DEAR POLITICAL BLOG
Irving and Rolovich: Men of Character and Courage
October 19, 2020
Dear Political Blog:
As you know there was a time when the news about a basketball player and college football coach would be in the sports blog, but these are different times, and the line between sports and politics is all but wiped clean and the two, for the time being, are intermixed.
Kyrie Irving is a star basketball player who has refused to take the jab. Irving is a bona fide star and his decision was the top sports story for a weeks. The sports media made a concerted effort to pressure him to change his mind. When Irving refused he became, for all intents and purposes, a non-person. Where once he was everywhere now he's almost to be found on any sports page or web site. Irving took a courageous stand. He's against being forced to take a vaccine in order to earn a living. His stand, he says, is also for those tens of thousands of voiceless workers who must face losing their job or a large part of their freedom and personal choice. His decision will cost him millions. He should be commended and held up as a role model for what is indeed an act of a courage.
NIck Rolovich the HC of Washington State, along with four assistant coaches were fired for not taking the jab. Coach Rolovich, signed through 2025 will forfeit his three million dollar annual salary. It was reported the Coach requested a religious exemption but was denied. The Cougars had won their last three games. It will be interesting to see if any schools reach out to him to be a head coach or will he go down the woke/cancel culture memory hole. IMO, both Irving and Rolovich are role models for sticking up for their beliefs.
Dear Political Blog:
As you know there was a time when the news about a basketball player and college football coach would be in the sports blog, but these are different times, and the line between sports and politics is all but wiped clean and the two, for the time being, are intermixed.
Kyrie Irving is a star basketball player who has refused to take the jab. Irving is a bona fide star and his decision was the top sports story for a weeks. The sports media made a concerted effort to pressure him to change his mind. When Irving refused he became, for all intents and purposes, a non-person. Where once he was everywhere now he's almost to be found on any sports page or web site. Irving took a courageous stand. He's against being forced to take a vaccine in order to earn a living. His stand, he says, is also for those tens of thousands of voiceless workers who must face losing their job or a large part of their freedom and personal choice. His decision will cost him millions. He should be commended and held up as a role model for what is indeed an act of a courage.
NIck Rolovich the HC of Washington State, along with four assistant coaches were fired for not taking the jab. Coach Rolovich, signed through 2025 will forfeit his three million dollar annual salary. It was reported the Coach requested a religious exemption but was denied. The Cougars had won their last three games. It will be interesting to see if any schools reach out to him to be a head coach or will he go down the woke/cancel culture memory hole. IMO, both Irving and Rolovich are role models for sticking up for their beliefs.
A Republican Governor in Virginia? Not So Fast My Friend.
October 18, 2001
Dear Political Blog:
Glenn Youngkin was thought to be the sacrificial lamb to another Democrat victory in Virginia, but recent events show that he has a chance to pull off a major, if not seismic upset. But Dear Political Blog too many people are forgetting something. The elephant, or if you prefer, the donkey in the room is that the Democrats and will cheat big time.
Dear Political Blog:
Glenn Youngkin was thought to be the sacrificial lamb to another Democrat victory in Virginia, but recent events show that he has a chance to pull off a major, if not seismic upset. But Dear Political Blog too many people are forgetting something. The elephant, or if you prefer, the donkey in the room is that the Democrats and will cheat big time.
- Let me not mince any words; McAulliffe will not lose in Virginia. there's no way in Earth that the Democrats are going to let Virginians elect a Republican Governor, and possibly a Republican state legislature. I told my wife that the only way the Democrats would win in November 2020 was that they would have to egregiously cheat and not care who knows; and that what happened then and that's what will happen in Virginia. The current polls have Youngkins with a slight lead and slight is not enough. For Youngkins to have a chance he needs to have at least a four or five point lead to have chance.
- If McAuliffe (let me be positive for a moment and not accept it as a fait accompli) wins the question arises as to what progressive/statist laws will he impose on the states. A few of the bills Newsom passed were: No more gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers, gender-neutral toy sections in stores, Ethnic studies requirement along with twenty-nine other bills. IMO, McAuliffe will do whatever he can to ensure that Virginia continues on its path to becoming a California and New York State.
NEWSOM WINS BIG! OH NO THE SKY IS FALLING, RUN RUN!
OR/CAN THE REPUBLICANS LEARN ANYTHING?
Dear Political Blog:
There is an adage that if you strike the king then you must kill the king. That didn't happen and we're going to have Gavin Newsom for quite some time. It was always going to be tough bu no one saw Tuesday's landslide. If Californians thought they had it bad beforehey haven't seen anything yet.
Newsom and the Democrats will be emboldened by Tuesday's results. Newsome will double down on his policies. He will easily win re-election in 2022 and will be the front runner for Dem. Presidential nominee in 2024.
If the DNC was not sure of a Newsome victory they would not have sent Biden and Harris to California. They will use his victory to: a)fool the ill educated and strengthen the Kool-Aid of Biden supporters that the Regime Leaders have credibility. This certainly will be picked up by the propagandist media.
They will say that Newsom's victory was a blow against Pres. Trump and in addition to their followers will be used to weaken the resolve of RINOs i.e. McConnell, McCarthy et all.
And Republicans? America First Republicans should understand that NOTHING WILL CHANGE unless the voting fraud of 2020 is exposed. We must demand of our legislators that they need to demand and support the audits going on in AZ, PA, GA, MI and WI. There must be stringent requirements for mail-in voting. There must be voter I.D. There must be a push for paper ballots. The Democrats will cheat in every election; that is a given and it is given that they will do everything they can to make people believe that is is useless to vote. And to that point it will be interesting to see the turnout in the California's red districts and counties.
The Republicans need to place a fire-brand as House Speaker and Senate Leader. McConnell is seriously compromised. The new House Speaker and the leaders should be come from a solid red district i.e. Pelosi, Clyburn, Schumer eta al. Why have McCarthy who depends on moderate Republicans and some right leaning Democrats for his congressional seat to be the leader of the House Republican?
There is an adage that if you strike the king then you must kill the king. That didn't happen and we're going to have Gavin Newsom for quite some time. It was always going to be tough bu no one saw Tuesday's landslide. If Californians thought they had it bad beforehey haven't seen anything yet.
Newsom and the Democrats will be emboldened by Tuesday's results. Newsome will double down on his policies. He will easily win re-election in 2022 and will be the front runner for Dem. Presidential nominee in 2024.
If the DNC was not sure of a Newsome victory they would not have sent Biden and Harris to California. They will use his victory to: a)fool the ill educated and strengthen the Kool-Aid of Biden supporters that the Regime Leaders have credibility. This certainly will be picked up by the propagandist media.
They will say that Newsom's victory was a blow against Pres. Trump and in addition to their followers will be used to weaken the resolve of RINOs i.e. McConnell, McCarthy et all.
And Republicans? America First Republicans should understand that NOTHING WILL CHANGE unless the voting fraud of 2020 is exposed. We must demand of our legislators that they need to demand and support the audits going on in AZ, PA, GA, MI and WI. There must be stringent requirements for mail-in voting. There must be voter I.D. There must be a push for paper ballots. The Democrats will cheat in every election; that is a given and it is given that they will do everything they can to make people believe that is is useless to vote. And to that point it will be interesting to see the turnout in the California's red districts and counties.
The Republicans need to place a fire-brand as House Speaker and Senate Leader. McConnell is seriously compromised. The new House Speaker and the leaders should be come from a solid red district i.e. Pelosi, Clyburn, Schumer eta al. Why have McCarthy who depends on moderate Republicans and some right leaning Democrats for his congressional seat to be the leader of the House Republican?
Supreme Court's Good Ruling. Flying Pigs On The Horizon?
June 8, 2021
9:08 CST
Dear Blog:
The past weeks had three separate incidents that might have one thinking that pigs have begun to fly. They are: 1)Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an illegal immigrant’s attempt to twist immigration law and create a loophole that would allow thousands of illegal immigrants to become lawful permanent residents. Democratic senators and attorneys general advocated for this loophole, but so specious was this attempt that ultra-liberal SC Judge Kagan wrote the opinion in a 9-0 vote.
Sure this should have been defeated but to have all three progressives and Roberts vote against it? Look out your window to see if pigs are flying.
On the surface this is a no-brainer andi s of course the right decision, but with the progressive trio of Kagan, Sotomayor and Breyer ever eager to advance the Democrat globalist strategy one never knows.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/07/breaking-unanimous-supreme-court-upholds-the-law-against-illegal-immigrants-n1452576
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2) A Federal California judge overturned the state's three-decade-old ban on assault rifles - saying that owning an AR-15 is like having a "Swiss Army knife".
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled that California's definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding residents of weapons commonly allowed in most other states and backed up by the Supreme Court. "The banned assault weapons are not bazookas, howitzers, or machine guns. Those arms are dangerous and solely useful for military purposes....This is an average case about average guns used in average ways for average purposes. " Kudos to the Judge for adhering to the Constitution and buttressing it with everyday, with easy, explainable examples.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15171569/california-assault-weapons-ban-overturned-by-federal-judge/
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3)MAGA Republican wins Mayoral Race that is 85% Democrat
“Amazing news! McAllen, Texas is a major border town of 140,000 people. 85% Hispanic — and just elected a Republican mayor,” former Trump campaign spokesman Steve Cortes wrote on Twitter. ‘The macro realignment accelerates in South Texas, and elsewhere, as Hispanics rally to America First: Strong Borders, Economic Nationalism, Pro-Police.” This has to send shivers down the jelly-fish spines of the Democrat progressives. There's no doubt this has all the markings of a canary in the coal mine for the globalists. Let's hope that establishment Republicans don't screw the pooch on this golden opportunity to cut deeply into what has been a strong Democrat voting demographic.
https://www.dailywire.com/.../democrats-panic-as...
9:08 CST
Dear Blog:
The past weeks had three separate incidents that might have one thinking that pigs have begun to fly. They are: 1)Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected an illegal immigrant’s attempt to twist immigration law and create a loophole that would allow thousands of illegal immigrants to become lawful permanent residents. Democratic senators and attorneys general advocated for this loophole, but so specious was this attempt that ultra-liberal SC Judge Kagan wrote the opinion in a 9-0 vote.
Sure this should have been defeated but to have all three progressives and Roberts vote against it? Look out your window to see if pigs are flying.
On the surface this is a no-brainer andi s of course the right decision, but with the progressive trio of Kagan, Sotomayor and Breyer ever eager to advance the Democrat globalist strategy one never knows.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/07/breaking-unanimous-supreme-court-upholds-the-law-against-illegal-immigrants-n1452576
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2) A Federal California judge overturned the state's three-decade-old ban on assault rifles - saying that owning an AR-15 is like having a "Swiss Army knife".
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled that California's definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding residents of weapons commonly allowed in most other states and backed up by the Supreme Court. "The banned assault weapons are not bazookas, howitzers, or machine guns. Those arms are dangerous and solely useful for military purposes....This is an average case about average guns used in average ways for average purposes. " Kudos to the Judge for adhering to the Constitution and buttressing it with everyday, with easy, explainable examples.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15171569/california-assault-weapons-ban-overturned-by-federal-judge/
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3)MAGA Republican wins Mayoral Race that is 85% Democrat
“Amazing news! McAllen, Texas is a major border town of 140,000 people. 85% Hispanic — and just elected a Republican mayor,” former Trump campaign spokesman Steve Cortes wrote on Twitter. ‘The macro realignment accelerates in South Texas, and elsewhere, as Hispanics rally to America First: Strong Borders, Economic Nationalism, Pro-Police.” This has to send shivers down the jelly-fish spines of the Democrat progressives. There's no doubt this has all the markings of a canary in the coal mine for the globalists. Let's hope that establishment Republicans don't screw the pooch on this golden opportunity to cut deeply into what has been a strong Democrat voting demographic.
https://www.dailywire.com/.../democrats-panic-as...
Andy's In Trouble. Fredo to the Rescue?
August 5, 2021
12:23 CST
Dear Blog:
As you know I am a political junkie and with what's happening with Gov. Andrew Cuomo I say get your popcorn and let's get ready to rrrrrumble!
In one corner it's the Cuomo Brothers vs the World: At first blush it seems like a mismatch. The people of NY want Cuomo out, the NYState Assembly has said it will impeach 'Drew if he doesn't resign the liberal Governors of neighboring states and even Joe Biden wants him to resign. Is it all over for the i fratelli Cuomo? Io dico no!.
They have no choice but to double even triple down. Andrew's career is over if he resigns. He's toast. And for brother Chris? He's safe at CNN, no one watches him anyway and his viewership might spike if elder Bro resigns. For the sake of diversity I'd like Chris to become the first male member of The View.
In the background lurks the proverbial 300 pound gorilla awaiting to make an entrance, i.e. the nursing home scandals. Cuomo ignored the hospitals set up by the Trump Administration to handle COVID cases and instead sent thousands of seniors to nursing home where at least 15,000 seniors died. What's keeping the gorilla from beserking everything up? There must be a lot of state and the national Democrats who also have blood on their hands as well. The calls for his resignation from fellow Democrats have been perfunctory, or in common parlance, covering their asses. It might be Andrew and not AG Letitia who would use the nursing home scandal to their advantage.
In the other corner is NY AG Letitia James. Ms. James is a bona leftist/communist. She's been active in city politics for years. She was a member of NYC City Council, a public advocate and before she ran for state AG seriously considered a run for Mayor. It's been said that if you strike the king you must kill the king. She doesn't have as much to lose as Andrew If she loses but it will be an uphill climb with jackals nipping at her heels as well as whatever payback the Cuomo's will administer.
AG James is no fool. She must have put all her ducks in a row before releasing the sexual misconduct allegations. What does she have up her sleeves, what ace card is she holding? Who does she have secretly backing her? If she can get Cuomo out she becomes the Dem. favorite for Governor and after that who knows?
I'd love to see Gov. Cuomo charged and imprisoned for what did with the the nursing homes. Had he any moral principles he'd resign. But all things are political and therefore practical. I don't see either happening. As it is AG James is a bigger threat to our country than Andrew Cuomo.
12:23 CST
Dear Blog:
As you know I am a political junkie and with what's happening with Gov. Andrew Cuomo I say get your popcorn and let's get ready to rrrrrumble!
In one corner it's the Cuomo Brothers vs the World: At first blush it seems like a mismatch. The people of NY want Cuomo out, the NYState Assembly has said it will impeach 'Drew if he doesn't resign the liberal Governors of neighboring states and even Joe Biden wants him to resign. Is it all over for the i fratelli Cuomo? Io dico no!.
They have no choice but to double even triple down. Andrew's career is over if he resigns. He's toast. And for brother Chris? He's safe at CNN, no one watches him anyway and his viewership might spike if elder Bro resigns. For the sake of diversity I'd like Chris to become the first male member of The View.
In the background lurks the proverbial 300 pound gorilla awaiting to make an entrance, i.e. the nursing home scandals. Cuomo ignored the hospitals set up by the Trump Administration to handle COVID cases and instead sent thousands of seniors to nursing home where at least 15,000 seniors died. What's keeping the gorilla from beserking everything up? There must be a lot of state and the national Democrats who also have blood on their hands as well. The calls for his resignation from fellow Democrats have been perfunctory, or in common parlance, covering their asses. It might be Andrew and not AG Letitia who would use the nursing home scandal to their advantage.
In the other corner is NY AG Letitia James. Ms. James is a bona leftist/communist. She's been active in city politics for years. She was a member of NYC City Council, a public advocate and before she ran for state AG seriously considered a run for Mayor. It's been said that if you strike the king you must kill the king. She doesn't have as much to lose as Andrew If she loses but it will be an uphill climb with jackals nipping at her heels as well as whatever payback the Cuomo's will administer.
AG James is no fool. She must have put all her ducks in a row before releasing the sexual misconduct allegations. What does she have up her sleeves, what ace card is she holding? Who does she have secretly backing her? If she can get Cuomo out she becomes the Dem. favorite for Governor and after that who knows?
I'd love to see Gov. Cuomo charged and imprisoned for what did with the the nursing homes. Had he any moral principles he'd resign. But all things are political and therefore practical. I don't see either happening. As it is AG James is a bigger threat to our country than Andrew Cuomo.