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The Big Guy Strikes Out

by Mark Ellis

 

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You can think long and hard about who might have been a better candidate for the Democrats, but as bad as Biden is, and as badly as he got beaten in Thursday’s debate, you’ll come up empty.

 

Biden was their only chance. Joe Biden’s installation by the Democrat establishment places into stark relief the absolute glut of losers currently parading the Democrat Socialists into electoral perdition.

 

Now, with the Biden corruption meter falling hard into the danger zone, it must be asked: What did the Democrat strategists who foisted this fading senior citizen into the top slot know and when did they know it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ROGER KIMBALL: A Momentous Election.

A preview of this new order was recently vouchsafed by the diminutive satrap Robert Reich.

 

“When this nightmare is over,” he tweeted, “we need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It would erase Trump’s lies, comfort those who have been harmed by his hatefulness, and name every official, politician, executive, and media mogul whose greed and cowardice enabled this catastrophe.”

 

Noted. And the truly frightening thing is that it would be susceptible neither to repeal nor revision but, having cast our political life into a Manichaean struggle between heresy and the regime, would hearken only to competing entreaties from its own medium of exchange, naked power.

 

The prospect of that malign dispensation is why I believe the 2020 election is the most momentous of my life.

 

 

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Texas has to have Republicans worried right now. 

 

A week before the election and already hit 80 percent of the total vote in 2016 with early voting!!!

 

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-virus-outbreak-elections-voting-2020-voting-4492d2abac08e101d4803a85d7385f77

 

More than a week before Election Day, Texans have already cast as many early votes as they did in 2016 and are nearly 80% of the way toward hitting the total — both early and on Election Day — counted four years ago. The voting bonanza has some Democrats optimistic that decades of low turnout and undisputed Republican dominance may soon be a thing of the past.

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https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/the-only-middle-finger-available/

 

Rich Lowry, from William F. Buckley's National Review. I think he nails it better than anything else I've seen lately:

 

Trump is not going to be buoyed by personal popularity or respect for his integrity.

His job-approval rating has been under 50 for the entirety of his presidency.

He keeps saying the same things about COVID — we’re turning the corner — that help account for his bad polling on the virus.

If in 2016 he focused on issues that had an unappreciated resonance for voters, this time he’s more focused on his own obsessions — Russiagate, sundry cable-news hosts — that matter to him and a narrow band of his most intense supporters.

No one is voting for his barely sketched-out second-term agenda.

If he wins, it will be despite all that. An enormous factor would be that Trump is the only way for his voters to say to the cultural Left, “No, sorry, you’ve gone too far.”

Besides the occasional dissenting academic and brave business owner or ordinary citizen, Trump is, for better or worse, the foremost symbol of resistance to the overwhelming woke cultural tide that has swept along the media, academia, corporate America, Hollywood, professional sports, the big foundations, and almost everything in between.

He’s the vessel for registering opposition to everything from the 1619 Project to social media’s attempted suppression of the Hunter Biden story.

To put it in blunt terms, for many people, he’s the only middle finger available — to brandish against the people who’ve assumed they have the whip hand in American culture.

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3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/the-only-middle-finger-available/

 

Rich Lowry, from William F. Buckley's National Review. I think he nails it better than anything else I've seen lately:

 

Trump is not going to be buoyed by personal popularity or respect for his integrity.

His job-approval rating has been under 50 for the entirety of his presidency.

He keeps saying the same things about COVID — we’re turning the corner — that help account for his bad polling on the virus.

If in 2016 he focused on issues that had an unappreciated resonance for voters, this time he’s more focused on his own obsessions — Russiagate, sundry cable-news hosts — that matter to him and a narrow band of his most intense supporters.

No one is voting for his barely sketched-out second-term agenda.

If he wins, it will be despite all that. An enormous factor would be that Trump is the only way for his voters to say to the cultural Left, “No, sorry, you’ve gone too far.”

Besides the occasional dissenting academic and brave business owner or ordinary citizen, Trump is, for better or worse, the foremost symbol of resistance to the overwhelming woke cultural tide that has swept along the media, academia, corporate America, Hollywood, professional sports, the big foundations, and almost everything in between.

He’s the vessel for registering opposition to everything from the 1619 Project to social media’s attempted suppression of the Hunter Biden story.

To put it in blunt terms, for many people, he’s the only middle finger available — to brandish against the people who’ve assumed they have the whip hand in American culture

 

Deandre Hopkins brandished a pretty awesome middle finger:

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8879577/Cardinals-wide-receiver-DeAndre-Hopkins-sticks-middle-fingers-Trump-supporters-highway.html

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17 hours ago, Backintheday544 said:

 

👍   👍   👍     Go, DeAndre!!!!   :lol:

 

The indignation of the Trumplets in that piece was hilarious, especially the one from the guy whining to the Cardinals on social media that he had his eight-year-old son with him.  Trumplet Daddy is taking his kid to what is essentially a hate rally complaining that the kid was exposed to an obscene gesture ...  priceless!   That ranks up there with the Baby Trumps Ivanka and Jared threatening to sue the Lincoln Project because of their billboards in Times Square.   Like most RW snowflakes these Trumplets can dish it but can't take it.

 

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4 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Biden Pledges to Gut Religious Freedom Protections, Saying They Give 'Hate' a 'Safe Harbor'

by Tyler O´Neil

 

Original Article

 

 

 

That's an interesting leap to make.

 

 

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“By blocking the ability of transgender individuals to openly serve their country, denying LGBTQ+ people access to critical health care, proposing policies allowing federally funded homeless shelters to turn away transgender people and federally funded adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples, and failing to address the epidemic of violence against transgender people — particularly transgender women of color — the Trump-Pence Administration has led a systematic effort to undo the progress President Obama and I made.”

 

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“It’s wrong to deny people access to services or housing because of who they are or who they love,” Biden argued.

the monster. 🙄

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3 hours ago, B-Man said:

Those are the things they are making sure doesn't keep going on for 4 more years. Talk about not wanting to relive the past 4 years of Riots, Camps, Coups, Intolerance, and especially Segregation....

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On 10/26/2020 at 12:55 PM, Backintheday544 said:

Another stat that Republicans should be worried about:

 

By Tuesday, more than 601,000 Black Americans had voted early in Georgia compared with about 286,240 two weeks before the 2016 election.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/politics/black-voter-turnout-election-trnd/index.html


I live in Georgia. Im a Trump supporter and firmly believe he’ll win Georgia no problem. 

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27 minutes ago, Dragoon said:


I live in Georgia. Im a Trump supporter and firmly believe he’ll win Georgia no problem. 


That reminds me of a friend of mine in 2012. He lived in rural Illinois and swore to me Obama would lose Illinois because everything he was seeing where he lives.

 

It’s not exactly the same, but sometimes personal bias can force you to ignore facts right in front of you. For example, none of the polls are showing an easy win for Trump in GA. Trump campaigning in GA shows internal polls require him to. 
 

GA will be close. Early voting is showing numbers that should concern Republicans. However, we still don’t know what kind of turnout Republicans will get on Election Day.

 

One thing that crossed my mind with the current spike of COVID cases, how many people planning to vote the third will not be able to sue to COVID? Don’t forget Trump barely won a couple of states last time.

 

The other big issue I’ve not really seen a good explanation for is how Trump will get the people that voted third party last time to vote for him. Polls showed a large chunk of third party voters being people on the left who didn’t want to vote Hilary.

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9 hours ago, Backintheday544 said:


That reminds me of a friend of mine in 2012. He lived in rural Illinois and swore to me Obama would lose Illinois because everything he was seeing where he lives.

 

It’s not exactly the same, but sometimes personal bias can force you to ignore facts right in front of you. For example, none of the polls are showing an easy win for Trump in GA. Trump campaigning in GA shows internal polls require him to. 
 

GA will be close. Early voting is showing numbers that should concern Republicans. However, we still don’t know what kind of turnout Republicans will get on Election Day.

 

One thing that crossed my mind with the current spike of COVID cases, how many people planning to vote the third will not be able to sue to COVID? Don’t forget Trump barely won a couple of states last time.

 

The other big issue I’ve not really seen a good explanation for is how Trump will get the people that voted third party last time to vote for him. Polls showed a large chunk of third party voters being people on the left who didn’t want to vote Hilary.

 

Excellent post! 

 

Georgia is another one of those Sunbelt states like Texas, North Carolina, and Arizona that are undergoing significant demographic change because of the influx of migrants into their biggest cities.  They are becoming much like New York, California, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania where the large urban metros -- the cities and their suburbs -- dominate the political conversation because that's where the bulk of the population lives.   I think that Georgia not only is a Biden win, but the two Democrats running for the Senate, Ossuff and Warnock, will also win, although Warnock will likely face a January run off.

 

I think that the spiking coronavirus cases around the country, and especially in the Upper Midwest, is going to suppress Election Day voting.   I think Republicans whose families and friends have been infected and are fighting coronavirus are incensed at Trump and his sycophants' Grand Superspreader Tour and will stay home if they don't trudge to the polls to vote against Trump.   I think that many people in the worst hit states who have not yet voted will not vote at all, regardless of party, and part of that will be because the Republicans have worked so hard to suppress mail-in voting.  I expect that the vote on Election Day to be significantly less than the 90+ million votes already cast, probably in in the neighborhood of 60-65 million, but possibly less due to coronavirus concerns.   The biggest jump in votes cast occurred between the 2000 and 2004 elections when about 17 million more people voted in 2004 than in 2000.

 

Trump has made absolutely no effort to court any voting segment except his base all through this campaign.  That gives him about 40% of the population except that he's literally been killing off some of that base with his Superspreader Tours to coronavirus hotspots since the summer.   Even if he gets 90% of his base to vote for him, that's still only 36% of the electorate.  While it's true that it's the Electoral College that matters, he's been consistently behind in the battleground states he needs to win to get to 270, namely Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and fighting to keep traditionally red states like Georgia and Texas with few indications that his Grand Superspreader Tour is making any headway.    

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22 hours ago, B-Man said:

 

 

Biden Pledges to Gut Religious Freedom Protections, Saying They Give 'Hate' a 'Safe Harbor'

by Tyler O´Neil

 

Original Article

 

 

 

I’m glad the people spewing nonsensical propaganda like this won’t have a hero in the WH anymore 

31 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

 

I’m beginning to think North Carolina will make Pennsylvania’s results not as important. A Biden win in NC would end the Trump presidency in all probability and Biden has a lead there 

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20 hours ago, Tiberius said:

I’m glad the people spewing nonsensical propaganda like this won’t have a hero in the WH anymore 

I’m beginning to think North Carolina will make Pennsylvania’s results not as important. A Biden win in NC would end the Trump presidency in all probability and Biden has a lead there 

Essentially election night will be all about determining if Trump has a chance to win later in the week. The states that are likely to have declared winners on election night are states that are locks that aren't really worth discussing and the southern battlegrounds (Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Texas) where if Biden wins one of them, it likely means he has it in the bag and if Trump wins all of them, we turn our eyes to the Midwest + PA later in the week.

 

Edit: Particularly, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina are the ones to watch. Texas and Georgia could lag into the next day or two if it's too close to call but those first 3 should give us a winner on election night and if any of them go for Biden it'll be nearly impossible for Trump to win.

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6 minutes ago, DCOrange said:

Essentially election night will be all about determining if Trump has a chance to win later in the week. The states that are likely to have declared winners on election night are either states that are locks that aren't really worth discussing and the southern battlegrounds (Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Texas) where if Biden wins one of them, it likely means he has it in the bag and if Trump wins all of them, we turn our eyes to the Midwest + PA later in the week.

 

Edit: Particularly, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina are the ones to watch. Texas and Georgia could lag into the next day or two if it's too close to call but those first 3 should give us a winner on election night and if any of them go for Biden it'll be nearly impossible for Trump to win.

I think NC will put this one the bed. If it calls Biden the winner its all over 

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Now.............how would he know that ?

 

 

 

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Can you imagine the reaction if the Texas GOP AG was calling the race before the votes were counted?

 

 

 

 

 

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Legit question, how does anyone support Biden?  I can understand if you don't view Trump favorably, but how the heck do people like this guy?

 

The guy is a phony politician who just talks like he hasn't ever been in office with the ability to make changes.  The guy used his time in office to get his family ahead, instead of America ahead, yet don't worry about him telling you how much he is going to do for the middle class.

 

Biden supporters: What has Biden done that makes you feel confident that he can successfully lead this country into his 80s?

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25 minutes ago, Back2Buff said:

Legit question, how does anyone support Biden?  I can understand if you don't view Trump favorably, but how the heck do people like this guy?

 

The guy is a phony politician who just talks like he hasn't ever been in office with the ability to make changes.  The guy used his time in office to get his family ahead, instead of America ahead, yet don't worry about him telling you how much he is going to do for the middle class.

 

Biden supporters: What has Biden done that makes you feel confident that he can successfully lead this country into his 80s?


We have a two party system. I feel both suck, I wanted Corey Booker. However, since I have to pick between 2 bumbling dementia ridden old men, I prefer Biden.

 

Every thing I’ve heard Republicans say about Biden can be said about Trump.

 

Plus if either passed due to old age, I’d much rather have Harris running the country than Pence.

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11 minutes ago, Backintheday544 said:


We have a two party system. I feel both suck, I wanted Corey Booker. However, since I have to pick between 2 bumbling dementia ridden old men, I prefer Biden.

 

Every thing I’ve heard Republicans say about Biden can be said about Trump.

 

Plus if either passed due to old age, I’d much rather have Harris running the country than Pence.

 

See I don't agree with that one bit.  Trump has great international relationships, I'm honestly scared for our safety with Biden as President.  The guy is going to get taken advantage of.  Trump has also been great for the economy (before COVID).  Biden's plan to tax the rich is not how you build a strong overall economy.

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17 minutes ago, TBBills said:

Hahahah morally repulsive, I don't think republicans are allowed to call anything morally repulsive after the last 4 years this country has gone through.

 

 

Note:

 

NO response to the fact that Joe Biden's statement is false,

 

he gloms on to the comment Shapiro made like a life vest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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