If you live on this planet long enough you will see events happen that defy all logic. In 1991 George H.W. Bush seemed to be coasting to re-election. Bush led the U.S. to a stunning defeat of Iraq. His approval rating approached 90%. Few Democrats wanted the nomination in 1992, because they thought Bush was a shoe-in. The result was that Bill Clinton, a relatively unknown, won the DNC nomination. Then in 1992 the economy started to slow down. Clinton won because “it’s the economy, stupid.” He beat George Bush and promptly pushed the economy off the cliff. But Republicans ran on a contract with America, Clinton wisely agreed with them, and as a result the economy recovered. It also recovered because Clinton spent the Social Security surplus creating the illusion of a balanced budget.
Then, incredibly, he won re-election because Republicans ran Bob (I don’t have a personality) Dole, because it was his turn. The night Clinton was re-elected, I took a long, long walk, because I was totally depressed that the voters in this country could be so stupid.
In 2000, George W. Bush, barely, beat Al Gore. Today few people can even imagine Al Gore being President of the United States, but we dodged that bullet by about 300 votes in Florida. Bush defeated al Qaeda in Afghanistan and invaded Iraq, and captured Saddam Hussein. In 2004, Bush defeated John Kerry, one of the most despicable anti-American candidates in U.S. history. The same John Kerry who distinctly remembered taking his swift boat into Cambodia as ordered by Richard Nixon during Christmas 1968. Few noticed that his boat never went near Cambodia and in Christmas 1968 the President of the United States was LBJ, not Richard Nixon.
Even though George W. Bush soared to favorability, Democrats went on a full-time mission to destroy him. He was blamed for Hurricane Katrina and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Then, when his eight years were over, someone decided that Barack Obama was the future, because he was black.
No one bothered to check if he was remotely qualified to be President of the United States. Republicans countered with John McCain, the favorite RINO of the MSM. The MSM loved McCain, until he was competing with a Democrat, then they turned on him. He, predictably, lost. Four years later, Republicans ran another RINO, Mitt Romney, who also, predictably, lost. I know many people who thought Obama was a horrible President but know absolutely no one who regrets that Mitt Romney did not become President.
For the next eight years, Barack could do no wrong, because no one in the MSM dared even hint at criticism of the first Black President. Then in 2016, Hillary Clinton, probably the most disgusting person to ever run for President, was defeated by, gasp, Donald Trump. Democrats, with the support of the MSM and RINO Republicans including George W. Bush and Mitt Romney spent the next four years desperately trying to make it impossible for Trump to succeed. He succeeded anyway, but then when COVID struck, the usual suspects seized the day and shut the country down, with devastating results. With the help of mail-in ballots and highly suspect voting machines, Joe Biden, campaigning from his basement, miraculously defeated the hated Donald Trump.
On January 6th, 2020, there was a “riot” at the Capitol. Democrats still pretend this was the greatest threat to democracy since the civil war. That may be true, but there is serious question regarding whether the people who orchestrated this were trying to help Donald Trump or overthrow Donald Trump.
Democrats, RINO Republicans, and the MSM spent four years covering up the obvious fact that Joe Biden, never all that bright, was suffering from seriously diminished mental capacity. Granted, with someone like Joe Biden, it is often hard to separate dementia from a long history of public stupidity. But the MSM embraced the ridiculous while ignoring the obvious. They maintained this illusion until Joe’s performance in the 2024 Presidential debate made it impossible to even pretend.
Kamala Harris was the first candidate to drop out of the 2020 election. Joe had promised to pick a black female vice President, and Kamala Harris was better than the person in second place, Karen Bass, she was elected to be VP. When Joe self-destructed, Kamala was chosen to succeed him. Over 1$ billion was spent on her campaign, but Trump trounced her anyway.
None of this makes sense, but it is all too real. It is a reminder than sometimes truth is stranger and more devastating than fiction. Some are now predicting that Democrats will soar during the 2026 midterm elections. Before believing that, consider the fact that the people predicting this have been wrong about everything else for an extraordinarily long time.
What are the odds that any of the above really happened? 100% What are the odds that future decision by far too many American voters will be equally at odds with reality? 100% But remember this. Donald Trump won in 2016 when few in the MSM thought this was remotely possible. Then he won again in 2024, even though Democrat Fat Cats donated more than $1 billion to Kamala, only to see her lose every swing state and the popular vote.
So, what are the odds? The odds are those strange people who believe almost anything said by the liberal left and the MSM without regard to any facts or evidence. These people will almost always vote for the Democrat even when the candidate has been totally compromised. For example, Marion Barry was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and then from 1995 to 1999.
The following article on sfgate.com explains: Marion Barry, re-elected Washington mayor after drug term, dies
On Jan. 18, 1990, Mayor Barry was arrested in a Washington hotel room while smoking crack cocaine and fondling a woman who was not his wife. The arrest caused a sensation, but it was hardly a surprise: The public had known of his womanizing, and there had been rumors of drug use.
It didn’t matter. He had to resign in 1991 but was elected again in 1995. Sadly, there are always an astonishing number of people who will vote for the Democrat with any regard to the facts, evidence or consequences.
he odds always show up to vote. Conservatives not so much. There is only one way to beat the odds and that is when good people turn out to vote.
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