Intro

It's time for a reality check ...

Maybe we’ve reached the point of diminishing astonishment.

But I suspect that much of what we’re hammered with every day really doesn’t make much of an impact on most of us anymore. We’ve heard the same stories too often. We’ve been exposed to the same issues for so long without any meaningful resolution. We recognize that reality is rapidly becoming malleable, primarily in the hands of whoever has the biggest microphone. How else can we explain a society where myth asserts itself as reality, based entirely how many hits it gets online?

We know that many of the “issues” as defined are pure crapola, hyped by politicians on both sides pandering to “the will of the people,” which is still more crapola. Inevitably, it’s not the will of all the people they reflect, but the will of relatively small groups of people with disproportionate political influence.

Nobody wants to face up to the realities of the issues. Nobody wants to say what’s right or wrong – even when it’s obvious and there are numbers to back it up. Most of us are afraid to bring up the realities for fear of being accused of being insensitive or downright mean.

So we say nothing. Until now.

It’s time for a reality check on the fundamentals – much of which is common knowledge to many of us, already. But it might be comforting to know you are not alone …

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

I can't wait for the 2020 campaigns ...

2020 is going to be fun.

Well, not so much for Democrats, perhaps.  But the rest of us are going to enjoy it. 

I can’t wait for the 2020 campaigns to begin. Especially for President. 

As I’ve said before, the ads practically write themselves.  

Democrats will focus on what a mean man Trump is – all the hurtful things he’s said and tweeted, how he’s mocked the disabled and even the dead, how he’s made fun of women, and how he’s insulted other world leaders, Democrats in Congress, and career civil servants.  They’ll say he’s morally unworthy to hold the office of President and has made a mockery of our democracy – that’s why he’s only the third President in our history to be impeached.

They’ll say we Democrats impeached him for you. And to protect the Constitution. And to preserve the rule of law.  And democracy. And for your children, and your children’s children.  And for civilization. And for the future of the planet Earth. You’re welcome, America. 

Yep, they’ll go there. Trump’s an existential threat to everyone on Earth.  Got it?  

But mostly Democrats will remind everybody what we all know.  Trump is not a nice man.  He’s rude, he’s crude, he swears, and he has a temper.  When he gets pissed, or thinks he’s getting treated unfairly, he lashes out. He says mean things about people – living or dead – he doesn’t like.  He belittles them publicly.  Calls them names. It makes no difference who they are or how famous they may be. Nor, for that matter, their age, sex, race, nationality, or whatever.  

Or even whether they could fog a mirror anymore. 

That’s not news to anybody.  In fact, that’s all why many of his supporters love him.  A lot of ordinary Americans are tired of leaders – especially Republican establishment types – that have for years failed to fight back against cheap shots and low blows from Democrats and the media. 

Finally, in Trump, they have a leader not afraid to punch back with equal or greater force when he’s attacked.  It’s not always pretty, and it’s often ugly, but it sends a clear message to political elites in both parties, and the media, his supporters are not going to take it anymore.  As Michael Moore put it succinctly, electing Trump was giving a giant middle finger to the establishment.    

Democrats will focus almost exclusively on Orange Man Bad. 

Republicans will counter with a classic us-versus-them campaign.  They’ll paint the Democrat Party as angry, crazy people obsessed with regaining power whatever the cost to the country’s economic interests, national security, and working people.

They'll also hit his accomplishments, which are many, despite Democrats' hatred.   

The top-line message is simple: Democrats = irrational hatred, not just of Trump but anyone who voted for him. We got a preview of this with Trump’s recent take on the Uncle Sam poster, which said:  In reality, they’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in the way. That’s powerful and on point with his supporters. 

To prove Democrats’ irrational hatred, all Republicans have to do is play the videos, using Democrats’ own words against them.

Que up Rashida Talib. Ilhan Omar. Auntie Maxine.  Adam Schiff. AOC.  Joy Behar. And of course, Robert di Niro, and countless other hate-spewing politicians, celebrities, and deep-state types.  

I hope they’ll also bring back the “deplorables” clip by Hillary. It would be nice if they also had the Strozk e-mail about going to Walmart and how he could “smell” the Trump supporters.

The Kavanaugh hearings will give them more material of how far and how low Democrats are willing to go to destroy anyone in their quest to maintain power. 

Their most powerful treasure trove will be the impeachment hearings in the House.  There’s no better example of how Democrats will misuse any power, how much they will lie and fabricate things and break all the rules – even the ones they’ve created themselves – to get their way.

And simply to hurt Trump.

It’s going to be easy to demonstrate that Democrats are far too irresponsible, far too irrational, and far too unethical to hold the reins of power. That’s going to leave a mark on every Democrat in office now, and anyone planning to run as a Democrat in 2020. Including all the new Democrats elected from Trump-leaning districts as moderates in 2018 – any Republicans running against them just have to pull out clips from these “moderates” who campaigned on not running to impeach Trump.

Then show them voting to impeach him anyway. Slam dunk.   

Oh, one other point: Democrats are already talking about impeaching Trump again and again if he gets re-elected.  To do that, they need to hold the House in 2020.  For a voting public already suffering from impeachment fatigue, that’s another great reason to help Republicans retake the House.  Do Democrats really think the promise of more impeachments is a winning strategy? 

You’ll notice I’m not even discussing the Democrats running for the Oval Office in 2020. That’s because they are simply too crazy and unhinged to be taken seriously at this point. It’s hard not to bust out laughing at the things they are promising as they trample each other in a mad rush to prove they are more detached from reality than their competitors. 

And as for Uncle Joe … he’s an idiot.  It’s embarrassing to watch him.  He’s the old coot at the senior-center bingo night who keeps calling out “Bingo!” before they even call out the first number.  The one who uses words like “malarkey” and challenges other geezers to push up contests, or a fist fight.  The one who calls women “gals,” puts his hands on them, and tells them they smell good.  He repeats the same stories over and over – and they’re usually stories that seem somewhat creepy. 

If Democrats had any compassion, they’d get him off the stage. Right now, it’s elder abuse to let Joe keep going and going. He hasn’t got a prayer. 

For that matter, none of the other Democrat candidates do, either. So maybe Hillary will jump in at the end as the self-appointed savior for Democrats.  I can only hope. 

That would make 2020 even more fun. 

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