You’ve probably already had Thanksgiving dinner. You may be preparing for dessert if you haven’t had it yet. Have you managed to avoid talking about politics at the table? Many would like that, even considering the country had a rather bizarre midterm election earlier this month. But that’s not the case with POLITICO. The release was released on Thursday Manual that focused on House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), but earlier this morning one was published titled “How to speak intelligently about politics on Thanksgiving“
“Unfortunately, there is a media that doesn’t think it’s Thanksgiving unless we turn every conversation back to politics. And this is where the Politico Guide comes in handy,” he added. our friends from Twitchy was aptly emphasized earlier. “Why – whyyyyyyyyy – do they do this every year? Don’t they know that literally no one, or at least no sane person, has ever asked this question? for this?“
As you make your holiday plans, you’ll probably want to arm yourself at the table with something sharp to say about the midterms — like how the anti-Trump coalition that elected Biden in 2020 seemed to hang on to support for Democrats. More in the Guide: https://t.co/OadDcchcLJ
— POLITICO Playbook (@playbookdc) November 22, 2022
The attention the tweet received was basically all about criticizing the media for not allowing the holidays to be all about spending time with friends and loved ones and showing gratitude. For many, this may mean being grateful for a break from politics.
To mock, IWF fellow Angela Morabito also took a screenshot of an email she received with the ad in the morning edition.
Every article like this is a “parrot of our leftist arguments until your uncle turns the table over.” pic.twitter.com/xeygU00ba2
— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) November 22, 2022
It’s a Thursday morning holiday edition that’s about as long as the rest – that is long–is not only unnecessary, it is pathetic and tone deaf.
“When preparing your own holiday plans, “you’ll probably want to arm yourself at the table with something sharp to say about the importance of midterms,” he surmises. No, probably not.
There is a paragraph in the Guide on how “Admittedly, this is a confusing topic” and then suggests “But if you want to filter out a lot of noise in the results and focus on the signal, this morning’s column by Ron Brownstein on CNN it is good to cut them out and save them for Thursday.”
Who cuts and saves articles anymore, let alone on Thanksgiving? Would you take such a person seriously? It’s unlikely.
To make matters worse, Brownstein is already talking about 2024. Here’s how the article explains it:
Identifies several key trends present in the 2022 results that tell us a lot about 2024:
- Red states are getting redder. (See results for governor. RON DESANTIS in Florida or Governor. Mike DeWINE in Ohio.)
- Blue states are getting bluer. (See row. GAVIN NEWSOMre-election in California or what happened in Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington State.)
- Another presidential election will likely be decided by fewer voters in fewer states.
Both presidential candidates could start working in 2024 with as many as 46 states and DC split between the two parties. Brownstein argues that based on recent trends, Democrats could start with a safe 260 electoral votes and Republicans could start with a safe 235 electoral votes. In this scenario, battleground states that have long become reliably red or blue. With Michigan and Pennsylvania back in Democratic hands, GOP-dominated Florida and Ohio, sometimes-blue North Carolina out of Democratic reach, and perennial GOP goal New Hampshire out of Republican reach, the list of real failures could be as follows: down to just four states with the value of 43 electoral votes: Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin.
The electoral college map is very divided that the decisive swing votes can be narrowed down to a few groups spread across these four states: “tiny numbers of people living in small patches of contested political terrain – the white-collar suburbs of Atlanta and Phoenix, Latino working-class neighborhoods in and around Las Vegas, and mid-sized communities in so-called BOW counties in Wisconsin.
“Of course, if it all becomes too boringjust ask your uncle what he’s thinking ELONA MUSK bring back @realDonaldTrump. This should liven up the conversation,” the Guide further suggests.
Come on, I thought POLITICO wanted us to “look sharp” on Thanksgiving. If this were indeed the case, they would notify their readers that former and potentially future President Donald Trump hasn’t even tweeted since January 8, 2021. Not only does he prefer it to Truth Social, but there is also legal vulgarity that complicates his ability to tweet, as she explained Spencer earlier this week, shortly after restoring Trump’s account and previous tweets last Saturday.
Those who follow POLITICO’s suggestions probably don’t seem “sharp,” but rather obsessive and may even be a nuisance, which could result in them being denied an invitation to a future vacation or even kicked out.
I shudder to think there will be a Christmas edition.
