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Democrats, the Party of Freedom? I'm Laughing Through My Tears Rick Moran "Freedom" has always been a loaded word in America. What do we mean by freedom? Obviously, there isn't one definition for freedom since freedom means different things to different people. In some ways, freedom mirrors Justice Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity: "I know it when I see it." And looking at speaker after speaker at the Democratic Convention last night in Chicago, I couldn't help but be struck by some of these people's idea of what "freedom" means. Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz mentioned the word "freedom" eight times in his acceptance speech. In fact, he said this election was all about "freedom." Oh, really? In the immortal words of "Independence Day's" Defense Secretary Albert Nimzicky, "That's not entirely accurate." There are thousands of individual regulations governing air and water quality in the United States. They are hardly "free" to pollute anything. Each of these regulations has the force of law. How many regulations do you think banks operate under? "Banks" and "corporations" are trigger words for Democrats and have been since the time of FDR. What's even scarier is that many adult Democrats actually believe that drivel. The reality of Democratic governance is far different. That's a lie. In fact, Democrats allow the government to make everything their business that they don't much agree with. When the government makes it its business to shut down kids' lemonade stands or regulate garage sales, that's as intrusive as anything Democrats accuse Republicans of doing. All elections are about "freedom" in some ways. Some definitions of freedom are more expansive than others. The Democrats' idea of "freedom" masks a cloying desire to control. It would be nice if someone at that convention said something about it. https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/08/22/democrats-the-party-of-freedom-im-laughing-through-my-tears-n4931877

They just don't realize how silly they look.

Untested. Unprepared. Ready to Do As She’s Told on Day One. https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/08/22/untested-unprepared-ready-to-do-as-shes-told-on-day-one-n4931834 .

Please welcome to the stage, Governor Tim Walz !! https://x.com/KristanHawkins/status/1826460624919937067

The theme of last night’s show was “freedom” — freedom, Democrat style, or the new New Freedom. The emphasis of the new New Freedom is sex and abortion. Democrats have adopted the sacramental view of abortion. It’s a holy right, if not a holy rite. Anything that tends to restrict it is evil. We may be surfing on the fourth wave of liberalism. I will have to check with Charles Kesler on that. Along with abortion, the alleged banning of books by Republicans was a motif reiterated by speaker after speaker. They never did tell us what they were talking about, but it sounded bad. It is a manifestation of the Democrats’ mania to normalize the bizarreries of the sexual revolution. Nature imposes no limits because nature does not exist. The old order of freedom has long since faded. Democrats intone the word while placing their hands ever deeper in our pockets and in our lives. Tim Walz is the perfect exemplar. Rights that precede and limit the power of government are obsolete. They are the relic of an oppressive regime that is to be extirpated. All in all, I count 28 speakers and performers scheduled during prime time last night. Let me take the most notable in approximate order and offer brief comments on them. More at the link: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/08/after-last-night-58.php

The RFK factor NBC News reports that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will suspend his presidential campaign on Friday and endorse President Trump. NBC adds that the Trump and Kennedy camps are working toward a joint appearance. Kennedy is to make what he styles an “address to the nation” this coming Friday afternoon. Perhaps the endorsement will come then. The suspension of Kennedy’s campaign could help Trump. So says Cook Political Report editor Amy Walter here on X: “In The Cook Political Report’s Swing State project survey, RFK voters in swing states are more likely to be Trump (46 percent) than Harris (26 percent).” You never can tell. I hope his endorsement, if it happens, doesn’t hurt. And you never know what other tricks the Democrats may have up their sleeves. I’d like to hear the rest of RFK running mate Nicole Shanahan’s story. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/08/the-rfk-factor.php

Scott Jennings Stuns Other CNN Hosts: ‘Democrats Have Controlled White House for 12 of Last 16 Years But Everything is Trump’s Fault?’ (Video)

Tweedle-Kam and Tweedle-Tim By J.B. Shurk The more I see of Tim Walz, the more I realize he’s just a fatter, whiter version of Kamala. They both laugh at inappropriate times. They both say weird things. They both yearn for a communist America. They’re both on the wrong side of the IQ bell curve. If we lived in a society that encouraged talented people to run for political office, Tweedle-Kam and Tweedle-Tim would not be known. Because our political system excels at promoting mediocre minds attached to lost souls, the Democrat Party gives us a babbling baboon and a cackling hyena for veep and president. I thought Tweedle-Kam had a monopoly on obnoxious laughing, but I was wrong. Every time a camera pans over to Tweedle-Tim, his head is thrown back in a chortling fit. Every subject seems so funny. Food and fuel costs are a nightmare, Tim. Ha-ha-ha! Foreign nationals are killing Americans on neighborhood streets. Tee-hee-hee! You misrepresented your military rank and service record. Hey now, that’s not funny! You’re right, coward. None of it is funny at all. It’s increasingly clear that the Tweedle-twins laugh because they have nothing significant to say. Or, rather, anything significant they might say, they can’t admit until after the election. As Nancy Pelosi would tell us, you have to vote the Tweedle-twins into office before you can find out how they plan to screw over America. Nobody wants to vote for open borders and mass amnesty for foreigners. Nobody wants to vote for more spending and inflation. Nobody wants to vote for social credit scores and expanded government regulation. Because the Tweedle-twins can’t say what they want, they must laugh during all the awkward silence. It’s just weird. But Democrats are the party of weird. https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/tweedle_kam_and_tweedle_tim.html

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