Are you nervous about tomorrow? I know I am! If you say no in the comments, I will call you out for lying here. Only someone who is not aware of the overwhelming stakes would not have at least a few butterflies, no matter how robust your faith or even belief is. Given these butterflies, you’d probably enjoy reading another article explaining why a Trump victory is inevitable, how all polls are bullshit, how so-called “Trump hidden voters” have been exponentially downplayed, what the “silent majority” looks like, will soon rise up on a massive scale and deliver us from the leftist pandemic that would otherwise be unleashed on us.
Unfortunately, this won’t be that column because I really have no idea what’s about to happen, and if you cornered me, I’d say I’m not that sanguine. I certainly HOPE that perhaps all or even some of these things are true. AND I wrote about my faith that Trump *could* win in 2015, too, that he was indeed the ONLY GOP candidate in a then-crowded field who had a chance to beat the Democrats on the national stage, but the night before the election I still had my doubts. But it happened then and it can certainly happen again.
Of course, the opposite is much more likely to happen, and we would be fooling ourselves not to consider this possibility. The left has the numbers: millions of mostly misinformed voters eager for free goodies and the demise of the Orange Peril. Much like the view from Helm’s Deep in The Lord of the Rings, when a massive, seemingly endless army of Orcs marched on their positions, we too face huge hordes of an overwhelming, seemingly invincible enemy. Except Gandalf isn’t exactly around – and regardless of your views on God, especially his “politics” or lack thereof, it’s impossible to predict the course of any supernatural intervention in this case.
In other words, yes, Trump could win, but there’s an even greater statistical chance that Republicans could be staring down the barrel of a massive loss in which he not only loses the presidency but also control of the Senate. What then?
I don’t mean to undersell it. What makes this REALLY REALLY “the most important election EVER” are the actions that Democrats have virtually promised to take, actions that will forever shift the American electorate toward leftists. Eliminating the Senate filibuster, staffing the courts, adding blue states, granting citizenship to anyone who has a heartbeat and can touch American soil, all of these things will virtually ensure that no one to Che Guevara’s right will be re-elected to national office. We would become a de facto one-party state on the brisk train to legal banana republic status. (By the way, so-called “Republicans” like Jeff Flake, who happily turned left because “aha rules” and “Trump is vile”, all know this very well, which contradicts the idea that these clowns are anything but heartless ghouls they are.)
If all this happens, of course it’s difficult to imagine America surviving intact throughout my lifetime, much less the positive effects of Trump’s defeat. However, not everything can be lost. A Biden victory with the Senate GOP would, of course, keep the worst leftist tendencies in check. Biden’s victory in a very narrow Democratic Senate also might not end so badly simply because moderates like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona *might* decide to come to their senses at least on some of the left’s crazier ideas. And yes, even as I write this, I am terrified of the dire situation we would face when the future of a two-party government is literally in the hands of Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, but there you go.
So yes, assuming leftists fail to completely blow up the Republic, there may be some positives to emerge from Trump’s defeat tomorrow. They aren’t great and won’t be even remotely comforting if they do, but they remain nonetheless. Here are four:
GOP strongholds can fight corona fascism
I realize that Donald Trump doesn’t seem to be a real fan of face masks, and luckily Dr. Scott Atlas is on the prowl, but the White House also has Dr. Redfield, Fauci and Birx are repeating the same senior madness that has proven more than useless time and time again. Still, by implementing mask mandates, red state governors and county leaders are technically following orders from the executive branch, as they consistently point out to their citizens, imploring them to comply. But if Uncle Joe demands it, we may see some protection from our state and local GOP leaders, especially as it becomes increasingly clear that masks do nothing and probably only make things worse. So in a strange sense, in some places, the fight against various aspects of corona fascism may actually be won by a Democratic president. After all, governors hold most of the real power here.
Donald Trump will not be there
Please don’t take this the wrong way. Even if Biden wins with an absolute majority tomorrow, all of Trump’s achievements – especially THREE Supreme Court justices – will be worth it. And as I mentioned above, in 2016 no candidate other than Trump could win. So in a sense, Donald Trump saved America, at least for now. If Hillary won, we would be so deep down the rabbit hole there would be nothing to look out of. But with all of Trump’s greatness also comes his many weaknesses. He is small-skinned, stubborn, abrasive, wildly egotistical, and completely incapable of the emotional intelligence needed to win over the significant number of voters who are not already in his camp. If he loses tomorrow, everything will depend on him. Given the leftist madness that has occurred this year alone, Republicans should have been able to defeat someone like Joe Biden and still won easily. The fact that this race is so close is maddening, and make no mistake, it’s mostly Donald Trump’s fault. If he loses, we should thank him for his service, uphold his core principles (neocons won’t like it, but Trump’s policies WORKED), wish him a hearty and peaceful retirement, and move on.
2022 will be a little better
Even if the president manages to win tomorrow and McConnell holds the hammer by the skin of his teeth, most political experts are confident that the GOP will lose the Senate in 2022. The only Democratic seats that have even the slightest chance of getting elected are in Nevada and New Hampshire. On the other hand, Richard Burr (North Carolina), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Ron Johnson (Wisconsin), Rob Portman (Ohio), Marco Rubio (Florida) and Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania) will likely face a tough re-election race. It doesn’t seem fair, but the unhappy reality is that the GOP won’t face a Senate situation until 2024. A Democrat in the White House, however, would give Republicans a better chance to keep what they have and meet their deadline through 2024 .Finally, speaking of 2024…
Republicans will have a fighting chance in 2024
Yes, the Democrats are *trying* to turn America into a one-party state, but historically speaking, it has swing back and forth, and if Trump wins, 2024 will mean an almost certain victory for the Democrats. While no social conservative is likely to win national office again, a sympathetic, populist, America-first, libertarian candidate with broad support could take power and defeat any Marxist Democrats choose (Biden is unlikely to run second term). . Think Donald Trump without the scratchy edges. If Biden’s presidency turns out to be as much of a disaster as it seems, Republicans, with the right candidate, could get it all back in 2024 and more.
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