Jackson County/Kansas City suburb. Yes, MO has gone from a swing state to a red state. BUT we have issues. One, D's run as R's for the legislature as we don't have party registration/closed primaries. And then good legislation gets killed. Two, R's are complacent and don't fight back or pay attention. The Elks lodge had drag queen story …
Jackson County/Kansas City suburb. Yes, MO has gone from a swing state to a red state. BUT we have issues. One, D's run as R's for the legislature as we don't have party registration/closed primaries. And then good legislation gets killed. Two, R's are complacent and don't fight back or pay attention. The Elks lodge had drag queen story hour in a red county next to ours (Johnson County) and only a dozen people showed up to protest. Deep red Cass County (whose county commissioner banned covid restrictions) just elected 3 lefties to the school board. (non partisan election so most probably had no idea who they were voting for). I keep telling people, the left never sleeps, and they need to get engaged. But feel like people are discouraged, indifferent, or have their heads in the sand.
Yes, I almost have to admire how clever the Left is in coming up with ploy after ploy to get people elected to positions. They have so many tactics that it makes your head spin. They must sit around all day thinking about how best to infiltrate and get their candidates elected. And they always come with cash spilling out of their pockets.The Republicans don't come close to that kind of strategizing.
Yes we are at least a decade behind. I keep telling people. We didn't get here overnight and we aren't going to fix it overnight. We have to learn to play the long game, like the left does. We had 7 libs on the school board in 2021. Won 2 seats last year, one this year. So still 4 vs 3. So next year it is crucial to start laying the ground work NOW for next April., when 2 more seats come up.
Yep--that's exactly what they do. Do you know what Obamanation was before he came out of NOWHERE to be the DEM candidate in 2008? He was an NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER and "activist for human rights" in Chicago. The people with power and wealth in the progressive camp of the DEM party had "groomed" Obama for YEARS before they "released" him to the public eye. I've seen photos of him from the mid 1990's and he was scruffy looking with really bad teeth and NOT married. "Michelle" - you can't find any photos of "her" from that time period--only in the early 2000's. Transformation from one sex to another takes YEARS of hormones and surgery and "counseling". I'd love to see a photo of Michelle as she REALLY IS!! "She's" quite homely without her make up and designer clothes!
The powerful people "behind" the "mystic couple" of Barry and Michelle have developed a magnificent biopic for both of them. But people on the "inside" know what they REALLY are? People like Joan Rivers know (who died quite under mysterious circumstances a few weeks after stating this on nationwide TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9C3SAdw-AA
I have written the school board race all up in detail and shared with the county R party email thread. Meeting in a couple of weeks to re-hash what went wrong and lessons we can learn for next time. Technically these races are non partisan so its critical to get the word out to conservatives who is the real deal as the left has mastered running as common sense moderates and then flipping to radical once elected.
You are doing good work. Most peeps in my area are in fact, Indifferent, and just want "Regular Life" back, whatever that means to them. I keep trying to educate peeps on what is really happening, but most don't want to put out any real effort.
I think that engaging them with questions, inductively inquiring their positions on topics, is the way to start.
I can sense your energy, and I know how urgent the issues upon us are.
I'm in CA, and I can tell you from my conversations with peeps, there are a TON of peeps that were former Dem's that are really truly middle of the road politically, but are seeing how Wacked/Crazy the left has become. That is a good sign here. I am a good example as I never really understood politics, but have read furiously over the last 3-4 years and am now caught up.
I credit an interview of Dave Rubin, Brett Weinstein, Jordan Peterson, and was it Douglas Murray? that created an interest for me to learn more, as they seemed Intelligent and balanced.
A lot of people say politics is boring, ugly, corrupt, etc. Easy button to not engage I guess. I grew up in a political household. I was 7 when Roe went down and my parents had us out there marching around planned parenthood. My late dad was an 'old school' D and very involved , remember going door to door with him in grade school. We talked politics at the dinner table. I left the D reservation in the 80's., although still supported a few D's here and there up until the Obama years when the party took a hard left turn. My dad was starting to see the light before he passed in 2014. It's just in my blood I guess, have always been involved but most of my friends just don't 'get it'. Have a new tribe since covid but lots of people new to all this, and new folks make lots of rookie mistakes. But we are all learning and need to quit bickering over tactics and unite under one big strategy grounded on the things we can all agree on. And that's locally, regionally, and nationally. Thank you for stepping up and getting educated!! My sister is in So Cal and a lonely conservative. She dipped her toe in the water back in 2020 and got involved with the Trump campaign but has since thrown up her hands due to ballot harvesting.
I "hate" political shenanigans as well--but I LOVE my freedom...and "free"dom is NEVER free...we must exercise our God-given, Constitutional rights in order to KEEP THEM STRONG--just like our muscles. Our country is now WEAK and FLABBY--ripe for the takeover by stronger, more arduous and dedicated to their "cause" country (China).
Oh and LOVE Jordan Peterson. I get on his video channel and end up losing hours. One of the smartest people out there. If you have not read Thomas Sowell, highly recommend. I get both men's audio books and listen while I do yard work or clean house.
We're all in this together - THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. So we must PRAY and PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD--every time we leave our homes. When an opportunity arises to share the TRUTH of what is happening in our country (and world) be COURAGEOUS--swallow your fear and pride and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE. Bringing in the sheaves - we will come rejoicing (to paraphrase a very old Christian hymn).
Trump has said that repeatedly in his speeches, "The radical socialist Democratic party knows how to ORGANIZE and ENTRENCH their doctrine--they don't back down like the RINOS's". Most Republican "leaders" are anything BUT that!! They're "pussies" as my friend, Jeff, as often said.
I live in Cass County and it is red. But there is a lot of apathy here; I try to encourage people constantly to get involved, attend meetings, get out to vote and support solid conservatives financially but they don’t step up. Frustrating. In the family I grew up in it wasn’t an option to sit back and do nothing. I’ve never missed voting in an election in my life.
Yes my cousin's daughter has 4 kids in PH. Her mom, my cousin, gets really frustrated at her as she is conservative but does not really pay attention to what is going on at her kids' schools, and says all that CRT and such is a 'big city school issue'. I messaged her and told her to vote for Athena Brattin, but no idea if she did. Athena lost, sadly, and according to the Cass County R chair that I emailed to ask for some other friends there, she was the only conservative on the ballot in PH school board race. WTH!
I voted for Athena who is very bright and an impressive woman. I couldn’t believe she didn’t win. It might be best to get as many children out of the public indoctrination programs known as schools and homeschool, join forces with other parents and do a co-op school or send them to private schools. Have the state funds follow the student, rather than the failing public schools.
Yes, met Athena several times and hope she stays in the fight, she is impressive and her hubby is a pretty good state senator too. One of our losing candidate's wives called me yesterday asking how she could get involved in school choice movement. I reached out to someone I thought was with Concerned Women of America's local chapter as I thought they advocated for that. This person said she resigned in March, needed a break from politics for a while. (It can burn you out) BUT she said they do not support 'dollars follow student' because with federal dollars come federal strings. If the dollars are Fed, they will want to come in and regulate, monitor or restrict private schools and home schools. I have several homeschooling friends who are against school choice as they want to be left alone. Something to think about anyway. MO's current limited school choice is a 'scholarship' and so I think that avoids the Fed issue.
Thanks for the info, Donna. It’s overwhelming to think about how quickly our country is devolving and where or how we can make an impact. Then I remember…but God.
Not to mention how hard it is to keep up! Thankful for Jeff. C&C posts AND commenters who help keep my head halfway above water on what is going on. It CAN be overwhelming at times. But we have to keep fighting, as what other choice do we have?
Jackson County/Kansas City suburb. Yes, MO has gone from a swing state to a red state. BUT we have issues. One, D's run as R's for the legislature as we don't have party registration/closed primaries. And then good legislation gets killed. Two, R's are complacent and don't fight back or pay attention. The Elks lodge had drag queen story hour in a red county next to ours (Johnson County) and only a dozen people showed up to protest. Deep red Cass County (whose county commissioner banned covid restrictions) just elected 3 lefties to the school board. (non partisan election so most probably had no idea who they were voting for). I keep telling people, the left never sleeps, and they need to get engaged. But feel like people are discouraged, indifferent, or have their heads in the sand.
Wow interesting news. We've really got to get it together.
yep, like yesterday. 2024 will be here before we know it.
Yes, I almost have to admire how clever the Left is in coming up with ploy after ploy to get people elected to positions. They have so many tactics that it makes your head spin. They must sit around all day thinking about how best to infiltrate and get their candidates elected. And they always come with cash spilling out of their pockets.The Republicans don't come close to that kind of strategizing.
Yes we are at least a decade behind. I keep telling people. We didn't get here overnight and we aren't going to fix it overnight. We have to learn to play the long game, like the left does. We had 7 libs on the school board in 2021. Won 2 seats last year, one this year. So still 4 vs 3. So next year it is crucial to start laying the ground work NOW for next April., when 2 more seats come up.
Yep--that's exactly what they do. Do you know what Obamanation was before he came out of NOWHERE to be the DEM candidate in 2008? He was an NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZER and "activist for human rights" in Chicago. The people with power and wealth in the progressive camp of the DEM party had "groomed" Obama for YEARS before they "released" him to the public eye. I've seen photos of him from the mid 1990's and he was scruffy looking with really bad teeth and NOT married. "Michelle" - you can't find any photos of "her" from that time period--only in the early 2000's. Transformation from one sex to another takes YEARS of hormones and surgery and "counseling". I'd love to see a photo of Michelle as she REALLY IS!! "She's" quite homely without her make up and designer clothes!
I had wondered if the things about Michelle we're really true. It's hard to believe they could get away with that, but.....
How was she able to write a book without having any photos of her before early 2000s? Admittedly, I have not read the book
Well, I just searched for "photos of Michelle Obama as a teenager" and tons of photos came up, including a few of her as a young child.
The powerful people "behind" the "mystic couple" of Barry and Michelle have developed a magnificent biopic for both of them. But people on the "inside" know what they REALLY are? People like Joan Rivers know (who died quite under mysterious circumstances a few weeks after stating this on nationwide TV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9C3SAdw-AA
I just checked online and the clinic/doctors who performed this ill-fated surgery on Joan Rivers completely "rolled over" and admitted they were negligent (which is highly irregular)...I am believe they were "paid off" by the "powers behind the curtain" to "do Joan in". She had so many cosmetic/elective surgeries in her lifetime--it was very easy to "arrange" this "contract killing". https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joan-rivers-daughter-settles-malpractice-suit-against-doctors-in-mothers-death_n_5735cf18e4b08f96c182dc13
Thank you for posting. this thread is valuable info.
I have written the school board race all up in detail and shared with the county R party email thread. Meeting in a couple of weeks to re-hash what went wrong and lessons we can learn for next time. Technically these races are non partisan so its critical to get the word out to conservatives who is the real deal as the left has mastered running as common sense moderates and then flipping to radical once elected.
You are doing good work. Most peeps in my area are in fact, Indifferent, and just want "Regular Life" back, whatever that means to them. I keep trying to educate peeps on what is really happening, but most don't want to put out any real effort.
I think that engaging them with questions, inductively inquiring their positions on topics, is the way to start.
I can sense your energy, and I know how urgent the issues upon us are.
I'm in CA, and I can tell you from my conversations with peeps, there are a TON of peeps that were former Dem's that are really truly middle of the road politically, but are seeing how Wacked/Crazy the left has become. That is a good sign here. I am a good example as I never really understood politics, but have read furiously over the last 3-4 years and am now caught up.
I credit an interview of Dave Rubin, Brett Weinstein, Jordan Peterson, and was it Douglas Murray? that created an interest for me to learn more, as they seemed Intelligent and balanced.
Edit: typos.
A lot of people say politics is boring, ugly, corrupt, etc. Easy button to not engage I guess. I grew up in a political household. I was 7 when Roe went down and my parents had us out there marching around planned parenthood. My late dad was an 'old school' D and very involved , remember going door to door with him in grade school. We talked politics at the dinner table. I left the D reservation in the 80's., although still supported a few D's here and there up until the Obama years when the party took a hard left turn. My dad was starting to see the light before he passed in 2014. It's just in my blood I guess, have always been involved but most of my friends just don't 'get it'. Have a new tribe since covid but lots of people new to all this, and new folks make lots of rookie mistakes. But we are all learning and need to quit bickering over tactics and unite under one big strategy grounded on the things we can all agree on. And that's locally, regionally, and nationally. Thank you for stepping up and getting educated!! My sister is in So Cal and a lonely conservative. She dipped her toe in the water back in 2020 and got involved with the Trump campaign but has since thrown up her hands due to ballot harvesting.
She can look to Peggy hall - https://www.thehealthyamerican.org/ or https://www.theunityproject.org/.
Parental and Medical Freedom Advocates
Thanks I will pass those on!
So...you're the "apple" that didn't fall far from the "tree" of political activism--what a grand heritage to have, Donna.
Funny none of my other 3 sisters caught that bug. One does not even follow it at all, and if I try to talk to her, says she 'hates politics'.
I "hate" political shenanigans as well--but I LOVE my freedom...and "free"dom is NEVER free...we must exercise our God-given, Constitutional rights in order to KEEP THEM STRONG--just like our muscles. Our country is now WEAK and FLABBY--ripe for the takeover by stronger, more arduous and dedicated to their "cause" country (China).
Oh and LOVE Jordan Peterson. I get on his video channel and end up losing hours. One of the smartest people out there. If you have not read Thomas Sowell, highly recommend. I get both men's audio books and listen while I do yard work or clean house.
Sowell is a legend. Mentioned in Black History month? Nope.
Good reminder that we need to speak up and tell those who talk about Black History Month that he needs to be included.
You know what Sowell thinks of Obamanation, don't you, Donna?
lol, answering your own question. :):):):)
We're all in this together - THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. So we must PRAY and PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD--every time we leave our homes. When an opportunity arises to share the TRUTH of what is happening in our country (and world) be COURAGEOUS--swallow your fear and pride and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE. Bringing in the sheaves - we will come rejoicing (to paraphrase a very old Christian hymn).
I know all too many of those “get back to regular life” people 😕
Trump has said that repeatedly in his speeches, "The radical socialist Democratic party knows how to ORGANIZE and ENTRENCH their doctrine--they don't back down like the RINOS's". Most Republican "leaders" are anything BUT that!! They're "pussies" as my friend, Jeff, as often said.
I live in Cass County and it is red. But there is a lot of apathy here; I try to encourage people constantly to get involved, attend meetings, get out to vote and support solid conservatives financially but they don’t step up. Frustrating. In the family I grew up in it wasn’t an option to sit back and do nothing. I’ve never missed voting in an election in my life.
Yes my cousin's daughter has 4 kids in PH. Her mom, my cousin, gets really frustrated at her as she is conservative but does not really pay attention to what is going on at her kids' schools, and says all that CRT and such is a 'big city school issue'. I messaged her and told her to vote for Athena Brattin, but no idea if she did. Athena lost, sadly, and according to the Cass County R chair that I emailed to ask for some other friends there, she was the only conservative on the ballot in PH school board race. WTH!
I voted for Athena who is very bright and an impressive woman. I couldn’t believe she didn’t win. It might be best to get as many children out of the public indoctrination programs known as schools and homeschool, join forces with other parents and do a co-op school or send them to private schools. Have the state funds follow the student, rather than the failing public schools.
Yes, met Athena several times and hope she stays in the fight, she is impressive and her hubby is a pretty good state senator too. One of our losing candidate's wives called me yesterday asking how she could get involved in school choice movement. I reached out to someone I thought was with Concerned Women of America's local chapter as I thought they advocated for that. This person said she resigned in March, needed a break from politics for a while. (It can burn you out) BUT she said they do not support 'dollars follow student' because with federal dollars come federal strings. If the dollars are Fed, they will want to come in and regulate, monitor or restrict private schools and home schools. I have several homeschooling friends who are against school choice as they want to be left alone. Something to think about anyway. MO's current limited school choice is a 'scholarship' and so I think that avoids the Fed issue.
Thanks for the info, Donna. It’s overwhelming to think about how quickly our country is devolving and where or how we can make an impact. Then I remember…but God.
Not to mention how hard it is to keep up! Thankful for Jeff. C&C posts AND commenters who help keep my head halfway above water on what is going on. It CAN be overwhelming at times. But we have to keep fighting, as what other choice do we have?
We have a small army of sane patriots here and I appreciate being part of it!