Democrats and their fawning supporters would have you believe that climate change is an existential threat. They don’t actually believe that, or they would stop doing things like flying on jets and buying ocean front property. But they desperately want you to believe that. They also want you to be terrified of COVID 19 and whatever is next, since that enables them to continue controlling every aspect of your life. However, the real problem for them is a different kind of climate change. This is a change in the political climate that results when people just stop believing you anymore. There are several examples of this today.
Perhaps the dumbest thing any politician can do is to ignore the obvious and pretend the ridiculous is the new reality. There are several examples of that happening today. One is this insane attempt to convince people that someone can just change their gender by deciding they “feel” like they are the opposite sex. Any time pathologists examine a body, the first thing they know is the sex of the person. That is because, gasp, males and females are built differently. No amount of deep thinking, hormonal treatment or even surgery actually changes that. While there are exceptions, most of us can look at another person and rather quickly determine if that is male or female. Most people seem to like being the gender they were born with and fortunately most people of one sex like people of the other sex, but also like being different. This has been obvious to most people for as long as there is recorded history.
Another example is homelessness. All of us feel sympathy for people who fall into difficult financial times. The thought of homeless families trying to survive while living on the streets is always heart wrenching. It is also, fortunately, rare. We have all seen homeless people firsthand. In many cases it is easy to see why they are homeless. In some cases, that is the lifestyle they choose. In other cases, mental illness or drug abuse is involved. One thing is certain, the Democratic strategy of spending lots of money to deal with homelessness just results in more homelessness. That is because there are also a certain number of people ready, willing, and able to seize the day if there is a chance of free money. This scene is playing out in every city across the country, yet somehow Democratic politicians want us to believe that things will get better if we just let them spend more money. Few buy this nonsense.
Most voters want honest and fair elections, most voters think there are serious problems with our elections and most support voter ID. The Democratic argument that requiring ID to vote is designed to suppress the black vote ignores reality. Just about everyone who functions in this society has ID. That is because it is next to impossible to open a bank account, fly on a plane or even purchase cigarettes or alcohol without ID. Most people think that having to show ID is reasonable and necessary. So do Democrats, when buying a gun etc. So, when Democrats rant about how unfair it is for those nasty Republicans daring ask people to show ID to vote, about 75% of the population, both Democrat and Republican, realize this is nonsense. If a recent poll by Rasmussen is accurate, and he has a very good record for getting things right, then up to 90% of voters think it is important to end cheating in our elections. This means that the more Democrats scream that Trump is telling the big lie when he questions the result of the 2020 election the more, they are alienating themselves from most voters.
These are just some obvious examples. There are more. The point being that somebody is really wrong here and the person getting this wrong is likely to pay a terrible price at the polls. We will soon know with the recall election regarding Governor Gavin Newsom. At first, the pundits said there was no chance he would be recalled. Lately they have changed their tune and are calling this a dead heat. It may depend on who decides to vote, and my guess is that the people who want him gone are far more motivated than those who support him. There is, of course, the California tradition of using mail-in ballots and vote harvesting to consider. But even that may not be enough to save Newsom. Democrats are promoting vote by mail and running ads by Elizabeth Warren accusing Republicans of “stealing power.” Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Think about this, smile, and just look around. What I see is a lot fewer people wearing masks and more people very concerned over the direction of this country. When Donald Trump was President, lots of people hated him. That is easy to understand, he has that kind of personality. But the country was headed in the right direction and most people were optimistic about their future. Today no one is exactly praising Joe Biden, at best they are pretending he is secretly competent. And no one thinks things are going well and that we are headed in the right direction. The only reason Kamala Harris is not already President of the United States is that she is Kamala Harris. We are very close to a “throw the bums out” consensus and since Democrats are the ones in power, they are the ones who should be terrified.
One final thought. No one, and I do mean no one, expects either Andrew or Chris Cuomo to do the right thing for the right reason. That is something neither of them will even consider. But this time, both are increasingly likely to be very public victims of the real climate change and some times climate change is a good thing.
TDM