{"id":21102,"date":"2022-11-14T16:08:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=21102"},"modified":"2022-11-15T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:09:47","slug":"eulogy-for-the-stupid-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had my regular Monday zoom call with the guys from my old job.\u00a0 I told them about my adventures at the election last week and we caught up on plans for the Thanksgiving holiday coming up.\u00a0 When I was asked about what I thought about the outcome of the elections I said from my point of view, the Democrats have figured out how to use mail in ballots to effectively guarantee their success in states that allow its use.\u00a0 And until something is done to change things in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona we won\u2019t be winning anymore national elections.<\/p>\n<p>There were some objections to this statement.\u00a0 Some felt that things could be done to make this problem go away.\u00a0 My opinion was that the Republicans have already had two years to fix this.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t and from my point of view they probably won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the question is will this affect the grift that Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham and the rest of the losers that inhabit the Stupid Party act out.\u00a0 Can they just go on sitting there accomplishing nothing and soaking up millions of dollars in kickbacks while pretending to \u201cfight\u201d the Democrats?\u00a0 I wonder?\u00a0 Is it possible that too many people have awakened to the reality of the racket that these \u201cleaders\u201d are running on us?\u00a0 I\u2019d like to think that\u2019s the case.\u00a0 I heard even Marco Rubio is talking about holding off on the leadership election until the dust settles on the mid-term fiasco and then see if there are enough senators with backbones to vote out Mitch McConnell and put someone in who actually cares whether the Republicans accomplish anything of their alleged agenda.<\/p>\n<p>I guess that\u2019s a fair test to watch for.\u00a0 But what\u2019s the good of changing the leadership in a party that can\u2019t win national elections anymore.\u00a0 And who can fix that except the state Republican parties.\u00a0 How does a place like Arizona allow the Democrats to change the election laws to allow ballot harvesting and blatant fraud?\u00a0 These are things that people with even a modicum of intelligence can challenge and resist.<\/p>\n<p>But I see no sign of those things happening.\u00a0 And because of that, the Stupid Party is consigned to perpetual loser status.\u00a0 Well, at the very least it is some consolation that some of the worst offenders like McConnell and Romney may be given the heave-ho in the not-too-distant future.\u00a0 I\u2019ll take special joy if the voters of Utah come to their senses in 2024 and send Mitt packing back to Massachusetts to celebrate his declining years as the extremely conservative trans-woman we all know he wants to be. \u00a0As for McConnell, Kentuckians really need to wake up and decide whether having their senator be the minority leader is worth tolerating that weaselly excuse for a man.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible, I guess, that at some time in the future there could be a refurbishment of the Republican Party such that intelligent men could be put in charge of restoring it to some semblance of a functional organization capable of affecting conservative legislation at the state and national levels.\u00a0 But for now, I consider it a lost cause.\u00a0 At the local level, even in blue states, leaders appear to help accomplish some good for their constituents.\u00a0 And in places like Florida a strong governor and legislature can enact conservative measures to protect their people from the chaos that has descended on this country.<\/p>\n<p>But as a national organization someone should drive a stake through the heart of this undead beast and put it and us out of our misery.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had my regular Monday zoom call with the guys from my old job.\u00a0 I told them about my adventures at the election last week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3343,1110],"class_list":["post-21102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-2022-elections","tag-stupid-party"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I had my regular Monday zoom call with the guys from my old job.\u00a0 I told them about my adventures at the election last week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"photog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3\"},\"headline\":\"Eulogy for the Stupid Party\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\"},\"wordCount\":619,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"2022 elections\",\"Stupid Party\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Current Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\",\"name\":\"Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eulogy for the Stupid Party\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/\",\"name\":\"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\",\"description\":\"All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Orion's Cold Fire\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg\",\"width\":4022,\"height\":1419,\"caption\":\"Orion's Cold Fire\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orionscoldfire\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3\",\"name\":\"photog\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photog-image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photog-image.jpg\",\"caption\":\"photog\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/author\/photog\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire","og_description":"I had my regular Monday zoom call with the guys from my old job.\u00a0 I told them about my adventures at the election last week","og_url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/","og_site_name":"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire","article_published_time":"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00","author":"photog","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@orionscoldfire","twitter_site":"@orionscoldfire","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"photog","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/"},"author":{"name":"photog","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3"},"headline":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party","datePublished":"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/"},"wordCount":619,"commentCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["2022 elections","Stupid Party"],"articleSection":["Current Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/","url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/","name":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-11-14T21:08:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T18:09:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/eulogy-for-the-stupid-party\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eulogy for the Stupid Party"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/","name":"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire","description":"All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#organization","name":"Orion's Cold Fire","url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC06141.jpg","width":4022,"height":1419,"caption":"Orion's Cold Fire"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/orionscoldfire"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3","name":"photog","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photog-image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/photog-image.jpg","caption":"photog"},"url":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/author\/photog\/"}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21138,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21102\/revisions\/21138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}