The mid-terms are over, and conservatives were shellacked. From my perspective, it was a very, very sad night for the USA. But it would be a mistake to fail to acknowledge that for many of my friends and relatives, it was a very happy night.
In Ohio, my former home state, for example, I believe voters elected an incompetent, inarticulate, woman with a drinking problem who quit as Ohio health director after 90 days of disastrous policies instead of a smart and accomplished businessman. I hope I am wrong about her. I hope Amy Acton, Ohio’s new governor, cleans up her act and suddenly learns how to hold a job. I hope she does what is best for Ohio. If she does not, a few year of experiencing her at the helm should be enough to bring Ohioans back to sanity as the pendulum swings back, as it always does.
As for the Democrat control of Congress, I believe it was inevitable after President Trump did the right thing for America and our grandchildren and dealt with Iran…but was not fast enough or decisively enough, because he is a negotiator, and negotiation with radical Islam is inherently foolish and doomed to failure.
Be that as it may, action was necessary, and the short term pain of our high gas and diesel prices (which will come down—too late–like a rock as new supply routes have developed) will soon be over. Nevertheless, I believe we will now endure two years of government paralysis, as Democrats go on a useless frenzy of bogus impeachments, silly “investigations” and vetoed bad ideas.
Our economy will continue to roar. The border will still be secure. Inflation will subside, as the DSA crackpot ideas will get vetoed, or as more moderate Democrats kill them in Committee. After two years of nonsense and paralysis, I hope JD Vance or Marco Rubio will win in a landslide, and the Republic will experience the return of a more compassionate conservatism.
In sum, this is America. We are still the land of the free and the home of the brave. I have many friends and relatives who do not vote as I do and do not think as I do. For example, a relative I love dearly pronounced to all that “this was a ‘return to democracy and a repudiation of Trump’s cruelty and graft’”.
Now: from her perspective, she is absolutely right. Years ago, in another lifetime, I was a course manager for PSYOP (Psychological Operations) at Ft. Bragg. There, we focused on themes, symbols, key communicators, and messaging as combat multipliers. And Democrats OWNED the messaging this election cycle, a cycle in which feelings overwhelmed facts. Yes, far more illegal aliens died in Obama’s custody than Trump’s. Yes, gas prices at their peak were higher under Biden than Trump. Yes, technical advances and budding AI will help America’s quality of life get much higher very quickly, as we adjust to all we can do.
But the IMAGES that dominated the media were of the two persons who died obstructing ICE, of the current pain at the pump, and of the false picture that AI data centers will increase the price of electricity and suck up all the fresh water. (The opposite is true. AI data centers are almost universally now being required to be net producers for the power grid, and use less water than a typical golf course, while producing productibity instead of frustration.
But I digress). The point is that many of my friends and relatives, as well as most of the people mesmerized by the left-leaning media, are very happy. They are as happy today as many of my friends, who think as I do, are crestfallen. Our Constitutional Republic is the worst system of government…except for every other system in existence.
So I will shake off this fleeting sadness, congratulate my happy friends who think differently than I do on their victory, and go back to working as hard as I can for my clients and enjoying life in our amazing country. Peace and prosperity, and God Bless America.
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