(Author's note: This is an interesting theory, can't be proven absolutely, of course, but probably still a lot of truth in it.)
The title of this article presents an interesting metaphysical conundrum: which is better to have, no elections or stolen elections? Ponder that awhile.
This morning, I was talking to a former Chinese student of mine who still lives in China. Right after I learned that Katie Hobbs had won—let me rephrase that—had been declared the winner (by her office) of the Arizona gubernatorial race, I asked the student if she voted in China. I already knew the answer, of course, but I like to seek confirmation. She said, “No.” That’s all she said. She did ask about the American elections but not much. We drifted to other topics.
The Chinese are very proud of their “democracy.” If you don’t believe that, just ask them. They don’t know what democracy is, but they are proud of it anyway. A one-party state is not a democracy; every candidate is a member of that party, of course. It would be like an American presidential election where only Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden were the candidates. And only House and Senate Democrats could vote. I guess the winner could claim to be “democratically” elected.
That is exactly the kind of “democracy” totalitarians have, or, in the case of Democrats, crave.
America is rapidly getting there. Even if a country does have more than one political party, if Party A only “allows” the candidates of Party B to win when Party A wants them to, then you still have no democracy. This election cycle is making that clearer, at least to me. A few examples and observations.
I never really expected Blake Masters to win the Arizona Senate seat. Too young, too inexperienced, to unknown, too nice a guy, and a few other things like that. But I did expect, as all the polls showed, that Kari Lake would easily win the governorship. I learned better and learned much.
The Democrats could not let Kari Lake win. She is too eloquent, too strong-willed, too MAGA, too popular among Republicans. She was already being talked about as a possible national candidate, VP or something, in 2024. She had to go. So, her demise was skillfully manipulated by the Democrat election-swindlers. They told an utterly farcical Katie Hobbs, “Keep your mouth shut, don’t debate, hide in your basement, say as little as possible, we’ve got you covered. You’ll win.” It was the 2020-Joe Biden strategy copied to a “T”. Biden couldn’t avoid debating, but Trump helped him there by being the arrogant, hate-inspiring Trump in the first debate. Katie wouldn’t have done that. The 2020 strategy worked in Arizona.
Nevada was different, to an extent, but still almost surely a Democrat steal in the Senate. You see, folks, national power is what is important to Democrats, not states. Let the Republicans have the Nevada governorship. A small-population state like that is virtually a non-entity. But, Democrats needed that Senate seat, badly. And got it. So, the Nevada voters chose to vote for a Republican governor and a Democratic Senator. It does happen. Yeah. It happens. Banks get robbed, too.
Georgia is similar and is a real joke. Conservative Brian Kemp received 2,100,000 votes to Stacey Abrams 1,800,000. Ultra-left-wing Raphael Warnock got about 1.94 million, Herschel about 1.90 million. You do the math. How many people voted for Brian Kemp AND Raphael Warnock? Send me a dollar for every one of them, please…
Giving the Republicans the Georgia governorship is, like Nevada, no big deal. Who cares what happens in Georgia? Brian Kemp is no threat to the Democrats. Besides, even to the Donkeys, Stacey Abrams is an embarrassment. That woman is just…an embarrassment to the whole country. But, the Senate…That’s where the power is. The Democrats must be thanking the God they don’t believe in that enough people voted for both conservative Brian Kemp and for the ultra-liberal, wife-abusing, hypocritical preacher Raphael Warnock. In the Bible belt. Yeah.
Maybe Katie Hobbs can find us some ocean front property to buy in Arizona.
Who is going to win the Georgia Senate runoff? Who do you think is going to win?
There is one possible caveat to that. The Democrats already have control of the Senate with a 50-50 split. If they think they can safely steal Georgia, they will; 51-49 is obviously better than 50-50. Can’t always trust that guy in West Virginia. But if too many banks start getting robbed, even the dumbest donkey might start asking questions. So, they may let Herschel have Georgia, and then say, “See? No cheating at all.” Raphael Warnock is an embarrassment, too.
But my money is still on Warnock.
Thus, the pattern becomes clear. Smaller, unimportant elections can go to Republicans. The ones where the power is must go Democratic. Articulate, dangerous Republicans, like Kari Lake, can’t be allowed anywhere near power, if possible. So, give the Republicans the governor’s office in Nevada and Georgia, but take the Senate seats in both. And silence threatening rogues like Kari Lake.
But, even the best of thieves can’t rob every bank. The Democrats had no hope in Florida (governor or Senate) or Ohio (same), so they didn’t even try. Nobody can rob Fort Knox. Therefore, the Democrats didn’t get the House, though they tried, boy, did they try. And got close. But no cigar there. Oh, well, there’s always 2024. The Republicans will never learn.
This was a midterm election cycle. Given the condition of the country, it shouldn’t even have been close. The Republicans should have slaughtered the Democrats. But the combination of utter Republican leadership incompetence and crafty, filthy Democratic machinations kept the Dems in power in the Senate and almost cost the GOP the House.
So. I gave you time to ponder. Which is better, no elections or stolen ones? I don’t know, but I can say this much: they end up with the same result—thugs in power.
