Friends, one of the surest signs that DJT is likely to win on November 5th (or shortly thereafter) is the Left's growing tendency to turn on itself. That is, the blame game is already shifting into high gear. Black women are blaming black men for a lack of vehemence, Democrats, from Biden, to Clinton, to Obama, are said to be sniping at Kamala behind her back, women are lecturing one another on how hard they ought to be working to forestall "fascism", a real-life Handmaid's Tale, etc etc. What caught my eye is the fierce condemnation that the hard-left Washington Post has received for deciding not to endorse anyone in this year's presidential election. The paper, as a bastion of progressivism, was naturally expected to endorse Harris, but, allegedly due to pressure from its owner, Jeff Bezos, it demurred. Now, in response, thousands of lefties are cancelling their subscriptions, and the article below even calls for Democrats and progressives to defund Amazon Prime! I agree with the basic assumption that no one should be putting money in the pockets of corporations that disrespect their values, but the fact that lefties would turn on the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and the like for only toeing the party line 99% of the time instead of 100% is a sign of just how desperate and unhinged the Left has become. I don't use those words lightly, either. I believe that TDS is a real thing. The anxiety and the hatred it inspires are so extreme that they can and do undermine the mental health of some people. What's more, some of those people are folks who think of themselves as eminently rational -- indeed, super-intelligent. However intelligent a person may be, though, or however dumb, we're all susceptible to irrational flights of fancy and to scapegoating those who dare to disagree with us. In the next few weeks and months, Democrats and progressives are going to be hit -- if the polls are right -- with a shocking reversal of fortune, and with the materialization of what may fairly be described as their worst nightmare: another Trump presidency. They will, to coin a phrase, "lose their sh**"! No one can say for sure exactly what form this will take, and it all likelihood it will vary from individual to individual, and group to group. Suffice it to say that the contemplation of extra-constitutional measures to prevent Trump from becoming president is possible, even probable, and the use of violence, on a small scale or even a large one, is something that shouldn't catch us by surprise. It happened the first time that Trump was elected, and, if anything, the psychological commitment of many leftists to Trump hatred has ballooned since then. On a personal level, if you know and care about any leftists, expect their emotions to be raw and close to the surface in the days, weeks, and months ahead. I wouldn't recommend any form of triumphalism, if Trump wins, because that could only exacerbate liberals' sense of dread, and it could also complicate Trump's transition and increase, in the long run, the Deep State harassment and subversion that he has to deal with. We should think seriously about how to reconcile with our fellow Americans who have been lied to and manipulated by the so-called mainstream media and the Democratic Party, and about how to deprogram them and reintegrate them into an America from which they've been alienated and estranged for far too long. It won't be easy. It might require a lot of subtlety and compassion -- qualities that Trump himself may be deficient in. Give these challenges some thought, my fellow conservatives, because, unless I'm mistaken, they're about to become the central theme in American life.
RAY TO DR. WADDY
ReplyDeleteQuite frankly, my eye is no longer on Trump. If he wins, I think a lot of his term will be spent fighting off the DemoPUKE attacks, just like before. If Trump is truly smart, he will give J.D. Vance lots of important things to do, with lots of visibility, to include taking a lot of punches for Trump. I'm confident Vance can handle it, because he's the man needed to replace Trump. Go Vance!!
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Perhaps the recovery of the South from its defeat in the Civil War might lend us some insight into how the left will react to defeat. I wonder how a national plebiscite on offering independence to the former Confederate states would turn out today. Would a majority of Southerners vote in favor of it? I'd guess about 30% would.
ReplyDeleteThose people of good will who vote for Dems out of positive intent will probably do their best to reconcile themselves and continue leading constructive lives. But not so the incipient totalitarians of the antiamerican left which has cuckooed the Dem party. To whom or what would they turn?
Speaker of the House Jeffries? Should he ascend he gives that left control of a massive government institution with which they can work much dysfunction into a DJT administration.
AOC? The trouble there is that antiamerica may well give in to the conviction that today's America refuses to vote in any woman President and completely discounts the obnoxious personalities of the two women they have nominated.
So if they lose Congress altogether would they conclude that their disingenuous effort since 1972 to destroy our fundamentally flawed country using its discredited political processes, has irremediabley failed. What then?"Why, go underground as we should have done in '72. We'd have won by now!" Surely there are those of influence in that shamefully compromised party and its far left puppeteers who would counsel just that.
I meant to say "would" react to defeat rather than "will". Jack
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Too, the advent of formidable new young leaders in the GOP (Vance, Haley, Gabbard, DeSantis), together with heavy odds against their reenslavement of Scotus may lead antiamerica to conclude that a long tenure for antiradicals is in store, should they lose this time after having thrown the deep sink and all its swill at their Nemesis. They may decide they have no choice but to go rogue.
ReplyDeleteAbove: I neglected to mention perhaps our most valuable new convert, the redoubtable Musk. Jack
ReplyDeleteRay from Jack: I agree: give JD a major role and let him intercept some of the flak intended for DJT. He's up to the challenge and the experience would serve him well.
ReplyDeleteAlso, give Musk a very important role in taking our country back. He has suggested that he be the head of a Dept. of Efficiency. Maybe, but governmental office might bog him down in a resentful and vindictive swamp.DeSantis might be a better choice but why create a new bureaucracy at all? We have an OMB already. Even NPR and National Endowment for the Arts have successfully defended their presumptuous waste so far so lets "clear for action" and resolve to send them and their ilk to the private sector ,there to face probably ruinous scrutiny or competition. Musk has done a wonderful job of partnering with NASA and that might be a better model for his introduction of proven common sense into the amoebic Federal gov't. No matter who it is, their often reiterated rationale should be "that is not government's business and taxpayers should not be forced to pay for it. " (eg. if citizens really wish to pay for depictions of Santa's elves having sex, let them exercise that choice privately, all 27 of them).
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Complete loyalty to the party line is of course required of far leftists, on pain (real pain, if the dictatorship has the power to impose it) of denunciation to the Inquisition for apostasy and /or heresy. The slightest deviation is sufficient to complete the offense. Its all historically demonstrated to be routine for the totalitarian regimes the antiamerican left emulates and is fully to be expected of them should they gain the irresistable power they seek.offense. Therefore the Washington Post stands summarily condemned; I bear it no sympathy.
ReplyDeleteI think something similar to TDS would have been directed to anyone as effective as DJT has been in gainsaying antiamerica. They cannot wear him down, no matter what unprecedented lawlessness and intimidation they try and the frustration of that works tremendous damage on their already "sensitive" psyches, the poor dears.
But that their assuredly hyperbolic reaction to a defeat might well result in injustice toward innocent people (eg. those in Seattle who saw their neighborhoods forcefully and "fundamentally transformed" into neo Paris Communes in the 2020 disorders), it would be grimly fascinating to see it.
I agree with you in that I think we should if we win, refrain from displaying any vindictiveness to the many people of good will who vote for dems. They are not convinced of the fact that their party has been captured by a faction bent on destroying America. Lets try to win over as many of them as possible with redeeming policy. Blue collar labor is showing many signs of having finally recognized the contempt in which the far left holds them and might show the way for loyal Americans to disassociate themselves from these vicious "effete snobs".
But as for the hard core "revolutionaries" who have captured that shamefully seduced party; we must face the fact that they are inexorably hostile to America. We must defeat them only with overwhelming political power ; like a boxer, if we knock them off their balance on Nov. 5,we must hasten to close with them and put them on the canvas to stay.
Ray, I would love to see Vance front and center too, but I think we might have to wait a bit before Trump is ready to cede the limelight...
ReplyDeleteJack, I'm not sure why the Left would panic, should Trump win. Well, they're nuts, so that's a good reason to panic, but logically they ought to assume, or at least hope, that the tricks they pulled on him in '17-'21, which worked so well, should and could work again. Much depends on whether they can maintain their death grip on almost all of our leading institutions. The media's current wobbling is the first sign I've seen in ages that the progressives may be slipping at the level of the commanding heights...
Jack, the best case scenario of all would be Trump's enthronement, followed by a long leftist detour into violence and chaos. If the Left plays its cards right (or wrong, depending on how you look at it), they could make Trump look like the establishment!!!
Ah, how to tackle and tame the federal bureaucracy... Let's win the election first, but suffice it to say that Trump, or Musk, or whoever gets that remit, will have to think way, way, way outside the box!
Excellent point, Jack: should Trump win, his highest ambition must be to complete the Left's destruction by separating the rank-and-file, who are mostly patriotic, from the elite cadres who have so abused and misled them. Let's winnow down the Left until only the priestly class is left...and no congregation.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Should the dems lose it might move them to think that their onslaught on DJT over the last four years was futile and perhaps even counterproductive. There have been strong indications of this for a long time now but they have persisted in it. Did they think they were bringing him to a breaking point? Ahh, "they smote me hip and thigh and right merrily did I return their blows!"; that is , I think a Biblical quote but it was uttered by John L. Lewis and DJT is his kind of happy warrior. Are they incapable of devising any other means of resisting the unprecedented Trumpian challenge to their eventual but "inevitable" totalitarian takeover? Of course they would nip and snipe like a wolf pack in hopes of bringing down a large prey but can they do more?
ReplyDeleteIf they get the House they can of course work much sawdust into the gears of government . Call that "Housefare" or "Committeefare" if you will. But use of constant "legal" harassment, in order to keep such travail paramount in his mind ,might well be parried by the following tactic: let DJT be a "Chairman of the Board" type and let JD be the Prime Minister.
A defeat of Harris and a consequent prolonged and hyperbolic brattish snit by antiamerica, especially if it is denied Congress (making it subordinate in all three branches) , may in itself give pause to some of our far left dominated extragovernmental institutions , as they perceive themselves rendered increasingly bizarre and ridiculous. by association.
Bob Dole once said he would not try to outlaw abortion but would talk about it constantly.This might be a good tactic for a well spoken VPJD to follow: unrelenting public excoriation of wokeism and constant encouragement of the common sense elements in institutions shamefully compromised by that destructive doctrine ( eg. the American Academy; public education and the preparation of the "educators;the MSM; the leftist infected information profession, including public libraries; the military; entertainment; sports; "the arts" etc). The antiamerican left has presumed a right to interject politics into everything. OK, lets confront them on those battlefields using their tactic. Let the administration use its "bully pulpit" to keep before the public the realization of the totalitarian intent obvious in all settings in which antiamerica ventures to assert itself. We have more than enough proof already; let this election be the beginning of the redemption of America from a catastrophically bizarre interlude in our national progress. It started in the '60s, let's start it down the road to disempowerment a week from now.
Jack, I must say, Trump's survival and potential resurgence comes as something of a surprise to me. I mean, these are some powerful people using some very potent weapons against him... I, by contrast, could be felled by a strong wind. Not DJT!
ReplyDeleteLosing the House would be a severe blow to a Trump presidency, yes. Of course, a fascist dictator would make quick work of the likes of Hakeem Jeffries, but even a lawful president could make significant strides if he was prepared to take risks and use his executive powers creatively. As Republicans know all too well, the House has the power of the purse...but seldom the gumption to employ it at the hazard of a shutdown.
Indeed, winning carries with it a momentum of its own -- not that that availed Trump and the Republican Congress much in 2017. Possibly Trump's power over the GOP is more complete now than then?
Hmm. Is the "bully pulpit" really up to much these days? There are literally thousands of pulpits now -- separate media and social media outlets -- and no president will be taken seriously by more than a fraction of them. Many will actively undermine him. Again, that equation COULD be altered by the defection of corporate America to the right, or even the center. The military might be malleable. Most of the other institutions would take a lot of patient hammering to get them to budge an inch.