The Democrats were caught napping in 2016 when they went down to a stunning defeat at the hands of the upstart outsider, Donald Trump. They apparently relied on their own polls that were way off the mark in predicting an easy win for Hillary Clinton.
They did not make the same mistake in 2020 even though the polls were again predicting a Democratic landslide. They pulled out all the stops in the campaign. After complaining for years about the influence of money in elections, they threw record amounts of cash into battleground states where they far outspent the Trump campaign.
In addition, they could count on the continuation of the media assault on the President that began four years ago. By 2020 a large portion of the population has been turned into rabid Trump haters by the media, a phenomenon witnessed in the recent urban riots and protests.
Finally, it would not surprise me if the President’s claims of ballot fraud in Blue state cities turn out to be true. You would have to be incredibly politically naïve not to at least suspect that urban Democratic political machines are capable of fraud.
I cast my first Presidential ballot at the age of 21 when I voted for John F. Kennedy in 1960. I was a young college student in New York City, and Kennedy seemed like a breath of fresh air, especially compared to Richard Nixon. Now, most historians agree that the Democrats “stole” the election by winning Illinois through the ballot stuffing tactics of Chicago’s corrupt Mayor Richard Daley of “Vote Early and Often” fame.
Since then, years of experience have shown that if an election is close, urban Democrat politicians will find ways to produce enough ballots to turn the tide. Nearby Bridgeport, Connecticut has been a one party city for years. Nevertheless, although the state of Connecticut is heavily Democratic, recent tight races for Governor have been decided by a Bridgeport Democratic machine noted for its corruption. The mayor is an ex-felon and the Police Chief, the mayor’s former driver, was recently forced to quit for irregularities in his appointment process.
Although newspapers are giving the election to Joe Biden, there will be recounts in key battleground states. Georgia has been given to Biden but he only has a 10000 vote lead out of 5 Million votes cast. In Wisconsin Biden leads by 20000 votes with over 3 Million votes cast. It is the same story in Arizona where Biden only leads by 20000 votes with over 3 Million votes cast. Finally, there is Pennsylvania where Biden holds a 40000 lead with over 6 Million votes cast.
As I said before, you would have to be incredibly politically naïve to believe that the Democratic machines in Atlanta, Milwaukee, Tucson, and Philadelphia would not be capable of voter suppression, and intimidation? Is it a coincidence that riots broke out in the streets of Philadelphia only days before the election?
Pennsylvania went even further and stacked the deck before election day when a state law prohibiting the counting of ballots received after election day, was overthrown by a judge who ruled that even ballots without postmarks should be counted. What an opportunity for fraud.
If recounts tip the balance for President Trump in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, he will be re-elected. In that event Democratic politicians, commentators, and fanatical Progressive who are now calling for calm and unity will tear the nation apart. Let me repeat for emphasis. If recounts discover fraud and give the election to President Trump, there will be rioting in the streets spurred on by those who are now calling for peace, calm, and unity.
However, if the recounts confirm the election of Joe Biden, I believe that President Trump will emerge as the real winner in this election. Although he trailed in the popular vote, he received more than 70 Million votes, a tremendous outpouring of popular favor. It is hard to imagine that all of those voters were right-wing extremists.
In Florida, rated a toss-up in the pre-election polls, the President won by half a million votes despite massive spending by his opponents. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg reportedly spent $100 Million of his own money to gain the state for Biden. It was the same in Texas where the polls indicated that the traditional red state was in play. The President won by over 600,000 votes.
Actually, the President, despite four years of unrelenting attacks that included bogus Russian collusion claims, a partisan impeachment with no high crimes or misdemeanors, rioting and looting in major cities, and the coronavirus, markedly increased his vote count in the battleground states. Ohio, for example, was a squeaker in 2016 but this year, Trump won easily. The Trump phenomenon worked just as well in Florida.
Almost half of his votes came from women, something liberal female columnists cannot understand. The President also dramatically increased his vote count among blacks and Hispanics.
In the final weeks of the campaign the President emerged as a true charismatic leader. He foundered in the first debate and then was stricken with the coronavirus himself. Incredibly for a 74-year-old man, he bounced back with a vengeance like the Energizer Bunny. He demolished Biden in the second debate, and then proceeded to take his message to the people in huge rallies all over the country. It was amazing to see him on stage dancing to YMCA while the crowds cheered. Despite the polls he did not quit like Republicans Romney and McCain in prior elections.
Nevertheless, as noted above, the Democrats were ready and threw everything they had at him. I almost hope that President Trump does not prevail in the recounts. He has started a movement and might be able to lead it better outside the White House. He is 74 and he and his family deserve a rest.
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