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Shermann's JournalThe final conservative contradiction of 2020
Many conservatives (including Trump) have not accepted the outcome of the election. I suspect many never will. These supposedly stalwart defenders of the US Constitution are manufacturing a Constitutional crisis out of thin air to support that world view.
This contradiction cannot be resolved and is disqualifying.
Santorum tried to throw cold water on the celebrations in the street
On CNN he basically said the crowds weren't there to support any sort of agenda from Biden, but rather because they disapprove of Trump and are blowing off steam.
If you are standing in that crowd, you can feel better that a new Coronavirus Task Force will be put together and managed effectively (starting next week in fact).
If you are standing in that crowd, you can feel better that the beleaguered ACA will have strong support from the top and will be shored up for years to come. This battle starts this month.
If you are standing in that crowd, you can feel better that the Defund Social Security executive action will be reversed within the first 100 days.
So sorry Rick, there is more than Orange Man Bad going on today. Oh, and he also pontificated that Democrats need to listen to the right more closely. You can see the obvious irony there.
Least popular elder with Republicans in four years
In my travels in the conservative world, I've been amazed at how quickly Republicans have turned their backs on their former presidents and presidential candidates. In particular, the names Romney and McCain spoken aloud can really trigger the dirtiest looks. In their cases, this seems related to their perceived lack of loyalty to Trump (and the party by association). However, going back a bit further, the Bush's aren't exactly held in the highest regard either. You have to go back to the 80's and Ronald Reagan to drum up anything resembling a positive or nostalgic reaction.
Democrats have done much better in this regard. Obama and the Clintons are still held in the highest regard, although Kerry's name doesn't seem to come up much. Democratic elders just seem to age better.
Looking forward four years, who will be disdained by Republicans looking back the most?
FXN has Arizona called for Biden
An Arizona win by Biden is close to game over at this point.
Why is FXN out in front of CNN on this?
https://www.foxnews.com/elections/2020/general-results
Lindsey Graham's sister failed to make a convincing case
Lindsey Graham has a new commercial out which features his sister Darline acting as a character witness and recounting how Lindsey helped to raise her due to their being orphaned at an early age.
She's likable and convincing and and I see no reason to be skeptical of her story. However, there is a leap of faith required of the voter here. Lindsey's generous nature with his sister is being pitched as a reliable predictor of what his treatment of ALL South Carolinians will be during another term. This seems to be based on a fallacy, as Republicans have an overly tribal nature generally speaking and can often play favorites with members of their own "tribe".
So your mileage may vary if you are a Democrat, a minority, an immigrant, or aren't a close relative of his.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1188465/Lindsey-Grahams-sister-coped-difficult-times.html
Trump and the RNC have launched a really crappy "Seniors Beware" website
I won't give it oxygen by posting the link. Don't waste your time, it's one page of the same demagogic talking points from the commercials with zero additional content.
It's difficult to find with either Bing or Google. So the SEO ranking is really low and/or it got downgraded due to the propaganda and disinformation factor.
Concerning shortage of a specific item at the supermarket today
So I was at Harris Teeter today and worked my way to the cereal aisle expecting to find my favorite cereal: Count Chocula. Now this cereal is hard to find most of the time (and I will eat it any time of year), but it is a staple of supermarkets around Halloween. To my horror, my favorite vampire was a ghost!
You might say, hey, why not just get Cocoa Pebbles instead? That statement is uglier and more tone deaf than Miley Cyrus. I may settle for Boo Berry or Franken Berry, but right now it has to be a goddamn General Mills monster cereal in my bowl. None were available.
Is that too much to ask? When will all this end??
I went into full Karen mode and demanded to speak to the store manager. OK that part is bogus, but the rest is true.
The coronavirus coverage is a reverse Scooby-Doo episode
In the Scooby-Doo cartoon, the meddling kids work to unmask the villains.
Back in the real world in 2020, the meddling kids (the MSM) are working to get the villains to put their masks back on!
538 Graham / Harrison poll
538 has it at 77% Graham. This doesn't appear to be accurate as it seems to be neck-and-neck everywhere else.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/senate/south-carolina/
None of the polls they cite are anywhere near that:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/south-carolina/
Soooo what's up with that?
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