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GOP adds to the Senate, Dems take the House

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As of this writing, very early Wednesday morning, that’s the wash.

The Demorats took the House, 217 to 195, and the GOP gained three seats in the Senate.

Both sides will claim victory. And both sides had a victory to claim. Of sorts.

The LDAMM will declare “the people” provided them with a “mandate.” The mandate will be to “get Trump.” Impeachment, obstruction, Russia, the theme won’t change. It’s beyond tedious. It’s simply mindless. But hell, the Dems won, it’s their game to play. And play it they will. Mark my words, it is this game that will be their undoing two years from now in 2020.

As everyone knows, it’s easy to be the second sled dog barking at the first. But as the first sled dog, the House Dems will have to actually do something. What will they do?

Correct. Raise taxes, increase government and create more regulations. And:

House Dems Already Have Their List of Trump Scandals to Investigate. Here It Is.

by David Corn

The subpoenas are coming.

Here comes the flood.

With the Democrats having won control of the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump and his crew in the White House and assorted federal agencies can expect to be hit by a wave of investigations and subpoena requests from Capitol Hill. There are dozens of House committees and subcommittees, and each no doubt has its own to-do list.

The House Intelligence Committee, under the chairmanship of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), will certainly revive aspects of the Trump-Russia probe that House Republicans smothered. The House Foreign Affairs Committee surely will consider examining the Trump-Saudi relationship in light of the grisly murder of Jamal Khashoggi. You can bet the Homeland Security Committee will investigate the Trump administration’s family-separation policy, and the Armed Services Committee will examine whether there was any reason for Trump to send 15,000 troops to the border to deal with a migrant caravan.

What a lovely precedent they are setting. I can work with it. Because I am likewise done with any attempt whatsoever at being “conciliatory” or invoking “compromise” or “bipartisanship.” Isn’t it odd that “bipartisanship” only occurs when the GOP acquiesces to the LDAMM? Then and only then “all is well.”

“It’s not a blue wave, it’s a blue war.” –Van Jones

However, one very unsettling thing: there was no “Blue Wave” as promised. Customarily, on “off” years, the opposing party garners huge gains. Not this time — despite the Demorats having out-raised the GOP in terms of sheer dollars. A veritable tsunami promised. Instead, the flushing of a couple hundred toilets.

And therein lies the rub. A few points:

The House won’t get anywhere, really, absent the Senate. Oh, the Dems’ll crow about various items and that doddering Botoxed Skeletor will be Speaker.

One must admit a very important thing. Nancy Pelosi, grooming herself back as speaker once again (eyes left) is nothing if not entertaining.

They’ll sit on committees and yell at traffic, then stare at the sun for a few hours a day clutching their copies of The Little Red Book.

Some things never change. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Corey Booker and Adam Schiff will still have googly-eyes. Damn, they creep me out.

But make no mistake. My purpose has not changed nor will it. I exist as PUSHBACK for the countless hours that exist in the day wherein the LDAMM confiscate your eyeballs and your eardrums and stuff falsehoods into both. They inject you with soothing, lathered amounts of Free Cheese in hopes of acquiring your vote via your naivete. Let’s be plain: your ignorance.

The racist Demorats have no use for you cultured brown people. Blacks. Hispanics. You’ve been proven to be unreliable. In Demorat eyes, you’re either a useful tool or an obstacle. American blacks and Hispanics will continue to be obstacles. Illegal immigrants of all stripes are the next Big Thing in terms of a groomed Demorat Monolithic Voting Bloc.

Fake News is, in fact, the enemy of the people. Like CNN. MSNBC, et al.

For those Leftists, Demorats and American Media Maggots who believe you’ve achieved a wonderful victory?

Final words:

Dear Leftists, Demorats, American Media Maggots:

  1. Donald Trump is still president.
  2. We control the Senate. Not just a wee bit, but bigly.
  3. Your control of the House means roughly nothing.
  4. If in doubt, see #1 through #3 above.

Much love,

BZ

 

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Bad news for Ryan and the GOP

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GOP Fat Cat Old Guard EstablishmentDon’t get me wrong.

I think Paul Ryan is a very smart man.  With regard to budgets, he gots skills.  He gots game.

But as far as being an actual Conservative, Paul Ryan leaves me quite tepid.

From TheHill.com:

Poll: Nearly half of GOP voters disapprove of Ryan

by Harper Neidig

Nearly half of Republican voters disapprove of Paul Ryan’s performance as House speaker, according to a new poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling.

Only 40 percent of GOP voters are happy with Ryan’s stint as speaker so far, while 44 percent disapprove. Those numbers worsen among all voters, with just 30 percent approval and 48 percent disapproval.

Many establishment Republicans have looked to Ryan unify the party, and speculation has grown as to whether he would mount his own last-ditch candidacy to attempt to block presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

For those who are actually Conservative, with a capital “C,” this comes as little surprise.  The GOP has a history of betrayal and backstabbing.  But instead of words like “betrayal” and “backstabbing” and “treachery” and “duplicity” and “perfidy,” the GOP embraces words like “conciliatory” and “compromise” and “bi-partisanship.”  I tend to think of the GOP as the graphic below illustrates.

GOP InvertebrateThere’s a reason for this.

Look, it’s no secret that I’m on the downslope of life.  I’m one of those terrible Caucasoid males the Leftists warn Millennials about.  But at my age I must admit that I have run out of patience.  I would also submit that, after contributing over a MILLION DOLLARS in taxes (yes, I figured it out), I “get” to run out of patience.  After all, I’ve paid for that potential privilege.  My “patience reservoir” is right out.

In my 60s, imagine that.

Because, you see, I’ve absolutely NO say with what happens to my hard-earned cash.  I have had an official job requiring a social security number (in addition to mowing lawns) since I was 14.  I know this because Social Security sends me a summary statement periodically.  Yes.  All the way back to the 60s when I started throwing papers for both of my then-local newspapers — one at 4 AM, and the other at 3 PM.  I worked not just because I wanted the money but also because it’s what you did back then.  You worked.  I had papers dumped at the end of my parents’ driveway in a bundle, and it was up to me to roll them, band them, stuff them into the packs on my bicycle and then ride / throw them onto the porch of each house.  If I failed to hit the porch closest, my customers complained.

They complained if I was “late” and they complained if I threw too short and they had to walk a few feet more down their driveway.  They complained if I was a few more feet away from their front door.

Back to Paul Ryan.

And with that, back to Donald John Trump because, after all, who is Left besides Hillary and Bernie?

This poll?  It’s nothing more than a dipstick into the engine block of the GOP.

Guess what?

BZ

 

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GOP, once again, never fails to squander an advantage

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Boehner & Pelosi

John Boehner just loves him some good ol’ Demorats.

Because the Old Staid GOP decided it’s just got to be “business as usual” with John Boehner throned for a third time as Speaker of the House.

Ho-hum.  Buh-bye to any power the GOP would have wielded to fight the Demorats and Leftists, despite the majority in the House and Senate.

The GOP, once again, not failing to squander whatever advantage it acquires.

And what would a re-coronation of John Boehner be without the waterworks?

Just when you thought, as an actual Conservative, that the GOP might be starting to change, they go and insist upon the path they’ve trod for years: knocking back drinks at local DC watering holes with their buddies, the Demorats.  Back slapping all around.

As Rahm Emanual said, “you never let a serious crisis go to waste,” so the GOP says: “we must never fail to squander a good electoral and tactical political advantage.”

The GOP is broken — and I’m wondering if it can ever be repaired.

BZ

Boehner - If It's Okay With Barack

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