Domination
The short answer to the end question in “Up for Grabs III" is that I believe the Republican Trump Party will attain most of their goals in the 2022 elections.
When President Biden first took office I sent him a letter that every day working people would have to see a difference in their daily lives in order for them to support his administration. Has that happened? If people are told their lives are better will they believe it?
President Biden’s approval rating is in the tank and the economy is rapidly heading south. He’s taking a daily drubbing in the supposedly liberal media which are hiring supporters of the Trump Party in anticipation of the Trump Party winning in 2022. Fox Pravda along with the Republican Trump Party loyalists in Congress are undermining Biden at every turn. Vice President Harris has not turned out to be valuable asset and for the most part is being kept under wraps. Plus the Democrats simply can’t get their messaging act or Party together.
All the Republican Trump Party has to do is run out the clock. And if that isn’t enough since the 2020 election The Republican Trump Party has dramatically changed the voting playing field. Democrat Senators Manchin and Sinema sealed the fate against improving accessing the right to vote and making voting easier. Red states have improved Trump Party control of the voting process overall along with suppressing the vote of Democrats and minorities.
Any of that look good?
Subjugation
Once they do take control of the House and Senate they will quickly move to consolidate their power to set the stage for the 2024 elections and guarantee that they will win through control of the electoral process. They are looking for absolute power. Just as an example they put up a pitched battle over Biden’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson a woman that a few of them had voted for before. After she’s appointed they will still have a 6/3 split in their favor but they wanted more. Like Putin they fear any dissent. Democracy and a free press are impediments to their plans.
They will continue their campaign against a free press. For the Republican Trump Party having a free press means their right to disseminate misleading and false information. They want, make that demand that lies be accepted as truth. (BTW “alternative facts” were always lies.) It’s why they have millions of followers that don’t believe we had a pandemic. Free press being defined as any media that doesn’t support their agenda. Fox Pravda will remain their flagship media.
Once in charge they will impose their “anti” agenda of intolerance on the nation. Immigrants and gays will be at the top of the list. I won’t go into the rest of the list. Think Orwell. Think Russia and China as they are currently.
These are their models.
Democrats will spend the next 2 years after the 2022 election playing defense while the Rashist Trump Party continues doing what Trump started and take Democracy apart while purposely exacerbating the divisions in the country. Any civic turmoil or protests from BLM will provide the Rashists with excuses to continue militarizing the police. They will again pursue Trump’s anti-NATO agenda and go back to alienating our western alliances.
As much as we would like to think that the average American cares about the survival of our democracy they just simply don’t. At least a third of the country doesn’t even care enough to bother voting. The same thing has happened throughout history. It happened in Germany. It has happened since and Despots end up in control. And people die.
What I don’t believe they have considered is the backlash that will occur from those that don’t support the Trump Party or their evil agenda of intolerance and authoritarian control. I don’t believe that America in general will just roll over for the Republican Trump Party Rashists.
Americans can roll with a punch.
What to do? What to do?
There’s always room for optimism. One thing that we aren’t seeing is a few million voters that used to be actual Republicans rejecting the current Party of Trump along with the Putin wing and Trump. We saw a little of that happen in 2020 where Trump lost but down ballot Republican candidates on the same ticket got elected. It is possible that Republicans could end up voting against the oppressive agenda of the Trump Party. Possible. Probable? They might not be up to a victory at any cost even if that victory ends our Democracy.
It’s possible that other Republicans could do as I am doing and commit to never voting for another Republican. While it’s doubtful that will happen it’s possible it could happen. We aren’t seeing the average Republican that hasn’t bought into the Trump cult speaking out on social media. Party affiliation runs deep. But it could change. People could start putting the country and our way of life before political party.
It’s impossible to know what the future will have in store for this world in such a state of flux. A couple of interesting turns and the entire ballgame could change. For better or worse.
It’s still important to be on the right side of history.
Part One link
Part Two Link
Part Three Link
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please avoid name calling, personal and/or abusive language. In other words be civil. We need a lot more of that these days. Try and confine your comments to the topic of the post.