Okay, I’ve had a week to cope with our midterm trainwreck. Now I just have to cope with the hangover that the coping gave me.
The talking heads are all pontificating about why screaming hordes of American voters decided to color in the box for the likes of Abdul El-Sayed, Peggy Flanagan, James Talarico, and other assorted nutcases. After spending the week watching Fox News, I’m convinced that the “experts” are all full of crap.
Pundit Class Excuses
Some pundits are saying that the price of gas created an affordability crisis and ended MAGA forever. Baloney. They seem to have forgotten that in 2022 the price of gas was every bit as high as it is now … and inflation was at a 40-year high also. Yet “affordability” didn’t hurt the Dems at all in Biden’s midterm election. The “red wave” turned into a “red trickle” that didn’t even require a band aide to staunch.
Some pundits (the ones who no doubt have bomb shelters) are claiming the Iran war caused the midterm debacle. They claim the MAGA voters stayed home because Trump broke his “no new wars” promise – by winning a new war and saving our grandkids from nuclear incineration. But those same “experts” are ignoring that just before Biden’s midterm, he surrendered in Afghanistan, stranded thousands of allies, and gifted the world’s terrorists their Christmas wish list of military equipment. That was a true debacle, and it didn’t affect the midterm election in the least – at least not enough to send a message.
The Lincoln Project wing of the Republican party is claiming that the Donald’s treatment of 20 million illegal aliens that the Dems welcomed in has been far too harsh. I call bullsh*t on that too. Trump’s cruelty to illegal aliens has paled in comparison to Merrick Garland’s treatment of American Citizens – who didn’t climb a fence, but stepped over an invisible line. Those caught on the wrong side of the line on January 6 were imprisoned, denied medical care, kept from counsel, denied discovery, and in some cases held in isolation – for a political protest. Voters weren’t incensed enough about the inhumane treatment then to make a statement in the 2022 midterms. I’m not buying that they’re upset about violent criminals being scooped up and sent home now.
Observation 1: It’s Not the Economy Stupid
When Bill Clinton ran against George Bush – the one that fought the Japanese not MAGA – James Carville famously said: “It’s the economy, stupid.” It was an astute observation, expressed in the Ragin Cajun’s signature crude and insulting fashion. But in the 21st century, Carville has been reduced to the angry old man of the Democrat party, screaming at the DSA kiddies to get off is lawn – and thinking that Americans will vote for what puts food on the table is so last century. Who needs to worry about the economy when the commies are promising stuff without earning it?
If Carville had bothered to keep up with the times, he’d know that now “It’s the hatred, stupid” – or whatever other emotion can be used to cloud the electorate’s judgement.
The last time the Dems had a policy idea, Al Gore was running for President to save the polar bears by crashing the world economy. Ever since he lost to George Bush – the one fighting MAGA, not the Japanese – the Dems have gone all hate, 24/7.
Hillary Clinton called us “deplorables.” Barack Obama called us “clingers.” Joe Biden called us “semi-fascists.” Those aren’t the words of statesmen seeking understanding and compromise. Those are the words of rabble rousers seeking to incite the mob.
And the mob embraced the hate.
- The mob burned the businesses of MAGA supporters – and The Dems treated the arsonists as the victims.
- A Che wannabe murdered a health insurance executive – and the Dems want the killer on the next season of The Bachelor.
- A gender confused incel killed a man who devoted his life to peacefully talking to college kids – and the Dems wore t-shirts celebrating the slaughter to the polls.
- Multiple loyal leftists tried to assassinate Donald Trump – and the only regret of the Dems, has been that they all failed.
The messaging in the runup to the 2026 election has been a symphony of hatred. Hate the whites. Hate the Christians. Hate the Jews. Hate the creators of jobs. Hate the rich. Hate the enforcers of laws. Hate those who value freedom. Hate “most secure election ever” skeptics. Hate climate change deniers. Hate anyone who thinks there are only two sexes. Hate the Constitution. Hate America. Hate, Hate, Hate … anything that stands between the collectivists and one-party rule.
And it worked. In the 21st century, emotion can get people to the polls better than any policy position.
Observation 2: It’s Not the Candidate Quality
When the red wave of 2022 turned into a red trickle, Ben Shapiro claimed that the message was clear: Candidate quality matters. 2026 proved that Shapiro was wrong.
The 2026 midterm election featured the biggest collection of weirdo, antisemitic, communist, perverts the electorate has ever seen on the ballot – and they all happened to be Democrats. One fathered two children – with his cousin. One claims God is nonbinary and that Jesus was a socialist anarchist. One says his goal is to make Michigan the capital of Arab-America – oh, and also to eliminate the Senate and the Supreme Court. And they all claim that the Jews are the root of all evil, and that their race should be eliminated from the face of the Earth, to protect the world from genocide – a little genocide now to prevent genocide later it seems.
That collection of “quality candidates” all won – even a majority of the Jewish vote.
A Rocky Road Ahead
The Dems are not about to walk away from a winning strategy. Inciting the mob worked in ’26, so they’ll turn up the gain for ’28. the next two years will be consumed with
- Impeachments (multiple),
- Investigations (endless),
- Scandals (fabricated), and
- Name calling (vicious).
They used hatred to get the Article I branch of government. They’re going to try to use it to get the Article II and III branches as well – and they won’t care that it moves us closer to civil collapse in the process
Given the success of the socialists in 2026, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run for President – and she might even win if the Dems can make the lust for other people’s stuff more motivating than the yearning for freedom.
Should the Dems succeed in keeping Congress and installing a radical in the Oval Office in ’28, they will
- Nuke the filibuster – no longer facing a Presidential veto,
- Pack the courts – to prevent the Constitution from getting in the way,
- Nationalize elections – to industrialize the fraud,
- Add about 10 new Democrat Senators – from the states of Puerto Rico and a bunch of the Hawaiian Islands, and
- Cast Americans into socialist destitution – using The Green New Deal as their instrument of central control.
Then when Americans see their Sunday dinner becoming decidedly less bountiful, we’ll return to the Carville postulate on the economy – with a twist. We should have voted for the economy, but instead we were stupid.
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Author Bio: John Green is a political refugee from Minnesota, now on strike in Galt’s Gulch – which the locals call Idaho. He is a retired engineer who spent much of his career applying engineering principles to organizational development (yes, really). He has written for The American Spectator, Convention of States Action, and American Free News Network. He can be reached at greenjeg@gmail.com.
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