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All D, No O

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As 1980 turned to 1981, Carter was on his way out and Reagan was on his way in.

Jimmy’s welcoming gifts to Ronald were the mess that Iran was, a hostage crisis, an energy crisis, inflation, and a newly created Department of Education.

As 2024 turned to 2025, Biden was out and Trump was back in.

Joe’s welcoming gifts to Donald are the mess that Iran is, a hostage crisis, restrictions and bans on oil production, inflation, and a 44-year-old Department of Education.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

After 1980 it took the Democratic Party 12 years to recapture the White House.  And, it was helped greatly to get there by George H.W. Bush in year 10 saying loudly “Read my lips, no new taxes.”  Then he raised taxes.

Will it take the Democratic Party 12 years to recapture the White House this time?  Will they need a goof-up the size of Bush’s, a new identity, or both?

Why is a new identity needed?

The reasons are numerous.  The origin is debatable.

But it says here that it started in 2018 when the first four members of the squad were elected to Congress.  Young, eager, and diverse the four had grown to eight strong by 2022.

They came in loud and proud.  Nancy Pelosi tried to put them in their place in the Party but they’d have little to none of that.

By 2020 Joe Biden sold his soul to the far left to help get him elected.  He promised a female VP.  He promised a black female Supreme Court Justice.  He promised diversity, equity, and inclusion in his cabinet and administration.

Meritocracy was out.  Skin color and race-baiting were in.

He opened the border near and far.  He forgave student debt.  He brokered the Green New Deal.  He supported men in women’s sports.  He supported men in women’s bathrooms and locker rooms.

In short, he catered to the far left.  He was run by the far left.  He was beholden to the far left.  He even told us “They want me to leave the stage now and not answer your questions.”

And, out of that was born the party of common sense.  Imagine thinking that DJT would be looked at as the leader of the Common Sense Party.

Who’s leading the Dems these days? Maxine Waters screams daily into a bullhorn.  Take Chuck Schumer, please.  Nancy’s still leaning left, but is now supported by a HurriCane.

What’s the message?  Is anyone listening?

If you’re yelling you’re losing.  And, they are yelling “bigly” as 47 might say.

The current strategy is to tie Trump’s executive orders up in court and scream “Constitutional Crisis!”

But that’s defense.  Where is and what is the offense?

Meanwhile, Trump is about to put Iran and her proxies in place.  He’s gotten some and is about to get more hostages home be it the USA or Israel.  Drill Baby Drill!  And, DOGE is descending on the Department of Education.

Somehow it feels like 1980 all over again.

It’s not over for the Dems, not at all.

It’s always the darkest before dawn.

But, it sure is dark for now.

 

 

 

 

All Systems Go

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If you’ve lived for a few decades or more you’ve seen a few things come and go.  In the last ten years, the comings and goings have come and gone at an accelerated pace.

Fast forward to the last few months and we’ve hit SpaceX speed.

DEI isn’t DEAD, but the Grim Reaper is in hot pursuit.  It’s hard to take the most divisive policy in a long time and use it to make America less divisive.  Meritocracy makes capitalism great again.

Misinformation and disinformation are getting missed and dissed to bring back good old information.   With a big assist from Elon Musk, we get to decide what is or isn’t factual.

The southern border is well on its way to being a border(a line separating two different geographies, philosophies, or countries) again.  Trump 1.0 lost a battle with Congress back then for $5 billion to finish a wall already started by his predecessors.  From then to now lives lost, children trafficked, and fentanyl smuggled collectively cost the US a price that you can’t put a tag on.

The “undocumented” are illegal aliens all over again.   The border czar from 2020 through 2024 loves a good word salad.

Law and order is pushing back hard on lawfare.  Biden and Trump pardoned enough criminals, whether charged, or not, convicted, or not to help take the fair out of lawfare.

Swiftly, bathroom use is returning to biological ID for entry.  Dress how you wish.  But when it’s time to go choose the door you open carefully.

Big Pharma might be in for a downsizing.  RFK Jr would like to help with the root cause of illness, addiction, and disease.  What you put in your mouth now causes the need to put a pill in later to rectify the wrong.  Did you know that in its history Pfizer has never made any medicine that cures what ails you in its entirety?

Binder sales have taken a hit.  Karine Jean Claude Van Damme Pepe Pierre made it a fashion piece or two around the White House attached firmly to her arms.  Twenty-seven-year-old Karoline Leavitt’s first press room briefing ushered in a new binderless era and laid down the rules for the legacy media assembled.

CNN’s Jim Acosta accosted any staff member of Trump 1.0.    Yesterday Jim resigned before financially-strapped CNN said the quiet part out loud.  Legacy media is listing badly from leaning too far left for too long.  Podcasts are in and broadcasts are out.

Like the weather wait a minute and we’ll soon learn what else has changed.

The fires are mostly out in LA, but DC is lit.

Nonsense is out and common sense is back.

For now, Trump 2.0 is all systems go.

 

 

 

It’s On in a Bigly Way

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God Bless America ends “from sea to shining sea.”  But, should the final line be changed to “from sea to shining Gulf of America?”

It’s debatable, but rest assured there is a sea change in the air.   And, it was so obvious yesterday that it hit hard like a rare winter snowstorm in the deep south.

The contrast hasn’t been this stark since Ronald Reagan took over the mess left by Jimmy Carter.

Forty-Six had one foot out of the door but signed dozens of pardons for those not legally accused of a crime while investigating J6, much less imprisoned.  Forty-seven got his foot in the door and by nightfall had pardoned all but six of those imprisoned for their “crimes” on J6.

The pendulum stopped moving left around midnight on November 5th, 2024.  The pendulum began falling back to the center from there.  Yesterday, it accelerated past the midpoint.

As Joe Biden sat helpless and dumbfounded a few feet away, Donald Trump in his Inaugural Address undressed many of the policies ushered in during the Biden term.   Later he sat down and signed dozens of executive orders turning words into actions.  He delivered on promises from the campaign trail at a dizzying pace.

With a simple signature, the border was closed.  That wasn’t that hard after all.   The WHO once more became “who?”  DEI went off to DIE.

The country went from two genders in 2020 to 73 by 2024.  It swiftly reverted to two yesterday.

Donald wears it on his sleeve.  He likes the First Lady, but unlike the First Lady, he doesn’t keep things under his hat.  His pronouns are here/now.

Isn’t it a special day when free speech and common sense are back in style?

It must be.  Musk saw it as a way for him, his company, and his country to survive and eventually thrive.  Bezos and Zuckerberg saw it coming and borrowed the reverse of an old cigarette jingle.  It would be better to switch than fight.

Of course not everyone gets it.  That is fine.  Debate is what makes us great.

AOC skipped the festivities.  She refused to honor a convicted rapist she said.  George Stephanopoulos said the same on ABC a few months back.   ABC has fifteen million reasons to tone down the reckless rhetoric.  AOC might soon as well.

MSNBC and CNN saw Elon’s sheer exuberance for the moment as a Nazi hand signal.  Increasingly others aren’t very exuberant for legacy left-leaning media anymore.

Hillary Clinton snickered when Trump announced the desire to rename the Gulf of Mexico.  She wouldn’t fare very well at a poker table for dummies.

After three speeches, one sixty-minute no-notes press conference, and three inaugural balls in the evening 78-year-old President 45/47 was already in the Oval Office this AM.   His energy level is, as he might say, “bigly” higher than Biden’s.

There’s much work to be done and Congress needs to get after it as well.

If you prefer common sense yesterday was a good start.