Assessing the Election

And the continuing chaos.

Atlanta, GA

November 6, 2024

What a shock. I guess calling him “Hitler” didn’t work.

My prediction was off. I didn’t give the people of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin enough credit. I did think Trump would win Arizona. I just distrusted officials there to accurately report the result.

That’s fine. Like betting a small amount on a team I hope loses, I’m happy to be wrong. It’s encouraging that most Americans didn’t buy what the Democrats were selling.

What they were pushing was repugnant. Unlimited abortions constituted the bulk of their platform. Other than causing food shortages by imposing price caps on groceries, Kamala Harris had few other proposals.

She was rarely asked for any. When she was, she had no answers. Kamala refused to discuss censorship she’d previously endorsed (including her demand that the sitting president’s Twitter account be deactivated).

Aside from a few feeble remarks about inhibiting (in Michigan) or enabling (in Pennsylvania) Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, foreign wars rarely came up.

What Women Want

To amplify her campaign’s contempt for men, one of its asinine ads insinuated most women fear their husbands, so needn’t be honest with them about how they’d vote. Has any major candidate been more disconnected from average Americans?

Despite the Kamala campaign’s low opinion of them, most women love their families and think for themselves. Yesterday, they did.

Many mothers were apparently more concerned with affording to feed their children than having the “right” to kill them. And large numbers probably resented being pressured to support an empty pantsuit simply because of her sex.

Most candidates are awful. But Kamala Harris was an unforgivable affront. Her lack of intelligence was an insult to ours.

It’s bad enough being lectured by any politician. But it’s particularly appalling when she’s so much dumber than her audience. Voters resent being scolded by an arrogant nitwit.

That a party could unilaterally install such an unlikable lightweight…and then rebrand her as a cultural phenomenon and an avatar of “joy”…was too offensive for many to stomach.

Last night, they simply couldn’t.

A Ready Culprit

I confess to being pleasantly surprised. I expected northern and western “battleground” states to be close, but to tilt to Kamala. Instead, Trump won a clean sweep of these key contests.

Yet the losers are incapable of introspection. Rather than honestly assess why their candidate was rejected, they found a ready culprit for their failure to win:

The voters.

Americans consistently express concern about rampant immigration, rising crime, reckless wars, expensive gas, unaffordable housing, and increasing difficulty affording anything to eat. But apparently these are dog-whistling ruses.

After spending the night in honest self-reflection, Harris supporters came to a natural conclusion. Voters rejected their candidate for an obvious reason: they’re bigoted misogynists. What else could it be?

They also demeaned Trump voters for being “uneducated”, as if that’s an insult. After the covid and “climate” fiascos when we were ordered to “trust the experts”, how tone-deaf must you be to think academic credentials are sufficient for competence?

Yet it’s no surprise that those who’ve spent the most time in school are more prone to support Establishment prescriptions. After all, a trained dog is easier to manipulate than a wild one.

More Mayhem

Mercifully, the voting is over, and the ballots are counted. Harris gave her concession speech late this afternoon. She acknowledged that earlier in the day she’d called Hitler to congratulate him on his win and to offer her assistance as he transitions into office.

So what now?

Many fear that the Trump victory will mean a rise in chaos. I don’t necessarily disagree. Why would I? My only quibble is it would be less a “rise” than a continuation.

After the last four years, and the four before that, why shouldn’t we expect more mayhem? That seemed inevitable either way.

Four years ago, Joe Biden promised a “return to normalcy.” To weary Americans, it was an appealing pitch.

After eight months of covid madness, rioters looting cities and setting them aflame, deliberate ratcheting of racial tension, and ridiculous allegations that the US president was a Russian asset, people craved some semblance of serenity…and sanity.

But Biden quickly accelerated the lunacy. “On day one”, he essentially opened the borders and started importing invaders. The government and its NGO partners then strategically distributed them to unwary states.

The administration cracked down on speech of average Americans. In a blatant violation of the First Amendment, it admitted it “worked with” social media companies to “flag problematic posts” that questioned the government…initially on covid, and later regarding the Ukraine.

The regime demonized anyone who dared decline a novel drug. Millions of skeptics were silenced, had their careers ruined, and were essentially banished from society for refusing a shot. The president excoriated half the electorate as insurrectionist “terrorists”, fascist “extremists”, dangers to “democracy”, and enemies of America.

With the Fed supplying the fuel, Donald Trump lit the fuse of inflation, striking the CARES Act as the stimulatory match. But by disguising a “green” boondoggle as “Inflation Reduction”, Joe Biden set off the bomb.

He also dropped a few. For more than a decade, as Vice President and in the Oval Office, Joe Biden has picked a fight with Russia. The provocation ramped up after he became president. The following year, Vladimir Putin took the bait.

Biden flushed half a trillion dollars down the Ukraine, thru which they were laundered into preferred pockets. He supplied Israel as it obliterated Gaza and bombed civilians in Lebanon. Evidence indicates the US government crippled Germany by destroying the Nord Stream pipeline.

All the while, Biden’s administration and its media mouthpieces showed seething contempt for average Americans. Yet his appointments turned the Executive Branch into a “woke” freak show of identity politics, racial grievance, and perversity cults.

So there’s been plenty of chaos the last four years.

Always a Bright Side

Perhaps (but not necessarily) excluding the 1860s or the 1960s, this was the most chaotic half decade in American history. Nothing was safe from disruption or destruction. Traditions were mocked, heroes disparaged, statues toppled, injections enforced, critics silenced, wars waged, and “justice” weaponized against political opponents.

There’s no reason to think the tumult won’t continue. After last night, there’s another reason to think it will.

Trump won the election, but he’s not yet president. Whether he’s allowed to take the oath, plenty of events can be instigated to hamstring him if he does.

The next president is in for a rough term. Wars are raging. The economy is weak. Division is stark.

Despite superficial frosting, the soufflé is rotten. It won’t take much for the center to collapse. And there’s ample incentive for the chefs to induce it on Donald Trump’s watch.

So yesterday wasn’t a total loss for Kamala Harris. There’s always bright side. If nothing else, in two months she’ll have the honor of being the first woman to certify an election.

JD