The old Democrats had crooks, hacks, and machine operators. The new Democrats have ideological oddballs, socialist theater kids, anti-American radicals, and candidates whose biographies read like opposition research written by drunk screenwriters. That is the real story. The party can blame Trump, tariffs, war, inflation, MAGA, Fox News, racism, sexism, algorithms, or democracy itself. But at some point, voters look at the actual nominee and make a simpler judgment: this person should not be in charge of anything. The Addams Family was funny because it was fiction. The Democratic ticket is asking for power.
And Republican John Thune is giving it to them by denying all voters their strongly stated simple request for election integrity. When voters do everything right and get this treatment in return from their government LEARNED HELPLESSNESS makes them turn away and give up. Stop talking about “just get out and vote” because that dog don’t hunt any longer. Why would they vote for the party of John Thune who rejects everything Trump stands for? It’s like telling an obese person to just eat less food.
How is it, the song goes - Oh, I'm a lumberjack and that's OK, I work all night and sleep all day? My husband seems to know all the verses, I think that was from Monty Python when there used to be good comedy - these people are truly scary creeps who shouldn't be in charge of anything!
Many of these socialist/communists have never had a real job. Bernie is a prime example. A rich socialist with numerous homes and he's never gotten a paycheck from a real job. A recent expose revealed that young democrats/socialists are overeducated and underemployed. If they are employed they make the same money as a high school graduate. A doctorate in Gender Studies just doesn't seem to cut it in the real world. They are pissed off at the world because they aren't higher up on the social ladder since they serve drinks or stock shelves at Walmart. Like John Wayne said "Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid".
When life isn't working out for these worthless clowns the way they were promised it would be, rather than re-examining the poor choices and directions they've chosen for themselves, they blame the economic and political system for their woeful state in life. Tear down the house and its walls on top of you because of your own foibles and ineptitude.
But it's a dangerous phenomenon. It has been said that much of the political turmoil in Latin America is caused by an oversupply of college-educated people. They know they are useless, but foment revolutions to disprove it.
The Debauchery party. Always a good laugh in there somewhere. I must admit, I did not think they would go off the cliff this fast. But then again, they believe boys need a safe place to menstruate and Islam is the religion of peace.
I wonder if homosexuals still think that when they are falling from the top of a building?? I wonder if the women with blue hair will enjoy the stoning they appear to be lining up for. I wonder if the ones who demand their free stuff will be happy when there is no more “free”.
I see either a complete failure of the Demoncrat Socialists or a very short civil war, upon which GOD Almighty’s blessed Nation rebirths itself into the freedom loving, GOD fearing, Republic it was meant to be.
Maybe we will see both. Either way, this old codger is ready,
Of course it will also depend on if the military follows the orders of a patriot or a Muslim.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these United States of America!
I just turned 75 yesterday so I guess that makes me a "young" codger? While I'm not hoping for it, I'm fairly certain there is a civil war coming in our fairly near future. Americans are tolerant and want to be left alone, but they will never abide these young punks saying they're going to take our property rights away from us. I think the formerly quiet and reserved Americans will then promptly take the breathing rights away from every left-wing person in our country. When enough is enough, finally becomes enough, these petulant punks will be toast.
Codgers are good company. 73 here. Voting in masse, record breaking turnout is the only non kinetic solution we have left at this point. The good news is that it is entirely possible. But it has to be done. Getting out of the house to vote is a lot easier than getting out of the house to fight.
All of us in our 70's or 80's have been alive when times were much better than now. When people stood up for this country, for their family and for their church. And we have seen this life go away year by year, until we arrive where we are now: no love of country, no reverence for family, no faith in God. Can it be fixed? I don't pretend to be smart enough to say. But if it is not fixed, America as a nation and as an idea will become just another footnote in history.
“ . . . but they will never abide these young punks saying they're going to take our property rights away from us.”
I think you are right about civil war and this is where the boomers will contribute boldly. They hold dear the threats of communism. Surely, we’ve been blessed with soldiers’ protection in almost every decade, but boomers own fighting communism.
Then there's always the Great Mamdani's famous NYC grocery stores which will require proof of NY residency to shop at those "free" stores but the useless Senate can't get it together to require proof of US citizenship to vote in our elections - what's wrong with this picture????
They'll need their encrypted ID card to gain entrance to the 'grocery' stores with row upon row of empty aisles! What a freaking hoot. I would suggest getting your popcorn to watch the show but Mamdani's stores have run out of it.
What I find most ironic is that these "free" govt markets will NOT be free, but slightly discounted on select items for select people. Lenin and Stalin would be proud.
Given Thune’s atrocious inactivity on the SAVE act, our best hope is that a lot of demonicrats follow Carville and Maher and just sit this one out. And that’s not a very hopeful hope.
I like Trump's postal service voter verification work around Thune's stubbornness! Talk about someone who deserves to be drummed out his position of power - what a useless, worthless waste of space.
Cookie, I keep pointing out to everyone that Thune is doing exactly what he is in place for. He isn't just recalcitrant or stubborn, and it isn't due to his dislike of Trump. Thune is a Deep State lieutenant and is there to sabotage any accomplishments for America First. Republicans prefer to be the minority party because it is easy to block any America First progress just by their inaction which is their true skill set. When they bumble their way into control they have to actually engage in subterfuge such as claiming Pro Forma sessions are in place when Thune's Senate is in actual recess, and thumbing their noses at America's call for election integrity. The RINOs are a feature of the Deep State, not just a pesky incompetent bug.
The USPS did their dirty deed of taking a semi truck load of fake ballots - produced in New York - to Harrisburg,PA to steal the Pennsylvania election. Can’t recall the specific year but within the last 10. The trailer “vanished” and nobody saw anything . . .
I had to look up "ilrc". Found that it stands for "Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a national non-profit group. If you meant the text abbreviation spelled with two "I"s (IIRC), it means 'If I remember correctly'".
The demoralization of so many Republicans largely due to the intransigence of their Senate so-called Representatives is having its desired effect.
But looking at the alternative of those who’d take over, choosing to sit out these midterms is akin to committing national suicide.
By giving in to feelings of frustration and demoralization by not voting we can just kiss our country goodbye.
But if we overwhelm the voting booths around the country and manage to hold the Senate and House, well at least we’ll have a fighting chance in the next two years to truly unleash Trump, and fight to the last to save this country from certain peril.
That’s the choice set before us. Choose life, or at least the fighting chance to remain alive, and save this gift of a nation we’ve been bequeathed. It’s our sovereign duty to all those who’ve lived and died and fought for this country before us, and the very least we can do.
We survived national suicide in 2008, we may not survive a second attempt. In addition to getting out the vote, we on the right must pray, pray, pray that we aren't overwhelmed like th Spanish in Ceuta. We must put up a better defense.
I’m sorry but the calvary isn’t coming. They’re all in Congress throwing wrenches into everything MAGA in order to stop Trump. China is helping them too.
What happened to the MAGA platform of fiscal responsibility, America First, no wars, election integrity, and MASS deportation?
Between election fraud and a Congress that openly defies voters, the turnout may not just be low. It may be negative.
Can't disagree more with you, Shrugged. "Sure, it's hopeless, we're screwed, let's throw in the towel."
The problem is you don't take into consideration the factors working in our favor. I think you discourage yourself, Shrugged, by brooding repetitively over your list of bad signs. You're an excellent political analyst, but you don't give impartial weight to factors BOTH pro and con. Maybe it would help to just write down a list of all the factors and forces working in our favor. There could easily be 50 items on that list.
To start you off, here's 3:
--Elon Musk announced he's committing MEGA MEGA bucks to a hardcore "get out the vote" focus.
--The Democrats are seriously plagued by their own consistent impulse to shoot themselves in their own feet. (Numerous examples to list)
--List all the Left funding sources that have been closed off. (Numerous examples to list)
You are correct that we are in a difficult battle. But a good military plan takes impartially into consideration BOTH the strengths and weaknesses of the competing armies.
Hey, it’s always nice to hear from the “chicks stick together” crowd. Why are you assuming I am not a committed Trump supporter?
Here’s the fact and the point: The ones who hear your message don’t need it because they will be there. The millions who surprisingly showed up in 2024 to give us the popular vote aren’t listening any longer because they feel betrayed and are angry. So keep talking but it won’t change the outcome.
China is not only messing up our elections (that Thune couldn’t care less about), they are using extensive social media to steer thinking and feelings of anger and betrayal against Trump.
10 - 20 million voters are no longer listening to you but I appreciate your kindness.
Glad you weren’t around during the Revolutionary War, when all too often things could not have looked more dire, yet they forged ahead at great personal sacrifice.
Don’s first two sentences today are, “Democrats should be in the driver’s seat this fall. Mid-term elections usually go to the party out of power.”
It appears to me he and I agree on the typical outcome of the midterms. I’m just providing some detail as to one major factor what will cause it. So, I guess we both would have failed in the Revolutionary War.
The Deep Staters cosplaying as RINOs are working feverishly to return things to their natural and preferred order of having the Republicans and their party in their proper places as the minority party and loyal opposition. They are all thumbing their noses at us and sneering "What are you going to do about it? You can't stop us!"
You guys carry on as if we always had a perfect political system. We never had that, and yet it has survived longer than ANY other political system in this world. Trump and MAGA have been doing all they can, WITH WHAT WE HAVE. Buckle up and vote.
I remember Ike and his warning about the military industrial complex and Sen McCarthy worrying about communism as he was being scorned and shunned. Turns out both were right but the commies had infiltrated education deeper than the deepstate , hence the AMERICA hating brainwashed moron voters.
Congress has treated Trump as a lame duck since day1 of his second term. There are dozens of judges waiting for approval, 50 houses bills gathering dust, and all we can get is another CR.
Truth - if you are very frustrated and demoralized by the state of our country, and you let that apathy carry you over to a decision not to vote - you are the reason we can kiss our country goodbye. Choosing to sit out the mid terms this year is not an option, it is the path to national suicide, and that would be down to YOU - every single person who is having a tantrum and NOT VOTING. Don’t be one of the reasons (people) who let our country slide into communism because you just had enough. There is one lever you can pull that counts, and I’m praying you get over yourself and come November you - PULL. IT. Good summary, Suzie!
To all in this thread bemoaning those who will stay home and not vote why isn’t anyone asking why? What changed their mind from 2024? Throwing insults at them will just convince them to keep running away from MAGA.
We won’t turn it around with patriot stories, insults, or condescension. We must understand what changed their mind, address it, correct messaging that caused the misunderstanding, or provide education on why a certain path was taken by Trump.
We’re losing because social media owns their consciousness and thinking. That social media is controlled by China. Oh, and they aren’t listening to any of your advice because they aren’t connected to your sources.
Yes. We've got to keep remembering that a very aggressive and sophisticated psyops is aimed at us on the Right, trying to do exactly what some here have been troubled with--discouraging us.
Basically, they would love it if we would defeat our own selves by sinking into despair.
Truth - if you are very frustrated and demoralized by the state of our country, and you let that apathy carry you over to a decision not to vote - you are the reason we can kiss our country goodbye. Choosing to sit out the mid terms this year is not an option, it is the path to national suicide, and that would be down to YOU - every single person who is having a tantrum and NOT VOTING. Don’t be one of the reasons (people) who let our country slide into communism because you just had enough. There is one lever you can pull that counts, and I’m praying you get over yourself and come November you - PULL. IT. Good summary, Suzie!
Wow I can’t even see the duplicate and Substack must be REALLY messed up today… I don’t know how many times Substack has said “timed out,” and flipped though 15 screens all by itself. What the heck!
Ditto's here - I may get frustrated with narrative about voter enthusiasm, but that will never keep me home on election day - I just worry about the folks who still believe the narrative spewed by MSM. As Rush would always say around election time, the media's main purpose is to discourage Republicans & keep them home on election day.
What’s the point of your message beside “oh woe is we! Look at all the stupid bad stuff that’s happening! There’s no way we’ll ever overcome all that. I’m so angry and feeling betrayed I’m just going to….” what? Not vote? Vote Democrat? Leave the country? Do you talk to people who are on the fence like that? God help them.
We all are fully aware of what a feckless bunch of losers so many of our representatives have turned out to be, but those who will come in to replace them will make them look like saints if we don’t hold on and do what we know is the only thing going for us.
And you don’t know how many people are reading Don Surber’s articles and comments who may need to hear exactly what we’re saying, in spite of all that is set against us. Everyone here is well aware of the battle we’re in but we all appreciate being encouraged NOT to be fainthearted or filled with despair .
This country’s never been perfect, nor those serving in it but we have to remember what our part in this whole fight is and that is not to ever give up while there’s even the slightest glimmer of a chance we can make things better.
That’s what I tell my kids. That what motivated our Founders and fighters 250 years ago and that’s exactly what it means to be an American in this day and age every bit as much as it did back then.
I really can’t believe anyone with a sane mind would vote for any of these creatures from the dark side but then we do have the RINO’s, the fed up with Republican do nothings and the so far in debt college graduates with degrees what won’t get them a job doing anything useful
So there is a chance this cobbled together constituency will make a dent or worse.
"Vested interest" is the point. Some who own no property still have a vested interest in our country. Veterans, currently serving military, business owners of all sorts. Those who give to society, who do or have done something of value. NO takers, welfare lackeys or layabouts should be having any input into the direction of our nation. Not a color issue, but a value issue.
Is this elitist? Maybe, some. But look where we have gotten to by allowing those with no stake having their voice heard.
The worst thing that happens is low-income renters vote in favor of tax levies and never have to pay a cent. Their landlords get overwhelmed and stop caring for the properties, which then become slums. Cleveland is a classic example of that.
The best way to describe the current field of DSA candidates is to compare them to the characters who appeared in the bar scene of the movie Star Wars movies. Freaks of the highest order, every single one of them. Don speculates that they may actually win in November. Tragically he’s probably correct.
Steph, these conversations are vital. Consider it a compliment that he trusted you enough to engage with you. That's why I keep saying we have to be respectful and kind. It is not easy to realize you've been mistaken (OK, flat out wrong). We need to be a bridge for folks to walk over to the side of light.
I think the root principle is that Love heals. Disdain and anger merely pins a person's mistakes tighter to them and accomplishes nothing.
I'm not a betting man, but I would put money on November proving you wrong. Besides, I didn't get the impression that Don thinks the freakshow will win. His piece, and an entertaining one it was, illustrated the absurdity that is at the core of today's Democrat party.
Absurdity to us, yes. To them it is the manifestation of Alinsky's Rules, which they hope will drive them into power, by motivating the Dem voter nutjobs who suffer under TDS.
Hahaha Don, straight white men need tampons, so good! What’s amazing to me is how thoroughly stupid all of these nominees are. Bottom of the barrel. All they have to be is ideologically in line with the woketards and have raging TDS & it’s off to the races!
Thanks for calling out Jessica Tarloff. The women who makes me mute The Five. Sadly, only Gutfeld actually calls out her nonsense with substantive arguments.
The long and short of it is we need to VOTE in the midterms. Can's say that enough or to enough people. If we don't want to degenerate into the old west, we need to use what we have - the VOTE - to move the needle back toward the line of sanity in this country. The media (Soros backed communists I believe) really think they are in control. They are not. The silent majority is slowly seething. If that fabric of our country become "the men who wanted to left alone", the US will get a restart never before seen in this country. Old roots will be torn out so that new and better plants will flourish in the future. Losing and rebuilding a 'high trust' society is messy. Go back and look at the 1770's and how we got started.
Me, too. There are still a lot more sane and rational people in the US than there are nut jobs ... at least so far. Just look around the community you probably live in. The media and the failed school system are doing their dead level best to covert the minds of children (that worked exceedingly well for the Nazis) and those with IQ's less than 100 to a socialist way of thinking that the government taking care of you is better than you learning to and taking care of yourself. It is hard for people with common sense and any understanding of people in general to understand rioting, looting, ICE attacks, corrupt judges, lawyers (well, people can understand most of those as 'bottom feeders'), a legal system that rewards bad behavior, and homelessness - especially for our veterans. All the 'high trust' elements of our society are being attacked ... and, if you follow the money ...you will find the Soros connection or others of that ilk in much if it. It almost always boils down to the trail of money and what that person or those people are trying to do to take over the world or destroy it.
Yup. My local school system is putting a huge levy on the November ballot. I'm a hard no. I'll have to go research the percentage of students who can read or do math at grade level. It was abysmal the last time I checked.
Since half the country (or more) believes the government exists to "give you things", it is amazing our side gets anybody elected at all. It's hard to compete with Santa Claus.
Like every cancer, if the democrat party is not excised from America's body politic, the tumor will continue to metastize and eventually, will overwhelm and kill the host. And spare me the fiction that democrat voters are well intentioned and want to improve the country. They are either irredeemably stupid or, at the very least complicit in the desire to overthrow our present form of government and replace it with a totalitarian dictatorship or worst of all, are active participants in the process. Were this not true, we would not be discussing the candidates being put forward by the democrat party. And yes, by all means, point and laugh, but if that is all you do, the clowns are going to overtake your circus and put you in the cage usually reserved for the animal acts. Vote, and make an effort to convince the usual non-voters among your friends, relatives, co-workers and acquaintances to do so as well if you believe they, like you oppose the democrat cancer threatening America's existence.
I'm not discouraged, and there's no need to be. That's because 2 years ago the country didn't just vote Republican, it voted AGAINST insane policies and blatant incompetence. If nothing else, those have become even more obvious, thanks to the findings of Trump's cabinet, since revealed.
Exactly. The reason the communists run the Democrat Party now is because of our perennial Democrat voting friends and family. I put that phrase in every fb and insta post I make about the latest anti-American crap they’re pulling or proposing. Every Democrat voter needs to be tied at the hip to the commies so there’s no hiding or ignoring it for them. It’s made people mad but that’s ok, I know they’re really mad because it’s true. What started out for them was “oh, I think we (meaning not themselves cracking open their wallets to donate their money of course but all tax payers) really should give money to the truly poor”. No second order thinking with this bunch, no consideration of the end result might cause.
The old Democrats had crooks, hacks, and machine operators. The new Democrats have ideological oddballs, socialist theater kids, anti-American radicals, and candidates whose biographies read like opposition research written by drunk screenwriters. That is the real story. The party can blame Trump, tariffs, war, inflation, MAGA, Fox News, racism, sexism, algorithms, or democracy itself. But at some point, voters look at the actual nominee and make a simpler judgment: this person should not be in charge of anything. The Addams Family was funny because it was fiction. The Democratic ticket is asking for power.
“The Democratic ticket is asking for power.”
And Republican John Thune is giving it to them by denying all voters their strongly stated simple request for election integrity. When voters do everything right and get this treatment in return from their government LEARNED HELPLESSNESS makes them turn away and give up. Stop talking about “just get out and vote” because that dog don’t hunt any longer. Why would they vote for the party of John Thune who rejects everything Trump stands for? It’s like telling an obese person to just eat less food.
Steve Bannon just yesterday labeled Thune a "pencil necked-pussy".
That'll stick.
Bannon nailed it !!
I object. Biologically it doesn't make any sense.
And that's NOT funny.
How is it, the song goes - Oh, I'm a lumberjack and that's OK, I work all night and sleep all day? My husband seems to know all the verses, I think that was from Monty Python when there used to be good comedy - these people are truly scary creeps who shouldn't be in charge of anything!
For your entertainment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts
I dunno -- I have a strong impression that somebody else sang the song for What's-is-name.
Thanks for the memory!🤣🤣
Ahh!
The mis-spent days of my youth!
Thanks.
As Sundance says... "Democrats use money to get power, Republicans use power to get money". Same animal.
Many of these socialist/communists have never had a real job. Bernie is a prime example. A rich socialist with numerous homes and he's never gotten a paycheck from a real job. A recent expose revealed that young democrats/socialists are overeducated and underemployed. If they are employed they make the same money as a high school graduate. A doctorate in Gender Studies just doesn't seem to cut it in the real world. They are pissed off at the world because they aren't higher up on the social ladder since they serve drinks or stock shelves at Walmart. Like John Wayne said "Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid".
When life isn't working out for these worthless clowns the way they were promised it would be, rather than re-examining the poor choices and directions they've chosen for themselves, they blame the economic and political system for their woeful state in life. Tear down the house and its walls on top of you because of your own foibles and ineptitude.
Neither has Sherrod Brown, who is trying to return to the Senate after getting beaten. He's like a wart that won't go away.
Good analogy. I believe he’s got a good shot at returning. I’m an Ohio voter.
What the hell happened to Vivek? He was booed mercilessly at a recent rally appearance.
Paid antagonists. He has my vote.
Difference between Brown and a wart: at least a wart has a head.
Ugh. We don't need useless retreads.
Let's say it loud, he's a bad case of the clap
Let's say it loud, he's a bad case of the clap
But it's a dangerous phenomenon. It has been said that much of the political turmoil in Latin America is caused by an oversupply of college-educated people. They know they are useless, but foment revolutions to disprove it.
There are simply not enough positions for these credentialed idiots. The universities are full.
See my remark about emulating Latin-American political turmoil.
The over-educated, who especially those who don't have jobs, have time to foment rebellion. Working people are busy working.
The Debauchery party. Always a good laugh in there somewhere. I must admit, I did not think they would go off the cliff this fast. But then again, they believe boys need a safe place to menstruate and Islam is the religion of peace.
I wonder if homosexuals still think that when they are falling from the top of a building?? I wonder if the women with blue hair will enjoy the stoning they appear to be lining up for. I wonder if the ones who demand their free stuff will be happy when there is no more “free”.
I see either a complete failure of the Demoncrat Socialists or a very short civil war, upon which GOD Almighty’s blessed Nation rebirths itself into the freedom loving, GOD fearing, Republic it was meant to be.
Maybe we will see both. Either way, this old codger is ready,
Of course it will also depend on if the military follows the orders of a patriot or a Muslim.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these United States of America!
APS
From one old codger to another, thank you for the astute summation of the lunatics in our country.
DDB
I just turned 75 yesterday so I guess that makes me a "young" codger? While I'm not hoping for it, I'm fairly certain there is a civil war coming in our fairly near future. Americans are tolerant and want to be left alone, but they will never abide these young punks saying they're going to take our property rights away from us. I think the formerly quiet and reserved Americans will then promptly take the breathing rights away from every left-wing person in our country. When enough is enough, finally becomes enough, these petulant punks will be toast.
71 years old here. I cannot see how the situation does NOT turn kinetic in the near future.
Happy birthday! 77 for me. War is scary, but may be necessary.
That has a poetic ring to it. Could be made into a marching tune.
Codgers are good company. 73 here. Voting in masse, record breaking turnout is the only non kinetic solution we have left at this point. The good news is that it is entirely possible. But it has to be done. Getting out of the house to vote is a lot easier than getting out of the house to fight.
All of us in our 70's or 80's have been alive when times were much better than now. When people stood up for this country, for their family and for their church. And we have seen this life go away year by year, until we arrive where we are now: no love of country, no reverence for family, no faith in God. Can it be fixed? I don't pretend to be smart enough to say. But if it is not fixed, America as a nation and as an idea will become just another footnote in history.
“ . . . but they will never abide these young punks saying they're going to take our property rights away from us.”
I think you are right about civil war and this is where the boomers will contribute boldly. They hold dear the threats of communism. Surely, we’ve been blessed with soldiers’ protection in almost every decade, but boomers own fighting communism.
Me too.
We can always count on N. Wallace, Patriot.
Then there's always the Great Mamdani's famous NYC grocery stores which will require proof of NY residency to shop at those "free" stores but the useless Senate can't get it together to require proof of US citizenship to vote in our elections - what's wrong with this picture????
They'll need their encrypted ID card to gain entrance to the 'grocery' stores with row upon row of empty aisles! What a freaking hoot. I would suggest getting your popcorn to watch the show but Mamdani's stores have run out of it.
What I find most ironic is that these "free" govt markets will NOT be free, but slightly discounted on select items for select people. Lenin and Stalin would be proud.
Amen
Given Thune’s atrocious inactivity on the SAVE act, our best hope is that a lot of demonicrats follow Carville and Maher and just sit this one out. And that’s not a very hopeful hope.
Pray, friends. Pray hard!
Fight, fight, fight, pray, pray, pray, vote, vote, vote!
Great slogan!
I like Trump's postal service voter verification work around Thune's stubbornness! Talk about someone who deserves to be drummed out his position of power - what a useless, worthless waste of space.
Cookie, I keep pointing out to everyone that Thune is doing exactly what he is in place for. He isn't just recalcitrant or stubborn, and it isn't due to his dislike of Trump. Thune is a Deep State lieutenant and is there to sabotage any accomplishments for America First. Republicans prefer to be the minority party because it is easy to block any America First progress just by their inaction which is their true skill set. When they bumble their way into control they have to actually engage in subterfuge such as claiming Pro Forma sessions are in place when Thune's Senate is in actual recess, and thumbing their noses at America's call for election integrity. The RINOs are a feature of the Deep State, not just a pesky incompetent bug.
The USPS did their dirty deed of taking a semi truck load of fake ballots - produced in New York - to Harrisburg,PA to steal the Pennsylvania election. Can’t recall the specific year but within the last 10. The trailer “vanished” and nobody saw anything . . .
2020 Shrugged and the post office finally verified the drivers statement last year iIrc.
Thanks for the follow up. I’m sure those connected to that shipment were prosecuted /sarc/
Yeah, that story was "covered with a pillow".
I had to look up "ilrc". Found that it stands for "Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a national non-profit group. If you meant the text abbreviation spelled with two "I"s (IIRC), it means 'If I remember correctly'".
"If I recall correctly" was what Marlan was referring to. (Remember or recall, either works.)
Thanx T.P.G. .
Simple miskey, Wim. No biggie.
This entire midterms will rest upon turnout.
The demoralization of so many Republicans largely due to the intransigence of their Senate so-called Representatives is having its desired effect.
But looking at the alternative of those who’d take over, choosing to sit out these midterms is akin to committing national suicide.
By giving in to feelings of frustration and demoralization by not voting we can just kiss our country goodbye.
But if we overwhelm the voting booths around the country and manage to hold the Senate and House, well at least we’ll have a fighting chance in the next two years to truly unleash Trump, and fight to the last to save this country from certain peril.
That’s the choice set before us. Choose life, or at least the fighting chance to remain alive, and save this gift of a nation we’ve been bequeathed. It’s our sovereign duty to all those who’ve lived and died and fought for this country before us, and the very least we can do.
VOTE.
We survived national suicide in 2008, we may not survive a second attempt. In addition to getting out the vote, we on the right must pray, pray, pray that we aren't overwhelmed like th Spanish in Ceuta. We must put up a better defense.
I’m sorry but the calvary isn’t coming. They’re all in Congress throwing wrenches into everything MAGA in order to stop Trump. China is helping them too.
What happened to the MAGA platform of fiscal responsibility, America First, no wars, election integrity, and MASS deportation?
Between election fraud and a Congress that openly defies voters, the turnout may not just be low. It may be negative.
Sure. Everybody get out and vote.
For what? Another bitch slap in the face?
Can't disagree more with you, Shrugged. "Sure, it's hopeless, we're screwed, let's throw in the towel."
The problem is you don't take into consideration the factors working in our favor. I think you discourage yourself, Shrugged, by brooding repetitively over your list of bad signs. You're an excellent political analyst, but you don't give impartial weight to factors BOTH pro and con. Maybe it would help to just write down a list of all the factors and forces working in our favor. There could easily be 50 items on that list.
To start you off, here's 3:
--Elon Musk announced he's committing MEGA MEGA bucks to a hardcore "get out the vote" focus.
--The Democrats are seriously plagued by their own consistent impulse to shoot themselves in their own feet. (Numerous examples to list)
--List all the Left funding sources that have been closed off. (Numerous examples to list)
You are correct that we are in a difficult battle. But a good military plan takes impartially into consideration BOTH the strengths and weaknesses of the competing armies.
Hey, it’s always nice to hear from the “chicks stick together” crowd. Why are you assuming I am not a committed Trump supporter?
Here’s the fact and the point: The ones who hear your message don’t need it because they will be there. The millions who surprisingly showed up in 2024 to give us the popular vote aren’t listening any longer because they feel betrayed and are angry. So keep talking but it won’t change the outcome.
China is not only messing up our elections (that Thune couldn’t care less about), they are using extensive social media to steer thinking and feelings of anger and betrayal against Trump.
10 - 20 million voters are no longer listening to you but I appreciate your kindness.
Glad you weren’t around during the Revolutionary War, when all too often things could not have looked more dire, yet they forged ahead at great personal sacrifice.
Don’s first two sentences today are, “Democrats should be in the driver’s seat this fall. Mid-term elections usually go to the party out of power.”
It appears to me he and I agree on the typical outcome of the midterms. I’m just providing some detail as to one major factor what will cause it. So, I guess we both would have failed in the Revolutionary War.
The Deep Staters cosplaying as RINOs are working feverishly to return things to their natural and preferred order of having the Republicans and their party in their proper places as the minority party and loyal opposition. They are all thumbing their noses at us and sneering "What are you going to do about it? You can't stop us!"
This is called keeping the money trough full so the hoggish pols can continue to party as they please on voter taxes.
You guys carry on as if we always had a perfect political system. We never had that, and yet it has survived longer than ANY other political system in this world. Trump and MAGA have been doing all they can, WITH WHAT WE HAVE. Buckle up and vote.
I remember Ike and his warning about the military industrial complex and Sen McCarthy worrying about communism as he was being scorned and shunned. Turns out both were right but the commies had infiltrated education deeper than the deepstate , hence the AMERICA hating brainwashed moron voters.
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I also believe we were promised "regular order." Funny how we're still looking at a continuing budget resolution.
Congress has treated Trump as a lame duck since day1 of his second term. There are dozens of judges waiting for approval, 50 houses bills gathering dust, and all we can get is another CR.
I am very disappointed in that also. I don't know what to do about it though.
You have 3 choices:
1. vote Democrat, which makes you insane.
2. Don’t vote at all, which is surrender to the communist Democrats, and the RINO obstructionists.
3. Vote Republicans which at least gives us a chance to stay in the fight another two years - hopefully longer.
It’s not hard. Unpleasant, sure. But tough. Do it anyway.
Thanks Suzie!
I provided a working list below.
Spot on Suzie !
The 10 million voters we need are no longer listening to you Suzie but I’ll bet you have no clue as to why.
Question: are you planning to vote in November?
Truth - if you are very frustrated and demoralized by the state of our country, and you let that apathy carry you over to a decision not to vote - you are the reason we can kiss our country goodbye. Choosing to sit out the mid terms this year is not an option, it is the path to national suicide, and that would be down to YOU - every single person who is having a tantrum and NOT VOTING. Don’t be one of the reasons (people) who let our country slide into communism because you just had enough. There is one lever you can pull that counts, and I’m praying you get over yourself and come November you - PULL. IT. Good summary, Suzie!
Not voting doesn't solve anything. It only gives power to parties/politicians that shouldn't have it.
To all in this thread bemoaning those who will stay home and not vote why isn’t anyone asking why? What changed their mind from 2024? Throwing insults at them will just convince them to keep running away from MAGA.
We won’t turn it around with patriot stories, insults, or condescension. We must understand what changed their mind, address it, correct messaging that caused the misunderstanding, or provide education on why a certain path was taken by Trump.
We’re losing because social media owns their consciousness and thinking. That social media is controlled by China. Oh, and they aren’t listening to any of your advice because they aren’t connected to your sources.
Fight, fight, fight, pray, pray, pray, vote, vote, vote!
It's annoying & frustrating to read that voter enthusiasm is high on the left, but low on the right. Now is not the time to go wobbly.
Also, consider the source. MSM publishing that crap? I'm frustrated, but I'm also angry. Anger = motivation.
Yes. We've got to keep remembering that a very aggressive and sophisticated psyops is aimed at us on the Right, trying to do exactly what some here have been troubled with--discouraging us.
Basically, they would love it if we would defeat our own selves by sinking into despair.
Any thing making PDJT and MAGA look good gets the Scalia treatment by the media and they are not using MY PILLOWS !
Joe, the traditional media are all infested with Dem ideology, which can be discouraging. But take heart, because they keep losing ground.
Excellent advice. Post it everywhere. Shout it from the rafters. Watch your six.
Truth - if you are very frustrated and demoralized by the state of our country, and you let that apathy carry you over to a decision not to vote - you are the reason we can kiss our country goodbye. Choosing to sit out the mid terms this year is not an option, it is the path to national suicide, and that would be down to YOU - every single person who is having a tantrum and NOT VOTING. Don’t be one of the reasons (people) who let our country slide into communism because you just had enough. There is one lever you can pull that counts, and I’m praying you get over yourself and come November you - PULL. IT. Good summary, Suzie!
This got posted twice, Marlene, but I enjoyed reading it twice--it's a crucial message! Meaning, don't delete the duplicate. :)
Wow I can’t even see the duplicate and Substack must be REALLY messed up today… I don’t know how many times Substack has said “timed out,” and flipped though 15 screens all by itself. What the heck!
And to that Suzie, I say AMEN! Our country as we know it, depends of each and every one of us voting!
Rest assured, there's no way I would fail to vote in November, Suzie.
Ditto's here - I may get frustrated with narrative about voter enthusiasm, but that will never keep me home on election day - I just worry about the folks who still believe the narrative spewed by MSM. As Rush would always say around election time, the media's main purpose is to discourage Republicans & keep them home on election day.
Yes to that, Suzie. And that applies to every Western country on the verge of being lost.
What’s the point of your message beside “oh woe is we! Look at all the stupid bad stuff that’s happening! There’s no way we’ll ever overcome all that. I’m so angry and feeling betrayed I’m just going to….” what? Not vote? Vote Democrat? Leave the country? Do you talk to people who are on the fence like that? God help them.
We all are fully aware of what a feckless bunch of losers so many of our representatives have turned out to be, but those who will come in to replace them will make them look like saints if we don’t hold on and do what we know is the only thing going for us.
And you don’t know how many people are reading Don Surber’s articles and comments who may need to hear exactly what we’re saying, in spite of all that is set against us. Everyone here is well aware of the battle we’re in but we all appreciate being encouraged NOT to be fainthearted or filled with despair .
This country’s never been perfect, nor those serving in it but we have to remember what our part in this whole fight is and that is not to ever give up while there’s even the slightest glimmer of a chance we can make things better.
That’s what I tell my kids. That what motivated our Founders and fighters 250 years ago and that’s exactly what it means to be an American in this day and age every bit as much as it did back then.
I really can’t believe anyone with a sane mind would vote for any of these creatures from the dark side but then we do have the RINO’s, the fed up with Republican do nothings and the so far in debt college graduates with degrees what won’t get them a job doing anything useful
So there is a chance this cobbled together constituency will make a dent or worse.
Let’s hope and pray sane minds vote and prevail.
We need to return to a time when only property owners were allowed to vote. They are the only ones with a vested interest.
"Vested interest" is the point. Some who own no property still have a vested interest in our country. Veterans, currently serving military, business owners of all sorts. Those who give to society, who do or have done something of value. NO takers, welfare lackeys or layabouts should be having any input into the direction of our nation. Not a color issue, but a value issue.
Is this elitist? Maybe, some. But look where we have gotten to by allowing those with no stake having their voice heard.
The worst thing that happens is low-income renters vote in favor of tax levies and never have to pay a cent. Their landlords get overwhelmed and stop caring for the properties, which then become slums. Cleveland is a classic example of that.
People vote in their own self-interest, but many do not really understand what that is, and end up voting against their real interests.
The descent of the once high-minded democrats is dizzying.
Adlia Stevenson and Hubert Humphrey are spinning in their graves!
Will they find a bottom?
They have reached rock bottom and have just started digging.
We can certainly hope and pray that they have really reached rock bottom, but I fear they have more to go
Take me out for a spin!!
The best way to describe the current field of DSA candidates is to compare them to the characters who appeared in the bar scene of the movie Star Wars movies. Freaks of the highest order, every single one of them. Don speculates that they may actually win in November. Tragically he’s probably correct.
Guaranteed that they'll win in the solid blue districts, but winning a state wide election should not be a given.
"They" being how many, is the question.
The ones who have already landed their broomsticks are waking up lotsa Munchkins (independents).
Long conversation recently with a local guy who considers himself middle of the road, and he asked me about the DSA crew with terror behind his eyes.
Steph, these conversations are vital. Consider it a compliment that he trusted you enough to engage with you. That's why I keep saying we have to be respectful and kind. It is not easy to realize you've been mistaken (OK, flat out wrong). We need to be a bridge for folks to walk over to the side of light.
I think the root principle is that Love heals. Disdain and anger merely pins a person's mistakes tighter to them and accomplishes nothing.
I'm not a betting man, but I would put money on November proving you wrong. Besides, I didn't get the impression that Don thinks the freakshow will win. His piece, and an entertaining one it was, illustrated the absurdity that is at the core of today's Democrat party.
Absurdity to us, yes. To them it is the manifestation of Alinsky's Rules, which they hope will drive them into power, by motivating the Dem voter nutjobs who suffer under TDS.
Thanks to china’s control of social media. They don’t have to convince everybody, only a segment large enough to make a difference.
Flavor of the day is Socialism. We will see if it gets them over the mid-term finish line. Maybe with John Thune's help it just might.
I think I hate Thune even more than I hate the media. And that's saying something.
I 2nd that !!
El Sayed scares me the most out of group.
Hahaha Don, straight white men need tampons, so good! What’s amazing to me is how thoroughly stupid all of these nominees are. Bottom of the barrel. All they have to be is ideologically in line with the woketards and have raging TDS & it’s off to the races!
Because it's not them. It's the money behind them pulling the strings. All our enemies, foreign and domestic.
Thanks for calling out Jessica Tarloff. The women who makes me mute The Five. Sadly, only Gutfeld actually calls out her nonsense with substantive arguments.
Yesterday she got shot down so hard I was cringing - Greg gives it back - GOOD!
Every time Tarloff opens her mouth, I press my mute button. She must have one heck of a contract with Fox. I can't stand her voice
Have you considered that she fills a useful position -- of being shot down?
Yes, for several years that was the only justification for her that I could think of…
She sounds like a faux actress a
Auditioning for a royal as a rich heiress.
She doesn't have the voice -- or the looks -- for THAT. But she might have a future doing Donald Duck-voice-overs.
The long and short of it is we need to VOTE in the midterms. Can's say that enough or to enough people. If we don't want to degenerate into the old west, we need to use what we have - the VOTE - to move the needle back toward the line of sanity in this country. The media (Soros backed communists I believe) really think they are in control. They are not. The silent majority is slowly seething. If that fabric of our country become "the men who wanted to left alone", the US will get a restart never before seen in this country. Old roots will be torn out so that new and better plants will flourish in the future. Losing and rebuilding a 'high trust' society is messy. Go back and look at the 1770's and how we got started.
Thank you John.
And maybe donate to these demons' opponents, if able, or make phone calls.
If anyone is actually in any of the demons' locality, holding signs at the polls is fun - many conversations can ensue...
"The men who wanted to be left alone." That scares me, and gives me hope at the same time. I fervently pray that it doesn't come to that.
Me, too. There are still a lot more sane and rational people in the US than there are nut jobs ... at least so far. Just look around the community you probably live in. The media and the failed school system are doing their dead level best to covert the minds of children (that worked exceedingly well for the Nazis) and those with IQ's less than 100 to a socialist way of thinking that the government taking care of you is better than you learning to and taking care of yourself. It is hard for people with common sense and any understanding of people in general to understand rioting, looting, ICE attacks, corrupt judges, lawyers (well, people can understand most of those as 'bottom feeders'), a legal system that rewards bad behavior, and homelessness - especially for our veterans. All the 'high trust' elements of our society are being attacked ... and, if you follow the money ...you will find the Soros connection or others of that ilk in much if it. It almost always boils down to the trail of money and what that person or those people are trying to do to take over the world or destroy it.
Yup. My local school system is putting a huge levy on the November ballot. I'm a hard no. I'll have to go research the percentage of students who can read or do math at grade level. It was abysmal the last time I checked.
What is scarier than the candidates is the people who vote for them.
Since half the country (or more) believes the government exists to "give you things", it is amazing our side gets anybody elected at all. It's hard to compete with Santa Claus.
Like every cancer, if the democrat party is not excised from America's body politic, the tumor will continue to metastize and eventually, will overwhelm and kill the host. And spare me the fiction that democrat voters are well intentioned and want to improve the country. They are either irredeemably stupid or, at the very least complicit in the desire to overthrow our present form of government and replace it with a totalitarian dictatorship or worst of all, are active participants in the process. Were this not true, we would not be discussing the candidates being put forward by the democrat party. And yes, by all means, point and laugh, but if that is all you do, the clowns are going to overtake your circus and put you in the cage usually reserved for the animal acts. Vote, and make an effort to convince the usual non-voters among your friends, relatives, co-workers and acquaintances to do so as well if you believe they, like you oppose the democrat cancer threatening America's existence.
I'm not discouraged, and there's no need to be. That's because 2 years ago the country didn't just vote Republican, it voted AGAINST insane policies and blatant incompetence. If nothing else, those have become even more obvious, thanks to the findings of Trump's cabinet, since revealed.
Exactly. The reason the communists run the Democrat Party now is because of our perennial Democrat voting friends and family. I put that phrase in every fb and insta post I make about the latest anti-American crap they’re pulling or proposing. Every Democrat voter needs to be tied at the hip to the commies so there’s no hiding or ignoring it for them. It’s made people mad but that’s ok, I know they’re really mad because it’s true. What started out for them was “oh, I think we (meaning not themselves cracking open their wallets to donate their money of course but all tax payers) really should give money to the truly poor”. No second order thinking with this bunch, no consideration of the end result might cause.