Post-Election Thoughts

Another election has come and gone and what have we learned?

Somehow, people with campaign signs for losers were very efficient at clearing those signs, doing so almost as quickly as the results were known, likely in the attempt not to suffer any longer than necessary the stench of losing.

People who had yard signs for winners have been a little slower to pull down their signs, perhaps basking in vicarious glory.

I’m wondering if I deserved hazardous duty pay voting at the Southmont Borough Building, amidst strands of red warning tape and cautionary signs regarding asbestos danger there?

It was nice to see some local election results, with social justice warriors and YouTube heroes failing to win.

It was not so nice to see it reinforced that the electorates in New York City, California, Virginia and New Jersey are just as insane as they have been for decades. Give them proven liars, cheats, purveyors of social media threats, and other miscreants and they will vote for them as long as they are Democrats.

It was predictable to see Democrats engage in orgies of self-congratulation over winning in these blue, or deep-purple jurisdictions. Should Republicans crow so loudly when they prevail in Texas and Florida? How about when a guy named Trump sweeps seven supposedly toss-up swing states, as he did in 2024?

As written here previously, I had come to hope Mandami “The Commie” would become mayor of New York City, just so he could face the daunting challenge of coming through with all the freebies he promised in order to get elected.

New York City voters are going to find out that you pay the piper for bad voting choices. This is nothing new. Think post-World War I Germany, for example.

Johnstown is screwed, and has been screwed for some time due to generations of mismanagement and political corruption. A new mayor won’t cure that, and as often seems to be the case, might just add to the misery.

If, as some pundits have said, the government shutdown hurt the Republicans, that’s just further proof the average voter operates on a mental level a bit short of the typical five-year-old.

Also, along that line, we had the usual crap spewed yet again before the election urging people to perform their civic duty and vote. That conveniently omits the need to educate oneself before voting, so as to make informed decisions and not just vote for the D or R, or for a candidate’s name.