Afraid that Trump’s election victory was just a dream, I awoke this afternoon (I was up really late overnight) and rushed to the TV and computer to confirm it.
Thankfully, no dream. It’s reality, and a nightmare for the Democrats who remain in denial despite the nation’s electorate pointing out to them, most emphatically, that they are out of step.
I’m left with an abundance of thoughts.
The Lord does work in mysterious ways. Trump losing in a highly suspect manner in 2020 only led to the strengthening of his political movement. The Democrats and Deep State mistakenly sought to use the opportunity of his defeat to attempt to destroy him, failed, and it only made him stronger, producing the kind of massive election triumph that would not have been possible without the time spent in the political desert.
The yard sign fairies seem to have been very active overnight on my block, with virtually all indicators of Harris support gone – vanished, I say. But Trump signs, banners and flags remain proudly in place.
Cambria County was on the lips of the nation yesterday, but not in a good way. No, it was our typical ineptitude, in this case the inability to take and process votes without glitches, that got us some time in the national spotlight. We should be so proud.
I want CNN, MSNBC and major broadcast networks to own the election-denier, threat-to-democracy labels they love to throw at Trump and the political right. The citizenfreepress.com site I have come to love in recent days, called the election for Trump, publicly, at 10:41 p.m. EST last night. Fox finally made the call at about 1:20 a.m. and Trump had a victory speech. I wrote a massive blog piece before going to bed at about 5 a.m. At that time, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, etc., still were holding out conceding it was over. This, despite Kamala Chameleon pulling the plug on herself and very publicly noting she was going to bed.
There were reports at about 2 p.m. Wednesday that Kamala had called Trump to concede. She was scheduled to make a public appearance to confirm as much at 4 p.m. or so. Welcome to reality.
To restate a point I made in the previous post, it was Trump’s genius for feeling the pulse of America that won this election. His McDonald’s stint. Riding in a garbage truck. His inexhaustible energy at rallies. Rising almost immediately after being shot and fist-pumping to the crowd in Butler. And, almost as important, he put young, savvy, highly motivated social media influencers in charge of the Republican ground game. People such as Charlie Kirk and Scott Presler pushed this effort over the top and won several states, along with key House and Senate races, through their enthusiasm and hard work.
I love all the finger-pointing going on among Democrats. I’m reminded of the favorite expression of Johnstown native and former long-time Joe Paterno assistant coach Tom Bradley, who loved to say when you point the finger at others, the thumb points back at you. Kamala Harris lost this race mostly because of Kamala.
It was Kamala Harris who tried to hide from the public. It was Kamala Harris who went on the wildly partisan TV show “The View” and told their viewership (and the rest of the world as the clip went viral) that she would change “Nothing” from the Clueless Joe Biden years.
I took a financial hit for the country, seeing my net worth decline Wednesday as the traditional stock markets and the dollar soared on the Trump win, while gold and silver (my interests) tanked. Happy to do so. I did make a few bucks by purchasing a small, speculative position of Trump’s DJT stock during Tuesday’s regular stock market hours and selling it for a profit in the aftermarket Tuesday night after it began to look good for his election prospects.
I’ll give myself a .500 batting average on my thoughts regarding VP picks. I argued that Trump could have helped himself by having someone like Tulsi Gabbard as his VP. Maybe, but Trump sure did OK with JD Vance. I will take a victory lap on my thinking that Harris blew it taking Tim Walz over Pa. Governor Josh Shapiro. In her defense, there is some speculation that Shapiro was not interested, preferring to see her go down in flames so as to have no Democratic (or Republican) incumbent to run against in 2028, when he just might have presidential aspirations.
Hypocrisy being the favored mode of the Democrats, it is not surprising that today they no longer are lobbying for liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step aside, or for an end to the Senate filibuster rule, now that they are in the minority.
Our nation’s Attorney General Merrick Garland and his special prosecutor Jack Smith have thrown in the towel on persecuting Trump with further Lawfare. Maybe Fani Willis and Letitia James, the Atlanta and New York Lawfare warriors, soon will get the message – Trump won.
Immature Harris campaign staffers are posting snarky messages on social media, including that this transfer of power will be peaceful, unlike in 2020. It reminds me of Shillary staffers stealing the W keys off White House keyboards on the way out the door, a swipe at George W. Bush. We’ll see how Kamala handles herself in her public appearance scheduled for within the hour of this writing.
I will spend the rest of this day, and likely many more, basking in the warm glow of Trump’s triumph which, as previously stated, is a win for all of us.
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