The US is ruled by a supernational, parasitic elite dressed in blue and red to accommodate our political colorblindness. Consequently, a republican majority will likely amount to very little. Giving lip service is one thing. Making potentially career ending or even life-threatening choices by adhering to your principles is quite another.
Yet, the idea that somehow a nation that overwhelmingly disapproves or is even angry with the way things are going (73% according to CNN exit polls), failed to produce the fabled red wave and overturn most incumbent representatives, senators and governors, seems utterly absurd to me.
Even if we were to leave aside the chicanery that likely took place all over the country for a moment, Fetterman’s win over Oz in PA is a very telling example of a constitutional republic in a state of decay.
It is the most jarring illustration of fixation on identity politics and the party line by an alarmingly large number of people, to whom even the most basic qualifications of a candidate, such as the ability to form a coherent sentence, seem largely irrelevant. It is a demoralizing middle finger but also a valuable lesson to the layperson, who still believes that voting for a red or blue puppet once every blood moon is the ultimate form of democratic expression; to anyone whose apathy and laziness make them susceptible to messianism and wishful thinking.
It’s way past time we realized that participating in a rigged system doesn’t make us morally superior. It makes us complicit to the crimes that are committed with our blessing and in our name.
The reimagining of our political system is both essential and long overdue.
The one clear counter-example was Tudor Dixon, who spoke very clearly for families against school closures and lockdowns, but lost to a HORRIBLE governor.
“Hey you vote me happy thanks Pennsylvania. Me lower inflation higher wage minimums. No abortions bad Covid shots good you take yes. We revolution lead today.”
Those who remain in the US can look forward to their ultimate subjugation amid general dereliction. It should have been clear after November 2020 that they can't prevent the outcome by participating in what is now a voting charade.
You are wrong EGM, and it shows in your analysis that the current mix is a two family, Hatfield vs. McCoy feud. The issue is that America First is actually a third party vs. the Dem AND RINOs. There is no cogent, cohesive message coming out of the "GOP" because there are two GOPs--and one controls all the money and has ZERO ideas, while the other (call it America First) has all the ideas and controls damned near ZERO of the money. With the entire Dem power structure, media biased messaging, and RINOs defining the under-resourced America First movement as domestic terrorists it is small wonder why the new faces in the "GOP" faced insurmountable uphill battles. McConnell and gang did everything possible to undermine America First. The Dems loosed their considerable messaging--and massive campaign spending--against America First.
The American people don't seem to mind that the Dems and RINOs are jointly divvying up the spending largesse and sending billions to Ukraine and Dem 'green energy' donors. As a new precinct committeeman in AZ I get what happened. Your analysis misses the mark.
I might agree with you on most of this if not for the Florida results. That's what would have happened across the country if there were not such rampant and imbedded fraud . . . a.k.a. mail-in and drop-off ballots. Hope is gone for my children and grandchildren.
I said from the very beginning, when a Red Wave was first predicted and polls showed that it could be an epic Red Wave; "never underestimate the R party ability to blow an absolute layup of an election."
And, damn, it hurts to be right.
The party of Kevin McCarthy is the direct descendant of a whole line of vanilla suited dullards, from John Boehner to Paul Ryan to our current cast of go-along-to-get-along Corporatists Boot Lickers.
I love you, gato, but this article is like complaining about the offensive strategy of the Washington Generals. They might look like the Globetrotters' opposition, but they're part of the farce, too.
Nobody is longing for the days of the 2000-2016 GOP.
Yeah, I would just internally roll my eyes when someone would tell me, "just wait for the red wave, everything will get fixed in November." It seems when I would say, "But none of the people running for office are even mentioning what has happened over the last two and a half years not to mention they haven't even tried to stand up to it!" It just fell on deaf ears.
This is yet another sobering reminder to stop placing our faith in politicians. Whether or not “our guy” won, We the People need to hold them accountable for representing the will of the public and remembering they are here to *serve* us—not corporations, not lobbyists, not tribal factions, not globalists. It is time for them to start fearing the people instead of the people fearfully bowing to them. Politicians are beholden to us and hold power only by our permission, which can and will be withdrawn if they fail in their duty to represent us.
An unconstitutional power structure exists in this country, chock full of secret federal police, dark money, literal spies working for “news” agencies, child rape islands etc…
But hey, at least when the FBI blows your door off the hinges in the middle of the night because you said hurty words against abortion, at least you’ll be living in a red state when it happens,
The vaccine and Covid were a basic trap set up to create a Uni-party, DeSantis stand against that was the reason why Branch Covidians pushed for his downfall. The interesting thing is this is truly post-Covid ,watching the Opus Dei secular vaccine uptake at the end of this was basically watching Self-flagellation.They needed to hold it together until now,but the CDC Director (yesterday) came out of hiding 17 days after her diagnosis to tell everyone, "the vaccine doesn't stop all infections " lol a little late.If the Republicans can take the House, which looks very possible, the "We suffered all of this and still lost the house " will hit harder than people can imagine. My favorite win is the Florida Republican Luna flipping a seat ,a 218-217 win with Luna under a Blood Red Moon is legendary Esoteric stuff.
I agree completely. Both parties are aiming for 49 to 51 victories. They treat giving people what they want the way a business treats a cost, something to be minimized. They treat forcing things on people they don't want the way a business treats a profit, something to be maximized.
They both aim for the slimmest margin possible in order to minimize how much they have to give people what they want and then try to maximize doing things people don't like. With Democrats its social justice stuff and with the Republicans its stuff like "free healthcare is bad!".
I actually don’t buy the result. Mid terms for a first term president usually lead to losses yet no incumbents have flipped and Biden has the worst approval rating of any president in history. People might have left during COVID to find their happy place somewhat, but it stretches credibility especially with the shenanigans in AZ and a few other states.
The US is ruled by a supernational, parasitic elite dressed in blue and red to accommodate our political colorblindness. Consequently, a republican majority will likely amount to very little. Giving lip service is one thing. Making potentially career ending or even life-threatening choices by adhering to your principles is quite another.
Yet, the idea that somehow a nation that overwhelmingly disapproves or is even angry with the way things are going (73% according to CNN exit polls), failed to produce the fabled red wave and overturn most incumbent representatives, senators and governors, seems utterly absurd to me.
Even if we were to leave aside the chicanery that likely took place all over the country for a moment, Fetterman’s win over Oz in PA is a very telling example of a constitutional republic in a state of decay.
It is the most jarring illustration of fixation on identity politics and the party line by an alarmingly large number of people, to whom even the most basic qualifications of a candidate, such as the ability to form a coherent sentence, seem largely irrelevant. It is a demoralizing middle finger but also a valuable lesson to the layperson, who still believes that voting for a red or blue puppet once every blood moon is the ultimate form of democratic expression; to anyone whose apathy and laziness make them susceptible to messianism and wishful thinking.
It’s way past time we realized that participating in a rigged system doesn’t make us morally superior. It makes us complicit to the crimes that are committed with our blessing and in our name.
The reimagining of our political system is both essential and long overdue.
The one clear counter-example was Tudor Dixon, who spoke very clearly for families against school closures and lockdowns, but lost to a HORRIBLE governor.
Make America Florida. I'm all in on DeSantis '24.
Welcome to your future America:
“Hey you vote me happy thanks Pennsylvania. Me lower inflation higher wage minimums. No abortions bad Covid shots good you take yes. We revolution lead today.”
-John Fetterman
He would've made Yoda proud!
Those who remain in the US can look forward to their ultimate subjugation amid general dereliction. It should have been clear after November 2020 that they can't prevent the outcome by participating in what is now a voting charade.
You are wrong EGM, and it shows in your analysis that the current mix is a two family, Hatfield vs. McCoy feud. The issue is that America First is actually a third party vs. the Dem AND RINOs. There is no cogent, cohesive message coming out of the "GOP" because there are two GOPs--and one controls all the money and has ZERO ideas, while the other (call it America First) has all the ideas and controls damned near ZERO of the money. With the entire Dem power structure, media biased messaging, and RINOs defining the under-resourced America First movement as domestic terrorists it is small wonder why the new faces in the "GOP" faced insurmountable uphill battles. McConnell and gang did everything possible to undermine America First. The Dems loosed their considerable messaging--and massive campaign spending--against America First.
The American people don't seem to mind that the Dems and RINOs are jointly divvying up the spending largesse and sending billions to Ukraine and Dem 'green energy' donors. As a new precinct committeeman in AZ I get what happened. Your analysis misses the mark.
I might agree with you on most of this if not for the Florida results. That's what would have happened across the country if there were not such rampant and imbedded fraud . . . a.k.a. mail-in and drop-off ballots. Hope is gone for my children and grandchildren.
I said from the very beginning, when a Red Wave was first predicted and polls showed that it could be an epic Red Wave; "never underestimate the R party ability to blow an absolute layup of an election."
And, damn, it hurts to be right.
The party of Kevin McCarthy is the direct descendant of a whole line of vanilla suited dullards, from John Boehner to Paul Ryan to our current cast of go-along-to-get-along Corporatists Boot Lickers.
I love you, gato, but this article is like complaining about the offensive strategy of the Washington Generals. They might look like the Globetrotters' opposition, but they're part of the farce, too.
Nobody is longing for the days of the 2000-2016 GOP.
Yeah, I would just internally roll my eyes when someone would tell me, "just wait for the red wave, everything will get fixed in November." It seems when I would say, "But none of the people running for office are even mentioning what has happened over the last two and a half years not to mention they haven't even tried to stand up to it!" It just fell on deaf ears.
This is yet another sobering reminder to stop placing our faith in politicians. Whether or not “our guy” won, We the People need to hold them accountable for representing the will of the public and remembering they are here to *serve* us—not corporations, not lobbyists, not tribal factions, not globalists. It is time for them to start fearing the people instead of the people fearfully bowing to them. Politicians are beholden to us and hold power only by our permission, which can and will be withdrawn if they fail in their duty to represent us.
Agree with the overall premise but as far as Florida goes, it also helps that they have worked hard to clean up the election process.
You’re not voting your way out of this.
An unconstitutional power structure exists in this country, chock full of secret federal police, dark money, literal spies working for “news” agencies, child rape islands etc…
But hey, at least when the FBI blows your door off the hinges in the middle of the night because you said hurty words against abortion, at least you’ll be living in a red state when it happens,
The vaccine and Covid were a basic trap set up to create a Uni-party, DeSantis stand against that was the reason why Branch Covidians pushed for his downfall. The interesting thing is this is truly post-Covid ,watching the Opus Dei secular vaccine uptake at the end of this was basically watching Self-flagellation.They needed to hold it together until now,but the CDC Director (yesterday) came out of hiding 17 days after her diagnosis to tell everyone, "the vaccine doesn't stop all infections " lol a little late.If the Republicans can take the House, which looks very possible, the "We suffered all of this and still lost the house " will hit harder than people can imagine. My favorite win is the Florida Republican Luna flipping a seat ,a 218-217 win with Luna under a Blood Red Moon is legendary Esoteric stuff.
We live in very strange times.
I agree completely. Both parties are aiming for 49 to 51 victories. They treat giving people what they want the way a business treats a cost, something to be minimized. They treat forcing things on people they don't want the way a business treats a profit, something to be maximized.
They both aim for the slimmest margin possible in order to minimize how much they have to give people what they want and then try to maximize doing things people don't like. With Democrats its social justice stuff and with the Republicans its stuff like "free healthcare is bad!".
I actually don’t buy the result. Mid terms for a first term president usually lead to losses yet no incumbents have flipped and Biden has the worst approval rating of any president in history. People might have left during COVID to find their happy place somewhat, but it stretches credibility especially with the shenanigans in AZ and a few other states.