The Republican Party got its butt kicked Tuesday night in the Virginia governor\u2019s race and to hear the Democrat media tell it, it was the bell tolling for thee, you disgusting deplorable dullards who are supporters of that revolting MAGAtt in the White House. But mind you now, we are seeing all these demonstrations of extravagant electoral glee from the very same folks who were all but suicidal a year ago this time when their shoo-in winner got a very unexpected shoe in her wide electoral fanny. Just as they were excessively overwrought then so are they now far too giddily optimistic regarding the portents of these recent results. To hear them tell it, one could easily believe that the 2018 elections are all but a done deal for the Dems and that we deplorables may as well stay home on Election Day 2018.<\/p>\n
Actually, I believe that\u2019s what happened in Virginia yesterday: the Republican establishment ran one of their favorites, an unfortunately lackluster lobbyist who was so uninspiring he couldn\u2019t manage a simple majority in the party primary, pulling in only 43% percent of that vote. What percentage of that other 57% do you suppose stayed home yesterday rather than bother to go vote for this unexceptional party hack they had already rejected in the earlier race?<\/p>\n
The Democrats, on the other hand, fielded a candidate of considerable accomplishment, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute who then went on to medical school and service as an Army doctor for eight years. He then became a practicing physician, medical professor and a hospice medical director. That last would be enough to make me consider crossing over and voting for him simply because I know it requires a special kind of medical empathy to manage the end of life medical care of terminally ill patients. Mind you, that military service counted as well. Virginia has one of the largest active military and retiree populations in the nation. I\u2019d wager many of those usual Republican military voters either crossed over and voted for the former military doctor or stayed home.<\/p>\n
Consider the folly of running a Washington lobbyist who\u2019s spent his entire life in politics as a fence-sitting, moderate Republican against a formidable candidate possessing a quite admirable curriculum vitae. You probably couldn\u2019t find a better example of Elite Republican Establishment stupidity than in that particular example of candidate selection. Unfortunately it not only cost the party a governorship, the down-ballot effects were significant as well, likely giving the Dems control of the Virginia legislature. This is a not unexpected political shift, it\u2019s been coming for some time as the burgeoning wealthy Virginia suburbs abutting the nation\u2019s capital expand their influence over the state\u2019s governance. If you look at a county voting map<\/a> it is evident that urban Virginia is increasingly blue while the vast majority of rural Virginia remains conservative. Considering that population concentration around D.C., it shouldn\u2019t be surprising if Virginia becomes another Blue State lining America\u2019s eastern shores, joining Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and so forth.<\/p>\n As I write this I\u2019m hearing some television pundit pronouncing that this election was a profound rejection of Donald Trump and everything he stands for. No, it wasn\u2019t. It was a classic example of piss poor politicking by the inept, elite, establishment leadership. So buck up and get back out there all you deplorables and let\u2019s see if we can kick some damned sense into this Stupid Party that is the only hope we have to stop the madness of political correctness and racial pandering.<\/p>\n Crossposted at American Thinker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"