Mary Katharine Ham, Josh Kraushaar, and Batya Ungar-Sargon weigh in on the most important races in the country and whether or not we should be bracing for a red wave.
Who do I hate more? Let me tell me for the 4 years Trump was President the Democrats accused him of everything and I didn't see any of it. BUT, I HAVE seen EVERYTHING they accused Trump of Biden and the Democrats have done the past 2 years - EVERYTHING. Down to a T. It's amazing with such detail how they've carried it out and had the gall. I am now witnessing Musk Derangement Syndrome becoming a reality. It's incredible to watch.
I don't have kids but if I had kids I'd be FURIOUS at what the Democrats have done to children with regard to Covid during the past few years- physically, socially, and mentally. Maybe there are some Democrats who are worth voting for, but right now I can't see it.
"....candidates who spent their primaries trying to out-MAGA each other"
Make America Great Again is what MAGA stands for. What do you have against we the people pulling ourselves up by the by bootstraps and out of this cesspool of untruthfullness, censorship, inflation, crime and intolerance?!?! You've used "MAGA" in a pejorative way which is insulting to the millions and millions of people who think of "MAGA" the way I have described it. Why?
Remember the days, when voters went to the polls to vote for the guy whose politics they liked?
They are long gone!
Tomorrow voters will only vote because they hate that other guy so much, they gonna stick it to him.
For the politicians it doesn't really matter. A vote is a vote. But politicians don't care much about democracy anymore anyway these days. And that's the problem, because voters have stopped caring too now.
Voters have had it. They are sick and tired of politicians who don't work for them, but for their own self-interest and their inflated egos and who spent most of their creativity on finding new ways to circumnavigate the will of the voters. They are sick and tired of a democracy that doesn't work for them but only for those who've got the cash to buy corrupt politicians and fancy lawyers.
So why not get rid of democracy altogether? Wait for it! It's about to happen...
Soon You all gonna wake up in a completely different country, one with only the ruins of democratic institutions, one with no more checks and balances, one where justice is just another commodity traded on the markets place.
Biden claims tomorrow will be a referendum over democracy. Trump claims tomorrow will be referendum over America.
These self-serving thugs are both liars. Tomorrow voters will decide which gang of jerks and thugs will own America and the copyrights to the pointless label that reads "democracy" for many years to come. The presidential election 2 years from now will already merely be a formality, a foregone conclusion. It will, like any other election in the future, be decided too, tomorrow. Not by voters, but by those who will get voted in tomorrow.
Future generations all over the world will hopefully learn from the demise of American democracy: Never take democracy for granted or You will loose it! And do not throw it out the window, because it was stolen from You, but fight for it! Because a functioning democracy is the only thing that stands between You and tyranny. Tyranny of the few over the many. Tyranny of money over the people. Tyranny of well meaners over well doers. Tyranny of the armed over the unarmed. Tyranny of the loud and shrill over the quit and reasonable. That's at least some positive take away from the midterms 2022 in the US. It can at least serve as an example for others not to make the same mistakes Americans have already made.
So many here are already complaining the elections are rigged and voting machines fixed and blahdey-blah. Question: If there is a red wave, will you continue to cry foul? Can't have it both ways, you guys--If red hats win, they did it through fraud, just as you claim upfront the blues will win.
Here in OH I’m stuck with a choice between Tim Ryan and JD Vance. God help me because I have to vote for Vance despite him clearly being an idiot. We need a red Senate so I’m doing my part. 🙏🏻
I grew up in SE Ohio (don't live in OH now). I read Vance's memoir when it came out in 2016. I know nothing about him other than what was in the book, I haven't seen any of his ads or watched debates but my opinion of him after reading the book was very positive. I think his public persona is probably awful due to him not being a career politician. I'd recommend getting the book out of the library and just read the first chapter, see what you think. It was really good, I read it in like a day and half, couldn't put it down.
I'll say it again, Bari Weiss: Oy veh, these are your readers! They have all seen the election fraud with their own eyes. And they don't mean Trump calling Raffensperger to find him votes. How does it feel, getting paid to write for these people? "Slumming it" can't begin to cover the horror.
"others who seem entirely unfit to serve" One would have to be blind, deaf and dumb to think Repugs have a monopoly on "unfit to serve." Biden and Fetterman are beyond reproach.
Better to put such propaganda at end of article so it seems a little objective.
This article is another example of why Bari Weiss/Common Sense is one of the very few organizations where one can get a non-politicized, measured and tempered assessment of current socio-political/cultural issues.
I sure hope for a Republican win in PA for this issue alone:
"PA Democrats backed 'Trans Health Task Force' to facilitate child sex changes
Among those on the receiving end of "Trans Health Workgroup Agenda and Materials" was Rachel Levine, who was the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health at the time."
Of course, "Rachel" is really Richard - now Assistant US Health Secretary and named First Female Four Star Admiral (?!?). No one cares that he has long hair and wears a dress but he's a dude. I think an intact dude.
I'll say the same for AZ:
"Arizona Gov Candidate Katie Hobbs’ Child-Therapist Husband Had 10-Year-Old Trans Patient, Lawsuit Says"
Y'know what his whole argument is? People with cell phones in their pockets walked within two blocks past an election drop box. Holes big enough to drive a truck through.
Hanging chads is a "process issue." Completely different than a candidate telling his cult, through an entire campaign, that the only way he'll lose is if it's stolen.
Yes...a candidate with a 41% approval rating lost an election...not possible.
The magic of the 2020 Elections.... Moral justifications for incivility. Not like that isn't a tired chess move many of us have seen before.
How many false moral justificatios where there in 2020 alone?
Think of the deep rationales to justify: mass masking, school closures, information suppression, race rioting, wishing people ill, a "little voter fraud."
The Dems/Left played it well with the sheer quantity of "crises" wore people down. Even many patriots types just waved the white flag. It was just an endless onslaught which manifested in a lack of a critical mass political will. We were in an, ahem, pandemic, after all.
Also, their strategy of large scale mail in balloting was amazing. Our legal systems aren't made to be nimble, especially for Constitutional matters. The Dems had a strategy of just proceeding with their well funded plan of making sure the low propensity voters' ballots were submitted, and making sure each of those ballots were counted.
Ballots and voters became one and the same. Intentionally conflated in a well constructed propaganda delivery system. The worn down, and tired population simply didn't care enough about Trump, Orange Hitler, to care.
Well done. You own this Administration. Congratulations!
Many, many people of both parties have challenged the results of elections over the years for various reasons and I do not recall them being branded liars and their challenge a "lie" as you insist on doing Ms Weiss. If we cannot rely on the election being run fairly and the results fairly tabulated then we have no country. I think you would agree with that and I would appreciate that you leave that word out of your rhetoric on this topic. I have two suggestions to start with- that there be election DAY (absentee ballots applied for as in days of old) and that the means of counting votes be standardized and that they be accounted for and results announced simultaneously by 12 on election night. This BS of swing (democrat) counties having the last say - it's like getting the last at bat and being able to automatically walk enough batters until you win - just bullshit and everyone knows it. You keep this little lie bit up and you will see many fewer renewals- play it straight.
Who do I hate more? Let me tell me for the 4 years Trump was President the Democrats accused him of everything and I didn't see any of it. BUT, I HAVE seen EVERYTHING they accused Trump of Biden and the Democrats have done the past 2 years - EVERYTHING. Down to a T. It's amazing with such detail how they've carried it out and had the gall. I am now witnessing Musk Derangement Syndrome becoming a reality. It's incredible to watch.
I don't have kids but if I had kids I'd be FURIOUS at what the Democrats have done to children with regard to Covid during the past few years- physically, socially, and mentally. Maybe there are some Democrats who are worth voting for, but right now I can't see it.
Bari,
"....candidates who spent their primaries trying to out-MAGA each other"
Make America Great Again is what MAGA stands for. What do you have against we the people pulling ourselves up by the by bootstraps and out of this cesspool of untruthfullness, censorship, inflation, crime and intolerance?!?! You've used "MAGA" in a pejorative way which is insulting to the millions and millions of people who think of "MAGA" the way I have described it. Why?
Remember the days, when voters went to the polls to vote for the guy whose politics they liked?
They are long gone!
Tomorrow voters will only vote because they hate that other guy so much, they gonna stick it to him.
For the politicians it doesn't really matter. A vote is a vote. But politicians don't care much about democracy anymore anyway these days. And that's the problem, because voters have stopped caring too now.
Voters have had it. They are sick and tired of politicians who don't work for them, but for their own self-interest and their inflated egos and who spent most of their creativity on finding new ways to circumnavigate the will of the voters. They are sick and tired of a democracy that doesn't work for them but only for those who've got the cash to buy corrupt politicians and fancy lawyers.
So why not get rid of democracy altogether? Wait for it! It's about to happen...
Soon You all gonna wake up in a completely different country, one with only the ruins of democratic institutions, one with no more checks and balances, one where justice is just another commodity traded on the markets place.
Biden claims tomorrow will be a referendum over democracy. Trump claims tomorrow will be referendum over America.
These self-serving thugs are both liars. Tomorrow voters will decide which gang of jerks and thugs will own America and the copyrights to the pointless label that reads "democracy" for many years to come. The presidential election 2 years from now will already merely be a formality, a foregone conclusion. It will, like any other election in the future, be decided too, tomorrow. Not by voters, but by those who will get voted in tomorrow.
Future generations all over the world will hopefully learn from the demise of American democracy: Never take democracy for granted or You will loose it! And do not throw it out the window, because it was stolen from You, but fight for it! Because a functioning democracy is the only thing that stands between You and tyranny. Tyranny of the few over the many. Tyranny of money over the people. Tyranny of well meaners over well doers. Tyranny of the armed over the unarmed. Tyranny of the loud and shrill over the quit and reasonable. That's at least some positive take away from the midterms 2022 in the US. It can at least serve as an example for others not to make the same mistakes Americans have already made.
So many here are already complaining the elections are rigged and voting machines fixed and blahdey-blah. Question: If there is a red wave, will you continue to cry foul? Can't have it both ways, you guys--If red hats win, they did it through fraud, just as you claim upfront the blues will win.
Anyone who pretends to know red wave, blue wave, or purple wave is lyiing. Nobody knows because social and political times are so chaotic now.
Here in OH I’m stuck with a choice between Tim Ryan and JD Vance. God help me because I have to vote for Vance despite him clearly being an idiot. We need a red Senate so I’m doing my part. 🙏🏻
I grew up in SE Ohio (don't live in OH now). I read Vance's memoir when it came out in 2016. I know nothing about him other than what was in the book, I haven't seen any of his ads or watched debates but my opinion of him after reading the book was very positive. I think his public persona is probably awful due to him not being a career politician. I'd recommend getting the book out of the library and just read the first chapter, see what you think. It was really good, I read it in like a day and half, couldn't put it down.
I'll say it again, Bari Weiss: Oy veh, these are your readers! They have all seen the election fraud with their own eyes. And they don't mean Trump calling Raffensperger to find him votes. How does it feel, getting paid to write for these people? "Slumming it" can't begin to cover the horror.
"others who seem entirely unfit to serve" One would have to be blind, deaf and dumb to think Repugs have a monopoly on "unfit to serve." Biden and Fetterman are beyond reproach.
Better to put such propaganda at end of article so it seems a little objective.
Common Sense,
One question: do you consider this panel to be, on balance, politically neutral?
I thank you in advance for your kind attention to this question.
This article is another example of why Bari Weiss/Common Sense is one of the very few organizations where one can get a non-politicized, measured and tempered assessment of current socio-political/cultural issues.
I sure hope for a Republican win in PA for this issue alone:
"PA Democrats backed 'Trans Health Task Force' to facilitate child sex changes
Among those on the receiving end of "Trans Health Workgroup Agenda and Materials" was Rachel Levine, who was the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health at the time."
https://thepostmillennial.com/pa-democrats-backed-trans-health-task-force-to-facilitate-child-sex-changes?utm_campaign=64487
Of course, "Rachel" is really Richard - now Assistant US Health Secretary and named First Female Four Star Admiral (?!?). No one cares that he has long hair and wears a dress but he's a dude. I think an intact dude.
I'll say the same for AZ:
"Arizona Gov Candidate Katie Hobbs’ Child-Therapist Husband Had 10-Year-Old Trans Patient, Lawsuit Says"
https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-gov-candidate-katie-hobbs-child-therapist-husband-had-10-year-old-trans-patient-lawsuit-says
And, anyway, Kari Lake sounds great.
I used to be an Independent - like Tulsi Gabbard is now.
Y'know what his whole argument is? People with cell phones in their pockets walked within two blocks past an election drop box. Holes big enough to drive a truck through.
Hanging chads is a "process issue." Completely different than a candidate telling his cult, through an entire campaign, that the only way he'll lose is if it's stolen.
Yes...a candidate with a 41% approval rating lost an election...not possible.
Note - you said we should be "bracing for a red wave." Why not WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDING A RED WAVE? Showing bias aren't you???
Lol. Nope.
Says nothing about the election being fraudulent/stolen. Just that if MAGA wins, democracy as we've come to know it is gone.
Not the same thing. Nice try though.
"There's always a little fraud"
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!!!
The magic of the 2020 Elections.... Moral justifications for incivility. Not like that isn't a tired chess move many of us have seen before.
How many false moral justificatios where there in 2020 alone?
Think of the deep rationales to justify: mass masking, school closures, information suppression, race rioting, wishing people ill, a "little voter fraud."
The Dems/Left played it well with the sheer quantity of "crises" wore people down. Even many patriots types just waved the white flag. It was just an endless onslaught which manifested in a lack of a critical mass political will. We were in an, ahem, pandemic, after all.
Also, their strategy of large scale mail in balloting was amazing. Our legal systems aren't made to be nimble, especially for Constitutional matters. The Dems had a strategy of just proceeding with their well funded plan of making sure the low propensity voters' ballots were submitted, and making sure each of those ballots were counted.
Ballots and voters became one and the same. Intentionally conflated in a well constructed propaganda delivery system. The worn down, and tired population simply didn't care enough about Trump, Orange Hitler, to care.
Well done. You own this Administration. Congratulations!
Many, many people of both parties have challenged the results of elections over the years for various reasons and I do not recall them being branded liars and their challenge a "lie" as you insist on doing Ms Weiss. If we cannot rely on the election being run fairly and the results fairly tabulated then we have no country. I think you would agree with that and I would appreciate that you leave that word out of your rhetoric on this topic. I have two suggestions to start with- that there be election DAY (absentee ballots applied for as in days of old) and that the means of counting votes be standardized and that they be accounted for and results announced simultaneously by 12 on election night. This BS of swing (democrat) counties having the last say - it's like getting the last at bat and being able to automatically walk enough batters until you win - just bullshit and everyone knows it. You keep this little lie bit up and you will see many fewer renewals- play it straight.