Mid-terms: Why is it so quiet out there?

I can't figure it out. Here we are just six weeks (give or take) from the mid-term elections, the importance of which to the US of A can't be overemphasized, and one would think nothing special is going on. It's as if the nation is holding its breath.

On September 1st, President Brandon made a speech exhorting his followers (Sid and Doris Bonkers, of Loudon County VA) to do whatever it takes to defeat -- he put it more strongly than that -- "MAGA Republicans", who he called a threat to the United.States.

Picking up on that theme, Rep. Tim Ryan, who the Dumbocrats hope will beat J.D. Vance for the Ohio Senate seat, said the United States needs to "kill and confront" what he says is "extremism in the Republican Party. 

While admitting that Democrats "aren’t right on everything," Ryan stated during an interview Tuesday on MSNBC (who else) that he is willing to talk with others on how the USA can move "out of this age of stupidity."

Mr Ryan's comments come less than two weeks after his opponent was very critical of Hunter's dad's speech, claiming the president broke his campaign promise of uniting the country.

A Suffolk University survey conducted with 500 Ohio voters over two days in early September found that if the election were held immediately instead of in November, 46.6% of respondents said they would lean toward or vote for Mr Ryan, while 45.6% said the same for Mr Vance -- a statistical tie.

Last Thursday, in what might be perceived as an effort to increase his tiny lead, Mr Ryan attempted to distance himself from President Brandon, suggesting that the president shouldn't seek re-election in 2024. Many Americans would agree.

The utterances of Messrs Biden and Ryan aren't getting a lot of play in the lickspittle press, who seem to fear that their exhortations to do violence to Republicans can only have the effect of stiffening their resolve to turn turn the Dems out of office wherever possible, in November. Why wait for 2024 to excise the cancer that is killing America?

According to pollsters, an unintended side-effect of the "kill the Republicans" rhetoric has been to make it harder to identify Republican voters.  Call it the "shy Trumper syndrome". Why would anyone admit to a pollster or other nosy parker that they intended to vote GOP, at the risk of being doxxed and having protesters or possibly the FBI show up at your home? Just sayin'...

Another happening that has been under-reported in the mainstream media was the release of My Son Hunter, the feature film which reveals how Hunter Biden, the spoiled son of Sleepy Joe, has used his connections with the Man in the Oval Office to enrich himself and others. [Who? Ed.] The lickspittle media are ignoring -- "Nothing to see here, folks" -- what they and the White House can't deny.

The only story getting any serious play this past week was the bussing [or "busing" -- I can't decide. Ed.] of 1000s of illegal aliens from Texas, Arizona and Florida to "sanctuary cities" such as Chicago, New York, Sacramento, and Washington DC, whose mayor wants the National Guard to turn them away. Oh yeah, that happened in Martha's Vineyard too. I'll come back to this story later today.

VIDEO: Tim Ryan (D-OH) predicts Dems could lose 48 states in 2020

Jim Dandee writes from Zyzx Springs CA (you can look it up) "Do you really think that whatever's going on north of the 49th parallel is more important than the competition to see who can lead the Democrats over the cliff? What are you, some kind of Canuck lover?" OK, Jim, I am well chastised. No more stuff about Max Bernier or the People's Party of Canada until after Labour Day.

To swing the spotlight back onto American politics, Walt is pleased to present a very short video clip from this morning's broadcast of MSNBC's generally execrable Morning Joe. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), who inexplicably wants to be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, appeared to be quizzed by Joe Scarborough, "Reverend" Al Sharpton (and others). In the very last minute of the interview, Rep. Ryan warned that some of the top candidates in the 2020 Democratic field "have taken positions that will lose 48 states". Those positions, he said, include ffree health care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing border crossings, and abolishing private health insurance. Check it out.



I would have sworn that I heard Congressman Ryan Al Sharpton "Rabbi", which is pretty funny when you consider Mr Sharpton's long history of anti-Semitic statements and rhetoric. Anyway, in case you didn't hear him clearly, here's Breitbart's transcript of what he said after that blooper.

"I think some of the lead candidates have taken positions that will lose 48 states, and I'm trying to figure out what the two are we're going to win. I mean, if you're talking about free health care for undocumented workers, and the average person in some of these states that we have to win are busting their rear end to provide health care for their own families and paying a lot of money for it.

"I think decriminalizing at the border is a mistake. If you want to come into the country, you'e got to ring the doorbell and it should be a crime to just try to walk into the United States.

"I think the single-payer idea of telling people they can't have their private health insurance, you're going to go to all these union people in the industrial Midwest and tell them they've negotiated away wages to get really good health care, and you're going to tell them we're going to take that health care from you because we've got a better idea in Washington, DC? I think that’s a mistake."

Mr Ryan's voice will not be heard in the Democratic candidate wannabes debate next month, since he has failed to jump over the very low bar of 1% in the polls. So, farewell then, Tim, and let no-one say that the Democrats weren't warned!