A personal note on this election
I’m still pinching myself about the election results. But it doesn’t seem like this will feature a repeat of the post-election reversals of 2020; the win was apparently too big for that. And yet still too close for comfort, given the abysmal candidacy of Kamala Harris.
I hope that Harris leaves the stage of national politics after she leaves the VP office. She doesn’t have much aptitude for it and I doubt the Democrats will be nominating her again.
Last night I didn’t look at any election results till after 9 PM. Too nervous. Once I started looking, it was clear that the signs were encouraging. So although it took me hours and hours to relax, I started feeling somewhat better by about 11 PM. I certainly hadn’t expected it to happen that soon.
There’s so much to think about. Strangely enough, I believe that an opinion column in non other than the NY Times summed up the general truth – at least, the following part:
“Populist Revolt Against Elite’s Vision of the US”
The assumption that Mr. Trump represented an anomaly who would at last be consigned to the ash heap of history was washed away on Tuesday night by a red current that swept through battleground states — and swept away the understanding of America long nurtured by its ruling elite of both parties.
No longer can the political establishment write off Mr. Trump as a temporary break from the long march of progress, a fluke who somehow sneaked into the White House in a quirky, one-off Electoral College win eight years ago. With his comeback victory to reclaim the presidency, Mr. Trump has now established himself as a transformational force reshaping the United States in his own image.
Because it’s the Times, of course, the article goes on to say that resistance to a female president was a factor. Should I add “goes on to say without evidence“? Because it was this candidate, not her being a female, that did her in, and this platform devoid of solutions or appeal to most people.
The rest of the article demonstrates the same stupidity – Trump violated standards (as though the left didn’t do that to a far greater extent in its attempt to destroy him), and is a “convicted criminal” (as though he isn’t the victim of kangaroo court persecution at the hands of the left and really is a criminal). There’s more outright lying in the piece, the repeat of Democrat talking points like the “dictator on day one” distortion and the like.
But I’m not going to dwell on the right now. Right now I want to enjoy the day. Hope you do, too.
I turned my phone off at 4 PM Pacific time and had no idea what happened until 7 am this morning.
Perhaps, just as the left’s cries to abandon the filibuster will now disappear, perhaps will we see the National Popular Vote Compact be undone.
I did some interesting math last week. With Trump having received the majority of the popular vote, the 18 states in the compact would now be forced to assign their electoral votes to Trump. The result would be something like 514 electoral votes for Trurmp and 24 for Harris.
Just imagine California, Massachusetts, Washington, DC, and Oregon kicking and screaming for each vote they relinquish to Trump.
Trump has been elected president.
So now, I hope: gasoline powered cars, + g.p. trucks…for shipping, will be supported, and I hope- Federal government polices will be made that: 1] support the harvesting of fossil fuels, + 2] reduce the costs of everyday items, like food.
In my view- too many people in my area, saw their food bills go up, 50-68% in 4 years, + they had to decide- do I fund my home, or do I fund my family’s food? Too many of my neighbors had to leave their homes, + my town, just so they could afford housing + food.
I hope things will improve for most, USA people’s 1] industries + jobs [and] 2] their cost of living. [Is it better grammar to say, “costs of living?” I don’t know.]
I’m wishing everyone a good day.
I’ll talk to this site’s people, later on.
My anxiety started growing on Friday with attendant sleep loss. Wife pretty much glued to the tv until maybe 1am. Some sleep. Back up at 3 dreading any signs of the 2020 steal. Finally, relief. Extreme relief. And sleep.
Looks like Jack Smith is throwing in the Towel. Now, what will happen in NY and GA? They too should go away, but may not. See that James is vowing to fight a “vindicative” Trump. Hey, he has the power of the same pens used by BO and Biden.
They may say they’re throwing in the towel.
They may act as though they’re throwing in the towel.
But they will NEVER throw in the towel.
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In other “news”, the media—in this case NBC—gets it exactly wrong:
“NBC is now blaming Biden for Kamala losing because he dropped out too late.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/media-beside-themselves-over-trump-victory-zelenskyy-talks-peace-ukraine
Actually, Biden dropped out too early. Way too early.
If he had dropped out later—much later—Harris would NOT have had that extended period to demonstrate what kind of person, and candidate, she was…
(ACTUALLY, Biden didn’t drop out but was FORCED out…but hey, why quibble with the lying media over its accuracy…?)
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Here’s something of interest:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-backed-houthis-reportedly-declare-ceasefire-shortly-after-trump-victory
Curious mind would like to know if Harris will claim that by losing the election, she’s the one responsible for the Houthi’s change of heart….
I went to bed when it was looking good — but I remembered last time.
My heart was racing when I woke up. Exercise zone. But I got up, and checked, and all was well. (I was still hyper, mind you, but happy.)
The swill will flow; and there are creatures who thrive on swill.
I take exception with several points in the NYT piece, but will speak to only one.
I do not believe that Trump made the Republican Party over in his own image. That suggests a cult of personality’ so it is easy to shrug it as a one-off. As he said himself, he ran a commons sense campaign directed at the mass of the current Republican party that seldom has a strong voice.. The Left cannot acknowledge the common sense description, because it would be an admission that by contrast they ran a nonsensical campaign.
Trump’s Republicans have been there for a long time, waiting for someone to speak for them. Megyn Kelly illustrated it well. She said that he struck common sense chord with girls, and their parents, who felt helpless before the Transgender cult. That he repudiated the charge that masculinity was by definition toxic, and identified the worth of men with callouses on their hands.
I believe that one of his better, lasting accomplishments was just proving that the Leftist Democrat/Media Cabal can be beaten with bedrock issues. Hopefully, he encouraged potentially strong leaders at every level to step forward and conduct their on common sense campaigns.
I hope Vance plays and active and consequential role in Trump’s administration. I hope he given important jobs to do. He’s too smart and too talented to be kept sitting on the sidelines like so many VPs. I could seem as the next president after Trump.
Irish
I hope he stays really current and ready to go. IYKWIM.
I do indeed KWYM!
This may represent the Let’s zenith. They and what they supposedly fight for seems old and stale.
Obviously we know all the Marxists talking points are total BS, and they will be forgotten because Leftism means never having to say your sorry.
As in the last two elections was sure Trump would win so was prepared for it.
Really hope the Jan6 Ralliers are all free and clear day 1.
Some breakup music seems appropriate:
Goodbye to You!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_50-gOeBilc
Some Democrat party-leaning reporters, + some Dem.s in the Fed. Govt., are trying to use the [excuse] of:
“Harris wasn’t elected president in 2024, because [most?] Americans didn’t want [an African-American woman] as their president.”
What baloney.
Ms. Condoleezza Rice was the Secretary of State in 2005, + I didn’t hear any complaints about an African-American woman +/or a woman, being in that job, in the Federal Government.
Ms. Kamala Harris was the Vice President for four years, and I didn’t hear anyone in the Fed. govt. say about her:
“I won’t work with her, because she’s African-American”,
or,
“I won’t work with her, because she’s a woman”,
or,
“I won’t work with her because of- some reasons that I won’t tell you about.”
In my view: Trump was a better candidate for president than Harris was, and that is why Trump won in that election.
It was a close call, but ended up not a close call.
Take a deep breath.
Pray ’em, if you’ve got ’em.
We’ve still got work to do.