The stock market at an all-time record high. A booming
economy. Record-low black unemployment. Record low Hispanic unemployment.
Record low unemployment rates for women. For the first time ever, more job
openings than people to fill them. ISIS diminished, on the run. Fewer domestic
instances of radical Islamic terror. A military being rebuilt. Strong retail
sales. Average wages rising for the first time in…a long time. Robust 4.1% GDP
growth. Major businesses coming home. Tax rates lowered for the vast majority
of Americans. Employees receiving bonuses. Etc., etc., etc.
Yet
there is something more incredible than all of this put together: the
stupefying inability of Republicans to capitalize on this vast treasure-trove
of good news that President Trump has given them. For all the progress, economic
and otherwise, there is legitimate talk of a coming “blue wave.” That’s
correct, despite bullet-proof talking points handed to them on a (golden
platter), the large majority of Republicans are once again proving too stupid
and timid to utilize them.
Snatching
defeat from the jaws of victory. It’s what they do.
The relatively few Republicans who
have functioning cerebrums and frontal lobes in conjunction with a backbone,
have done well by simply citing the economy and the desire to protect their
citizens from gangs, crime, and various ills attendant to large influxes of
illegal aliens. It’s not rocket science, and it simply requires telling the
truth. Too many Republicans, appalled at President Trump’s occasionally
unmannerly behavior, wish to be seen as fair and caring, and are afraid to
offend anyone. Remarkably, they are far more worried about losing any one vote
than they are about cementing the votes of countless thousands. Theirs is a
special kind of dementia. In and of itself, a sad sight to see. Combined with
their sheer cravenness, it is pathetic and appalling.
These
“RINOs” appear to believe that if they are tolerant and decent and bend over
backwards to accommodate their opponents and accusers (see the “Dr.” Christine
Blasely Ford-Brett Kavanaugh farce) they will be treated with respect and prove
that they aren’t the racist, bigoted, homophobic, misogynistic, mean old
deplorable-enabling troglodytes that their opponents have smeared them as.
How’s that working out for them? Like it always has. It isn’t.
The
only way to counteract the increasingly hysterical attacks of the left is to
call them out for it. And fight the hell back. With firmness, reason and logic.
Republican candidates: the left and
their abettors in the mainstream media may on rare occasions seem to like you
better if you are the picture of decorum and don’t fight back, but only to the extent that you agree with
them. And this is because you are no longer a threat to their agenda. Period.
The handful of Republicans who have
shown the most courage in the face of adversity— think Trump and Cruz for
example— have usually fared well. If you are waiting for many others to learn
that lesson, don’t hold your breath. There is a connection there, but it’s a
bridge too far for RINOs to cross.
Besides, The Swamp is calling.
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