Jimmy Higgins
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Man, if you didn't blink yesterday, you would have noticed there may or may not have been elections where you are. The Media is in full post election gore mode and it becomes important to remember the actual takeaways.
1) There were governor elections in two states, not forty-two. A Republican won, by not much in a purple state... after the three top Democrats already in power managed to fuck stuff up one after the other. New Jersey is a bit closer and will require some lookover about how to do deal with 2022 regarding turnout. What about all these other major losses? Minneapolis ballot initiative that was a bit too poorly thought out? The Mayor race for Buffalo? You'd swear it was November 2010 with how these results are being reported on.
2) Democrats over stepped their bounds. Huh? How exactly? Minneapolis is a city, not the Congress in DC. And yes, there are progs in the US House that need to realize a bit more pragmatism (of course, they'll probably double down), but overall, this radical left-wing agenda appears to be missing in action.
3) CRT *dramatic music* It's the new gay marriage ban to get any white folk into the polls. The same people that put over the GOP in '02 and '04 are being scared back into the polls because that CRT stuff (undefined by anyone shitting their pants over it) is indoctrinating kids in school. This needs to be dealt with... and won't because the alt-right always wins the messaging war... a war that is easier won when you lack pride and integrity.
Do we need to panic? That depends. The dumbasses angry at Biden for the economy are in large part the idiots helping to keep the economy tethered to an anchor. And the GOP wants that to help their chances in '22, because they are fucking monsters. But with the vaccines going to children 5 - 11 and the boosters hopefully preventing a repeated Holiday wave, maybe normalcy is just around the corner. If the economy grows in 2022, the GOP will really need to bang those CRT drums louder. The other issue is the "progressives" and the "moderates" in the Democrat Party. If they both manage to fuck this up, then yeah, the Dems deserve to lose... the GOP won't deserve to win, but there are no alternatives. But if an agreement can be had, then that'll put wind into the Dem's sails. And with Afghanistan long gone in the rear view mirror. 2022 can be decent for the Dems... ignoring the gerrymandering and all.
1) There were governor elections in two states, not forty-two. A Republican won, by not much in a purple state... after the three top Democrats already in power managed to fuck stuff up one after the other. New Jersey is a bit closer and will require some lookover about how to do deal with 2022 regarding turnout. What about all these other major losses? Minneapolis ballot initiative that was a bit too poorly thought out? The Mayor race for Buffalo? You'd swear it was November 2010 with how these results are being reported on.
2) Democrats over stepped their bounds. Huh? How exactly? Minneapolis is a city, not the Congress in DC. And yes, there are progs in the US House that need to realize a bit more pragmatism (of course, they'll probably double down), but overall, this radical left-wing agenda appears to be missing in action.
3) CRT *dramatic music* It's the new gay marriage ban to get any white folk into the polls. The same people that put over the GOP in '02 and '04 are being scared back into the polls because that CRT stuff (undefined by anyone shitting their pants over it) is indoctrinating kids in school. This needs to be dealt with... and won't because the alt-right always wins the messaging war... a war that is easier won when you lack pride and integrity.
Do we need to panic? That depends. The dumbasses angry at Biden for the economy are in large part the idiots helping to keep the economy tethered to an anchor. And the GOP wants that to help their chances in '22, because they are fucking monsters. But with the vaccines going to children 5 - 11 and the boosters hopefully preventing a repeated Holiday wave, maybe normalcy is just around the corner. If the economy grows in 2022, the GOP will really need to bang those CRT drums louder. The other issue is the "progressives" and the "moderates" in the Democrat Party. If they both manage to fuck this up, then yeah, the Dems deserve to lose... the GOP won't deserve to win, but there are no alternatives. But if an agreement can be had, then that'll put wind into the Dem's sails. And with Afghanistan long gone in the rear view mirror. 2022 can be decent for the Dems... ignoring the gerrymandering and all.
