Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing. We are headed in the wrong direction.
This has deteriorated rapidly since the end of December. Then, about half of the population thought we were headed in the wrong direction. Now that has leaped to about 2/3rd. Even more troubling is that only about 22% of the population thinks we are headed in the right direction. I believe we are about to experience a nationwide display of road rage.
Democrats and their supporters in the MSM successfully got Donald Trump out of the White House. They demonized him to the extent that a lot of people are celebrating without regard to how this impacts them. Too busy rejoicing at his downfall to focus on what happens next. This is easy to understand. Donald Trump contributed to this. He is famous for bragging about himself and all his accomplishments. That turns off a lot of people. No one likes a show boater.
This reminds me of other famous show boaters. One example was Reggie Jackson, who considered himself the greatest baseball player who ever lived. Another was Deon Sanders, who was also deeply in love with himself. But both these people performed very well and the teams that had them were willing to put up with the nonsense in exchange for winning.
This reminded me of a very funny story. My boss was one of the owners of the San Francisco Giants. He called me into his office one day, told me to be silent, and then he called Bob Quinn, the General Manager of the Giants and put him on speaker. The Giants were trying to sign Deon Sanders. So, my boss asked how that was going. Quinn’s response was: “The ego has landed.” I had great difficulty restraining the urge to laugh out loud.
The point being that although Trump has his issues, the country did well under his leadership. That is why about 74 million people voted for him. In addition, in something that is a shock to liberals, some people like his style. That is one reason Democrats were so anxious to exploit COVID 19. Prior to COVID, the country was doing extremely well, and Trump was coasting to re-election. While the media predicably blamed everything on Donald Trump, other people realized that it was blue states run by Democrats that were taking a bad situation and making it worse.
Now that Democrats have seized control, they have also inherited ownership. People think we are headed in the wrong direction and they want that fixed asap. There’s the rub. Nothing Biden is proposing is going to fix this. If anything, he is more likely to make things worse, much worse. Incredibly, even though lockdowns have clearly not worked, Democrats have convinced themselves that doing it one more time, but more efficiently, will fix the problem. Biden is even talking about requiring masks when you are indoors at home. Seriously? They also are relying on the vaccine, we only have because of Donald Trump, and working overtime to muck up the distribution.
For example, some propose requiring children to get vaccinated before they can go back to school. This, of course, is after your child is required to chose its prefered pronoun in case they feel binary. Brilliant, give the vaccine to the people who need it the least. A lot of parents are going to be more than a little reluctant to have Johnny get that vaccine. There are already reports that up to 40% of first responders are saying no. The people who want and need the vaccine, those of us who are age 65 and older, appear to be at the bottom of the list. Biden is already talking about setting up federal distribution centers in under-served areas. That may be politically correct but could slow things down where the vaccine is needed the most.
He is planning on stopping construction on the Keystone Pipeline, something that will guarantee an increase in the price of gas. It will also put thousands of people currently working on the pipeline out of work. Nice! He is going to have a mess on our southern border because he has been telling people they can come here and get free healthcare and a path to citizenship. Now he is telling them to stay home, but odds are they won’t listen. He is planning on giving 11 million illegal aliens a path to citizenship. He may be shocked to learn that many of them won’t even want that. It is cheaper to work under the table and avoid paying taxes. He is also proposing a $15 national minimum wage which will be devastating to some small business owners and will have the biggest negative impact on minorities.
By the way, the party that wants to defund the police, has surrounded itself with 25,000 troops so Joe can be sworn in safely in the first digital inauguration. I predict a lot of people will respond digitally, using their middle finger.
I could go on, but you get the point. Not only is Biden doing nothing to turn us around from traveling in the wrong direction, but he is also putting his foot on the gas pedal and taking his hands off the wheel. I think we are about to see a nationwide public display of road rage.
TDM