It is time for me to offer my recommendation for voting in the 2022 midterm elections. Perhaps I’m a bit late, given the increased prevalence of early voting. Then again, people who vote early tend to be those who are pretty committed to their choices and particularly to their partisan affiliation. This recommendation is for those who are still on the edge and still trying to make up their minds, because it’s tough to figure out which of two awful choices is worse.
Wow this is hard to read! But what I needed to “hear”. As a non MAGA Republican, I’ve been troubled by our treatment since the last election. Not wanting to “throw the baby out with the bath water”, I have stayed with the Republican Party. I can no longer.
I have been active from an early age, even being chosen for Republican Leadership Program in 1993 (since renamed). I’ve both appointed election judges, and have served as one. The non truths are just horrific.
Excellent article and very well argued. I was Never Trump in 2016 but never imagined he could do this much damage. I'm sad to say our country is weaker than I thought.
I believe Ayn Rand would be turning over in her grave knowing you want the socialists to win next week. As bad as the Republicans are, the Democrats are many times worse. Just look at what they have already (in less than two years) done not just to our country but to our reputation around the world. They want to destroy our energy business but have no replacement. They want to defund our military in a world turning more war like. They seem to think the Big Lie that they use is legitimate to diminish their opponents. They tried an end around by federalizing election laws. There is so much more. Read how Argentina went from the second richest country in the world to being a impoverished nation today.
50 years ago, in 1972, Rand observed, evaluated, then chose.
In calendar year 1972, the Ayn Rand Letter published 25 issues.
Eight of them were dedicated to one subject with a total of 38 pages and over 18,000 words. They were written to show Rand's philosophical thinking regarding the then Democratic party platform and its candidate for the 1972 presidential election, George McGovern.
Hardly any mention was made of the GOP and its candidate Richard Nixon. They were mentioned, early in the series of articles, but only as a reference to the issue at hand, the choice of who to vote for. Her conclusion?
"...to vote for Nixon as a matter of national emergency. This is no longer an issue of choosing the lesser of two commensurate evils. The choice is between a flawed candidate representing western civilization - and the perfect candidate of its primordial enemies.
...
The worst thing that can be said about Nixon is that he cannot be trusted, which is true: he cannot be trusted to save the country. But one thing is certain: McGovern can be trusted to destroy it."
Almost every other word in the series was dedicated to analyzing the then American Left. Then, the primary focus and motive of theirs was to equalize income by redistributing the earned income of the middle class.
So, one has to ask oneself...we faced a "National Emergency" just for that? If so, what about now, with today's democratic party and candidates?
Read her analysis as to the New Left she faced (see below), then compare it to today's New Left situation. Are conditions and their ideas now better, worse...?
Then ask yourself...
Would not voting be helpful to today's Left by allowing them to think that they have been sanctioned to be in the position to destroy what still exists?
Ouch, that is hard to swallow. No way I can vote a party line like that - and I've been an Independent for decades. Here in Pennsylvania, the Dems running for Gov and Senate seats have an established record - and it's horrible. I don't care for the alternatives on the R tickets, and I especially resent Trumps interference via endorsement, but I'd rather turn-over bad candidates than to let them consolidate power through entrenchment.
I don't know that I'm keen on party-line recommendations, but honestly, at the National level we are better served with some balance inside the Beltway. That is simplistic, certainly, but since you did not address economic issues and the incessant meddling by Washington DC in everything related to commerce, I'll just say that I believe the current Dem charter will crush economic output, and in short order lead to serious socioeconomic upheaval if we do not restore balance of power b/w Exec/Leg.
I'm still amused by your obsession with the Jan 6 rioting at the Capital. For all of the participants who are likely subject to criminal prosecution - and there would be quite a few indeed - continuing to refer to the event as an "insurrection," and then further linking it to Republicans (38 million of them) is disingenuous. Oh, I know there were some serious idiots/criminals involved, but please - of 2000 who made it inside, how many of these "insurrectionists" were armed for... well... insurrection of our government? What to do about it: retrain Capital police NOT to open doors for the trespassers, accept any offers to supply NG troops to the Capital in advance, fully prosecute those who entered, or were violent in any way with the appropriate criminal code. That was no insurrection.
If you really want to undermine people claiming vote fraud, your conclusion strikes me as bass-ackwards. If we all vote Democrat, that would give the losers the chance to claim vote fraud. However, if we all vote Republican, giving them a larger margin of victory, then it would be impossible to claim vote fraud, right?
Wow this is hard to read! But what I needed to “hear”. As a non MAGA Republican, I’ve been troubled by our treatment since the last election. Not wanting to “throw the baby out with the bath water”, I have stayed with the Republican Party. I can no longer.
I have been active from an early age, even being chosen for Republican Leadership Program in 1993 (since renamed). I’ve both appointed election judges, and have served as one. The non truths are just horrific.
Thank you for being honest and brave.
Excellent article and very well argued. I was Never Trump in 2016 but never imagined he could do this much damage. I'm sad to say our country is weaker than I thought.
I believe Ayn Rand would be turning over in her grave knowing you want the socialists to win next week. As bad as the Republicans are, the Democrats are many times worse. Just look at what they have already (in less than two years) done not just to our country but to our reputation around the world. They want to destroy our energy business but have no replacement. They want to defund our military in a world turning more war like. They seem to think the Big Lie that they use is legitimate to diminish their opponents. They tried an end around by federalizing election laws. There is so much more. Read how Argentina went from the second richest country in the world to being a impoverished nation today.
Dear Liberals, How Many Of These MSM Hoaxes Did You Fall For?
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dear-liberals-how-many-these-msm-hoaxes-did-you-fall
50 years ago, in 1972, Rand observed, evaluated, then chose.
In calendar year 1972, the Ayn Rand Letter published 25 issues.
Eight of them were dedicated to one subject with a total of 38 pages and over 18,000 words. They were written to show Rand's philosophical thinking regarding the then Democratic party platform and its candidate for the 1972 presidential election, George McGovern.
Hardly any mention was made of the GOP and its candidate Richard Nixon. They were mentioned, early in the series of articles, but only as a reference to the issue at hand, the choice of who to vote for. Her conclusion?
"...to vote for Nixon as a matter of national emergency. This is no longer an issue of choosing the lesser of two commensurate evils. The choice is between a flawed candidate representing western civilization - and the perfect candidate of its primordial enemies.
...
The worst thing that can be said about Nixon is that he cannot be trusted, which is true: he cannot be trusted to save the country. But one thing is certain: McGovern can be trusted to destroy it."
Almost every other word in the series was dedicated to analyzing the then American Left. Then, the primary focus and motive of theirs was to equalize income by redistributing the earned income of the middle class.
So, one has to ask oneself...we faced a "National Emergency" just for that? If so, what about now, with today's democratic party and candidates?
Read her analysis as to the New Left she faced (see below), then compare it to today's New Left situation. Are conditions and their ideas now better, worse...?
Then ask yourself...
Would not voting be helpful to today's Left by allowing them to think that they have been sanctioned to be in the position to destroy what still exists?
THE AYN RAND LETTER - CALENDAR YEAR 1972
*The Dead End
*A Preview Part I & II & III
*A Nation's Unity Part I & II & III
*The American Spirit
Ouch, that is hard to swallow. No way I can vote a party line like that - and I've been an Independent for decades. Here in Pennsylvania, the Dems running for Gov and Senate seats have an established record - and it's horrible. I don't care for the alternatives on the R tickets, and I especially resent Trumps interference via endorsement, but I'd rather turn-over bad candidates than to let them consolidate power through entrenchment.
I don't know that I'm keen on party-line recommendations, but honestly, at the National level we are better served with some balance inside the Beltway. That is simplistic, certainly, but since you did not address economic issues and the incessant meddling by Washington DC in everything related to commerce, I'll just say that I believe the current Dem charter will crush economic output, and in short order lead to serious socioeconomic upheaval if we do not restore balance of power b/w Exec/Leg.
I'm still amused by your obsession with the Jan 6 rioting at the Capital. For all of the participants who are likely subject to criminal prosecution - and there would be quite a few indeed - continuing to refer to the event as an "insurrection," and then further linking it to Republicans (38 million of them) is disingenuous. Oh, I know there were some serious idiots/criminals involved, but please - of 2000 who made it inside, how many of these "insurrectionists" were armed for... well... insurrection of our government? What to do about it: retrain Capital police NOT to open doors for the trespassers, accept any offers to supply NG troops to the Capital in advance, fully prosecute those who entered, or were violent in any way with the appropriate criminal code. That was no insurrection.
If you really want to undermine people claiming vote fraud, your conclusion strikes me as bass-ackwards. If we all vote Democrat, that would give the losers the chance to claim vote fraud. However, if we all vote Republican, giving them a larger margin of victory, then it would be impossible to claim vote fraud, right?
I agree that such behavior is inimical to our freedom, but is it exclusive to one party? This article argues otherwise:
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-fickle-finger-of-biden