It’s 2016 all over again!
We’re not disappointed Donald Trump won — and very impressed that he did so with so many Republican defectors. RINOs like us. We voted Libertarian.
Wisconsin put him over. How DO we do it?
We’re pleased as spiked punch that Kamala Harris lost. Once again, The Donald benefited from a weak opponent. Democrats sowed Tuesday’s defeat four years ago when they nominated (and elected) a deeply diminished and weak man. Donald Trump will make the better President; for moral leadership, we have to look elsewhere.
A damned shame Eric Hovde couldn’t pull this out. Wisconsin has not enjoyed two Republican senators since 1957. The senators elected today and
those elected two years ago need not kowtow to Trump’s worse impulses. Someone else will be at the top of the ticket when they run next.
Kamala Harris was the latest victim of Woke elitism. The Democrat(ic) party needs listen to Dave Cieslewicz and Ruy Teixeira. Because the party has lost the middle of America, not just geographically but on the assembly line, in the repair shop, and at the dinner table, too.
Maybe commentators shouldn’t jump all over a stupid joke out of the mouth of a warm-up comedian at a rally that the candidate himself disavowed. Counties with large Hispanic populations is where he made “tremendous gains,” Steve Kornacki admitted on MSNBC. They came here legally, they want every one else to do so.
→ Trump gains in nearly every demography
Women do not vote monolithic
Abortion, the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, was — like Aaron Judge in the World Series — a big fizzle. The Green New Deal? What a raw deal! DEI helped Democrats DIE. Those frivolous New York prosecutions made Trump a martyr. Then he got shot for real. We still think that had Trump relinquished his presidency (shall we say) peacefully and patriotically, he would have won by even more. But what do we know?
We do have questions. Will CNN have a come to Jesus with Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett? Could they play the news a little straight? Are souls being searched at the New York Times? Will the party get its snoots out of Hollywood? Keep men out of the women’s locker room? Will the party nominate a Joe Manchin next time? Tell AOC to shut up? Keep Mark Pocan away from the microphone? Quit trying earn NPR tote bags?
Madison is still 44 square miles
Will Madison WI erect its own wall against the rest of Wisconsin? We should have expected that its voters would reward our poor performing public schools with $607 more millions. Letting our city government blow past state revenue limits by $22 million. Waunakee, Verona, and Middleton thank you.
Kudos to Dane County GOP leaders Brandon Maly and Chrissy Illgen; they set a goal of upping Dane County’s Republican vote to 24% and they delivered. Kamala under-performed Joe Biden. Trump led Kamala Harris by 41,000 votes, above his 23,000 vote margin eight years ago. Congratulations to Brian Schimming, state chairman, as well. Does he go to Washington?
We’re relieved that Donald Trump won not only the electoral college but the nation’s popular vote as well. Hellz bellz, he made New Jersey close! Lost Illinois by only 4 points. The RINO in me says it means no repeat of January 6. No dark conspiracy theories; proof that our elections work.
We had to check in with Rachel Maddow. The schadenfreude thing, doncha know. No, she did not spray salt but leave it to MSNBC to blame Kamala’s defeat on race and gender. They’re right about that but for the wrong reason. Kamala Harris was chosen Veep precisely because she was black and female. When Joe Biden face planted in national TV, the party that cries racism in a crowded election could not very well bypass their black and female vice president.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: We make no apologies. We hope (and believe) Donald Trump and JD Vance will succeed. If they do, America succeeds. Went to bed at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday 11-06-2024. Will sleep soundly.
40 responses to “We’re good”
I’m disappointed Trump won, but happy Harris lost…..
May be hard to grasp (I’m having a hard time with it myself) but not disappointed Trump won. Just couldn’t support him for his … (you know what). Happy, also, that Kamala lost.
TRUMP LEGEND HITS A GRAND SLAM AGAIN!!!
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!
Trump SCHLONGS another.
MONEY QUOTE: “Who would have guessed lying about Biden’s cognitive health for 2 yrs, refusing to do an open convention for a new nominee, never mentioning public healthcare & embracing fracking, the Cheneys & a yr long slaughter of children in Gaza WOULDN’T BE A WINNING STRATEGY?<” (bolds/caps/italics mine) Adam McKay
Bravo Indigo November Golf Oscar!
And that there Blue Wave a certain imbecilic cretin was slobbering about? Nowhere to BE FOUND…
The Gotch
And State St isn’t on fire, no lotting, no raping and pillaging, Kelly Ann Conway on Faux News was scared pissless that the Dems were going to riot.
It’s still early. But no one was wrong to be prepared for that. The images of summer of 2020 are still in a lot of minds, including mine.
It’s still early. I heat Althea Berstein is collecting wine bottles and strips of bedsheets,
I am with you Dave. As a Libertarian voter. While we have a poor man’s Gover Cleveland, let’s hope against hope he turns into the 2nd coming of Calvin Coolidge, at least on the fiscal side. I doubt he could be silent and modest.
Either way, he is lame duck on 20 Jan 2025.
Here is hope Hovde can pull it out. He got my vote.
“Here is hope Hovde can pull it out. He got my vote.”
Same here, The Gotch is hoping but not hopeful; most, if not nearly all of the also-ran Phil Anderson & Tom Leager totals came out of Hovde’s pocket.
The Gotch
Why did Kacklin’ Kamala STIFF the supporters who had waited patiently for her for hours?
She would have had to speak off the cuff, which would have painfully reminded everyone why she was summarily, and no uncertain terms, bounced!
The Gotch
As per 100 percent usual, I line up with the Gotch here. The Veep is either rude and disrespectful of her supporters, or is Uncle Joe-level clueless and demented about politics. She likewise stiffed the Catholics in New York City, the press in failing to take questions in formal news conferences, and all Americans in fleshing out her nebulous policy agenda.
As such, she and Secretary Clinton are are condemned to the back-benches of history, where they will anguish over what might have been.
And just stop the default crap about menfailing to honor women. I’ll honor a female for president who Figures It Out first, runs for highest office second. Sorta like Maggie Thatcher did.
I’m glad so many conservatives voted; need to do this every election!
Paid less attention to the personality & more on the platform. Glad Trump won.
Democrats have a lot of soul searching to do. Can they find the log in their own eye so to speak?
Start with jettisoning all the corpses – Pelosi, Schumer, the Clintons. Tell Barack no thanks they’re on to your schtick. Just go away.
Who is the new blood for 2028? And now that Biden and Harris are both toothless who will write the first tell all book about the Biden administration?
They could have had Joe Manchin but it’s not that kind of party.
Wait, Squier, you’ve been bad-mouthing Trump for months and now you’re singing his praise– almost feels like you’re taking credit somehow. You have a strange case of tds!
Go get your shinebox?
I have a call out to Witness Protection.
It comes and goes.
I think the VP choices may have moved the needle. Vance is young, intelligent and speaks very well. Walz is a white liberal talking point clone. A poor political choice!
“A poor political choice!”
Historically poor.
And his monumentally poor vetting speaks volumes about the mind-bending arrogance of despicable Lefty.
Vance still picking little pieces of AWOLz’ @$$ out of his boots from the debate dismantling didn’t help.
You want to see cringe-inducing Lefty Melt Down in Real Time? Check neighbors next door (THEY Report/YOU Decide) where they’ve begun a dangerous, yet voluntary, immersion into a catatonic, apoplectic, pillow-biting, pants $#!tting, bed wetting, wind-sucking, chest palpitating, vital sign ramping, mouth-breathing, fist-pounding, foot stomping, safe-space seeking, triggering, weenie-whiny, simpering-whimpering, complete metaphysical, emotional, existential, psychological, philosophical, full-throated, freaking out, melting down, spittle-flecked, furiously-frothing, totally collapsing free-fall.
Will it rival 2016? Let’s hope not, Lefty’s fragile psyche teeters precariously at the abyss already; this could be the Final Solution!
The Gotch
One thing about you crotch; win or lose you’re still an ass@#$e. It must be a carry-over of being a Packer fan.
Single Parent Households Are One Of The GREATEST INDICATORS Of An IDIOT’S Future Poverty And Substandard Education.
The Gotch
REAP WHAT YOU SOW. Now we will see what DEMENTIA DON can do with his merry band of Bannon, Pillow Guy, Rudy, Gaetz, MTG, Blowbert, etc. Have fun suckers.
We may see a return of the 70’s era “deprogrammers” that parents hired to save their kids from the Moonies, Hare Krishnas, SLA, etc.
This time it’ll be the kids saving their parents.
Hope springs eternal!
Bill Ackman’s masterful summary on X:
https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1854019674385547454
I’d like to think it IS better informed voters that made the difference as it will force the Democrat party to change their ways. The dinosaurs will never change of course thank God for the new generations.
Good one, OE, I couldn’t agree more. It will be funny (but ultimately sad) to watch the Democrats blame everyone but themselves for this loss. I wonder how LieSack or Rollie are doing?
What is the definition of a landslide?
The system worked. Maybe not the way I would have liked it too, but it still worked. Your guy won; good for you. Just remember you reap what you sow. If you want Bannon, Rudy, the Pillow guy, E.coli Musk and a guy with a brain worm running your country; Cool Beans. Welcome to the world of Dementia Don.
Obligatory Columbo “just one moe thing” H/T Althouse
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1854144250562429081
But according to DB, the last election was lost fair and square!
Tweet of The Year; Spectator’s Bridget Phetasy:
“There will be a lot of ink spilled about why Americans elected Trump and Republicans in a red wave but I can sum it up: ‘HE’S NOT HITLER. I’M NOT RACIST. F**K YOU.‘ ” (bolds/caps/italics mine)
The Gotch
Not until day one. Then the Big Macs will hit the wall.
Like many, I’m not happy that Trump won, but I am glad that Harris lost. I’m also glad that I won’t have to listen to leftist screeching about abolishing the Electoral College for the next four years.
If the Democrats don’t look inward after this, then they deserve no sympathy. They committed too many unforgivable sins with independents: coronating their nominee after party leadership ousted the one voters chose, threatening to pack the Supreme Court, smearing sitting justices in an attempt to delegitimize the SCOTUS, attempting to deep six the filibuster, not taking the border seriously, decrying anyone who did as racist and xenophobic, doubling down on wokeness and DEI and indoctrinating kids with it, calling Trump supporters garbage, censoring social media outlets, and I could go on. Get away from the coasts and almost the entire country is red. It wasn’t always that way, but the Democrats don’t seem interested in understanding why.
From ethicsalarms.com: “I can’t wait to discover the new found (d)emocrat support of the filibuster and the (d)emocrat recognition that expanding and packing the Supreme Court aren’t good ideas.”
If, like a plurality of Americans, you voted for President-Elect Trump, you’re (heh!) DEAD to this SnowFLAKE
The Gotch
You give Maly way to much credit, Exactly what did he do?
Joe Scarborough Admits democrats Are ‘RADICALLY DISCONNECTED’ From Americans
Et tu, Joey…?
MONEY QUOTE: “TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK […] There are so many questions for the democrats to answer, but one of them, the one that I just saw, THAT WILL BE STARING THEM IN THE FACE if they don’t do something about it, is that 45% OF HISPANICS VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.” (bolds/caps/italics mine)
The Gotch
Dave please go back to the DeKalb Chronicle. Amerika was founded on racist, undemocratic principles and it continues 248 years later.
Thanks for exposing yourself. What little there is, of course.
Hate to (heh!) put a snowFLAKE over the edge, but care to take a guess who’ll be presiding over the good Ol’ U.S. of A.’s Semiquincentennial Celebration on July 4th, 2026…?
The Gotch