Last week, a friend asked me how I thought the elections would go. I told her that I thought it would be a slaughter, because when food and gas prices are high (coupled with an unpopular war that some people blame on the high gas prices!), people tend to punish the party in power.
I also think that some of the 10 million illegal immigrants that arrived under Biden voted in this election—especially when we see traditionally red states flipping blue. I can’t prove it, though.
One thing I will continue to do no matter who is in power is fight 🥊and pray🙏🏾. God is still on His throne!
Prefectly framed. I have one slight disagreement and that is my opinion about corporations running the legislative and executive branches in most (all?) states and the federal government, not the citizens. That's why I don't think much will change regardless of the jersey the elected officials happen to wear, but I'm open to changing my mind.
As one commenter alluded: very expensive weather reports. Because campaign spending is funded by...corporations...
You are more generous than I am. Perhaps living in LA and knowing a Democratic stronghold has ruined the state, I know the risk of the Blue. I went to protests to open up schools, went to events where real kids showed the injuries of a nonsensical vax for their age group, the group also included a father who lost his son to it. Every LA grade school has the diversity flag embedded somewhere on their buildings. Our local blue ribbon grade school really did host a drag queen story hour. Dr. Kheriaty, a professor of medical ethics, really did lose his job stating the mandates were unethical. Scars from the BLM protests still remain. Schools teach garbage, but that is okay as the tech bros say they will just import their needs. Thus that doors will swing wide open once again. So, I am repulsed by those who refused to look in the rear view mirror backing us back into that abyss.
I knew Nithya would be running for a top job when all her photos staged her to look like AOC. I was a weather vane on voting for Bass. One friend refused to voter for either and I would be swayed in that direction. And then another would explain why Bass's win was essential. It was like choosing which method of execution might be less painful. While I am glad that the Billionaire Tax is set for defeat, I remain angry that it was many in that class that ushered in the ruin of the State. You would think being ultra-wealthy/powerful would isolate one from settlor/colonialism claptrap, but it doesn't. I call it the colonization of the historical suffering of others to feel virtuous for colonizing infrastructure built by others for business use and then mocking them.
Predictable is not the same as meaningless. If every midterm is just voters punishing whoever is in charge, then campaigns are basically expensive weather reports. The interesting part is not that voters got angry about prices. It is which voters showed up angry, where they live, and whether the winners actually learned anything before the next flip.
If I'm zooming out, then what I'm saying is correct. However, I'm not saying that nothing matters. There are key wins that have occurred and will always occur but people are focused on the totality, not the nuances. They'll just see X number of seats lost.
Conservatives should be happy that Byron Donalds won Florida for example. That's a big deal. As stated in the article, we should learn from these moments otherwise it's waste of an opportunity to improve.
I needed a level head. Thank you.
Last week, a friend asked me how I thought the elections would go. I told her that I thought it would be a slaughter, because when food and gas prices are high (coupled with an unpopular war that some people blame on the high gas prices!), people tend to punish the party in power.
I also think that some of the 10 million illegal immigrants that arrived under Biden voted in this election—especially when we see traditionally red states flipping blue. I can’t prove it, though.
One thing I will continue to do no matter who is in power is fight 🥊and pray🙏🏾. God is still on His throne!
Amen
So well-said in every way Adam! I need add nothing!
Thank you
Prefectly framed. I have one slight disagreement and that is my opinion about corporations running the legislative and executive branches in most (all?) states and the federal government, not the citizens. That's why I don't think much will change regardless of the jersey the elected officials happen to wear, but I'm open to changing my mind.
As one commenter alluded: very expensive weather reports. Because campaign spending is funded by...corporations...
You are more generous than I am. Perhaps living in LA and knowing a Democratic stronghold has ruined the state, I know the risk of the Blue. I went to protests to open up schools, went to events where real kids showed the injuries of a nonsensical vax for their age group, the group also included a father who lost his son to it. Every LA grade school has the diversity flag embedded somewhere on their buildings. Our local blue ribbon grade school really did host a drag queen story hour. Dr. Kheriaty, a professor of medical ethics, really did lose his job stating the mandates were unethical. Scars from the BLM protests still remain. Schools teach garbage, but that is okay as the tech bros say they will just import their needs. Thus that doors will swing wide open once again. So, I am repulsed by those who refused to look in the rear view mirror backing us back into that abyss.
Well said. 👏🏾 As a fellow Californian, I concur.
I knew Nithya would be running for a top job when all her photos staged her to look like AOC. I was a weather vane on voting for Bass. One friend refused to voter for either and I would be swayed in that direction. And then another would explain why Bass's win was essential. It was like choosing which method of execution might be less painful. While I am glad that the Billionaire Tax is set for defeat, I remain angry that it was many in that class that ushered in the ruin of the State. You would think being ultra-wealthy/powerful would isolate one from settlor/colonialism claptrap, but it doesn't. I call it the colonization of the historical suffering of others to feel virtuous for colonizing infrastructure built by others for business use and then mocking them.
Predictable is not the same as meaningless. If every midterm is just voters punishing whoever is in charge, then campaigns are basically expensive weather reports. The interesting part is not that voters got angry about prices. It is which voters showed up angry, where they live, and whether the winners actually learned anything before the next flip.
If I'm zooming out, then what I'm saying is correct. However, I'm not saying that nothing matters. There are key wins that have occurred and will always occur but people are focused on the totality, not the nuances. They'll just see X number of seats lost.
Conservatives should be happy that Byron Donalds won Florida for example. That's a big deal. As stated in the article, we should learn from these moments otherwise it's waste of an opportunity to improve.
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