About that mandate
Joe Biden says he’s got a mandate to do what the left wants to do on climate change and systemic racism:
Before the results are even in Nancy Pelosi was screeching at the warring factions of her own caucus that “we have a mandate!”, and on Friday, Joe Biden declared that he has a mandate to “act” on a leftist agenda he largely hid from American voters.
Remember, Biden didn’t run on a leftist agenda, and when he did mention it—his promise to eliminate fossil fuels, his team scrambled to walk it back. He flat out denied that he supports the Green New Deal, despite it featuring prominently on his campaign website as “build back better.” So we can safely knock those two issues off his imaginary mandate.
The word “mandate” used to mean something quite different. But now – particularly when used by the left – it means “power” as in “I have the power to do it because I’m in charge now.” Doesn’t matter how many people support it. It just matters whether you can do it. And in recent years, controlling both houses of Congress isn’t necessary nor is compromise necessary, although it’s nice if possible. All that’s needed is that phone and that pen.
I first realized this during the Obama administration. And I realized it applied to legislation when Obamacare was passed. That was the first time in US history, as far as I know (and I did the research at the time) that a major transformative piece of legislation was passed without significant (or any) bipartisan support and without the strong support of the people.
It used to be, prior to Obamacare, that parties cared what the people thought. Now the people are just an obstacle to be gotten around on the way to the left’s agenda.
It’s possible something will stand in the left’s way, of course, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Leftists (from AOC to the egregious J Rubin at WaPo) are now revealing the inner fascist dwelling within almost every “progressive” activist by suggesting the need not only for “Truth and Reconciliation Committees” but also for “lists” of Trump supporters (perhaps to be shipped off to re-education camps?). The obsession of Senile Joe with the wholly imaginary “systemic racism” about which he mumbles at every opportunity reveals the malign intent of the Harris-Biden administration (should the Dystopian Duo actually attain power) to engage in the most destructive form of racially-based (and completely unconstitutional) social engineering.
I’ve made my friends uncomfortable by calmly pointing out that the Associated Press, the New York Times, CNN, and the rest of the media do not certify our elections. An uncontroversial point, I would have thought. But facts don’t matter.
Right, MollyG.
Every “systemic racism” initiative coming from these neo-fascists must be challenged in court. Discrimination and discriminatory “education” programs are flatly illegal.
Mandate? Dominating their way to a disasterous leap off the cliff.
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 14:12
Someone on Twitter pointed out that if an election is held on Tuesday, and you still can’t claim victory by Friday night, you don’t have a mandate.
“people are just an obstacle to be gotten around ”
You got that right. So what are the (too lazy? too comfy?) American conservatives going to do?
Recounts? first, and then accept Biden stealing?
What can “we” (in America) do?
Learn from, tho avoid becoming, the Dems.
Conservatives can protest.
Outside, in the streets.
Outside the houses, off the desktop computers.
(Easy to say from my desktop when, in SK, no chance for me to go out.)
We need a redo on the election in the Fraud Cities.
We need people calling for to redo the election, by the hundreds, thousands …
hundreds of thousands.
We need Trump, and other Reps, to call for America lovers, and those who want honest elections, to get in their cars and drive to the cities where the Election Stealing is going on. And go near the gov’t office. And go near the home of the Secretary of State.
And drive by.
And honk your horn.
Peaceful.
Car protest.
Thousands – huge traffic jams.
Police: “Why are you here?”
Driver: “Just trying to Peacefully Protest against Democrats Stealing the Election in this city. Oh Officer, can I ask if were you protecting any businesses against rioters and looters?”. (In the Fraud Cities which had riots)
Well, it’s 2am; I can fantasize; had some cream liquor (Bailey’s clone), plus added some cream and more whiskey.
Only chance for Trump is with a redo of the election in the fraud cities.
Moral superiority – peaceful.
But against stealing elections.
Fraud cities: Philly, Detroit, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix …
The propaganda we’re up against is the non-stop, “only racist and flat-earthers believe in voter fraud.” The media has run the ground game for years. They “balance” their views by having an establishment “conservative” who rearranges a few words and agree with them: Voter fraud is a racist myth.
More facts are needed in the long game. Know the liars and gaslighters in the media. Give the public facts about voter fraud
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-philadelphia-judge-elections-convicted-conspiring-violate-civil-rights-and-bribery
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37243190
It used to be, prior to Obamacare, that parties cared what the people thought.
They still do … which is why their media allies spend so much of their time working to shape what we think, intellectual honesty be damned.
The more people accept the elites’ way of thinking as The One and Only True Way All Good People Think, the easier it is to rule them … and quash dissent.
Including being led to believe that one’s common sense – and unalienable rights – are subject to override by a majority vote.
We are dealing with fundamentalists and their Church of Woke. AOC is even contemplating their version of the Inquisition. They are, what they decry … and are cheered on for it by millions of our neighbors who want to bask in the reflection of their self-righteousness.
Enough with the 20/20 hindsight. There ARE a couple easy things that can be done to rebalance the government. How about shining the First Amendment around the world? American grants require public recitation of our First Amendment on their national media!
More, most less than 10 minutes to explain.
#KillingDeepStates
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Democrats are not going to have a “mandate” based upon their continued ugly behavior. Here in NC, on the Sunday before the election, our (Democrat) governor’s wife flipped the bird at families with children holding a peaceful demonstration, and then bragged about it on Facebook, saying “f*** you.” Unity does not come from continued hatred and disrespect.
“That was the first time in US history…that a major transformative piece of legislation was passed without significant (or any) bipartisan support and without the strong support of the people.” Congressional Representatives act as if the don’t need to listen to their constituents once elected. Incumbents the worst. I lay much of the blame on The Reapportionment Act of 1929 which has produced congressional districts with 750,000+ constituents…each.
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Thanks for letting me comment without having to use Disgust ?
About that there mandate thingie; Apparently our Tech Loads support it and hence it’s going to be hard to share information for a while at least.
Just tried to post the Benford’s Law (Noting the statistical impossibly of the vote patterns that lead to Biden’s winning unless the votes were manipulated after the fact) link on twitter and just got locked out for 12 hours for violating Twitter’s rules. no explanation of how or why such posting violated their rules. I understand it’s verboten of Facebook at well.
I’d say the fix is in on this election and locked down tight with the support of our Tech Lords.
Here’s the link that got me shut down on twitter; https://gnews.org/534248/
it is good to learn that the ‘first lady’ (or is she the ‘first bimbo’) of north carolina flips off families where there are children and says ‘f**k you’ to them on social media as a followup.
THEY DO REPRESENT NORTH CAROLINA and are showing people what the voters of north carolina support, which is a microcosm of ‘democratic thought’ across the nation.
keep your ‘leader types’ north carolina, or not, it doesn’t matter. you will never see me in your state.
Ted wrote, “The propaganda we’re up against is the non-stop…”
When does propaganda become brainwashing?
Well, beau, despite our first lady who is no lady, Republicans kept control of our legislature, and Republicans managed to elect quite a few judges to our Appeals Courts and our Supreme Court. And we re-elected a Republican Senator — not my favorite guy, but a lot better than a Democrat. So all is not lost here.
No idea why this governor was re-elected. He’s kept the state in semi-lockdown way too long.
@James ONeill
Best be acquiring an account at Gab, Sir.
Twitter should be dead to us. Jack Dorsey certainly wants us all dead.
You’re lucky you just got locked out for a while. It’s a sign of just how psycho their side is right now. In more normal times you’d just be shadow-banned (a far more insidious trick they have in their arsenal).
The lock out is more an attempt at behaviour modification and intimidation than censorship – although it achieves both.
Anyway, none of us have any business being on FaceBook or Twitter or Instagram. Using these platforms Feeds the Beast in just about every conceivable way.
Didn’t Hitler claim a mandate? Yep, he did. So… Joe Biden is literally Hitler!!!