Yesterday was the mid-term elections in the U.S.
Mates, did you know that nations around the world used to point at the United States and commend our routine “peaceful transition of power” with each election.
That has not been true in recent years, but it is still the Captain’s ideal for our country.
Quite frankly, yesterday’s elections had the Captain’s bowels in a tangle thinking about everything that could go wrong and what that would mean for our nation.
The Republicans were anticipating a “Red Wave” to sweep across the nation. It is not uncommon for the party out of power to do well in mid-term elections, and this year should have been their year, due to:
- the after-affects of COVID-19 linger on.
- inflation is high.
- gas prices are high.
- the sitting President has a low approval rating.
The field was ripe for Republicans to sweep in and wrench control of Congress from the cold, dead hands of the Democrats.
But it didn’t happen quite like they had hoped. Perhaps because they had candidates who:
- still refused to accept the results of the 2020 elections
- actually participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection
- believe school systems are providing litter boxes for students who self-identify as cats
- still kiss former President Trumpf's shiny white a**!
Sure, there were minor victories.
Kentucky’s incumbent Senator Rand Paul defeated Charles Booker handily, as was expected. Booker is a large black man who marched in a protest against the police shooting of Brianna Clark, and Rand Paul ran campaign ads painting Booker’s vision of the U.S. as a ghetto filled with burning cars, broken windows, etc.
The lay of the land here gives you another clue as to why Rand Paul won:
TV’s “Dr. Oz”, who had lived in New Jersey up until he decided to run for office in Pennsylvania, lost by a thin margin to Democratic Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, who actually suffered a stroke midway through the race and struggled with speech issues during the debate. Oz had Trumpf’s support, but at the last minute the popular Oprah Winfrey, who gave Oz his television start, encouraged the people of Pennsylvania to vote for Fetterman.
A Trumpf-backed candidate, J.D. Vance, author of “Hillbilly Elegy” (a self-serving “memoir” which the Captain was forced to read while imprisoned by an evil magistrate a few years back) won the open Senate seat in Ohio. But his margin of victory (less than 300,000 votes) was nowhere near as large as in the Governor’s race (more than a million votes difference).
Failed Vice Presidential candidate Sara Palin lost her bid for a seat in the House, and Representative crybaby Lauren Boebert lost her seat in Colorado District 3 by about 2,000 votes.
UPDATE: After all the votes were counted, Boebert won District 3 by about 500 votes.
Suddenly, voting machines and counting ALL the votes are perfectly fine and accurate!
In short, most of the races were close – frighteningly close! – and many of Trumpf’s picks lost.
Captain’s Note: Fingers are being pointed today, and many are pointing at Trumpf. [Like any good Mob Boss, he is taking names of those who are publicly blaming him.] He sat on a large War Chest that he did not share (which Senator Ted Cruz estimated to be about $100 million), and when he spoke at rallies in support of “his” candidates, he talked more about himself than about the candidates: he continued to cry about his loss in 2020, he teased that he was going to run again in 2024, then read a list of names of candidates he supports.
The poor performance of “his” candidates will likely affect his chances of being the Republican candidate in 2024.
Plus, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who won his race and helped paint Florida a deep Red, will likely throw his hat in the ring against Trumpf in 2024.
Captain’s Note: DeSantis is just a miniature version of Trumpf, perhaps without the family money. But now the baby flamingo wants to spread his wings and leave the nest. Trumpf has already made threatening noises warning DeSantis to not challenge him.
Of course, the race to watch was in Georgia, between incumbent Rev. Dr Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and former UGA football star and Trumpf toady Herschel Walker. (See previous post for more on this race.) Sadly, that vote came down to the wire last night with less than 40,000 votes separating the two candidates.
Again, a map of Georgia will explain some of how that came about:
Yesterday's end result is still unknown. Votes are still being counted and some run-offs will have to take place. It appears the Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives, but fortunately with only a slim margin – too small for too much mayhem.
The Senate appears to be headed for another 50/50 split.
