Former President Barack Obama continued the Democratic campaign theme this week in arguing that democracy is in danger if Republicans prevail in the midterm elections. I have a new column out this weekend addressing the over-the-top rhetoric coming from Democratic politicians and pundits. However, the former president’s speech was revealing as he cited the very arguments made by Democrats . . . as attacks on democracy. Obama did not go as far as some but he also seemed to channel the dire warnings of the imminent collapse of our democracy if the Republicans should prevail in the elections.
Obama remains one of the most impressive speakers of our time. With the unpopularity of President Joe Biden, candidates are relying heavily on Obama for good reason. His standard stump speech is still heads and shoulders above most other politicians.
Yet, the speech below was notable in the arguments that Obama warns voters not to heed.
“I understand that democracy might not seem like a top priority right now. Especially when it doesn’t seem like the results always work for you. When you don’t see enough progress on issues that matter to you and your family. Sometimes progress is slow. But we have seen throughout history and we’re seeing right now what happens when you give up on democracy.”
It was a curious argument given the effort of many in the party to pack the Supreme Court and push censorship on social media.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, has declared the Supreme Court illegitimate and has called to pack the Court for rending opinions against “widely held public opinion.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., even questioned the institution’s value: “How much does the current structure benefit us? And I don’t think it does.” She has now demanded the impeachment of Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch based on the entirely false claim that they lied under oath in their confirmation hearings. After the Dobbs decision, Ocasio-Cortez demanded “there must be consequences” for the Court.
Elie Mystal (past writer for Above the Law and the Nation) called the Constitution “trash.” Some law professors want to “reclaim America from Constitutionalism.”
Obama added that you see the threat to democracy “in countries where the government tells you what books you can and cannot read.” Yet, many on the left are seeking to preserve censorship by surrogate on social media and seeking to prevent the publication of books by those with whom they disagree, including a book by Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. With corporate censorship threatened, many leaders like Hillary Clinton are turning to good old-fashioned state censorship.
Indeed, President Joe Biden has questioned how citizens will know the truth without censors framing what the truth is on social media and the Internet.
Obama ended this discussion with the same ominous warnings heard from other Democratic politicians and pundits: “when true democracy goes away, people get hurt.”
Various pundits have been pushing the vote-Democratic-or-die mantra. On MSNBC, historian Michael Beschloss on MSNBC declared a Republican win could lead not only to the end of history books and democracy but lead to the killing of our children. That was then followed by another MSNBC interview with actor and Director Rob Reiner who claimed that Republicans “are willing to kill, literally kill, to get the power . . . this might be the last election we have in a democracy.”
It is language that is not just demagoguery but dangerous. It is meant to spread fear in citizens and make them believe that our constitutional system is about to fail. We have the most successful constitutional system in the history of the world. It has weathered every storm and will weather our current political divisions. What kills democracy are self-inflicted wounds caused by those who cast doubts about our safety or demonize their opponents as enemies of the state.
Did you notice how fast they buried the Paul Pelosi attack ‘story’? Zero transparency from Nancy or the investigative “news media” about what happened that night. What are they hiding?
Good morning Moscow.
The leading news source here in the United States — the Mickey Mouse Evening News with David Muir and Good Morning Mickey with George Stephanopolus – have devoted 5 minutes per newscast to this story, usually as the lead, every day all day since the attack occurred.
ABC has separately spun the Pelosi story into a typical Disney Princess sequel where they have found a city/county clerk in rural Colorado who says he has to wear a bullet proof vest to work because of the widespread fear of alleged domestic terrorism and have projected that into 5 minutes per telecast about widespread fear of election violence from coast to coast… running every day on every telecast (also “streaming on Hulu” as the greatest cross marketers in history keep reminding you). Merick Garland and the FBI storm trooper are all over this… just as soon as they round up all the Catholics protesting abortion and parents protesting school boards
The third (or maybe fourth or fifth) most watched news source — Comcast News owned by the very large Democrat donors, the Roberts family — ran a story Friday morning that said Pelosi opened the door to the cops when they arrived and told them everything was fine (rather than just bolting out into the street-*). That story was quickly retraccted when Mr. Roberts saw it
So no the story has not been buried
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*Being about the same age as Paul Pelosi I don’t know how I would have reacted if half asleep as has been alleged. I like to think I would have locked the bathroom door… assuming that part of the ever changing narrative is true
Or at least STAY with the police once you open the door up for them. WHY did he return to the attacker?? (NBC reported that, not a conspiracy theory unless it is one from the left. Show us the video tape, because they have lied to us so many times, we don’t believe anything they report or tell us anymore. WHY should we?? Everything they touted for 6 years have been lies that HILLARY paid for. Obama spied on journalists and Trump alike, and he is still spewing his divisive message to his flock of sheep.
I think Paul has a boy friend.
Obama’s schtick isn’t “beneath him.” That’s who he his; that people think he’s better than that is the scam.
Meanwhile Elon Musk has banned multiple Twitter accounts posting parodies of Musk. So much for Turley’s belief that Musk will be a free speech proponent.
“DRIVE-BY-LIE”
And your dastardly and defrauding self is still a-ninny-mouse.
Impersonating is not really parody, is it?
There is a difference between parody and impersonation. He’s banning impersonators, and not just people impersonating him.
No, he’s banned clearly identified parodies too. For example, Ethan Klein’s explicitly said “parody account.”
The little AOC girl got banned in 2019. Musk didn’t own twitter then. Where is your complaint?? HMMMM…Cat got your tongue, or is it only wrong to suspend left wing nuts who parody famous people??
Twitter always had rules against impersonating people. It is common among various Internet fora.
The DemocRATs see that there is an excellent chance that their dream of total takeover of all power in the nation is on the chopping block on Nov 08 and they are pulling out every false hood, every slimy trick they can think of to try and stave it off, but it isn’t working and their heads are exploding (but don’t fear that you will be covered in brain tissue).
Some here have said that the Democrats are making inroads scaring people about social security. The social security web sight says that social security will become insolvent sometime between 2030 and 2033 if something doesn’t change. The Republicans are willing to find a solution but the Democrats want to try the push grandma in a wheelchair of the cliff talking point again. It is considered one of the worst political ads of all time but here they are trying it again. People young and old know that the demographics of the nation have changed resulting in a higher percentage of the elderly. People are living longer and will be on social security for a longer time. The Democrats don’t give a damn about solving the problem they just want to use it as a hammer against Republicans. They believe that you are stupid enough to buy it. If it really had any traction they would dedicate more time to it instead of Jan 6 and Democracy coming to an end after November 8th. When it’s all they’ve got it’s all they’ve got.
SS has fixed outlays that are nearly funded at the current tax rate, but at forward risk with progressive prices. Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacares are only 20% funded, and are the principal drivers of the deficit. The Green deals exacerbate fiscal insolvency and energy sufficiency.
TiT,
The SS issue has been known for years if not over a decade.
It needs to be addressed.
Is this the Dems talking point on SS? Addressing the issue is the GOP wanting to get rid of SS? If so, that is a very shallow stance.
I am one of the commenters who has mentioned that. The issue is equally if not more so related to Medicare. My comment is not that both programs are not in bad shape (I agree with your statements). My comment is that people between ages 55-64 do not know this because they are mostly not yet on the programs. They are believing Biden and therefore as a result it will swing this election a lot more Blue than many commenters here think
And oh by the way the wheelchair over the cliff was one of the best political ads ever, not the worst. It’s what gave Obama the comeback win over that hapless RINO Romney-* in 2012 (I live in Massachusetts) and the same talking point is going to work again this year for the same reason… the cohort that typically votes Red in high numbers is scared by the talking point (I do think the GOP will win the House but only by 5-10 seats, not 30 as so many seem to think)
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*On another topic, IF the Gop does eke out a 51-49 Senate majority, Romney is going to go Independent and caucus with the Dems. Of course that will end his Utah political career but he will just move again — for the fourth or fifth time — to a different one of his houses and run for Feinstein’s California Senate seat in 2024
Ain’t but two genders.
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is a far stronger orator than Obama. And he has principle on his side:
https://twitter.com/pastorabharris/status/1554452617467772931?lang=bg
I have been hearing a lot from people like senile little girl fondling Joe Biden, Commie-la Harris, Nasty Pelosi, other democRATs, and the lame stream media that Democracy is on the ballot this election. I finally opened my ballot today and I looked it over carefully and did not see Democracy one the ballot anywhere. I did see the names of a lot of people that if they get voted into office, or voted to remain in office that will destroy Democracy, so I will vote RED all the way to help prevent that.
Well, democracy is Texas is such a wreck anyway…
Do you live in Texas?
David Benson, what is one of the most favorable destination for business in the country? The state of Texas. Where are the people from California moving to? The state of Texas. You have let is know that you are a college professor. It would seem that someone like you would know that Texas is a much sought after place for new investment. Big Tech in Texas?
Technology companies with offices in the area include Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., ARM Holdings, Cisco, eBay, ESO, Facebook, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, NXP Semiconductors, PayPal, Procore, Silicon Labs, Texas Instruments, Oracle Corporation, Visa, VMWare, and many others. We have here a studied professor making a childish flippant remark. Then again maybe he just doesn’t know a damn thing about what he is talking about. A long time education resulting in a sorry dedication to an ignorant bias. Very sad.
Thinkithrough, probably businesses like it because it isn’t a democracy but rather a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy
😮
Sorry folks but the Biden/Obama/etc lies about democracy don’t move the needle but their lies about Social Security and Medicare are. We’re not talking wave… maybe a ripple in the House and the Dems hold the Senate. Seniors know Biden is lying about SS and Medicare because we have them but the people just under that age are not going to take the chance
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me hundreds of times, I’m a Democrat.
Another pre-election day, another Obama op set to full bullsh#& mode. The hyperbole alarm bells ringing sound like Barry’s and some of Michelle’s early speeches.
All part of the plan.
Get enough Constitutionally illiterate morons on board, gin them up to full riot mode and direct their fury to attack and kill.
Unfortunately for Barry’s idiot foot soldiers, the lying Machiavellians at Dem central left out the part of The Constitution on The Second Amendment.
The Democrats are trying their best to get people killed. They want nothing less than attempted murder and actual murder of American Citizens. They want Civil War.
Why not? Democrats figure since carefully crafted lies, hyped up mass hysteria and threats of imminent death worked so well with their Faucicide op once, why not try to subdue the American People and seize control again with lies, threats of death and actual murder?
I mean Obama isn’t wrong. The GOP have shown they’re willing to cheat and attempt violent coups when they don’t get their way.
Some coups, the only one shot and killed was an unarmed Trump supporter. No Anonymous it’s not the storming of the Bastille. Maybe in your mind but not in reality. I’m sorry if I mentioned a real coups in history that you know nothing about. You can find it in a book.
The fake news media tried to spread the story that a Capitol Police officer was killed when a Trump supporter hit him in the head with a fire extingisher. Nothing could be further from the truth, the Office died of a heart attack. No one physically attacked him in any way, but the fools that watch the lying left-tard media swallow it hook and sinker.
Examples please. Videos? Sound bytes? I guess you forgot about all of the riots by left-wing BLM (Burn-Loot-Murder) nut cases that looted and burned in cities all over the country causing billions of dollars in damage, businesses lost and that even got a lot of people killed. Oh yea, the stupid, lying, lame-stream, left-turd media and democRATS kept telling us that those were “peaceful” riots.
Speaking of cheating:
The CEO of Dominion, the company that makes the voting machines, was interviewed on 60 minutes recently. Read this exchange.
“Do you use a Venezuelan company’s software that’s been used to steal elections in other countries?” Cooper asked.
“Absolutely not,” Poulos said. “Anderson, I can, I can cut all of
this short. We were founded in Toronto, which is where my family was
from. And there’s nothing to do with Venezuela.”
“Can you flip votes in the computer system?” Cooper asked. “Can you add votes that did not exist?”
“Absolutely not,” Poulos again responded.
And he lied his sorry ass off. First he says they do not use the software that was used in Venezuela to steal elections ,implying that the software can steal elections. Then he says that software cannot flip or add votes in the system.
Of course it can, you can make the software turn out any result you want. I used to write software and in five minutes I could draw up a flow chart showing just how it can be done. What a lying moron.
Now watch this video and see 19,958 votes flip from Trump to Biden in the 2020 election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-B-Nci99GI&ab_channel=BlaqBalled
Keep your eyes on Pennsylvania! In this clip PA has Trump at 1,690,589 & Biden is at 1,252,537 at the beginning of the clip.. then at the end when Pennsylvania pops up again, Trump magically is then down to 1,670,631 & Biden has gone up to 1,272,495.. what happened was 19,958 votes FLIPPED right before our eyes! Biden’s number went UP by the EXACT same amount Trump’s number went DOWN! again, watch Trump (1690…) goes down to (1670…) while biden (1252…) goes up (1272…) There’s been machine “glitches” similar to this one reported in several different areas.. some have pointed out its a program that is designed to do exactly what you’ve seen here
The 2020 election was rigged in favor of senile, little girl fondling Joe Biden.
Like the soft coup on Trump forced on us by Obama, Clinton (paid for it), the FBI, DOJ, Main Stream Media?? Obama started spying on Trump before he was President. Clinton paid for the fake Dossier that the FBI used to go after Trump and his supporters. NONE of them have gone to prison, because there is nobody to stop them. After tomorrow, hopefully that will change.
Exactly
Violent coups like this?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-underground-bunker-white-house-protests/index.html
“OBAMA THE CLOWN”
Certain people listened and adhered to Jim Jones too.
Given free rein, Obama will “kill” his disciples with political Kool-Aid, just like Jim did.
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“According to his wife, Jones had ‘not been lured to the ministry by deep religious faith, but because it served his goal of achieving social change through Marxism’.”
– The Gospel Coalition
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Sound familiar?
Obama and his gang are thieves and thugs, teaching precisely the wrong lessons of dependence, and richly deserving of severe penalty.
The American thesis was and remains: Freedom and Self-Reliance.
The American thesis was and remains maximal freedom of the individual and maximal limitation and restriction of government.
The American thesis was and is distinctly not to covet; it is not to coddle, sustain, mollify, appease or minister to particular individual thieves, dependents, leeches and parasites.
Obama’s “democracy” is a fantasyland of other people’s money having no relationship to reality, the Constitution or the restricted-vote republic “given” to Americans by Ben Franklin et al.
Actual Americans desire the unlimited potential of their “pursuit of happiness,” not suckling at the teats of others.
Americans desire the opportunity of freedom, not the fraud and deceit of Marxism expounded by the uproarious, facetious jester and charlatan, Barack Hussein Obama.
Obama preaches the capture of every last penny of assistance and charity, stolen and confiscated from taxpayers (engendered by LBJ) featuring his blockbuster of “free stuff,” Obamacare.
Here’s your one man, one vote “democracy” in action, America:
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“I’ll have those ——s voting democratic for the next 200 years.”
– Lyndon Baines Johnson
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(Why wasn’t LBJ thrown in prison for election fraud and vote tampering?)
And, of course, not only could they not vote by contemporary election law, but contemporary immigration law, in 1863, required the compassionate repatriation of all those illicitly sold by their fellow countrymen and tribal leaders, and abducted by Arab slave traders, lo, those 244 years previous.
Obama knows full well that democracy began in Greece and was perpetuated in Rome and America as restricted-vote republicanism.
Never was democracy to be conducted as one man, one vote without criteria to entitle citizens to vote, or to deny the vote.
Obama knows that Franklin gave Americans a republic.
Obama knows that turnout was 11.6% in 1788 and that general vote criteria were male, European, 21, 50 lbs. Sterling/50 acres.
Obama knows that he and the communists (liberals, progressives, socialists, democrats, RINOs, AINOs) can seize power, commandeer America and implement communism with the power of the covetousness, leeching, parasitism, dependence and greed extant in a one man, one vote “democracy.”
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“the people are nothing but a great beast…
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
– Alexander Hamilton
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“The true reason (says Blackstone) of requiring any qualification, with regard to property in voters, is to exclude such persons, as are in so mean a situation, that they are esteemed to have no will of their own.”
“If it were probable that every man would give his vote freely, and without influence of any kind, then, upon the true theory and genuine principles of liberty, every member of the community, however poor, should have a vote… But since that can hardly be expected, in persons of indigent fortunes, or such as are under the immediate dominion of others, all popular states have been obliged to establish certain qualifications, whereby, some who are suspected to have no will of their own, are excluded from voting; in order to set other individuals, whose wills may be supposed independent, more thoroughly upon a level with each other.”
– Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775
Barack Hussein Obumbler is a big eared pile of human excrement
I don’t understand why people think that 0bama is an impressive speaker, other than the Mockingbird media proclAims this. He pauses by clipping his last word, and does it often. It’s almost a cadence.
What he is saying is that if we don’t re-elect them, or if they fail to steal it this time, they will unleash their enforcers, both within and without of the government (FBI, IRS, DHS, Antifa, BLM, etc.). He is promising riots, and worse.
ahhh…ahhhhh…ahhhhh….He stutters like a fool too.
The one I remember best is Maxine Waters telling people to surround people they disagree with no matter where they are and drive then bonkers and into lifetime fear. And Schumer screaming in front of the Supreme Court to show his disapproval of the choices for Supreme Court Justices.
And now we have people who commit serious crimes but DA’s sho either write a ticket or just let them go – and grow.
Yep, and they try to tell us that it is the conservatives that are the dangerous people. Speaking of the moron Schumer:
Since Chuck U. Schumer called out Justice Kavanaugh by name and said, “I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price, you won’t know what hit you” Maybe he should be investigated to see if he has any ties to the left-wing nut case that went to Kavanaugh’s home to assassinate him.The loss of Justice Kavanaugh from the Court would be a gain for slimy democRATs and Chuck U. Schumer. It would not be a surprise if Nasty Pelosi is in on it as well.
Will we see a hearing and investigation of Chuck U. Schumer and Nasty Pelosi? When will the Gestapo FBI wake Schumer up in the middle of the night and haul him off in handcuffs?
“But we have seen throughout history and we’re seeing right now what happens when you give up on democracy”.
He and other corporatists are nudging us towards (their) self-serving neo-feudalism. Our constitutional republic is inconvenient to them. Might as well cut to the chase for those seeking power over their fellow (err, cogs in the machine).
Currently, Michigan law allows voters the option to either show photo ID, or sign an affidavit promising they are the person they claim to be. The affidavit option renders the photo ID meaningless. I could sign the affidavit promising I’m Mickey Mouse.
Democrats in Michigan have a measure on the ballot that would incorporate these two options into the Michigan state constitution. It’s being promoted as a means to combat voter fraud, but what it will actually do is require that affidavit to always be an option. Mandating photo ID will become impossible if that law passes.
You’d better not question election results in notoriously corrupt Michigan, however, or you’ll be accused of being an election denier.
“I could sign the affidavit promising I’m Mickey Mouse.”
And you might then be prosecuted for breaking the law.
You could also commit murder and risk being prosecuted.
Most people do not break the law, whether because they’re moral or because they’re afraid of being prosecuted. It is no different with laws pertaining to voting than any other laws.
It would be interesting to know if Anonymous has a drivers license. You are required to show proof of age to buy a beer but showing an ID to vote is just too inconvenient. There’s only one way to describe this argument. Silly.
I volunteer with my local Board of Elections, no doubt you object.
Seems to me, under NYC no cash bail, you can try to commit murder ant not be prosecuted.
Just ask that poor guy who got shoved into a on coming NYC subway.
No worries. If your Mickey Mouse and you show up at the polls to vote no one will ask for your ID so you don’t have to be concerned with being charged for committing a crime. You won’t have to say who your are if Minnie Mouse wants you to pay your overdue child support payments. Mickey says you cant prove it is me and I am not required to show you my ID. Sick em (Anonymous) Pluto.
Anonymous:
If I went to Michigan, and signed an affidavit that I’m Mickey Mouse, how would I be discovered, let alone prosecuted? Michigan allows an affidavit in lieu of a photo ID. How would anyone know I wasn’t Mickey Mouse, or who I really was?
What if Mickey Mouse suffered from dementia in an elder care facility. Is Mickey Mouse going to file a complaint with the court?
Democrats oppose all attempts to audit voter rolls. They oppose methods to reduce voter fraud, such as photo ID.
You have absolutely no idea how often people break voting laws, because it’s rarely investigated, let alone prosecuted. In many cases, it’s also hard to discover.
I have received voting materials for the late previous owner of my home for over a decade. I throw it away. If someone filled it out and mailed it in, how would anyone know who broke the law? What if the mail carrier remembered that this person died, filled the ballot out herself, and mailed it. How would she get caught? Auditing the voter roll would eventually uncover that he’d died, but how would the hypothetical mail carrier get caught for voter fraud?
Democrats make fraud so very easy.
In spite of skyrocketing voter turn out after election integrity laws pass, such as in Georgia, Democrats claim that such laws are Jim Crow. This is because they fight anything that prevents cheating. It obviously makes no sense that a law could be Jim Eagle, or Jim Crow on Steroids, if more black people vote than ever, but it’s not like their base will check their story.
Karen,
I notice that you are entirely silent about the other information that the affidavit form requires. My guess is that this is because you never bothered reading the actual affidavit form and don’t know what other information you have to give, and you therefore haven’t thought about how that information is checked against the voter registration rolls before the person is allowed to vote on affirmation. Am I right or wrong about that? If I’m right, I suggest that you look this up before you continuing spouting about it. If I’m wrong, just explain why you’re silent about the rest.
Will you also be complaining that people don’t have to show a photo ID in many states to buy a gun from certain sellers? Or do you think differently about voting rights and gun rights when it comes to IDs?
“Most people do not break the law, whether because they’re moral or because they’re afraid of being prosecuted.”
Most people do not break the law, but unfortunately some do, and only a tiny fraction of them in specific places need to do so to change an election.
You like that because most of the dishonesty is sitting next to you on the left.
“I could sign the affidavit promising I’m Mickey Mouse.”
And you might then be prosecuted for breaking the law.
And what evidence would exist to prove the crime? But all of that would first have to have Dem controlled Police and Dem controlled Judges doing their job, and we have lots of experience to the contrary
I’m going to point out the same thing to you as I did to Karen:
You are entirely silent about the other information that the MI affidavit form requires. My guess is that this is because you never bothered reading the actual affidavit form and don’t know what other information you have to give, and you therefore haven’t thought about how that information is checked against the voter registration rolls before the person is allowed to vote on affirmation. Am I right or wrong about that? If I’m right, I suggest that you look this up before you continue spouting about it. If I’m wrong, just explain why you’re silent about the rest.
Will you also be complaining that people don’t have to show a photo ID in many states to buy a gun from certain sellers? Or do you think differently about voting rights and gun rights when it comes to IDs?
“ It is language that is not just demagoguery but dangerous. It is meant to spread fear in citizens and make them believe that our constitutional system is about to fail.”
Turley conveniently omits the fact that republicans and pundits on the right have been making these kinds of speeches and rhetoric when it involves democrats or “leftists”. They have been doing it for decades to do exactly the same thing, to spread fear and make them believe leftists are evil. This isn’t new or unprecedented. It’s just Turley being partisan and disingenuous with the facts.
So Svelaz, it’s ok when the Democrats tell us the Republicans are coming to kill their children. Republicans point directly to the actions of Democrats who would do things like pack the Supreme Court, eliminate the filibuster, and let people vote who have no proof of citizenship. Democrats have stated plainly that these things are what they want. The reasons for fright come directly from their mouths. On the other hand the Democrats scare you with coat hanger abortions and Republicans throwing granny of a cliff. Damn right we are afraid when Democrats tell us what they want. They are who they say they are.
TiT,
Right you are!
The bottom 90% are facing real economic issues. We see it at the gas pump, at the check out at the grocery store.
But those top 10% like Obama with his multi-million mansions (more than one), wants us to all look past those issues. Past the fact record numbers of people using food banks, surpassing the COVID records. Food insecurity, making rent, paying the heating or electric bill, those are not real issues for people. Voting to keep the Dems in power, to protect their version of democracy is what is really important.
And they are surprised that voters are voting against them? I would say, “No $hit, Sherlock!”
Thing is, even if there is a massive Red Wave, the likelyhood of the GOP to be able to pass laws to get the country on tract, small.
Heck, Trump wanted to refill the SPR using American produced oil at $24 a barrel. The Dems blocked him. But the Biden admin was okay with offering the Saudis $80 a barrel not to cut production pre-mid terms. Dont know about you all, but I would call that pro quid pro.
Just remember, 8NOV going forward, a lot of issues and events are past any control of the GOP. They were already baked into the cake, regardless of which party was in office.
Some places now have run out of diesel fuel . No diesel to fuel long haul trucks and no groceries at the grocery store (don’t bother gong to a restaurant for food, they won’t have any either nor will the food banks), no drugs at the drug store, no gas at the gas station, no heating oil to heat your home, don’t bother to go to the air port because planes will not be flying for lack of aviation fuel, and on and on and on. And ignorant Biden takes our fuel reserves down by half just to try and bring gas prices down a few cents all for political purposes, and a lot of those reserves went to China, a nation that would like to conquer us. Would you like to live like they did back in the 1800’s because that is what the ignorant senile, little girl fondling Joe Biden and the DemocRAT crooks are doing to this country.
..the BIG difference here is that Prof. Turley always backs up his arguments with actual quotes, or specific references, while ‘Svelaz, true to their cartoon comic book presentation, simply makes raw allegations, no backing… and always with the under-handed flourish of an attack on Prof. Turley’s character…! Thank you, Svelaz, for your contribution to the subject matter of demogoguery herein.
Dear Hole: No–Turley IS a pundit for Fox media. He selectively quotes things because he is well-paid to attack Democrats all while ignoring the far more egregious conduct of Republicans. He has yet to expound on the insurrection started by Trump after: 1. he couldn’t bully Pence to ignore the Constitution and reject valid votes; 2. he couldn’t get any court to issue rulings in his favor because he didn’t have any evidence; 3. he couldn’t bully state election officials to misrepresent actual votes in the most-secure election in US history; so, 4. we have Trump’s Last Stand: go on rallies, lie to his fans, stir them up into believing that he was “cheated” out of a “landslide victory” when he KNEW that wasn’t true, and knew, even before Election Day he couldn’t win. He cheated to get into office in the first place, with the help of Russians, who wanted an asset in the US White House. These things are the biggest threats to American democracy since the Civil War. He stole classified documents, despite the sound advice of counsel, and is fundraising over being forced to return the documents. And, despite being voted out of office, the pig still won’t go away or shut up. No other President has ever acted this way.
Now to try to set the stage to cheat once again, because Republicans know that the majority of Americans see Trump for the incompetent, repulsive egomaniac liar that he is, they have election deniers running for office–these people have pledged to try to retroactively declare Trump the 2020 winner, even though recount after recount and forensic audit after forensic audit have proven Biden won and there’s no procedure to retroactively de-certify election results. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE’S NO EVIDENCE. The next time around, Republicans want these assets–i.e., election deniers–in place as Secretaries of State and/or Governors to simply declare that Republicans won, no matter what the vote. There is a gubernatorial candidate who has pledged that Republicans will never lose another election while he is in office. IF YOU DON’T SEE ELECTION DENIERS AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, THEN YOU ARE either STUPID OR BLIND.
So, what does Turley do–he attacks those who put the threat to democracy exhibited by Republicans and Trump into perspective, accusing them of being histrionic.
…who was it that said that ‘…GigI is Natacha in a Halloween Costume…?’ Another demagogue who likes to hurl unsubstantiated accusations, allegations and insults, misusing the Ideal called Democracy, which no faction or Party can ever own or represent.. or even destroy as suggested and will always withstand such NAZI like fear mongering.. Thank God Brave and Enlightened Souls know better than to buy into this demagoguery.
“He selectively quotes things because he is well-paid to attack Democrats all while ignoring the far more egregious conduct of Republicans.”
But the slimy fake news like CNN (Clown News Network), PMSNBC, and the rest of the left-tard media do not make up things to attack Republicans all the while ignoring more egregious conduct of crybaby liberals and DemocRATs, right?
Gigi – “they have election deniers running for office–these people have pledged to try to retroactively declare Trump the 2020 winner, even though recount after recount and forensic audit after forensic audit have proven Biden won and there’s no procedure to retroactively de-certify election results.”
Just in case you missed it about elections, read this:
The CEO of Dominion, the company that makes the voting machines, was interviewed on 60 minutes recently. Read this exchange.
“Do you use a Venezuelan company’s software that’s been used to steal elections in other countries?” Cooper asked.
“Absolutely not,” Poulos said. “Anderson, I can, I can cut all of
this short. We were founded in Toronto, which is where my family was
from. And there’s nothing to do with Venezuela.”
“Can you flip votes in the computer system?” Cooper asked. “Can you add votes that did not exist?”
“Absolutely not,” Poulos again responded.
And he lied his sorry ass off. First he says they do not use the software that was used in Venezuela to steal elections ,implying that the software can steal elections. Then he says that software cannot flip or add votes in the system.
Of course it can, you can make the software turn out any result you want. I used to write software and in five minutes I could draw up a flow chart showing just how it can be done. What a lying moron.
Now watch this video and see 19,958 votes flip from Trump to Biden in the 2020 election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-B-Nci99GI&ab_channel=BlaqBalled
Keep your eyes on Pennsylvania! In this clip PA has Trump at 1,690,589 & Biden is at 1,252,537 at the beginning of the clip.. then at the end when Pennsylvania pops up again, Trump magically is then down to 1,670,631 & Biden has gone up to 1,272,495.. what happened was 19,958 votes FLIPPED right before our eyes! Biden’s number went UP by the EXACT same amount Trump’s number went DOWN! again, watch Trump (1690…) goes down to (1670…) while biden (1252…) goes up (1272…) There’s been machine “glitches” similar to this one reported in several different areas.. some have pointed out its a program that is designed to do exactly what you’ve seen here
Watch the video and then don’t believe your lying eyes.
The 2020 election was rigged in favor of senile, little girl fondling Joe Biden.
Please explain what Trump did to start an insurrection.
Please explain your problem with insurrections.
Obama is speaking to the lowest core denominator of his base – the people watching J6 hearings 24/7, and checking in on MSNBC for analysis.
Chucklechan – And that is a very low core denominator.
It seems the Democrats continue to be the party that supports enslavement.
Debra…..So true. The Dem Party is a big plantation.
Seems to me that hard-right folks prefer uninformed voters who vote against their own economic interest. It’s rather sad to see videos of Jordan Klepper talking to MAGA-heads. It’s shocking how uninformed and lacking in basic rational thinking average MAGA people are.
Seems to me that hard-right folks prefer uninformed voters who vote against their own economic interest.
you need to show your work to give any semblance of logic to that statement.
Did you even read what Obama said?
Under Bideninflation, people are feeling the pain of Bideninflation. Records number of people using food banks to just keep themselves fed, surpassing the COVID lockdown records.
People taking on second jobs just to make ends meet.
People across the political spectrum are voting for their best economic interest. All the while Obama whines about them voting against democracy by his definition, by voting for their economic interest.
What everyone knows is they are far off worse since the COVID lockdowns, and Bideninflation. The economic recovery that Biden takes credit for, was lead by Red States who reopened their economies while Blue States like CA and NY lagged far behind.
Everyone knows there is a recession on the horizon if we are not already there. And the Dems will declare that the recession was a result of the mid terms. I can tell you this, as a farmer, inflation and the recession was already baked in the cake this past spring planting. Has nothing to do with 8NOV and who is in power in the House or Senate.
If anything, get informed as to how economics and civics actually works.
No, UPstate Farmer: the inflation we are suffering from is part of the fallout from Trump. Biden inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression. Trump inherited a booming economy, created by Obama from the ashes of the Bush disasterous presidency. Trump started a trade war with China, so we have shortages of computer chips and consumer products–because Biden turned the economy around so fast, passed the COVID Relief Act, and brought down the Trump 10% unemployment to 3.6%, and the economy grew by 2.6% last quarter, people have money to spend, but there’s a shortage of goods. High demand with low supply creates inflation. Then, there’s the interest on the historic national debt created by Trump due to tax cuts for wealthy corporations and individuals–you know–Republican donors. The country was shut down for 2 years because of Trump’s utter incompetence, lying about the seriousness of the pandemic, refusing to wear a mask and pushing quack “cures” like Hydroxychloroquine and horse de-wormer while we set new daily records for deaths and infections. Trump is clueless about financial matters, which explains his 6 bankruptcies.
What is the Republican plan for inflation control? To curb or stop Social Security Medicare, Medicaid and food stamp benefits. That’s it. But, Republicans dishonestly blame Biden for the mess their hero created. There is no “recssion on the horizon” with low unemployment and a 2.6% growth rate. YOU are the one who needs to “get informed as to how economics and civics actually work”.
Gigi,
the fraud, parasite, dissembler extraordinaire, and artista formerly known as NUTCHACHACHA,
is now,
“Garbage In, Garbage In.”
You go, girl!
Gigi, holy cow, just how ignorant can you be? Oh, you’re a democRAT so no need to answer. Senile, little girl fondling Joe Biden inherited a booming economy, no inflation, low gas prices, the country was energy independent, no food shortages like baby formula, and along comes Biden and his band of crooks and in just a few months destroys the whole thing.
Gigi, will you please name any Republicans that say they intend to cut or stop Social Security, Medicaid or food stamp benefits? Videos, sound bytes? You just prove that you fall hook line and sinker for the utter lies of the left-wing false news media and DemocRATs.
As a start, here’s a video of Sen. Lee saying he wants to “phase out Social Security, pull it up from the roots, get rid of it.”
https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1587997517639294976
Congress has absolutely NO power to tax for Social Security and Medicare.
Congress has the power to tax for ONLY debt, defense and infrastructure ( i.e. general Welfare).
General Welfare is basic infrastructure, roads, water, post office, electricity, internet, telephone (archaic), garbage collection, sewer, etc.
ALL, THE WHOLE, WELL PROCEED.
Not individual welfare, specific welfare, particular welfare, charity and favor.
Not “free stuff” for parasites and leeches.
The American thesis is: Freedom and Self-Reliance.
The American antithesis is “…from each according to his ability, to each according to his need…,” that’s you and your Communist Manifesto, comrade aninnymouse.
No, the country was shut down precisely to destroy the economy.
It had nothing to do with saving lives.
Hmm, “Uninformed” about Record Inflation in The US, Surging Crime in mostly Team Blue Cities, Open Borders thanks to Team Biden’s advertised Free Goodies???
Bill mcwilliams:
Surely you jest. We’re all paying more in gas, groceries, and all goods and services. Crime is way up. Police response time is down. This is the legacy of the defund the police movement. We remember when Democrats looted, rioted, and burned cities for a year, and seized entire city blocks at gunpoint to create CHOP/CHAZ. Homeless camps are everywhere, filled with drugs addicts and the mentally ill, who should be in residential care. 2.3 million people have flooded across Biden’s open border, all of whom will require benefits and support. Biden just absolved student debt of anyone who makes less than the top 95%. Doctors making over $100,000 just got student relief debt, paid for by the plumbers and bricklayers of America.
Joe Biden declared war on fossil fuels, and prevented oil development. Now we have shortages, and high gas prices. After losing money for years during the Covid shutdowns, oil and gas companies finally made a profit, and can turn to long-deferred maintenance. However, instead of being able to now attract investors to develop oil and gas leases, or execute a drilling plan, they are now being threatened that if they make a dime over their lean Covid years, then Biden will tax them out of it. Thus, all future investor revenue evaporated. Biden held up current permits by requiring additional environmental review, and environmental groups have flooded them with lawsuits. He stopped all future permits on federal land. Trump tried to increase the US strategic oil reserves when oil cost less than half what it is today, but was blocked by Democrats in Congress. Now, Biden scolds oil and gas companies for not developing more reserves.
Saying, “Hey Ho, Fossil Fuels have got to go,” sounds cool. Sounds brave. But when you pay nearly $7 at the pump, and the cost of all goods and services, which are produced and shipped with fossil fuels go up, you realize that we’re actually nowhere near ready to replace fossil fuels. Then Biden claims it’s not the war on fossil fuels that stymied supply. No. He claims it’s the greedy oil companies. Some people believe it.
KarenS – 1000 up votes.
Karen S.
You bring to the table the issues that the average American faces every day.
Thank you for pointing that out so well.
Eliminate the DemocRATic party and you eliminate 90% of this country’s problems.
Nothing says ‘democracy’ like one party winning all the elections.
That said, the US does not now, nor has it ever, had a fully-Democratic form of government. We had a representative republic because the founders realized that Democratic governments are inherently unstable. They knew this because they used to teach ancient Greek history in school.
The professor’s argument here is a bit confusing. If the left is intentionally engaged in behaviors to attain power which we understand to be dangerous and deleterious to the citizenry’s faith in our constitutional system, why would casting them as enemies of the state be inappropriate or unhelpful?