Sigh, Its an argument I have been having with a good friend who is threatening to move out of our ever bluer county in a red state to one of the more red counties. It's something I have considered, I'll admit. But retreat is a sign of defeat. I am down today for sure. But there is still a little flame that says, when you retreat they …
Sigh, Its an argument I have been having with a good friend who is threatening to move out of our ever bluer county in a red state to one of the more red counties. It's something I have considered, I'll admit. But retreat is a sign of defeat. I am down today for sure. But there is still a little flame that says, when you retreat they win. Half the country can't fit in Florida, and growth is a good thing, until it's not. The bigger problem is that D's work a lot harder at infiltrating than the R's do at fighting back. I get that they have jobs, families, and involvement in other areas. But way too many 'conservative' friends/acquaintances whose eyes glaze over at the mention of any opportunity to get involved and informed. 'Politics is ugly/boring/not interesting'. But oh how they love to complain about gas prices, woke schools and their grocery bill....
It's a fair statement. Many of my friends that are conservatives caved to the vax, which tells me a lot about them. They just don't have the time, so they say, to care or to read and find out what's really going on. It's almost like dems who vote the party line no matter who it is.
Yes, this was one of the early hot takes from the watch parties last night. Dems, at least in our local area, brook no dissent in the ranks. They all line up in lockstep and they volunteer more and donate more money than R's. R's are more independent, vary more in their positions, and fight amongst themselves in public. There were some nasty primaries in some of the races that siphoned off $ and support in the general, as there are still some mad their candidate lost in August. No doubt some of them stayed home. No doubt D's have some internal battles as well, but its all behind closed doors. Very few primaries, they keep their powder dry for the general. And they vote in greater numbers. We don't have party registration in MO but I have worked the last 8 elections. Candidate apparel is banned at the polls, but yesterday, for example, was AMAZED at how many people showed up wearing N-95s, maybe 15%, and then there are the pride shirts, rainbow pins, and other SJW slogans on their t-shits. Way more than people voting with flag shirts on. And this was a red precinct.
I can understand where you are coming from but frankly many are burned out from loosing. Many are burned out from Rhinos not fighting and being traitors. i can understand.
I get it too, All 5 of my candidates lost on Tue. But what choice do we have? Silence implies consent. Taking the rest of the year off, learning from mistakes, then focusing on school board elections in April. Can't let the left win!
Sigh, Its an argument I have been having with a good friend who is threatening to move out of our ever bluer county in a red state to one of the more red counties. It's something I have considered, I'll admit. But retreat is a sign of defeat. I am down today for sure. But there is still a little flame that says, when you retreat they win. Half the country can't fit in Florida, and growth is a good thing, until it's not. The bigger problem is that D's work a lot harder at infiltrating than the R's do at fighting back. I get that they have jobs, families, and involvement in other areas. But way too many 'conservative' friends/acquaintances whose eyes glaze over at the mention of any opportunity to get involved and informed. 'Politics is ugly/boring/not interesting'. But oh how they love to complain about gas prices, woke schools and their grocery bill....
It's a fair statement. Many of my friends that are conservatives caved to the vax, which tells me a lot about them. They just don't have the time, so they say, to care or to read and find out what's really going on. It's almost like dems who vote the party line no matter who it is.
Yes, this was one of the early hot takes from the watch parties last night. Dems, at least in our local area, brook no dissent in the ranks. They all line up in lockstep and they volunteer more and donate more money than R's. R's are more independent, vary more in their positions, and fight amongst themselves in public. There were some nasty primaries in some of the races that siphoned off $ and support in the general, as there are still some mad their candidate lost in August. No doubt some of them stayed home. No doubt D's have some internal battles as well, but its all behind closed doors. Very few primaries, they keep their powder dry for the general. And they vote in greater numbers. We don't have party registration in MO but I have worked the last 8 elections. Candidate apparel is banned at the polls, but yesterday, for example, was AMAZED at how many people showed up wearing N-95s, maybe 15%, and then there are the pride shirts, rainbow pins, and other SJW slogans on their t-shits. Way more than people voting with flag shirts on. And this was a red precinct.
I can understand where you are coming from but frankly many are burned out from loosing. Many are burned out from Rhinos not fighting and being traitors. i can understand.
I get it too, All 5 of my candidates lost on Tue. But what choice do we have? Silence implies consent. Taking the rest of the year off, learning from mistakes, then focusing on school board elections in April. Can't let the left win!
Apathy is a disease for sure.