Saturday, November 12, 2022

On Thinking, Not Thinking & Wondering in the Wind

 


The upside down flag on the lapel is a nice touch.   A stimulus check was mailed to my dead mom a year after final taxes on her estate were filed and two years after Social security was notified of her death. How does a break in connection like that occur in this digital age?   Is it the same break that is making it so difficult to count votes that used to be tallied on Election Day or soon thereafter?

The first snow of the season is falling in a state that will continue to be governed by Gretchen Whitmer. She continues to eye the prize denied her by Biden when his people made the decision to use Kamala instead of her, and she'd be a great hook-up with Newsome, two heavy handed manipulators focused on appearance management and power.  She dominated in the majors cities, after amassing a huge war chest.  The Dems are slick about reaching out on social media and using ads to their advantage.      

At the end of July, 2022, "The campaign account balance for the Democratic governor sits at $14.7 million with 100 days left before the start of the general election.

The five Republican candidates combined have a total of $5.1 million in their campaign coffers.

The Gretchen Whitmer for Governor campaign announced Friday nearly $9.5 million was raised between Jan. 1 and July 17, with a total for the cycle at $29.2 million."

"The governor collected millions in excess funds through a loophole in Michigan's campaign finance laws that allows a candidate to raise over the state-mandated contribution limits if they're facing a recall. While Whitmer faced dozens of recall efforts during her time as governor, none were a serious threat to her governorship."

https://thelivingstonpost.com/whitmer-triples-war-chest-over-entire-gop-gubernatorial-slate-combined/


3 comments:

edutcher said...

Idiot wanted a black woman, specifically, so the Ubersturmbannfuhrerin was automatically out.

President Whitmer? There's a thought to chill the blood.

On the other fronts, the NeverTrumpers all want to talk about ballot harvesting and such when the issue (surprise!) is vote fraud.

1) Early voting needs to be banned.
2) Mail in voting, except Military, needs to be banned.
3) Drop boxes need to be banned.
4) Machine voting and tabulation needs to be banned.
5) Counting votes after 12.01AM Wednesday needs to be banned.

All the early voting scams and the interminable late voting drops have to go and the Demos won't be nice guys and do it themselves. There was a wave anyplace there was an honest count, but the Demos targeted all the close ones and any they couldn't afford to lose and stuffed the ballot boxes.

I wasn't exactly surprised the Demos stole it, but now it seems, as they said in Old Mexico a century age, there's but one road to travel now.

edutcher said...

Quick PS to illustrate my point.

Off IOTW

How Did Maggie Hassan Get 1100 Votes in NH Town With a Population Under 700?

Just like Zippy in Philadelphia with his 105% turn out in '12.

MamaM said...

"On the other fronts, the NeverTrumpers all want to talk about ballot harvesting and such when the issue (surprise!) is vote fraud."

Yes, to coming through with clarity on this difference. Emerald Robinson has a sub-stack on this: https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/its-deja-vu-all-over-again-in-the

My rule of thumb is simple: if you’re a Trump-aligned Republican and your election results were not released within 24 hours of Election Day, then you’re toast.

The entire point of “slow-rolling” vote-counting is that it gives the cheaters the necessary time to count how many ballots they need to beat the Republican candidate and then to manufacture those ballots — or to disappear the necessary number of GOP ballots by “abjudication.”

Didn’t the GOP learn any of these lessons from the 2020 election? Of course not.