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Why the Midterms Didn't Surprise Me: In short? The two sides weren't equally matched and operated differently
American Thinker ^ | 11/28/2022 | Robert Merz

Posted on 11/28/2022 12:01:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The red wave ebbed into a pink splash. The Democrats are crowing and claiming victory while Republicans look for scapegoats. But what can you expect when it isn't a level playing field, and the non-socialist team is fragmented?

During the 2022 campaign, I chuckled while seeing ads where the same Democrats who voted for all of Biden's destructive programs tried to sound reasonable while calling all the Republicans "extremists" for opposing programs that were destroying the economy, the police, and the military. Well funded Democrat ads ran all day, far outpacing Republican ads. At the same time, most news programs and TV shows had a relentless Democrat slant. Social media (socialist media?) stories were even worse.

The two sides weren't equally matched and operated differently. In addition to seeing some of the same voting and ballot irregularities that were present in 2020, we saw many of the same problems with Republicans that we've seen for years. These included:

On the other side:  

The real problem for Republicans is that they still don't understand what they are up against. They are still fighting the Democrats with a 1950 mentality, where political campaigns began a month or two before the elections and people were expected to be gentlemen. Republicans don't understand the totalitarian-style long game the Democrats have been playing for decades (and its effects are cumulative).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022; democrats; gop; midterms; robertmerz
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One of the main reasons Trump was popular with Republicans in 2016 was because he actually fought back. Many "get-along" Republicans as well as the Democrat media hated him for that. He was liked because didn't follow their rules, and the media still don't understand that. They're still looking for the reason he was popular — and continue to get it wrong.

Additionally, in 2022, many Republican candidates had to fight three opponents: their political opponents, the news media, and the "get-along" Republicans.  For instance, just before the 2022 election, some GOP leaders cut funds for campaigns in key Senate battleground states.  It's as though the Republicans didn't want to win — and then they blamed Trump.   

1 posted on 11/28/2022 12:01:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem is ultimately the voters.
We let people under the age of 25 vote.
We let non-property owners vote.
The voters today have “No skin in the game”.
They have figured out how to rob us who do.


2 posted on 11/28/2022 12:05:24 PM PST by rellic
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To: SeekAndFind

The problem is ultimately the voters.
We let people under the age of 25 vote.
We let non-property owners vote.
The voters today have “No skin in the game”.
They have figured out how to rob us who do.


3 posted on 11/28/2022 12:05:48 PM PST by rellic
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To: SeekAndFind

“The real problem for Republicans is that they still don’t understand what they are up against. “

^— That’s the only truth expressed in the article.

The author does not mention any of the ballot harvesting, ballot dumping, faked votes, cheating, cameras turned off during counting, or any of the other evidence of likely cheating. Without even acknowledging any of those issues, the rest of what he said is irrelevant.


4 posted on 11/28/2022 12:07:55 PM PST by Jay W
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To: SeekAndFind

Good piece.


5 posted on 11/28/2022 12:09:08 PM PST by Words Matter
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Early voting /mail in ballots allow people who don’t care about politics to vote. (That is , of course, ignoring how easy it easy to cheat)
NeverTrumperz called Trump nuts for his talk about voter fraud so they did nothing about fixing the problem.


6 posted on 11/28/2022 12:09:24 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: SeekAndFind

In places where Republicans made efforts to stop election fraud like Florida, they did very well. In places where they didn’t, Dems and RINOs conspired to count votes for a week until they found enough for the Dems to win. There is nothing complicated about what is wrong with the past two elections. Efforts to explain the fraud away are not worth the time to read.


7 posted on 11/28/2022 12:12:32 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: SeekAndFind
Democrats have simple messages that are repeated ad nauseam.

They lie constantly.

Democrats continually attack by pairing themes with recent news stories.

They lie constantly.

Democrats (and their surrogates) use every opportunity to push their talking points and bash opponents.

They lie constantly.

8 posted on 11/28/2022 12:13:57 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Fake news, fake pandemic, fake vaccine, fake election, fake president.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Republican Precincts in Houston all ran out of ballots, for starters.


9 posted on 11/28/2022 12:14:16 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: SeekAndFind

The bullet points are good with one glaring omission. The diverse and ubiquitous cheating. The rats have learned it is almost impossible to undue election results no matter how tainted they may be. The MSM spin machine ridicules anyone who even mentions it. The GOP cowers into a corner lest they be accused of being sore losers and falling for the trap. FLA had their red wave because DeSantis locked down the cheating not the BS positive messaging narrative FNC is pushing.


10 posted on 11/28/2022 12:15:47 PM PST by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Jay W
ballot harvesting, ballot dumping, faked votes, cheating, cameras turned off during counting, or any of the other evidence of likely cheating. Without even acknowledging any of those issues, the rest of what he said is irrelevant. <<<<

BINGO BINGO BINGO!

as Eisenhower once said .....

When you're up to your ass in alligators ...its hard to remember your 1st mission is to

DRAIN THE SWAMP

11 posted on 11/28/2022 12:19:30 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: SeekAndFind
The "election" was engineered to beat up MAGA and Trump.

Just about the only one they didn't lay a glove on was Marjorie Taylor Greene.

I'll have to review the counties in her Georgia CD-14, but I suspect that they're outside the Georgia vote-rigging counties. :)

12 posted on 11/28/2022 12:20:19 PM PST by kiryandil (put yer vote in the box, chump. HARHARHARHAR)
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The ongoing ignorance of all political cheating, by way too many, proves that nothing is going to be done about it. The Left/RINOS will be in complete control of most of the U.S., for many decades to come.


13 posted on 11/28/2022 12:20:33 PM PST by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: SeekAndFind
If the author of this article were so confident in his predictions of the Red Tide fizzling, Bobby would have wrote this before the elections, not after.
14 posted on 11/28/2022 12:21:36 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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The Left/RINOS will be in complete control of most of the U.S., for many decades to come.

No they won't. Now that the left has cleared out the MAGA underbrush, they are going to turn their established cheat-machine on the RINOs as well.

Benedict Arnold never could understand why the brits didn't embrace him, even tho' he sold out America.

15 posted on 11/28/2022 12:25:24 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SeekAndFind

Because sheeple are stupid. And stupidity is contagious.

“Vote us, but stay home and wear your masks. we’ll count everything and get back to you. Oh, Orange Man Bad”.


16 posted on 11/28/2022 12:26:11 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: escapefromboston
Early voting /mail in ballots allow people who don’t care about politics to vote.

Unless and until Republicans wake up and start fighting on the mail-in ballot/ballot harvesting arena, Republicans will keep losing. State legislatures are not going to undo all of the ballot-harvesting mechanisms that they legalized during the pandemic.
17 posted on 11/28/2022 12:28:26 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SeekAndFind

The Party of Evil usually beats the Party of Stupid


18 posted on 11/28/2022 12:30:54 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: SeekAndFind

The fizzle was not a surprise for me in Minnesota. The GOP again had lack luster candidates and no campaign strategy. The Democrats had slick ads that kept pounding on the abortion issue and that the position of the GOP candidates on abortion was “too extreme”. What few GOP ads there were we ineffective and unfocused. I knew the GOP candidate for Governor was done for when I saw a billboard proclaiming he would lower gasoline prices…totally ridiculous as state governors have little or no influence over oil prices or national energy policies.

The abortion issue could have been anticipated and countered with by a pledge to put the issue on the ballot and let the people decide. The state GOP should have borrowed Newt Gingrich’s contract strategy and had a focused campaign across the ballot with all candidates pledging specific action on a few key hot button issues like crime and taxes. I am saddened that a GOP sweep in Minnesota might be as elusive as the Vikings winning the Super Bowl.


19 posted on 11/28/2022 12:34:42 PM PST by The Great RJ
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To: escapefromboston

“Early voting /mail in ballots allow people who don’t care about politics to vote.”

Hadn’t thought of that. Certainly favors the democrats.


20 posted on 11/28/2022 12:38:01 PM PST by cymbeline
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