pneumonia, sepsis, and a whole litany of infections diseases and then the harms from all the antibiotics poured into them to combat the diseases their injured immune systems couldn't fight off.
So Bobby is an American hero to me, and thousands of American moms who have been gaslit and abused by Government plus the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries for generations now, ever since President Reagan foolishly provided them full indemnification in 1986.
Two and a half generations on American kids have paid a very high price for his error, mine included.
One in 36 boys is now on the Autistic Spectrum and we are on a trajectory for it to be one in two. What exactly do you think this is doing for America? Not to mention all the autoimmune disease, heart disease and cancer that may be vaccine linked.
Or Glysophate in our rain, not to mention our food supply? Hmm. Yes, there are lots of Schmucks in American politics. But this guy isn't one, not if you understand health, biology, or environmental science.
Or Freedom of Speech, Due Process, or the Rule of Law. Or a secure border or a solid currency. Or Peace, for God's sake.
Frankly the only place I fault him is on "green energy." But he even understands what's happening in our skies. So there's that as well.
I sure wish we had a couple thousand schmucks like him running for high office, all over our Nation; now there's a lovely thought indeed!
I am sorry for the physical harm and anguish your child and you have endured.
RFK Jr. has his enthusiasms. They don't make him a good person. But vote for anyone you want to. Free choice is a hallmark of democracy.
Kennedy won't get Trump votes, but he will dismantle the Dems. The idea that Newsom is appealing outside of California I think is incorrect. I'd like to see some evidence to the contrary, rather than just speculation. Even in California people hate him. He's a wealthy elitist with ties to the billionaire Gettys and everybody hated his COVID policies and these trans kid shenanigans are not going to work in his favor, despite his recent posturing. I agree that Biden is likely not going to get the nod again, although he may nod off before 2024.
Newsom is also a WEF tool. He has so many things going against him that anyone with a spine willing to call him out on those will ruin him. RFK Jr. has the spine and will do it because he actually cares about his country.
Are they going to kill him?
RFK and recent support by some on the right (which I'm not certain isn't really just astroturf) is a variation of Baptists and Bootleggers driving Prohibition.
Conservatives - maybe not as much for the oldest in that group - felt kinship with RFK on vaccinations, but only with respect to the mRNA COVID vax. He's mainstream on on vaccinations which most feel are worthwhile (I am bracing for the deluge of responses here...) but is a Caped Climate Crusader in spirit, at least.
He has some one-issue support but I don't think he's changing too many votes.
In Canada we have four major parties:
-CPC (Conservative Party of Canada), 121 seats and 34% of popular vote
-Liberals, 157 seats and 33% of the popular vote
-NDP (socialist New Democrats), 24 seats and 18% of popular vote
-Bloc Québécois. (a provincial party that labels itself a federal party) 32 seats and 8% of popular vote
And several minor parties:
-PPC (conservative People’s Party of Canada), 0 seats and 5% of popular vote
-Green Party. 2 seats and 2% of popular vote
Currently, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals (who earned 33% of the popular vote) are completely propped up by the socialist NDP, and together they act like a majority government. The CPC lost many seats at the last election because the conservative vote was divided between CPC and PPC, thus handing seats to the Libs or NDP.
The NDPs who prop up Trudeau’s Libs constantly rail against Trudeau, yet refuse to remove their support to call for a vote of non-confidence, thus bringing down the government. I expect the salaries, bennies, pensions, power and prestige are too great a temptation.
While it should not seem necessary to warn against multi-parties, a strong reminder is that once a nation falls down that rabbit hole it’s hard to clamber out. After 15 yrs of losing elections to Libs, conservative Stephen Harper did Unite the Right c2003, and elections were won by conservatives. Now, once again, conservatives have been divided and because of our first-past-the-post voting system, we are mired in this liberal/socialist quagmire. Never discount the possibility that third parties are created precisely to divide party loyalties, change the vote outcome, and hand it to the opposition.
Vote CPC why?
They followed the globalists, hook line and sinker fired Jonas Smith Yukon. Voted to put parents in jail who don't want their kids getting gender affirming surgery because the school says to.
Want replacement levels of immigration and to interfere in provincial jurisdictions to compensate for it.
Max fought for my freedoms while the CPC gladly sought to end Charter Rights in Canada. And was silent re concentration camps and,
As Canadian all Cause Mortality ACM rises the CPCs position is.....?
Anyway, I helped pay for this, former CPCer.
https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/
Because Job One is to remove JT.
Only PP dan do it at this stage.
As I stated, he might only be 10% better, but at least the rapid slippery slope slide will be slowed.
We cannot endure another 6 years of JT. Nothing will be left.
With a miracle, we would see Leslyn Lewis at the helm of the CPC and Mad Max drawn back into the fold … if that is possible.
Again I reiterate one wonders if a second conservative party was put into place specifically to divide conservative votes - and ensure never-ending Libs.
So the NDP and Green never split the Libs vote? Actually they do, and make their agenda layered and more talked about.
You didn't list one policy reason that Pierre is better than Justin,
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I got sucked in fighting for Harper who signed the Paris accords for the WEF.
Max was arrested for my freedom Pierre counted his pension while the suicide rates and jab injuries went up up up.
People are dying and the CPC do not care.
Deaths in Saskatchewan https://www.statista.com/statistics/568037/number-of-deaths-in-saskatchewan-canada/
2021-2022 11,275
2020-2021 10,715
2019-2020 9,760
2018-2019 9,548
2017-2018 9,510
2016-2017 9,483
2015-2016 9,377
2014-2015 9,425
2013-2014 9,427
2012-2013 9,313
2011-2012 9,103
2010-2011 9,380
2009-2010 9,028
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=harper+at+wef&iax=images&ia=images
I believe we shall have to agree to disagree.
And sometimes it matters where we get our news.
There is calculated evil in this lib agenda, and it has been there for years, in particular since 2015. Dedicated, planned chip, chip, chip at rights, freedom, faith, common sense, and community standards. I could not imagine explaining to my long dead grandparents: abortion on demand , euthanasia, transgenderism, legalized pot, open borders ...? Pere Pierre et fils have carefully spun their webs.
I have no illusions about honesty in politics, having been involved for 40+ years. Just as there is a deep state in the US, there is one in Canada. Elizabeth Nickson labels it the Laurentian Elite. And, yes, it is in many ways a uni-party. In the last 50+ years voters are reduced to choosing the lesser of two evils every election.
As for differences in platforms - two quickies: Gun control and defunding the CBC. Yuge.
In the end, for me, Job One is to see the Libs lose power.
The Dems will take him out— or they may leave him in to drain GOP anti-vaxxers from Trump.
RFK Jr isn't winning. Let's see if he can get on 50 ballots but right now he's being crushed by the Dem. nomination machine.
Which should tell you A LOT about who the Dems really are, just like the Republicans' support for Trump, our
"FATHER OF THE VAX."
THIS!!!
I love seeing your numerous spam comments plugging your overpriced fifth-tier merch.
I predict that, regardless of which avatar wins what “race”, 2024 is going to be cataclysmic and catastrophic for what is clearly now just the decaying ruins of the republic.
That which can’t be sustained must eventually stop, to paraphrase a well-known economist. We’re getting close to the end of the tracks and yet the throttle is wide open. Who the engineer is, at this point, is moot: momentum is going to carry engine 1776 through the buffer stops and into the terminal in a spectacular and fiery wreck.
“Ukraine” (and probably “Covid”), in my view, was nothing but naked “cantillon effect” plundering of the treasury as the insiders smash-and-grab as much as they can -- they know what’s coming.
America is going down. I have mourned my native land for two years. It's going the way of all empires. I know this will enrage people but our country is terminal.
We can't go back. But perhaps if we go through we will come out better the other end.
We will be up a creek if we let the same people decide what it will look like on the other side, as their objective is to make sure they still have power then as they do now.
Maybe America will divide into 50 separate nations, which will later reform into new countries based on common interests. Breakup into three or four regional blocks.
That's better than the tyranny of Washington.
Everything our civilization is based upon has gotten way too big, too high tech, and too centralized. Not all models are scalable. The law of diminishing returns set in quite a while ago.
I am gradually leaning towards states having more authority as you have described. Probably not a perfect solution
I’ve been trying to deny it for quite some time, but it’s sadly all too evident.
The next at least 100 years are going to be rugged.
I am afraid you are correct, but more because of the destruction of education and health for the majority of American children, as much as because of the corruption and stupidity, (or out and our malevolence,) currently running our show.
The American union can’t be saved (by that I mean FedGov), but there’s plenty of salvageable civilization in America. #texit
I agree completely.
When it comes down to it, I think that, if there is a path forward, it might be in a rebellion of the states. It’s why I hope DeSantis stays in Florida and leads that instead of stepping into the foul maw of the District of Criminals.
DeSantis’s battle station is Florida. He would be instantly be boxed in and have no appreciable effect in DC. I’d rather Newsom win and accelerate breakup.
Lol, there's a thought!
Maybe DeSantis could come to Texas and help us go the way of Florida. While leaving a trusted successor in Florida.
Two terms here, solidify another red state.
As a South African, it is fascinating to see that the plundering of coffers is clearly not just an "African" phenomenon, or something that only happens in "backwards" countries. I confess to a little bit of Schadenfreude (sorry). The naked corruption and vast plundering and greed we are witnessing in the States and elsewhere in the "developed" world at the moment makes our own plundering politicians look like they're stealing sweeties on a playground, or pilfering office supplies. Yours looks to be a money-laundering rout. A demolition job that will surely bring the State's to its knees. No wonder the central banks are so desperate to change over to CBDCs. A nice bit of slate-cleaning and they hope to keep the good times rolling. Maybe they'll get away with it. Who knows. Possibly the people will be so afraid of the alternative, that they'll be happy to embrace a wee bit of digital slavery and social engineering.
Americans have a massive talent for industrializing everything, including corruption.
*States
2024 is going to be a long year. BLM comes out every 4 years and I wouldn't be surprised if we see another Summer of Love "mostly peaceful" protests when some conveniently-timed inciting event causes it.
Respectfully, I disagree. First, people who vote in primaries are NOT remotely similar to voters generally or adults (and polls tend to poll adults or voters). You might as well ask Minnesotans who they want to be governor of Ohio - it's really not an accurate or valid approach. Given the social pressures against Rs, it's hard to imagine lots of moderates showing up for the R primaries; in reality, the electorate will skew towards MAGA. Second, R primaries are not like D primaries - winners take all. The D primary system is skewed to allow people who are very popular on the far Left to get lots of extra delegates through nonsense states like UT (imagine UT going for a D & you'll see what I mean about why it's odd that UT even votes at DNC, odder still that rules give it more say than PA or NY (a swing or pro D state, respectively). Trump wins a few early races narrowly & it's all over. As Bill Clinton famously noted, Hillary would have defeated Obama under the RNC's rules & she'd have done it very early in the cycle. So, I think Trump is a cinch. His only real chance of losing is that Ds become so toxic that everybody who can vote votes in R primary, but that's unlikely (would Ds really cross over to vote for an R? Can they given local laws?) Trump wins because the rules require it.
On D side, Biden is unstoppable given the rules. Remember 1/3 of all votes are fake - they're preallocated to D officials who won't cross Biden. From there on in, lots of sham voting - like UT etc. Like I said before, a Kennedy couldn't beat Carter, and the rules are even more rigged for Biden.
In terms of the general, I think wide spread corruption ensure Biden's re election, but there's always a chance his regime collapses. Remember the Soviets were here one day & gone the next; same can happen here. If the Russians beat the Ukrainians, which now seems inevitable, and if the dollar/economy continues to struggle, the whole rotten regime may fall. I think preserving the $ is more important than preserving "democracy," so I wouldn't be surprised if they dump Biden through legal or arguably legal means & say problems solved. If 2020 was the fake election, 2024 may well be the non-election election. Not sure we won't have an election, but I don't think you should count on it - too many unknowns.
Put it this way: if the regime cancelled the election & put in a "unity" government, are you confident SCOTUS would intervene? Like they intervened to stop the lockdowns & all that other illegal crap? Do you think anybody in Congress would stand up for elections (at which they or their party could lose)? Who do you think would care if we had an "emergency" government? They didn't care about the other emergency powers, so why bother w/ this one?
We can all worry about who wins this election to be our nominal warden, but the real issues won't be solved regardless - if people aren't willing to fight for their freedom, they're already enslaved. We need to use every lawful means to restore our Constitutional right; if we don't, it's just which warden you prefer.
i don't think biden makes it to the vote. they are lining up the pieces now and will start to squeeze hard. his team will realize "mate in 5" and know that if they get an R in the WH, they are going to get rolled up and investigated so they will toss joe under the bus for "personal" reasons and dump in gavin. there is not going to be a run of newsom v biden, it's going to be an anointing as "savior."
Agree on the dem plan as it is not hard to negotiate with Biden as his legal problems can easily be ramped up if he refuses to play ball. He will take "medical reasons" and step away.
Where things get complicated is the overall economic landscape. We are only a year plus into an unprecedented rate hiking cycle by the Fed. The bodies in the CRE space are beginning to pile up and inflation is nowhere near under control, especially for the working class as "hey inflation slowed to 4%!" does not fly when food is still 20-25% more expensive than it was two years ago.
The economy is a wildcard but I do agree the election shenninigans will be rampant on the democratic side no matter if it is against Trump or Ron. It is shaping up to be a horrendous mess.
"Unprecedented?" Apparently you were not alive in the early 1980s 🤣
I was alive. It is unprecedented against the backdrop of rates being at zero bound for years + quantitative easing and the Fed's 8 trillion balance sheet
"The economy is a wildcard"
Not for Rs; but for Ds it'll be 'principle' vs. 'principal'. I'd wager that most Ds are not financially elite... nowhere near, and that as more and more tread gets worn-off, where "the rubber meets the road", their votes will turn R... if they vote for P/VP at all.
This. Biden will “remove myself as a candidate“ in early spring. Gavin will replace him. RFK Jr will be Tulsi’d and not permitted to participate meaningfully in any of the “debates” or news shows (with an occasional CNBC interview). An independent RFK Jr in the general will peel votes from slick Gavin, and only a practical vote counting strategy will again allow Trump to lose.
Biden is old and frail. The deep state can do deep fakes but the man himself is not long for this world from the looks of things.
yeah, they will likely off him
I agree, Newsom/Susan Rice are the chosen ticket, and the only benefit of Biden and his family of grifters is that this entire final last grasp onto power/money is throwing a wrench into the Obama/DNC plans, so that distraction is helpful. But Biden will be ejected and Kamala too.
Well, maybe, but I don't think any R would be able to do anything to the Ds - I mean what court would they use? D judges would squash anything. And impeaching an ex President? Again, far too many Ds in Senate for that. I just don't think our legal system works as well as you do, so I don't think Ds feel the least bit threatened. Heck, their Senators accepts gold bars! They don't seem scared to me.
Here's the problem: people making $ off Biden have no reason to believe they'd make $ off Newsome, so why switch? Biden's death would be only a minor inconvenience as who would report it? I'm sure media would dutifully report that it's only a conspiracy theory he's dead.
Look the people who run this country make $ by running it, so why give it up? Why not just impose Biden again? I think they won't stop until stopped & once they're stopped, who knows? Not clear what will stop them or what's left after they are stopped (because the winners tend not to feel constrained by the Constitution after they've overthrown it).
Hard to keep revolutions in line, no? I think if Rs get in, it won't be Rs inclined to play nice, but I don't think Rs get in w/o some sort of major change to the system - a change Ds just don't fear.
That is, in any scenario in which the regime is in real danger, the regime is DEAD, and they aren't considering that possibility, so it's like they're horses w/ blinders (they're unaffected by scenarios they can't see). They'll just keep doing what they're doing until stopped; they aren't worried about voter backlash because they don't face the voters - they just ginny up more fake ballots. At most, they see this election as an extra expense, not a real threat.
the D's are going to do it to the D's with the unwitting help of the GOP. the pelosi/newsom wing will force joe out by making it clear he WOULD get impeached with dem help or by just piling on the charges and senility talk. they can make joe a bigger liability than his backers will tolerate, esp if nominating him means a trump win and forthcoming investigation/loss of control of the justice department.
and yes, most of the people making money off biden will thrive under newsom. teachers, green grift, gender grift, ESG, all of it. they'll probably do better because newsom is better at it than joe is.
‘With the unwitting help of the GOP’? More like the active help of the GOP. It’s the same party.
Overall I like your analysis. The only comment I add is my general cynicism: the entire government is rotten to the core. Elections and "representative" democracy is mostly theater. For any would-be reformer or activist, what does it mean to fight for one's freedom? Late-stage democracies "select for" dysfunctional behavior; their utterances to the contrary, the prime instinct of any politician or organization is to survive and to expand its influence. What if we got a palace revolution, say a military takeover as so often happens in less stable nations? That might temporarily solve matters or reign in the more idiotic excesses of a civilian government -- often the very reason such coups happen -- but consider that our system of government would be null and void the minute the coup occurred.
Change is inevitable; perhaps our culture will have deteriorated into even worse state than it is now. You think things are bad now? Just study some history, even modern history, and find out just how bad things can get.
You had me to “restore our constitutional rights.” The constitution has been mostly dead for decades.
"People who vote in primaries..."
If "reclaim idaho" is successful in getting its open primary question on the ballot, and if it sails through, you can bet more states will do it. Then primaries begin to really matter less.
2024 election prediction: "People will believe what the media tell them they believe." is my favorite Orwell quote (and I'm spoilt for choice). Notice he says "tell them THEY believe" not "tell them TO believe."
You're overlooking the fact that the number of people who actually still tune into and believe the lamestream media represents a fraction of the overall population and a fraction of the voting population
Yes I did consider that aspect when I was writing this comment but I think that fictional notions of 'public opinion' still filter through to most people and most people always incline to go with the flow even the ones who flatter themselves that the flow they are going with is edgy and 'radical'.
Exactly. Somebody may not watch CNN, but will still get their 'news' from CNN via Twitter.
Excellent assessment, but in an era of fortified elections, it's "game over, man."
The other side does not play fair. Ballots flood Blue strongholds and they'll just keep counting "votes" until the preferred choice of the Oligarchy is installed.
I am pinning my hopes on an American Napoleon seeing the crown lying in the street (swamp?) And picking it up with his sword. Frankly, that's the only way I see out of this mess.
It wasn’t democracy that gobbled up the republic. It was Empire.
It’s unfortunate that half or more of the Republican Party is infatuated with the pro-lockdown talking yam. Trump’s behavior on covid should disqualify him with the non-totalitarian wing of the Republican Party which is sadly much smaller than I would have imagined.
It’s not particularly clever to call DJT a yam - he was one of the most consequential presidents of our lifetimes - but otherwise you make a good point.
The “health freedom” group of which I’m a part here in San Francisco is largely MAGA, and I don’t get it. In Sep ‘20 I decamped to Pensacola because I needed a haircut and wanted to go to church. The only place on lockdown in Escambia County was the P’cola Naval Air Station - under the command and control of the Commander in Chief, DJT. He could have and should have weaponized the federal government to make a mockery of blue-state governors. He could have and should have ordered federal workers to their desks in our Civic Center and he could have and should have opened buildings in the Presidio here for churches to have a “legal” place to worship. Those airmen in P’cola should have been enjoying the late summer along with everyone else in town. He was taken in by the liars in his admin and media and he still doesn’t seem to understand that he was hoodwinked and made a huge mistake. I will vote for him in the general but RDS walked the walk during the #fakeplague and he’s my man in the primary.
Obvs in addition to lockdown lunacy DJT also doesn’t seem to know or care that his clot shots are a disaster.
Don’t know why my health freedom friends are willfully ignoring this track record.
I agree with you 100! Trump completely f**ked up with his COVID response. Remember his “I provided ventilators to hospitals” nonsense. Then to find these ventilators were killing people? Recommending churches and schools be locked down while allowing liquor stores to remain open? Walmart/Costco/Kroeger stay open while Mom and Pop markets were closed. Trumps poor decisions destroyed people. He showed zero of the courage and mettle of DeSantis. And until he comes clean and apologizes (which his ego won’t permit) DeSantis has my primary vote.
When Cuomo demanded respirators, Trump got him respirators. Trump did his part. What was done with them was out of his hands. Trump's problem was that he listened to the wrong experts early on, but he came to his senses. The likes of Cuomo and Newsom never have.
Trump's response was not perfect, but I have my doubts that any of the GOP field would have done better in the heat of the moment with what they knew then.
But Trump's conduct was a matter of record, not speculation.
I won't vote for him b/c of his CV panic.
If he’d come clean, admit his errors and apologize it would help. But he will never admit he’s done anything wrong. And those errors have affected people financially, medically and emotionally. Heck, they killed people. He owns those decisions.
Notwithstanding Trump’s mistakes on Covid, he advocated for ending the lockdowns as soon as possible and looked for solutions - HCL, Operation Warp Speed - to address the issues. Trump also recognized China’s role. Trump was attacked for every reasonable position he took. The media lionized the experts and, at the time, Trump’s options were limited. As it turns out, the experts were not experts and lied and continue to lie about Covid, its origins, vaccines, etc. Imagine if Trump had fired Fauci in April 2020 and put a reasonable doctor like Scott Atlas in charge. The media would have made Trump responsible for every death, even if deaths were 50% or more lower than what they turned out to be.
Trump bragged about the clot shots long after anyone with a brain knew how dangerous they were. I don't understand why people keep giving this a pass. Additionally, if he was dumb enough to believe and trust the big pharma goon "health experts" it shows how unqualified he is to take on the swamp or permanent state. Morons like me have known this for years, and morons like me were able to figure out within a week of the plandemic that something was up...
Trump got some things wrong, but he he was right about China. Remember the “China Virus.” He also opposed keeping the lockdowns in place and, in particular, closing schools. He is wrong about the vaccines, but Trump did not support vaccine mandates and certainly would not have forced federal workers and the military to take the shots. The remarkable thing about Trump’s Covid response is that it exposed Fauci and the public health bureaucracy, not Trump, as malicious, incompetent or both. How could Trump possibly expected the level of corruption that he faced?
His ego and pride are his downfall. But we've already seen him cow tow by saying he'll make both sides happy when it comes to abortion. And by saying DeSantis' 6 week heartbeat bill was terrible, he has lost many more people. I find him ro be a coward anyway. Refusing to debate reminds me of Joe hiding in his basement.
He's not an honest broker and never has been. He's a pathological narcissist who makes everything about him which is why he can't ever be trusted to do the job that needs to be done to dismantle the administrative state.
Absolutely. He’s acting like a spoiled child refusing to debate and then scheduling a rally or interview opposite the debate at the same time. He needs to GROW UP.
Then we sold the extra vents as scrap metal......
I don’t believe he was deceived. I think he was in on the gig.
Exactly. He was either dumb enough to be deceived, making him wholly unqualified to take on the permanent state, or he is in on it. Both make him unqualified.
I don’t know what is wrong with substack but it no longer shows me the comment people are replying to, so I have to guess from your reply which of my comments you’re talking about
Even more disqualifying if so.
I’m sorry that you don’t find my description clever. I was truly dying to impress you. How was he consequential exactly other than proving you can be a crass jackass and still earn the undying loyalty of 20 or 30% of the electorate? Or do you mean his trillions of deficit spending which was hardly historic or unprecedented.
No war
Roaring economy
Supreme Court
Attention to the border
… all good until his massive own goal on the #fakeplague (including ridiculous deficit spending)
The economy grew, but growth could hardly be described as exceptional. I liked Gorsuch as a scotus pick, but consequential? You might as well call a journeyman backup catcher on a third place team a generational talent.
He posted a lot of mean tweets. This earned him the undying hatred of the left--and the admiration and unswerving allegiance of his MAGA cult.
True, and I can understand why it appealed to one side and drove the other crazy. The right was excited to see someone punch back without any regard for social convention. The left was aghast because they hated the guy anyway for policy reasons, and he didn’t even use the right fork to eat his salad or listen to NPR. This guy they saw as beneath them was mocking them, and was actually in a position of power. It upset their sense of how the universe works. It would be like telling a physicist gravity isn’t real.
I have come to believe that Trump is controlled opposition. The other head of that Hegelian eagle. Which happens to adorn Trump Towers.
The system is the opposition. The plebs vs The state. Gato wrote so much about this system being rotten and now he is speculating about the outcomes. Which is completely irrelevant....
I always suspected as much. Look how he galvanized the left.
Do you think it would be possible- not likely, given his temperament, but POSSIBLE- for Trump to change his fortunes if he were to, very soon, tack to owning up and apologizing for COVID "mistakes" (a minimized apology is better than nothing under the circumstances) and vowing to protect the freedoms he endangered?
I don’t think it would matter for his broader electoral chances. His issues with the broader electorate are temperament and his portrayal in the media. In short people dislike him because he’s an a**h***. For me he got the most consequential issue in almost a century dead wrong in the most anti-liberty way possible. No amount of the self flagellation he is incapable of would matter to me, but I’m not the electorate.
My sense is his appeal for his base is is unwillingness to apologize so it plausibly might help with some voters, but might dim some enthusiasm in the process.
I think a lot of Trump's admirers love him because he is an a**h***.
I voted for him twice but cringed and held my nose both times. His personal life is like Bill Clinton's. But he's a celebrity billionaire which trumps moral character as far as choosing leaders go. (Pun intended.) He says he is looking out for us nobodies. Why? What's in it for him? Since when has this lifelong secular Democrat supported conservatism or Christian values? Why the sudden about face in 2015 after announcing his intention to run? If you looked into his history you would be scratching your head too.
I think you are correct because he is being an a**h*** to their political enemies, but most people aren’t that invested in politics. They don’t have political enemies so to the marginally attentive voter who maybe reads the google news headlines a couple times a week he just seems like an a**h*** which is not a traditionally admired quality.
On this topic, I find it interesting that Newsom- a far, far worse perpetrator in this regard- recently started pivoting with his whole "in retrospect we would have done everything differently" non-apology, which hardly seems necessary to appeal to his lockdown-loving base.
True, but I don’t think that is who Newsom is appealing to. I think at some level most people now see covid policy as a mistake. Notice nobody including Newsom is saying “we did the right thing”.
Mostly they are saying
“Shucks we tried really hard, but we got some things wrong, but everyone was doing their best trying to figure things out”
Notice no discussion of specific policies like shutting down campgrounds. They want to vaguely wave away the whole episode and not talk about it. I think Newsom is appealing to non-covidians who are appalled by what was done during covid. He’s trying to cut off a line of attack in the election.
If one wanted to address this, say in debates, one might take the line of attack that the "well intentioned" policies were unlawful, and if they weren't, perhaps they ought to be, which might demand a specific response.
I suspect, if properly pressed, Newsom could be induced to saying for the record that unlawful emergency powers should remain in the executive toolbelt despite the now-admitted harms.
Oh he’s definitely vulnerable to a well prepared candidate. California didn’t even announce they planned to reopen campgrounds until January of 2021, you know because of the dire threats posed by wide open spaces, fresh air, and exercise. Good luck defending that.
I just want to say Karl Rove is a slimeball. He’s a political operative with no honesty. He can shove his whiteboard up his a$$. His part in trying to remove Texas’ AG Paxton will never be forgotten. Anyone being favored by Rove is someone not to trust--that means DeSantis. He’s been bought and controlled by the Rove, Paul Ryan (another snake) and the Bush family. I will never vote for RDS.
Paxton is a saint and Abbot and Mcconnell were crickets during entire farcical trial!! The RNC wants the southern border wide open for their NGO’s and corporate benefactors.
Paxton’s interview with Tucker was very informative, especially about TX Legislature and Karl Rove’s nasty influence.
Exactly. You also have to question the wisdom of political advisors who are telling you to get involved in the most-runaway 'open' primary in recent memory. DeSantis could have solidified his resume over the next 4 years and would have been the obvious heir apparent in 2028. It's like his advisors are TRYING to tank his career.
You nailed it with this paragraph: "the left really wants to run against trump. they have been doing everything in their power to help him because they 1. think they can beat him 2. know that he is fund raising gold for them and 3. that “orange man bad” is about the only thing that can unify their increasingly fractious and incompatible coalition. it also gets out the vote for down ticket house and senate where they have a lot more to defend than last time."
It's perplexing to me that more Americans don't understand why it was so important to our Narrative Manipulators to shoot DeSantis out of the primary saddle before his horse picked up any speed and momentum. Basically, the "narrative" on DeSantis was changed before it became firmly entrenched.
Like you, I also question whether fair and honest elections CAN still be held in America. My assumption is this probably can't happen.
Respectfully, I don’t think you should quote Karl Rove on anything. He is the is part of the Bush/McConnell machine and he is not to be trusted. He is a Frank Luntz. I liked DeSantis but his campaign has been terrible and he should have never kissed the Mcconnell/Bush ring. He will support endless wars in Ukraine and open borders as that is what his corporate donors ask of him. Trump is flawed, but he will make the US energy independent and that will be necessary before a massive culling of government/waste jobs are made. Hate Trump but he is the one who pulled back the curtain on how the Uniparty works. Nobody can tell us that Abbott can’t just get National Guard and repel the invaders to the south, he can, Mcconnell just wont let him. And never forget every single RNC was against the wall to the south, Trump was wrong about warp speed,he got suckered by the Fauci gang, but he was right about everything else.
I did see a video of RDS saying he would go to war against Mexico over the border/immigration problems. That was a deal breaker for me. Bye, bye RDS. It seems to me that if people thought critically, RFK would be a viable candidate. But critical thinking isn't very popular.
We don’t have free and fair elections. These corrupt politicians (puppets) serve their puppet masters. It’s doesn’t matter what side of the political aisle you’re on. The real people in power will put whoever they want into positions of power. Since 1871 and perhaps sooner, America was no longer a constitutional republic. It became a federal corporation. Look up 28 USC 3002
The abortion issue is a thing because the ((media)) makes it a thing. If they switched the messaging and told women to stop being promiscuous and getting accidentally pregnant (or stopped celebrating abortion) we would have a different world. This is among many other issues that used to be common sense.
The media is a virus and it needs to die.
For anyone to vote for the man who has caused California to implode means our country is dead. California has the most people moving out of it. People who don’t live in California don’t understand how bad he is, I suppose. But I do. He’s awful.
The only benefit to Newsom as president is we may finally get a civil war.
If they REALLY want a civil war, they'll let Trump win. Back in 2020, the Left Coast made noises of seceeding if Trump had won. Stealing the election was the route they chose instead. Civil wars are messy.
Big blue cities weren't boarded up in case Biden won.
I know someone close to newsom who worked on his campaign. They tried to avoid as many pubic speaking engagements as possible bc he is a terrible public speaker and unable to read a teleprompter. Then enter Biden setting the bar extremely low and it seems Newsom might have a chance. The problem is that people are sick of the bumbling idiot act.
Gavin will have at least a billion-dollar war chest courtesy of Silicon Valley (at minimum) and the entire MSM working as his campaign manager, hiding his mistakes and painting his opponents as Hitler 2.0.
This will be more than enough to compensate for any deficiencies.
I looked up Newsom's biography: He attended a California public university wheree he obtained a Bachelors of SCIENCE in political "science." 🤣
A BS in b___s___.
Anybody who thinks the democrats do not already have all the necessary "fortification" measures in place to ensure a comfortable win the 2024 show-election is fooling themselves. 2020 was just a surprisingly (to them) successful systems check after fixing their mistakes and miscalculations of 2016. They were just as surprised by Joe "The Houseplant" Biden's victory as they were by Hillary "Irma Grese" Clinton's loss. But you gotta admit, they sure did recover nicely!
They now have the process tweaked to a fine art. They have both the mechanics and the people in place in all the key voting offices in the very few key States that matter in the even fewer key Counties and districts that matter in each of those States. In 2024, instead of running Biden, they could run someone who was ACTUALLY dead and that person will win.
And the mules will leave their cell phones at home.
Joe "the houseplant" Biden. I love it.
The Democrats, no matter their nominee, won't have to cheat to defeat DeSantis or Haley (the two most likely non-Trump nominees. The election you need to base the model on is the one in 2012 where Obama won with unemployment over 7% for all 4 years of his 1st term. That election (and the ones from 1988-2008) established an important point- the Democrats have an electoral lock on the Presidency after 2004. The Republicans lost the ability to win the Presidency when Virginia, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Nevada turned blue in 2008, and all four have continued to drift to the left demographically. The importance of 2012 is this- even if Romney had won Ohio, Florida, and Virginia (the big states that Obama turned blue in 2008) he still would have lost the election.
Too many predictions of the 2024 race are making a big error in overlooking how sui generis Trump is electorally. He is the only Republican candidate that can make Ohio and Iowa solid red and make Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan competitive while running in the national vote at up to minus 4%. Without Trump on the ballot, Ohio goes back to be a true swing state between the two parties, Iowa returns to being leans slightly Democrat, while Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania return to lean Democrat from 4-8%. 2016 was not a realignment election- had the GOP run Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton would be finishing her 2nd term next year. The only thing you gain by running Ron DeSantis or Nicki Haley is probably returning Georgia and Arizona to the red column, but you then put Ohio and Iowa back into play, and even if the Republican nominee wins all four of those states, they still lose the electoral college.
You mention Romney and 2012. I remember the hype that Romney was giving Obama a close race. There were fleeting moments when I thought Romney might trip over the finish line first. But when election day arrived - back then election day was still a thing - I knew Romney had flopped. It was the least surprising election night since 1996 when Clinton clobbered Dole. Romney utterly failed to connect with too many voters. Both he and Obama are elitists and Obama, being a Democrat, can get away with that.
I would like to see the Republicans nominate someone younger than 70. But a party coronation of the next Republican loser won't do. The next Republican President success story will be the politician who earns the prize through hard work and builds a national reputation that can be wholeheartedly defended. DeSantis is actually on that journey and that is a good thing. I am doubtful DeSantis or anyone Republican will be able to take Trump's place by 2024. But nothing is certain.