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Seems like it would be fairly easy for the Democrats in the state to prove this is or isn't true. 29 Votes with the same voter ID number? I'm sure Democrats are jumping right on this. Heavy sarcasm.

Good read!​

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The Democrats’ Failure to Self-Scout​

By Jim Geraghty

October 30, 2024 9:09 AM

On the menu today: Since 2020, the Democratic Party, from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris to their handlers and staffers and campaign strategists to Capitol Hill, have operated on the assumption that a majority of the public agreed with them and that victory in 2024 just required reminding Americans of everything they didn’t like about Donald Trump. And who knows, if illegal immigration hadn’t surged, if prices hadn’t spiked and inflation hadn’t been the worst it’s been in four decades, if the world weren’t on fire from Lebanon to Ukraine, maybe that would have been enough. But Democrats refused to do any serious “self-scouting” — a hard, unsparing assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses — and now they’re left hoping that the early vote lead for Republicans is a mirage and that their own get-out-the-vote operations will be just enough to keep the blue wall in place.

Democrats’ Faulty Assumptions

Disgraced former North Carolina senator John Edwards was wrong about a lot of things, but for now let’s focus on the fact that there are really three types of Americans: Republicans, Democrats, and independents. And independents perceive the world considerably closer to the Republican view than the Democratic one.

In July, before Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race, Gallup found just 4 percent of Republicans approved of the job Biden was doing, and just 31 percent of independents approved of the job he was doing.

But 81 percent of Democrats approved of the job Biden was doing. And that had been the story of Biden’s approval rating throughout his presidency. Republicans never liked him; he started with an 11 percent approval rating among self-identified Republicans. Independents gave him a shot — he started with 61 percent of independents approving of the job he was doing in the opening days of his term — until his approval rating among this demographic took a tumble in the summer of 2021 (hello, Afghanistan withdrawal) and never recovered, lingering in the 31 percent to 41 percent range.

But Democrats always cut Biden an enormous amount of slack. Biden started with 98 percent of Democrats approving of the job he was doing.

You find the same dynamic at work in almost every issue before the public.

In September, Gallup asked Americans, “Would you say you and your family are better off now than you were four years ago, or are you worse off now?” Just 7 percent of Republicans said they were better off than they were four years ago, and among independents, just 35 percent said they were better off. But among Democrats, 72 percent told the pollster they were better off now than they were four years ago.

In October, Gallup asked Americans, “Do you consider the amount of federal income tax you have to pay as too high, about right or too low?” Unsurprisingly, 68 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of independents said “too high.” But just 37 percent of Democrats said the same.

In August, Gallup asked Americans, “Do you think businesses, in general, should take a public stance on current events?” Just 22 percent of Republicans answered yes, and just 34 percent of independents answered yes. But 53 percent of Democrats agreed (and that’s down from 75 percent in 2022.)

The most recent Suffolk/USA Today poll asked respondents how Kamala Harris was performing her duties as vice president. Unsurprisingly, just 4 percent of Republicans said they either strongly approved or approved of her job performance, and 93 percent said they disapproved, with 72 percent saying they strongly disapproved. Among independents, Harris’s numbers were better but not great: 40 percent approved — with just 6 percent strongly approving — and 49 percent disapproved, with 26 percent strongly disapproving.

But it’s almost impossible to find a Democrat who doesn’t approve of the job Harris is doing; 89 percent of Democrats approve, with 37 percent strongly approving, and just 6 percent disapprove, with only 2 percent strongly disapproving.

... But they have become countercultural and cool.

In our slow times and lack topics. I was going through previous recruiting classes looking who is still around. Is Isaiah Kema still set to report to OSU after his mission? Sure seemed like a lot of people were excited about him when we recruited him with his nasty play.

Also sorry if this has been discussed but I noticed on the roster that Jaedon Foreman disappeared recently off our current roster. Did he leave or get dismissed?

One of the guys that funded Chris Beard’s salary is saying that Baylor football is listening to the opposing teams communications and it is how they have turned their season around.

How this was ever a question is beyond me. People that have declared themselves as non citizen should be removed from every voter roll in the country. With a population well in excess of 20 million illegals in the country, every person on voters rolls should be a verified US citizen. Furthermore any non citizen that votes in any election be it local, state or federal should be charge, prosecuted, imprisoned and once the prison sentence is over immediately deported.

Own it libs!

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embarassing effort overall

Can’t get over the fact this staff is paid over $14 million

This team is getting paid.. how much in NIL? Whatever it is.. it’s too much for the overall effort

That early fumble by Ollie really hurt us

Presley is an all timer and plays so hard regardless

Nardo must be fired. Why wait? What’s he going to do over the next month? Recruit for us?

I’m ready to bench bowman and play guys for the future. Let’s see what Smith can do.

Season is such a disappointment.

I don't keep up with Canada's politics but getting rid of that left wing loon would be a good thing for the world.

Desperation

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Need two more for friends to join us. South side club.

What do you think?

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@OSUCAESAR

Another Democrat labeled conspiracy theory proving to be true. How many Democrat lies does it take for people to wake up to the fact Democrats and their activist in government are lying to the American people to keep one party in power? Democrats know their leadership of the country is detrimental to the people and they must lie to convince the easily manipulated to keep voting for them.

This has been an issue under many presidents before… so what the breaking point? Seems like an utter mess right now: see below

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Is that Mayor a Pee Wee Herman wanna be?
🤣🤣


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Who ya got?

My granddaughter from our white adopted daughter is scheduled for a college visit to Kenya next summer. I told wife to tell daughter she can have her daughter tell natives her grandfather is of Angola and Democratic Congo descent if she wishes. I'm kinda excited.

Female Syracuse U. professors visit annually to give Kenyan professors tips of some sorts and granddaughter has been invited along. The bad? Dauhter has to foot the bill for the trip. Big brother is in his final year at U of Denver. He already has a job starting at $85,000. Putting 2 kids through college ain't cheap. We got by cheap with daughter. She graduated in state Texas Tech.

If Trump wins the election, his DJT company will pop, and then Trump will HAVE TO SELL his shares in order to divest himself prior to taking office. The Dems can't even complain about his selling his shares, and Trump gets to pocket a cool billion or so.

So not only will he become president again. He'll make a Billion (with a B) dollars doing it. Liberal heads may implode.

Edit: Its the perfect exit plan.

I guess they getting ready in case things go off the rails next week.

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In 24 hours Israel crushes both Iran and Hezbollah. Damn they’re good! I take back everything I ever said or thought about their military’s lack of competence. All that’s left is to take out the trash.

He will go now if offered!