If Only We Could Be As Optimistic As Gingrich

God bless Newt Gingrich for his optimism regarding Republican chances in the November mid-term elections. I wish I could share it.

Gingrich is nothing if not consistent. He has been on the air, primarily Fox News or Fox Business, for months expressing his confidence. Before the Iran conflict, and now during it, his outlook remains positive.

Late Monday morning, he was on Fox Business with Stuart Varney, who made the point that despite all the optimism from Gingrich, and demonstrable President Trump triumphs such as lower taxes, stock markets at or near all-time highs, relatively low unemployment and the like, Trump’s approval ratings continue to decline.

Gasoline prices, the myopic lens through which too many consumers see their lives, are higher. These economic illiterates neglect to understand their take-home pay has increased, especially if they work for tips and put in overtime, both of which categories have no taxes thanks to Trump.

As calculated earlier in this space, gas prices being a $1 higher per gallon than a year earlier would, based on average miles driven and fuel economy, cost about $13 a week. That should be peanuts. If not, you’ve got problems beyond the gas prices.

It also hurts Trump that there is nonstop hatred spewing from Democrats and their sock puppets (to use a popular Democrat term) in the LameStream media. Seemingly intelligent people – think the Washington, D.C. dinner shooter – regurgitate the talking points almost verbatim in rambling manifestos designed to justify their insane acts.

Worse, supposedly reputable LameStream media types repeat the falsehoods to Trump and challenge him to defend himself.

As Gingrich told Varney of Democrats and LameStream media: “I think we’re in a very strange period. They’ve lost just lost their heads.”

If only that were true literally. This altered state of consciousness among a huge slice of the populace is exactly why I think the Republicans go down in flames in November, albeit undeservedly so.

Gingrich, citing his lengthy experience with campaigns, begs to differ, even as he acknowledged Democrats making hay with the so-called affordability issue.

“The Republicans are, better than even, likely to win this fall,” he said. “The real campaign will begin around the Fourth of July. George H.W. Bush was behind by 19 points against Dukakis in May and beat him by eight. So, every fourth American switched.

“I am very confident that when we get to the real campaign, the Democrats are going to melt very rapidly.”

I hope Gingrich is correct. I do not believe that he is. America was very different in 1988, when George H.W. Bush was contesting Michael Dukakis for president. Socialism, Marxism and nihilism were not running rampant very openly among Democrats.

This nation still had a strong reliance on basic principles such as faith, law and truth. The media could be trusted. Massive illegal immigration and absurd DEI programs had not stained the social fabric. Teachers taught reading, writing and math, not climate change, white privilege and socialism.

It is instructive that the latest would-be Trump assassin is/was a teacher. Perhaps he can tutor fellow prisoners the next few decades.

For Gingrich to be proved correct, half the nation is going to need to experience a rebirth, a mental enema flushing out all the Trump Derangement Syndrome toxins.

Can that happen before Nov. 3? Doubtful. We should know the answer late on that date, maybe a few weeks after if it’s close and California’s ridiculously slow election counting, apparently still relying on pointy sticks and wax tablets, bumbles toward a verdict that will determine the balance of power.