Prickly City by Scott Stantis for July 15, 2022

I do too, orange is going to run again.

We should fear for our democratic elements in our republic because this is a party that admires Viktor Orban.

Democracy is perfectly safe where it exists in the world. Unfortunately for the Americans they only think they have democracy because that is what they have been told they have. . The ruling parties draw the voting district maps so their party remains in power, People are systemically blocked from voting, Voting is hard to do, either due to laws imposed by the rulers (limited polling stations) or due to flaws in the ballots themselves (thinking of the dangling chads in the bush/ gore election). Those who don’t like the results fight them in the courts until the next election and beyond. And then those elected actively fight one another instead of working out compromises between the differing view points so that the people aren’t helped by the government, which other than giving themselves raises can’t agree on anything else that needs to be done from funding education to repairing roads and bridges, to helping the poor. Oh and the military industrial complex effectively holds a gun to their heads saying you need to keep spending more than the rest of the world combined spends on the military or your nation will be destroyed. Ignoring the fact that the U.S. has rarely won any war against any opponent since the end of world war 2.

The Democrat version of “democracy” does not apply to America being a Republic. With any luck and some Devine Guidance, we will soon be transitioning back into a Republic. Only time will tell if the populace understands the current danger that Democrats’ current ideology imposes. Eventually, after wandering in the desert for a few years, Democrats will understand where they went wrong.

That’s too much your team, Stanti. You should be working to crush this very large social move many times before worrying about the other side wanting universal health care or some other terrible thing such as that.

Shortly after the 2020 election one of the TV late-night talking heads said, “I fear we are sliding into authoritarianism despite the Democrats being in charge”. I thought: I fear we are sliding into authoritarianism BECAUSE the Democrats are in charge.

Stantis doesn’t seem to have the insight or guts to point out which party is putting the future of democracy at risk. #SAD

Is Stantis actually admitting that Republicans attempted a violent overthrow of the government of the United States?

Maybe edging toward it, at least.

Hard to give up that concept of widespread undetectable voter fraud.

Had to leave the"protest" signs blank.

Drama is an art. It does matter how over dramatic politicians and/or their supporters speak or act. Over dramatization helps to significantly increase the campaign treasury (and residuals) shared during and after the election . Many candidates (there are several) entering a campaign do so with little wealth—-and, mostly in debt, Subsequently (after the campaign), they purchase million dollar homes … a Land Rover and are free of debt … Texas and Georgia come to mind. The winner is really the big big winner! The winner exceeds to an even greater Pot financed by all the people. The “flash/bang drama” has but very little to do with those who have voted. “The bang has all to do” with who counts the vote that decides everything._ Vote counters are paid by oligarchs and super rich corporations (just one good example—-pharmaceuticals). justsayin’

_And, the “pendulum” swings like pendulums do!_

Winslow must be a liberal. He can’t believe the opposition is as crazy and violent as they tell us they are.