Every Vote Counts, Sort Of

The Iowa caucus happened one week ago and the results are still in question. The caucus system is a bit odd but it is what the residents of Iowa have done for years and traditionally is the first in the Presidential primary races.

Two of the Dimbbulbcrats have announced they are the “actual” victor in Iowa. Pete “Alfred E. Newman” Buttigieg and Comrade Sanders each have said they won. Somewhat “offically” Alfred won the caucus and he has taken his victory lap. Comrade Bernie keeps insisting he won because he won the POPULAR VOTE.

The odd thing is that I haven’t heard Alfred conceding the victory to the POPULAR VOTE winner, Bernie. If Newman actually believed in his own policies, that is what he SHOULD DO.

From Alfred E. Newman’s website:

KEY POLICY

A National Popular Vote to replace the Electoral College.

It’s simple: the candidate who gets the most votes should win. States don’t vote, people vote, and everyone’s vote should count exactly the same. The Electoral College has to go.”

He insists that ONLY THE POPULAR VOTE WINNER should be declared the winner in an election. Get rid of those pesky systems that lead to voter suppression.

Honesty is the best policy, right Petey?

Turncoat

A “turncoat” is someone who switches sides or allegiances to the opposition. It is suspected that the origin of the term “turncoat” comes from the English Civil War where soldiers turned their coats inside out to match those of the enemy. Others suspect that it may come from the idea of turning from one’s “coat of arms” pledging allegiance to another. Whatever the origin, it is an apt term to describe Mitt Romney.

Ole Mitt has always had a stick up his butt. He stiffly tried to defeat President Obama in 2012. When you look at the Democrat losers currently running for President today, the comparison holds for Ole Stick Up His Butt (OSUHB) and the 2012 Republican field.  President Obama has some of his worst favorability numbers in the 2012 election and he could have been a one term president except that the Republicans could only muster former Massachusetts governor  OSUHB to run against him. OSUHB defeated his Republican rivals Ron Paul (anyone remember him?) and other household names such as Fred Karger, Buddy Roemer, John Huntsman, and who can forget Gary “What’s Allepo” Johnson. Sheesh I don’t remember any of OSUBH’s Republican competitors.

OSUHB just like Hillybob believed he was ordained to be the president. In the election Mitt lost the electoral college vote 332 to 206, a resounding loss.

In 2016 OSUHB sought the office of Secretary of State from newly elected President Trump. This was probably his next step to build his bona fides to become the 46th POTUS. President Trump interviewed him but wisely didn’t give hm the job. OSUHB probably felt the job of POTUS going down the drain thanks to President Trump.

OSUBH moved to Utah and in 2018 ran for senator. He asked President Trump to endorse him which the President did. OSUHB won the slot of senator from Utah.

As soon as Mitt was sworn in as a senator he started bad mouthing President Trump. He most likely had an axe to grind against the President since he never became Secretary of State. I suspect OSUHB feels that becoming a “super anti-Trumper” is his key to the next presidency.

This plan by OSUHB would explain why he insisted on witnesses in the impeachment sham even before the trial started. All in an attempt to damage the President who he hates for taking away his ordained place in the White House.

Great judgement by President Trump to have rejected OSUHB for any cabinet position.

I suspect that OSUHB will run for president in 2024.  All Republicans should give Turncoat Mitt the boot if he tries again.

Not The Whole Story? Something Sounds Fishy

China has a VIRUS that is spreading in the city of Wuhan. So far as of today (1-25-2020) there are reported to have been 56 deaths and and 1975 known cases.  The story is that the disease originated in the FISH MARKET.

What’s FISHY (bad pun intended) about all of this is that the Chinese government is treating this like a plague that may possibly wipe out huge swaths of the population. The government has locked down travel in and out of the city of Wuhan. They are building TWO emergency hospitals to house thousands of people. Reporting says that 14,000 hazmat suits and 110,000 pairs of gloves have been sent to the city. Just now the Chinese government has CANCELED (prohibited) all Lunar New Years celebration across ALL OF MAINLAND CHINA!  ALL major tourist attractions across China have been closed, INDEFINITELY.  This sort of response seems suspiciously EXCESSIVE for LESS than 2000 cases.

Just to give an idea of the number of deaths from ONE common disease, in the US about 50,000 people DIE from the FLU EVERY YEAR and we don’t build special hospitals or allocate thousands of hazmat suits. In the 2017-2018 flu season between 80,000 to 100,000 people died and nothing extraordinary was done other than to issue some warnings about washing your hands and getting the flu shot.

The type of response by the Chinese government seems much TOO LARGE for so few cases.

Perhaps WE’RE NOT GETTING THE WHOLE STORY.

There is some sparse reporting that the VIRUS may have come from a breach in the WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY which is rumored to actually be a BIOWEAPONS FACILITY.

Makes you wonder if the Chinese government isn’t telling an accurate story. Nah, what reason would they have to LIE?

Ramblings of a maker