The Frankish Reich

To take a page out of her book: she said it may be rigged. She just didn’t say it would be rigged IN HER FAVOR!

I’ve voted for 3rd party candidates (in fact, I just did for my House rep) as a kind of protest when everyone knows the race is not competitive. But I agree - if the race is truly competitive, don’t throw away your vote.

So I went to sleep at 11:00 Arizona time last night and Katie Hobbs was leading Kari Lake by 5 percentage points in the governor’s race. Hobbs was well on the way to winning. In fact, she DID win. And then I wake up this morning and there’s half a percentage point between Hobbs and Lake. They kept “finding” Lake votes overnight, and they’ll keep finding Lake votes. This election was rigged. It was rigged.* *The United States if Democrats acted like Trump.

They make my kid use VR goggles for a college foreign language class. Something about it lowering your inhibitions in trying to converse in a new language. They all think it’s the stupidest thing they’ve ever had to do for any class since kindergarten. If you’ve lost the 18-21 year olds, who are you gonna convince? The day my job tries to replace the horrors of Zoom calls with Meta VR avatars is the day I retire.

Umm, yes. The good news is this: Justice Alito said “turn it back to the states.” So far every ballot initiative to protect abortion rights has passed or is passing. Even in deep red states like Kansas and Kentucky (so far, by a hair). So here comes the “who said the people of the states should decide? We need a federal law banning abortion.” So maybe it wasn’t about states’ rights and the federal system after all ….

Christian Conservative Lauren Boebert, who somehow believes that when Jesus said “turn the other cheek” he really meant to say “if only I had an AR-15.” Good riddance. Now start your new life as a Fox News special contributor

Gift to The Donald: abandon DeSanctimonious. It never fit, and the majority of your supporters have no idea what the word means. Just call him Kinky Boots. And show that white boot photo any chance you can.

I agree. Once everything was counted, Zeldin surprised. But again: a good old-fashioned Republican (think Pataki) probably wins last night. Zeldin isn’t the worst of the Trump buttkissers, but just enough to give a weak candidate like Hochul the win.

You mean the army veteran, Mehmet Oz? Turkish Army to be precise. You mean the Long-time New Jerseyite? Look, a generic Republican easily defeats bozo Fetterman, stroke or no stroke. But they didn’t nominate a generic Pennsylvania Republican. They nominated (thanks to the Trump endorsement!) a dual citizen of Turkey and New Jersey.

It’s starting. Trump toady Kari Lake is already talking about stolen elections and challenges, and nobody has even called the race yet.

Nothing easier and more appealing to an Econ prof than to take a hard libertarian tack!

Other takeaways from tonight: -people like legal abortion. We saw it in Kansas in the summer, we see it tonite in several states. -people dont like taxes. My state (CO) is about to lower our flat state income tax rate again. -people like legal weed The libertarian moment may come after all.

I read an editorial in the Wall St Journal by Mitch Daniels today. Former R gov of Indiana and now Pres of Purdue University. At one time he was considered presidential material. That was before Trump killed the party. I want to go back to those days.

It’s a pretty remarkable landscape. Nice folks up there. And I’m not kidding about Bumpass Hell. It earned its name (volcanic hellhole)

I think that’s true. Most people are just done with the Trump drama. It’s time to move on. And until the Repubs finally push Trump aside, we will continue to see this effect.

What is it James Carville used to say? Philly on the eastern border, Pittsburgh on the west, West Virginia in the middle. Gonna take me a while to work thru this. Thanks!!

People don’t like carpetbaggers. I think the Oz is a NJ resident thing was a killer. And Trump delivered the nutcase loser Mastriano in the Gov race.

If I lived in NY I’d have held my nose and voted for Zeldin. But they need to bring back a Pataki Republican who may actually win something.

He’s pissed that O’Dea ran away from him. So he’ll blame O’Dea’s loss on not sucking up to Trump. Truth is Trump ain’t popular here. Even Trump Country (western CO) finds Boebert struggling to hang on.

Bumpass Hell. Worth a visit!

Don’t mess with my beefaroni

That something appears to be same old Democratic NY. Hochul by 20.

Colorado: Bennett (D) by nearly 20 over O’Dea (R). Repubs sank an awful lot of money into this one. Zeldin: not even close Mastriano: bloodbath in PA Boebert: may lose in a “safe” red district Michigan: Whitmer by a mile.

Trumpy fools badly underperforming other than in ultra safe red districts/states. Mainstream Repubs doing just fine. Turning point?

News from the wild Wild West: Lauren Boebert trailing. And it will be very close. Please please please end this idiot grifter’s political career.