Two days of food! Oh, the pain, the pain. But it was worth it. Camera Girl was pleased with her feast and her guests. She said it was the best Thanksgiving ever. And I have to agree. It was untroubled. The food was excellent. The guests were merry and amiable and the activities and conversation were enjoyable. In all ways it was excellent. And now we have the holiday season. From now till Christmas time will fly.
So, while we’re enjoying (or cursing) the orgy of buying and preparation, we can reflect a little on the year that is just about over. What did 2023 entail?
Maybe the most surprising thing about it was just how lousy it was for Joe Biden. Regardless of whether the powers-that-be, by hook or by crook, can pull him over the finish line in November, it is pretty obvious that even his “voters” think he is garbage. His approval rating is somewhere between thirty and forty percent. And the first thirty percent would vote for Jack the Ripper if he has that “D” before his name. That’s pretty amazing.
Of course, I think part of this has to do with the Democrat constituency. The current situation with the Gaza War is a good example. A good chunk of the Democrat voters is squarely on the side of Hamas and little things like Hamas followers disemboweling pregnant women or beheading infants aren’t going to change that. So, if Joe Biden is seen to help the Israelis, he loses these folks. These are what are known as one-issue-voters. And although Jewish voters by and large vote Democrat, sharing a coalition with the Hamas-lovers surely must give many Jewish Democrats pause. And that is good. It’s important for people to confront the compromises that they make in their lives. Watching videos of middle-easterners in Brooklyn screaming about burning Jews must be clarifying for Jewish New Yorkers who have defended the Moslems in America since 9-11-2001. It might even lead them to question the validity of their political identity.
I think we all should be as realistic as possible about the choices we make. I know that I’ve been thinking lately about where the line is drawn between acceptable and unacceptable positions by “my side.” Hate for the sake of hate is a pretty ugly thing. All of the talk about the incompatibility of different ethnic groups and identities gets overblown. And most of the blame for that is on the Left for sure. Once you start treating “protected groups” differently and encouraging criminal behavior, a reaction is bound to happen.
But the cure for discrimination isn’t reverse discrimination as has been amply demonstrated by the failures of affirmative action. It’s scrupulous adherence to just laws and the basic decencies that a Christian society already provides for the less able. I don’t see any clash between racial harmony and strict compliance with law and order. In fact, I think it’s only by eliminating criminal behavior in the inner city that you provide the possibility of lessening poverty. Before 2008 and Obama’s attempts to create race hatred, crime statistics in the urban areas were at a generational low. The property values in places like Harlem were astronomical. The only problem is that this could only exist with a Republican mayor and a law-and-order police commissioner.
But I digress.
As I was saying, Joe Biden is not a popular fellow and I think that gives us something to think about going into 2024. Is the Democrat voting machine so “reinforced for democracy” that it can get even a stink bomb like Biden elected or will something else happen. Will they replace him? Can they replace him? Will he lose?
Something to think about.