My take on the Trump-DeSantis dustup; lessons from the elections; ghost stories of the neo-apocalypse; high schooler beats trans wokeness; FBI starts preparing for a Republican House; and more.
The Democrats are laughing at our infighting. The 2018 California midterms led the way on their effective ballot harvesting. For the life of me, I can not figure out how Republican leadership acts like it doesn't exist. Until we do the same, we have no chance. It doesn't matter who we put up. Our party ignorance on the harvesting feels deliberate on some level. In 2020, Democrats had to shut down the states to pull if off. This time, they didn't have to. By 2024, the operation will be seamless. What is going on on our side?????
Regarding elections, I will say that the local GOP people need to start holding their own GOP leadership accountable.
I helped “count” mail in and early ballots at my county count location Tuesday. “Count” because all we were doing was checking for clerk initials and matching precinct locations on the ballots. Machines were doing the counting.
Anyway, we had apparently an estimated 70,000 ballots. Not sorted or organized by precinct. Yay {not} for being a vote center county where precinct level voting is passé and too inconvenient. {Because freedom is always convenient.}. Do you realize that if we needed a hand recount of a precinct-level vote, or township level - say for school board, or a tax referendum, or a Precinct Committeemen - who is realistically going to sift through 70,000 unorganized ballots to find the few that belong to the particular precincts in question. I mean, I think we have hundred of precincts in our county??
And our local GOP appears to not mind this.
Our local GOP has been “keeping an eye on” the Konnech scandal.
When I actually ran into the GOP appointee to our election board at the count center, and asked for her email to discuss some concerns about the primaries, she replied that she had already seen my email and the issues were just that I wasn’t experienced working the polls. I pointed out that lack of bipartisan presence at voter checkin was not a matter of experience or education. And that, why, yes, I *had* brought it up to my inspector, but he didn’t care. Crickets from her. No concern, no outrage, no anything. As far as the broken printers, which also had nothing to do with my lack of experience or education, well, she said, that’s why we have the Inspector Hotline and mechanics. She was utterly unconcerned about the inconvenience to voters (even though the tag line for the county election board is something like easy and fast. Or something. I mean, convenience is the whole reason for vote centers, and vote centers are why we can’t have paper ballots....).
We have got to hold our county GOP people accountable. Go to the monthly meetings. Attend the election board meetings. Run for Precinct Committeeman (I hear it’s an easy job.). Call them and offer to help. Do something.
Don’t put Trump, DeSantis, or anyone else on a pedestal or excuse them from the normal rules. Avoid the “Superman” fallacy. We are STILL going to have to save ourselves. LOCAL elections remain the best place to focus your time and energy.
Putting all your faith in ANY politician is the easy button. Any of them are only as good as We the People force them to be. Write, call, attend meetings, and let them know you are watching. Some folks get elected as good people but the swamp sucks them in. It's not enough to just vote. We have to hold them accountable. And yes, it's work. But what choice do we have?
I have definitely have been breaking rule number 2:
2. Don’t put Trump, DeSantis, or anyone else on a pedestal or excuse them from the normal rules. Avoid the “Superman” fallacy. We are STILL going to have to save ourselves. LOCAL elections remain the best place to focus your time and energy.
I agree with this rule but DeSantis has just lit it up this past year and it’s so hard not to get excited and think he’s Superman. I’ll try to be more neutral. The best line is “we are still going to have to save ourselves”. I truly believe this! And we can with local heroes like you Jeff, leading the way.
McConnell cancelled advertising spending, and Lindsay Graham energized the Democrat base right before the midterms. It's hard for GOP voters to overcome sabotage from within.
With Blake and probably Walker losing then we dont control the Senate which means no Rand Paul and Ron Johnson leading senate committees on the evil of Fauci. Biggest disappointment of the election
While I could never vote for a democrat, I really do not like the repubs either. They are extremely divided with various factions all bickering with one another. I am done with the theatrics and I bet many others are too. This is why the leftists have such an easy time wrecking the GOP. There is no unified front whereas the dems are unified carrying the banner of fear, hate and treachery...at all costs. Throw in traitor RINOs making up a good chunk of the party and it all seems a hopeless cause.
1 vote for your ghost story idea. When hot stories quickly disappear, I always wonder what happened, both why they disappeared but also how the rest of the story unfolded.
"These are 10s of thousands of PEOPLE who are DYING..”
Meanwhile, the Biden administration extends the "COVID emergency" declaration for another six months so the disabling, sterilizing, and killing jab can be mandated for the nation's youth.
Trump is playing a dangerous and stupid game, attacking Desantis before the campaign even begins. Ron is beloved.
The way I see it, I relocated to Florida last year for three reasons. 1. Rom Desantis 2. Gretchen whitmer 3. Trumps complete and utter failure to stop the tyranist in 2020.
Trumps stupid vaccine is also a major player in my life changes. His failures are epic and I only need a little nudge to abandon my support for him, especially if it’s trump vs Desantis.
ANYBODY...Any LIVING BODY, to be more clear, who does not believe 2020 and the Mid-Terms were stolen, is less qualified to hold public office, or any office for that matter, than Fetterman. "--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the Peoples to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government..." #AwfullyClose!
Victor Davis Hanson is the thought leader that I turn to for credible analysis of events. He posted recently on the election at https://youtu.be/bB4gnbxcHvE. He pointed out that Conservatives didn’t offer clear alternatives to the Dems, such as with the Contract with America that swept Republicans into office under Newt’s leadership during the Clinton administration. We just assumed that less informed voters would be able to see through the flack screen thrown up by the Dems and their propoganda organs in the MSM. I think he is right. We do need leadership that can offer a coherent alternative to Dem policies and we need to find ways to raise the money to communicate it well and consistently.
Thank you, Jeff, for a sound, thorough explanation of both the elections and the Trump/DeSantis situation. Your recommendations for moving forward, if we expect to make any headway against the corrupt DemonRATS machine, are worth every member of the C&C army considering and asking themselves how they can be part of the solution moving forward. And don’t be drawn into the narratives constantly used to manipulate the GOP voters!
Thank you Jeff! Brilliant and very helpful moving forward after a disappointing midterm election.
The Democrats are laughing at our infighting. The 2018 California midterms led the way on their effective ballot harvesting. For the life of me, I can not figure out how Republican leadership acts like it doesn't exist. Until we do the same, we have no chance. It doesn't matter who we put up. Our party ignorance on the harvesting feels deliberate on some level. In 2020, Democrats had to shut down the states to pull if off. This time, they didn't have to. By 2024, the operation will be seamless. What is going on on our side?????
Regarding elections, I will say that the local GOP people need to start holding their own GOP leadership accountable.
I helped “count” mail in and early ballots at my county count location Tuesday. “Count” because all we were doing was checking for clerk initials and matching precinct locations on the ballots. Machines were doing the counting.
Anyway, we had apparently an estimated 70,000 ballots. Not sorted or organized by precinct. Yay {not} for being a vote center county where precinct level voting is passé and too inconvenient. {Because freedom is always convenient.}. Do you realize that if we needed a hand recount of a precinct-level vote, or township level - say for school board, or a tax referendum, or a Precinct Committeemen - who is realistically going to sift through 70,000 unorganized ballots to find the few that belong to the particular precincts in question. I mean, I think we have hundred of precincts in our county??
And our local GOP appears to not mind this.
Our local GOP has been “keeping an eye on” the Konnech scandal.
When I actually ran into the GOP appointee to our election board at the count center, and asked for her email to discuss some concerns about the primaries, she replied that she had already seen my email and the issues were just that I wasn’t experienced working the polls. I pointed out that lack of bipartisan presence at voter checkin was not a matter of experience or education. And that, why, yes, I *had* brought it up to my inspector, but he didn’t care. Crickets from her. No concern, no outrage, no anything. As far as the broken printers, which also had nothing to do with my lack of experience or education, well, she said, that’s why we have the Inspector Hotline and mechanics. She was utterly unconcerned about the inconvenience to voters (even though the tag line for the county election board is something like easy and fast. Or something. I mean, convenience is the whole reason for vote centers, and vote centers are why we can’t have paper ballots....).
We have got to hold our county GOP people accountable. Go to the monthly meetings. Attend the election board meetings. Run for Precinct Committeeman (I hear it’s an easy job.). Call them and offer to help. Do something.
"WHAT'S causing all these excess deaths ?!"
.... 'nothing to see here', says the media. 'Let's go cover that "Donald Trump is evil" rally, though.'
"THAT'S what the people want to see!"
..... brought to you by Pfizer.
This!!!
Don’t put Trump, DeSantis, or anyone else on a pedestal or excuse them from the normal rules. Avoid the “Superman” fallacy. We are STILL going to have to save ourselves. LOCAL elections remain the best place to focus your time and energy.
Putting all your faith in ANY politician is the easy button. Any of them are only as good as We the People force them to be. Write, call, attend meetings, and let them know you are watching. Some folks get elected as good people but the swamp sucks them in. It's not enough to just vote. We have to hold them accountable. And yes, it's work. But what choice do we have?
I have definitely have been breaking rule number 2:
2. Don’t put Trump, DeSantis, or anyone else on a pedestal or excuse them from the normal rules. Avoid the “Superman” fallacy. We are STILL going to have to save ourselves. LOCAL elections remain the best place to focus your time and energy.
I agree with this rule but DeSantis has just lit it up this past year and it’s so hard not to get excited and think he’s Superman. I’ll try to be more neutral. The best line is “we are still going to have to save ourselves”. I truly believe this! And we can with local heroes like you Jeff, leading the way.
McConnell cancelled advertising spending, and Lindsay Graham energized the Democrat base right before the midterms. It's hard for GOP voters to overcome sabotage from within.
With Blake and probably Walker losing then we dont control the Senate which means no Rand Paul and Ron Johnson leading senate committees on the evil of Fauci. Biggest disappointment of the election
While I could never vote for a democrat, I really do not like the repubs either. They are extremely divided with various factions all bickering with one another. I am done with the theatrics and I bet many others are too. This is why the leftists have such an easy time wrecking the GOP. There is no unified front whereas the dems are unified carrying the banner of fear, hate and treachery...at all costs. Throw in traitor RINOs making up a good chunk of the party and it all seems a hopeless cause.
1 vote for your ghost story idea. When hot stories quickly disappear, I always wonder what happened, both why they disappeared but also how the rest of the story unfolded.
"These are 10s of thousands of PEOPLE who are DYING..”
Meanwhile, the Biden administration extends the "COVID emergency" declaration for another six months so the disabling, sterilizing, and killing jab can be mandated for the nation's youth.
Trump is playing a dangerous and stupid game, attacking Desantis before the campaign even begins. Ron is beloved.
The way I see it, I relocated to Florida last year for three reasons. 1. Rom Desantis 2. Gretchen whitmer 3. Trumps complete and utter failure to stop the tyranist in 2020.
Trumps stupid vaccine is also a major player in my life changes. His failures are epic and I only need a little nudge to abandon my support for him, especially if it’s trump vs Desantis.
Stay United everyone 🌞
trump should run as a democrat in 24
ANYBODY...Any LIVING BODY, to be more clear, who does not believe 2020 and the Mid-Terms were stolen, is less qualified to hold public office, or any office for that matter, than Fetterman. "--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the Peoples to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government..." #AwfullyClose!
Victor Davis Hanson is the thought leader that I turn to for credible analysis of events. He posted recently on the election at https://youtu.be/bB4gnbxcHvE. He pointed out that Conservatives didn’t offer clear alternatives to the Dems, such as with the Contract with America that swept Republicans into office under Newt’s leadership during the Clinton administration. We just assumed that less informed voters would be able to see through the flack screen thrown up by the Dems and their propoganda organs in the MSM. I think he is right. We do need leadership that can offer a coherent alternative to Dem policies and we need to find ways to raise the money to communicate it well and consistently.
Thank you, Jeff, for a sound, thorough explanation of both the elections and the Trump/DeSantis situation. Your recommendations for moving forward, if we expect to make any headway against the corrupt DemonRATS machine, are worth every member of the C&C army considering and asking themselves how they can be part of the solution moving forward. And don’t be drawn into the narratives constantly used to manipulate the GOP voters!
Thank you Jeff! Brilliant and very helpful moving forward after a disappointing midterm election.