Mushy-Brained Moderates Got Us Into This Mess...They Won't Get Us Out

George Santayana famously wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The corollary, which applies perfectly to this mid-wit columnist is: "Those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it...first!"

Rikki Schlott is a 26-year-old columnist for the NY Post who seems never to have taken a history class that taught anything about the inexorable slide from soft socialism to wholesale murder. Or the uncomfortable fact that "One man, one vote, one time" has been the default in socialist countries for a very long time.

It doesn't matter that Abdul El-Sayed underperformed. It doesn't matter that the obviously retarded Nithya Raman barely won in Los Angeles. It doesn't matter that Twelver Mamdani only got 22% of registered voters.

They won. They are in power, and they will do what socialists always do...consolidate power, manipulate the electoral system, use the power of the purse to support their policies, and marginalize their opposition in every way possible.

DSA's shoddy midterm performance is proof voters want moderation, not socialism

Democrats just had a resounding midterm victory across the nation. But they’d be remiss to believe that the election results are an endorsement of the party’s creep to the far-left.
Analysis of Tuesday’s results shows that progressive and DSA-adjacent Democrats actually underperformed relative to their more moderate peers. That’s true across the country, with no major exceptions.
Voters who came out for Democrats in the midterms are sending a very specific message: they want moderation, not radical DSA craziness. Hopefully Mamdani and AOC won’t take the “blue tsunami” as permission to pursue their most extreme political dreams.

This flaccid-thinking child has no historical perspective, and no understanding of the true face of socialism. And it isn't her fault...yet. She went to a liberal prep school, leftist universities, and was hired for reasons beyond my understanding as a columnist at an age where she should be learning how to do research into the topics she pretends to have mastered.

The stupidity and ignorance inherent in her perspective is unfortunately quite common among the chattering classes that pretend to understand our political system. And yes, some of these fools are in the Senate and House. It is long past the time in American politics that we shed the leftist-supported nonsense that collaboration and "reaching across the aisle" is anything other than a recipe for capitulation and loss.

Our political system is now a "zero-sum game," and the sooner the craven cowards in the corporate wing of the Republican Party realize it, the better. But they won't, and they will continue to obstruct any movement toward a coherent political philosophy, instead of their acquisitive, amoral games.

Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM

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1 Good afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nooded too many times.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

3 Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:01 PM (+gK6I)

4 You know, when I was in the military during the infamous and pointless GWOT, we often heard, "They only have to be right once, and we have to be right every time," which as it turned out was originally attributed to the Provo IRA.

Now, with elections, we had to be right every single time, or any little opening would be exploited to the max. Every state that is lost to the Dems becomes a permanent outpost.

That's why people who are trying to convince me that there's still hope piss me off so much.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (qwx/I)

5 Once the cement their power,they won't give it up easy.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (Ia/+0)

6 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: grass monkey at November 08, 2026 12:04 PM (eP4XR)

7 Que the Rush Limbaugh monologues about Great Moderates In History.
I miss Rush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (0o1lz)

8 Well said, CBD. Does she have any actual reporting experience, which would start her learning about the real world, or just J-school arrogance?

Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (NcvvS)

9 wrote: "Those who cannot remember gladiator movies are condemned to old greek homos."

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 08, 2026 12:05 PM (htQdD)

10 Winning is what matters in politics, except in the Senate GOP caucus.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 12:07 PM (j/Zm5)

11 John Thune may lose his bid to become Minority Leader, with any luck.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 12:09 PM (j/Zm5)

12 I'll say again: the wrong plane was downed on 9/11.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 But tje real Socialists did gain some important positions, and the weak Socialists will support them fully.

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:12 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Hopefully the tiger will eat me last.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:13 PM (Cqx++)

15 When republicans win by 10 the govern like they won by 0.1.

When democrats win by 0.1 they govern like they won by 50.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:14 PM (qWvvZ)

16 So we the militia will have to take care of things outside the legal framework of the GOPe.

Ultimately the only laws restraining us are Newton's laws.

Posted by: Ken at November 08, 2026 12:15 PM (aVf49)

17 The GOPe has become the party of cutting of our noses to spite their own faces.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

18 15 When republicans win by 10 the govern like they won by 0.1.

When democrats win by 0.1 they govern like they won by 50.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:14 PM (qWvvZ)

Dems don't have to win to act like that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)

19 First step to doing what needs to be done is accepting reality. Stop with the fraud stuff. Because if the answer is always “it was stolen” then nothing will ever change.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (qWvvZ)

20 17 The GOPe has become the party of cutting of our noses to spite their own faces.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 08, 2026 12:16 PM (rbvCR)

Cutting off their own dicks is more like it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)

21 Well said, CBD. Does she have any actual reporting experience, which would start her learning about the real world, or just J-school arrogance?
Posted by: Nazdar
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On a local scale, I often point out that the UNC School of Journalism (#4 in the nation) eliminated all prerequisites for history prior to 1865, and eliminated *all* Economics prerequisites.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 12:18 PM (XeU6L)

22 You insuferable twats have killed us all as I curse Thune.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at November 08, 2026 12:20 PM (Q/FnY)

23 >>On a local scale, I often point out that the UNC School of Journalism (#4 in the nation) eliminated all prerequisites for history prior to 1865, and eliminated *all* Economics prerequisites.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 12:18 PM (XeU6L)

When Ben Rhodes said that journalists know nothing, he knew what he was talking about.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 08, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

24

A pro-Palestinian group's planned boycott of Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia on Sunday, the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, has sparked outrage among Jewish organizations and condemnation from several Democrat officials, raising fresh concerns about antisemitism within the broader anti-Israel protest movement.

The demonstration, organized by Philly Bike On Your Left, an activist cycling collective, targets six restaurants: Goldie, K'Far Café, Dizengoff, Huda, Mac Mart, and Schlesinger's Deli.

Promotional materials declare, "No business for Zionists!" and demand that the establishments leave the city.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

25 You can vote socialism in. You will never vote it out. Never ever. It might collapse when they run out of other peoples' money, then we become North Korea.

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:26 PM (AKptf)

26 I saw an intensity this elections I don’t remember seeing before. Homes that would have a Vote Democrat sign or two had like 10 signs for every position down to town dog catcher. Houses with several signs for the same candidate. Which I thought was weird and a little over the top. But it showed how much frothing at the mouth there was to vote for these people. Multiple people door knocking on behalf of democrats and liberal ballot measures.

I live in a pretty red area where this doesn’t happen because the outcome is almost never in question. You could feel there was something in the air this time around.

And yet all I saw in right wing online media was don’t worry about it. The polls are wrong, the economy is fine, nobody really cares about Iran, we got this.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:26 PM (qWvvZ)

27 The Nazi party only got 33% of the vote in November, 1932 (4% less than in the prior election).

Two months later they seized power, and six months after that they had an absolute dictatorship.

We have at least a third of the electorate in the United States who would happily imprison or kill their political opponents if they were able to.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 08, 2026 12:26 PM (aD4fx)

28 A *26-yr old columnist*? LOL

Of course almost all columnists rarely are worth reading, but this is downright funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:26 PM (U/Byj)

29 Who is the governor of PA ? Oh, right. He should do something about the nazis in his state!

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:26 PM (AKptf)

30 A pro-Palestinian group's planned boycott of Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia on Sunday, the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, has sparked outrage among Jewish organizations and condemnation from several Democrat officials, raising fresh concerns about antisemitism within the broader anti-Israel protest movement.

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So outraged. Right after they voted for it.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (qWvvZ)

31 But on the bright side, Dave Chappelle says he feels much better since Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

Posted by: Infidel de Manahatta at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (l2BnZ)

32 Promotional materials declare, "No business for Zionists!" and demand that the establishments leave the city.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)
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They should just go for the original German -- Juden raus!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (amcLV)

33 RIKKI SCHLOTT - Looked her up on LinkedIn. She’s a fellow of the Cato Institute… libertarian? Currently attending Columbia…majored in history at New York University. Brags about her high SAT score (99th percentile)… has all the look of a classic, annoying overachiever….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (M+uMR)

34
(aVf49) sounds very glowy.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 08, 2026 12:28 PM (QVmho)

35 33 — Oh, she was also a production and research assistant on the Megyn Kelly show…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:30 PM (M+uMR)

36 Watching the Philadelphia thing live on Newsmax. Counter protesters outnumbering the freaks.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:31 PM (Cqx++)

37 It’s cute how people think Shapiro or Ossoff have a snowballs chance of being the Dem nominee in 2028. I wonder if the two of them are so insulated from the reality of their party that they believe it too.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:31 PM (qWvvZ)

38 33, 35 — And she’s 26 years old and lists 12 separate job positions under experience…. I don’t have that many after nearly 40 years of professional life… annoying

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (M+uMR)

39 34: yes, anyone who proposes fighting for our country before we weep for our country is obviously a federal agent. Let's hide under our desks like the kids at Columbine.

Posted by: Ken at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (aVf49)

40 Brags about her high SAT score (99th percentile)… has all the look of a classic, annoying overachiever….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (M+uMR)

Sorry, but 99th percentile isn't much compared to before they watered down the test. And she went to a very liberal, woke prep school (I went to the same one before it turned to shit).

She is ignorant, and doesn't even know it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (k5CNB)

41 No one's ever gonna convince me that Texas is a blue State...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

42 And yet all I saw in right wing online media was don’t worry about it. The polls are wrong, the economy is fine, nobody really cares about Iran, we got this.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Some of us voiced our concern about the lack of urgency in our side. We were told to sit down and shut up.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 08, 2026 12:33 PM (yEz+x)

43 And she’s 26 years old and lists 12 separate job positions under experience…. I don’t have that many after nearly 40 years of professional life… annoying
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (M+uMR)

Depends on who she was under.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:33 PM (1Ff7Z)

44 A 1995 economy producing a 1932 (or 1980) election result is really the question. A sub-topic that seems fairly clear is that one component was tribalistic and media-brainwashed backlash to immigration enforcement in some Hispanic demos (big part of the astounding TX outcome).

The Dems of course have nothing to offer on the economy, didn't even pretend to (electorate is so cretinized that brainless bumper sticker chants like "Affordability!" are sufficient), and thus will do nothing on that front. Meanwhile, barring black swans and the like, the currently improving economy will continue to do so and good chance it even gets to the boom/take-off stage it was in back in 2019, of course then squelched by The Great Idiocy.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:34 PM (U/Byj)

45 (aVf49) sounds very glowy.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 08, 2026 12:28 PM (QVmho)

Let's ease up on that easy accusation.

There are plenty of regulars who say the same thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 08, 2026 12:34 PM (k5CNB)

46 Spot on CBD.
The corporate GOPe wing went along to get along. They got their tax breaks and low interest loans , letting the Dems get stronger in blue states. Now the crazies are overrunning the Dems and the GOPe won't be getting their breaks once Trump is gone. Just like the Dems have gotten too old to fight the DSA types, the GOPe hasn't realized they're screwed unless they change

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 08, 2026 12:34 PM (7XuqV)

47 donna me either

Posted by: Skip at November 08, 2026 12:35 PM (Ia/+0)

48 "That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse."

~ Mark Twain

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 08, 2026 12:35 PM (0o1lz)

49
No one's ever gonna convince me that Texas is a blue State...
Posted by: It's me donna

Tens of millions of illegal aliens can be pretty convincing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 08, 2026 12:35 PM (Cqx++)

50 My time machine has taken us back to July this year.

Please list the specific steps to be taken to reflect "urgency" about the election.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:35 PM (U/Byj)

51 She is ignorant, and doesn't even know it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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"Ignorance is organic to youth" -- WFB

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 12:36 PM (XeU6L)

52 41 No one's ever gonna convince me that Texas is a blue State...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)
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It will be as long as 20% of the GOP voters that bother to turn out decide that they Just Can't Even because Bad Orange Man and Ken Paxton hurt their fee fees and thus vote for dems, because that's a thing that will improve their lives.

Retards.

Posted by: ballistic at November 08, 2026 12:36 PM (oqH4h)

53 Read an interesting stat today.

The percentage of people who are unemployed and have been unemployed for longer than 26 weeks is at a 10 year high (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).

The average time to find a new job for those unemployed is 7 months also the highest number in over a decade.

Everyone saying this economy is grrrrreat, yeah not so much.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:37 PM (qWvvZ)

54 No one's ever gonna convince me that Texas is a blue State...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

I remember Governor Ann Richards.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 08, 2026 12:38 PM (iIyc0)

55 I think the GOP numbers in TX for state-wide races were normal, similar to winning numbers from recent cycles.

In fact this is the national pattern. But in TX the Dem votes grew in unprecedented fashion. I think the ridiculous (disappearing) candidate Talarico banked enough votes to win *before election day*.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:38 PM (U/Byj)

56 The GOP isn't really all that interested in governing. Actually doing the work they're supposed to be doing after being elected to office. It's a money making opportunity... nothing else.

The Socialists, and the Democrats certainly make money... some off the books, some not. But they are very much interested in governing; looking out for their own interests. In this regard they're pretty ruthless, unlike the milquetoast GOP.

And in this regard, we are in the way. So's the GOP.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 08, 2026 12:39 PM (RORbl)

57 "That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse."

~ Mark Twain
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast" -- Gen. W.T. Sherman

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 12:40 PM (XeU6L)

58 It's an easy thing to see, how it works. Go and listen to weak Western socialists talk amongst themselves. They are defitionally useful idiots.

They constantly try to square the circle: why is the Current Year thing I support so morally abhorrent? And they conjure up every kind of cloyingly sweet little intellectual confection you can think up, to help the political medicine down the moral hole.

But the actual answer is simple. And they all eventually arrive at it... it's morally correct when I do it, because I build socialism, but it's a monstrous crime when you do, because you destroy socialism.

The philosophy is an end and not a means to it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 08, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)

59 Yes, there was a possibility that Texas could go blue someday, but Talarico ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:40 PM (+gK6I)

60 No one's ever gonna convince me that Texas is a blue State...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

It may be perpetually blue now… or perhaps this year was an aberration. If it goes blue again in 28 it’s gone. I kinda hope the new governor goes so far left she wakes up everyone there and it rebounds back to solid red in 28. But who knows… 2 years in politics is an eternity

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:41 PM (M+uMR)

61 Recall Massachusetts had a Republican governor and Senator in the 2000s and 2010s, while Obama and Kerry won the state by 30+.

Weird shit happens in politics.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:41 PM (qWvvZ)

62 Look at California. That is the future for every state in the union. Unless there is no union.

I hear tell it's nice out there in California, however. Great weather and very beautiful scenery once you get out of the cities. Be nice to look at when they hold roll call in the camps.

Posted by: Gerrymandered Out Of Existence at November 08, 2026 12:41 PM (Ssbab)

63 And she went to a very liberal, woke prep school (I went to the same one before it turned to shit).

She is ignorant, and doesn't even know it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 08, 2026 12:32 PM (k5CNB)
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You will be gratified to hear there are still teachers there who hate the woke hard left turn the school took under Steve Murray, a weak-assed turd of a headmaster. His recently named replacement, for one, might be able to pull the school back from the brink.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 12:42 PM (I4gbT)

64 Not sure who everyone is, but the facts are that the economy in historical context is not bad at all. There are definitely structural issues as there have been for some time resulting in less employment gainzzz than was normal for a given level of growth. Unemployment rate just below recent historic average (which, oddly, is lower than the longer term average), participation rate almost at "normal" levels for recent history.

Many parts to the "economy" issue.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:42 PM (U/Byj)

65 To all boomers: Write your wills if you haven't already. The left will kill us first. We're the only ones left that have experienced Constitutional freedom. It's the only way to shut us up about it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 08, 2026 12:43 PM (g8Ew8)

66 there was a possibility that Texas could go blue someday, but Talarico ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:40 PM (+gK6I)

The proverbial ham sandwich that can get indicted by a grand jury would have won this year. That’s what a wave election is like. Doesn’t matter who it is, as long as there’s a D next to the name they’re winning.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:43 PM (qWvvZ)

67 That awful power, the public opinion of gladiator movies, is created in America by a horde of old greek homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 08, 2026 12:44 PM (htQdD)

68 As a recovering libertarian, I can tell you that no one is more boring or more impotent than libertarians.

There's a reason for this. Libertarians are against any government action in theory but lack the testosterone to actually fight the battles. So they will gush about deregulation of coffee while the very committed left is trying to gut the Second Amendment. Then when illegal alien goon squads go door to door confiscating firearms and raping women and children, the libertarians will say, hey, we lost our guns but we have more brands of coffee than ever! So it's a tie.

What we really need is to make things painful to the left. Go after their comfort zones so they're too busy fighting for their lives to do anything to us. The boycott of Jennifer Welch's sponsors is a step in the right direction, although I would prefer to make her a literal martyr for the left than a figurative one. Hopefully the appointment of Stephen Miller is also a step in the right direction.

Posted by: Ken at November 08, 2026 12:44 PM (aVf49)

69 Here is what emerging, many Ds who ran in red states, ran on the populist platform of Donald J. Trump! Funny that. The chick who ran in S.C. is all for secure border. And then when people looked at what their Senator or Congressman did for them...they either sat home, or ran in the other direction. When wages cannot keep up with inflation, it's a bad sign. Look, what sank GOP is what always sinks it - crony fkng capitalism. Those bastards just cannot help themselves.

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:44 PM (AKptf)

70 I saw an intensity this elections I don’t remember seeing before. Homes that would have a Vote Democrat sign or two had like 10 signs for every position down to town dog catcher. Houses with several signs for the same candidate. Which I thought was weird and a little over the top.
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Satan's children are deeply dedicated to evil.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 08, 2026 12:45 PM (vSvIl)

71 Right now, there are not enough red States to win a Presidential election which means an AOC, Buttegege , or worse....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:46 PM (+gK6I)

72 The chick who ran in S.C. is all for secure border.
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Lol!! Just like John McCain wanted to build the fence.

Voters are gullible retards.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:46 PM (qWvvZ)

73 53

U.S. Job Postings Reach New Highs
U.S. job openings hit a record‑high 7.5 million in September 2026, the largest since May, according to the Labor Department’s JOLTS data
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Posted by: MAC V SOG at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (P4Pk9)

74 71 Right now, there are not enough red States to win a Presidential election which means an AOC, Buttegege , or worse....
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:46 PM (+gK6I)

But in 2028 ....

Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (odBC9)

75 I've been alive many moons and this is the worst election I've seen... Even worse than 2020

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (+gK6I)

76 Right now, there are not enough red States to win a Presidential election which means an AOC, Buttegege , or worse....
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:46 PM (+gK6I)
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The carnage at the state level was the most shocking result of this election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (I4gbT)

77 Some are saying Texas suffered from "latent" immigration. Meaning there were millions of Hispanics there that turned 18 within the last two years and thus were able to vote. Same for most of the other states that flipped.

One might argue that this was The Plan™ all along... playing a multi-generational long game with immigration to get where we are today.

Not sure I totally buy it... I still lean towards fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 08, 2026 12:49 PM (RORbl)

78 It will be as long as 20% of the GOP voters that bother to turn out decide that they Just Can't Even because Bad Orange Man and Ken Paxton hurt their fee fees and thus vote for dems, because that's a thing that will improve their lives.

Retards.
Posted by: ballistic at November 08, 2026 12:36 PM (oqH4h)

They're both gone now. So, is there anyone else on the Texas horizon to win? If free money floods in, will the Rs be able to take Texas back?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 It's a one-way membrane on wave elections. In 2010, one of the biggest/deepest waves in our history, CA saw exactly IIRC zero incumbents replaced. Zero. It was as though nothing happened. I'd bet it was the same for MA, NY, VT, IL, OR, HI, etc. Or at least close - maybe the odd result here and there where an R unseated a D.

In this "wave", you have TX, KS, MS (!!!), possibly AK joining the trend. Amazing. There are almost no true "red" states. There are definitely several true "blue" states.

And the electoral map with GA as more blue than purple, and TX a battleground? Yikes.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (U/Byj)

80 12 I'll say again: the wrong plane was downed on 9/11.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

wut

Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (odBC9)

81 Doesn’t matter who it is, as long as there’s a D next to the name they’re winning.

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I don't buy that theory. TX case is fascinating. I listened to that Gina-elect interview. I could understand why she won. She said that the left/right paradigm is no longer valid, and that her election does not mean that TX is all of a sudden a blues state. That she ran on kitchen table issues, like economy, affordability, fairness etc. She said she is not agains AI or data centers, but wants the communities involved and get something out of it. She is a great retail politician, she comes from a political family. Abbott decided not to debate her, right? He should have.

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:51 PM (AKptf)

82 Thank you, CBD, for putting out the fire in my hair. I can handle this so long as I understand the reality.

Posted by: creeper at November 08, 2026 12:51 PM (lWAes)

83 GatewayPundit has been having interesting articles. And things are as fishy as when all the poll workers got tired in 2020 when Trump was leading at the time in their states without calling the races.

President Trump apparently posted something on social media. We'll see. I'm all out of hopium.

But there's also this before I get back to mowing the leaves.

Stephen Colbert was forced to evacuate a Harvard University event Thursday evening after a fire alarm interrupted his appearance amid noisy demonstrations by striking graduate student workers.

The former Late Show host and Democratic Party propagandist, who had his show canceled by CBS in May, was appearing alongside celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma at Sanders Theatre for a discussion titled “Arts for Life’s Sake.”

The event was intended as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Harvard’s Learning from Performers program.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 08, 2026 12:52 PM (Sco7b)

84 On top of that, she made fun of the woke nuttiness too. "My name is Gina, and my pronouns are mother/governor". Smart. She could be great big liar. But if you do not contrast yourself with some better stuff...

Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:53 PM (AKptf)

85 RIKKI SCHLOTT - Looked her up on LinkedIn. She’s a fellow of the Cato Institute… libertarian? Currently attending Columbia…majored in history at New York University. Brags about her high SAT score (99th percentile)… has all the look of a classic, annoying overachiever….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 08, 2026 12:27 PM (M+uMR)

"This little girl survived longer than us with no weapons and no training"

"Why don't you put her in charge?"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 08, 2026 12:53 PM (08OqX)

86 When I was 26 I also thought I knew what I was talking about. Yeah, no

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 12:55 PM (RIvkX)

87 Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (odBC9)

Think about it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

88 Something for you to think about:

Every Democrat supports assassination of all Republican officeholders. Every Democrat supported raping Sarah Palin for not aborting her baby. Every Democrat supported bribing Bristol Palin to abort her own baby, and every Democrat supported the beating they gave her for not aborting. Every Democrat supported Kathy Griffin spreading her legs for Levi Johnston as a reward for him not paying child support. Every Democrat supported Lindsay Clancy murdering her three children.

Do you think they intend to let YOU off the hook? Your Democrat neighbors are already making plans to rape and murder you and your own children.

Do you love your children more than you love a peaceful neighborhood? Yes? Then find out who the Democrats are in your area and prepare a local plan for the boogaloo.

Posted by: Ken at November 08, 2026 12:55 PM (aVf49)

89 84 On top of that, she made fun of the woke nuttiness too. "My name is Gina, and my pronouns are mother/governor". Smart. She could be great big liar. But if you do not contrast yourself with some better stuff...
Posted by: runner at November 08, 2026 12:53 PM (AKptf

She'll fall in line with the D's

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)

90 one-way membrane on wave elections. In 2010, one of the biggest/deepest waves in our history, CA saw exactly IIRC zero incumbents replaced. Zero. It was as though nothing happened. I'd bet it was the same for MA, NY, VT, IL, OR, HI, etc. Or at least close - maybe the odd result here and there where an R unseated a D.

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You’d lose that bet.

In MA, Scott Brown was elected. In IL, Mark Mirk was elected. Wisconsin and Michigan had Republican sweeps for governor and state legislatures.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 12:56 PM (qWvvZ)

91 You will be gratified to hear there are still teachers there who hate the woke hard left turn the school took under Steve Murray, a weak-assed turd of a headmaster. His recently named replacement, for one, might be able to pull the school back from the brink.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 12:42 PM (I4gbT)

Murray is indeed a rancid, leftist, piece of shit. But the drift began before him! Take a look at the "Leadership" page for a glimpse of Lawrenceville's future.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 08, 2026 12:57 PM (k5CNB)

92 Agree with runner about TX gov race. Not simply a mindless "vote for anything with D after the name". Very likely a big dose of tribalism too. Tom Servo here had a very suggestive anecdote about solid business types who are Hispanic both joining in the idiotic hysteria about ICE enforcement AND swooning for Hinojosa.

Talarico's a different case. And the mindless vote for anything D is clearly the case in much of the country. "Candidate quality" is a hilarious concept, this cycle might have had the largest number of ridiculous D candidates in recent history. All won, easily.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:58 PM (U/Byj)

93 Where my $5000 at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at November 08, 2026 12:58 PM (0o1lz)

94 In MA, Scott Brown was elected. In IL, Mark Mirk was elected.
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And what did either of them accomplish?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 08, 2026 12:59 PM (vSvIl)

95 In MA, Scott Brown was elected. In IL, Mark Mirk was elected.

Mark Kirk?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 08, 2026 01:01 PM (iIyc0)

96 80 12 I'll say again: the wrong plane was downed on 9/11.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

wut
Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (odBC9)

87 Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 12:50 PM (odBC9)

Think about it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 08, 2026 12:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

I did think about it. I don't know what you meant. Hence my question.

Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 01:01 PM (odBC9)

97 I've been alive many moons and this is the worst election I've seen... Even worse than 2020
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (+gK6I)

For me, the worst was 2012 when Barkorama was re-elected. That's when I knew this country was slowly but surely declining.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 08, 2026 01:02 PM (g8Ew8)

98 I would have thought the nominal right had it figured out by now. You have to keep the worthless shits in the GOP in office, even though they're... you know, worthless.

If we don't do this, we end up with a rabid left hell bent on killing us all.

I tend to believe this is an end state the left toys with. I think the problem is that not everyone on this nominal right believes it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 08, 2026 01:03 PM (RORbl)

99 Yes Mark Kirk. A Republican was elected to the senate in 2010 from Illinois. The same state that elected Obama by 25 points 2 years earlier.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 08, 2026 01:03 PM (qWvvZ)

100
The one that was downed was probably headed towards congress or the white house

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 08, 2026 01:03 PM (IpNNL)

101 I've been alive many moons and this is the worst election I've seen... Even worse than 2020
Posted by: It's me donna
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Keisha Lance Bottoms elected Governor of Georgia. Her advisor? Stacey Abrams.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 08, 2026 01:04 PM (XeU6L)

102 The percentage of people who are unemployed and have been unemployed for longer than 26 weeks is at a 10 year high (excluding 2020 for obvious reasons).

The average time to find a new job for those unemployed is 7 months also the highest number in over a decade.
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Believable without citation.

Rhomboid, to your point, ^this^ is the economy that matters most.

"A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job."

The reason companies are slow in hiring is uncertainty regarding coming over-regulation.

That said, I also personally know of plenty of vacancies in professionally-paid positions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 08, 2026 01:04 PM (RIvkX)

103 97 I've been alive many moons and this is the worst election I've seen... Even worse than 2020
Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 12:48 PM (+gK6I)

For me, the worst was 2012 when Barkorama was re-elected. That's when I knew this country was slowly but surely declining.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 08, 2026 01:02 PM (g8Ew

The worst you've seen SO FAR...

https://youtu.be/bfpPArfDTGw

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 08, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)

104 100 The one that was downed was probably headed towards congress or the white house
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 08, 2026 01:03 PM (IpNNL)

Ah. Thank you.

Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 01:04 PM (odBC9)

105 Well stated, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at November 08, 2026 01:04 PM (LVaYG)

106 Any analysis of the election without looking at some of the structural changes is incomplete.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 08, 2026 01:06 PM (viF8m)

107 Agree with runner about TX gov race. Not simply a mindless "vote for anything with D after the name". Very likely a big dose of tribalism too. Tom Servo here had a very suggestive anecdote about solid business types who are Hispanic both joining in the idiotic hysteria about ICE enforcement AND swooning for Hinojosa.

Talarico's a different case. And the mindless vote for anything D is clearly the case in much of the country. "Candidate quality" is a hilarious concept, this cycle might have had the largest number of ridiculous D candidates in recent history. All won, easily.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:58 PM (U/Byj)

I retired a few years ago from the largest Hispanic television/media company in the world. The Hispanic employees will vote for anyone with a D in front of their name. An acquaintance who still works freelance for them sent me a copy of the ad buys for this election. No time was purchased by Republicans running in the area. But the Dems were buying 10's of thousands of dollars of ad time. This was true on the anglo stations as well. The ads, of course, were anti Trump (he's taking your rights away!!), ICE (especially) and the bad economy.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 08, 2026 01:06 PM (hmYU4)

108 Talarico's a different case. And the mindless vote for anything D is clearly the case in much of the country. "Candidate quality" is a hilarious concept, this cycle might have had the largest number of ridiculous D candidates in recent history. All won, easily.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:58 PM (U/Byj)

I still say vote fraud was rampant in TX. BUT, once again the repubs have their blinders full on and shitting all over themselves.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 08, 2026 01:07 PM (g8Ew8)

109 Sandy, nah, as I said, "the odd result here and there where an R unseated a D."

Brown was an interesting one-off outlier, and short-lived. Mark squeaked in with under 50% against a D in the race to replace Obama. I should have specified "at a presidential or national level" with my "no true red states" comment. Several "blue" states have had governors or legislatures that remained changing or balanced as the national map solidified into its recent look.

I can't imagine a "wave" election where a MA D senator is unseated, ditto for OR WA CA NM VT MA HI NY IL on and on. But the equivalent just happened in TX, MX, KS.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 01:08 PM (U/Byj)

110 Or, to put it more crudely: Irgendwann wird alles scheiße …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 08, 2026 01:08 PM (ayRl+)

111 92 Talarico's a different case. And the mindless vote for anything D
Posted by: rhomboid at November 08, 2026 12:58 PM (U/Byj)

kinky

Posted by: m at November 08, 2026 01:08 PM (odBC9)

112 So Sotomayor wants SCOTUS to overturn their ruling on Presidential Immunity.... Interesting

Posted by: It's me donna at November 08, 2026 01:09 PM (+gK6I)

113 High schools generally are dominated by crazy people, dedicated lefties with entitled self-important morally superior perspectives.

I sometimes think America is too rich and safe for it's own good, which means we might be cruising for a real bruising of a takedown. Only a set of difficult times can be strong enough to take down the feminized "empathetic" left that governs our culture.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 08, 2026 01:09 PM (Zypo6)

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