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2034, 28 Sep 24

Noticing What’s Missing

I spent a good chunk of the day at the world’s largest cranberry festival in Warrens, Wisconsin. It struck me that there were hundreds of people wearing pro-Trump gear, and dozens of vendors selling pro-Trump gear, but I did not see a single pro Biden or Harris thing. Not a shirt. Not a hat. Not a button. Nothing. Nowhere.

No doubt there was a pro-Harris person in there somewhere, but I didn’t see them. While my observation was passive for the first couple of hours, I began to really look for one once it struck me.

Nothing.

I realize that Warrens is in the middle of conservative, rural, Wisconsin, but it was striking that there was not a single pro-Harris person willing to wear the brand.

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2034, 28 September 2024

14 Comments

  1. MjM

    Trumpsters are fare more enthusiastic while also being just plain sick of the country’s trajectory. Plus they have cool hats to wear and a heck of a better argument than “looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we in the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in a holistic manner “.

    Harris/Waltz just have the usual boring yard signs, have to bus in 70% of their (repeat) rally attendees, fake impromptu deli stops with paid actors, and hide their candidate.

    But are cool hats and good arguments and enthusiasm enough?

    Warrens sits in the N.E. corner of Monroe county, which Trump won in 2020 60%-37%. Trump also won the surrounding counties of Jackson, Juneau, and Vernon. Trump did lose La Crosse county, which (natural pun) sits to the left of Monroe. (Gosh, why would La Crosse be blue…?)

    Warrens is also in the WI 7th congressional district, which geographically covers more than 1/3 of the state. Aside from the always-blue Bayfield and Douglas counties, the 7th has been going red since 2010, when (R) Duffy won and took over from retiring 40-year rep (D] Dave Obey. Obama won the district in 2008 but in 2012 they slid slightly right and picked soft repub and weirdo Pierre Delecto. In 2016 Trump won the district with 58%. In 2020 Trump won with 59%.

    Sounds good, eh?

    The 7th district has 747,000+/- of the states people. Milwaukee county alone has 918,000+/-, and they went 80% for Biden. If the last prez election rates hold, a single county would out vote 1/3 of the state’s area by about 280,000 votes. (A state electoral college, anyone?)

    I certainly hope the enthusiasm, good arguments, and happy hat wearin’ encourages the wishy-washy and previous non-voters to see the light.

  2. Tuerqas

    I agree. Libs are still voting Democrat, because they have been programmed to fear Trump even though they should already know what he will do based on his first term. Many of the KH commercials are just “Fear Trump” commercials telling us all what he will do. And most of those things are actually what Dems have been doing in the 21st century: Wielding the Justice dept as a weapon. Check, Dems do that now and Trump can’t because there are rules against wholesale replacement of national bureaus where the libs all hide in the woodwork. The libs who were willing to skirt the law to attack Trump won’t do the same thing to Dems if ordered to do so by Trump. Centralizing power in the Executive branch. Check. Trump will have slightly more power this term because Dems have been concentrating power in the Executive branches at the National and State levels. Of course, the fail safes in place with lib dominated bureaus likely once again acting against the Admin (if Trump is elected) will give him less power than KH would have. They cry that Trump is only for enriching himself and his billionaire cronies even though he took no pay in his first term, was the first President in US history to lose wealth during and after is term in office, and gave the middle class tax cuts (while most of the rest, Dems and Reps alike stuck to enriching themselves). The billionaires clubs are giving significantly more to Dems than Trump, so Dems are really just talking about themselves again and trusting to the school programming to make their idiots believe that what is false is actually true. And of course on the abortion issue, it doesn’t matter that Trump has said he would not sign a national abortion bill, the commercials detail how Trump’s utterly false Dem fantasy would send women back to the stone ages. And it does not matter if he would sign it. The same SCOTUS would call it unconstitutional for the exact same reasons it took down Roe v Wade. It is a State’s rights issue until a national amendment were adopted making it a national issue, just like gun rights. Dems thank their lack of God for coming up with teaching only pro-lib doctrine in public schools. They can’t really make national headway on gun control or abortion ‘rights’ so long as there is no constitutional amendment, so they just don’t teach that little fact anymore. Then Dems believe what they are told and act/vote accordingly whether it follows the Constitution or not.

    I can see 97% of libs that actually vote going with KH, but no one can be all that happy with that historically bad candidate. They won’t wear KH gear in public. They can’t defend the least bit of her record or oxymoronic (heavy on the moronic) promises, except maybe trying to harp on reproductive rights, so they don’t want to draw attention to themselves in public. The best we can hope for is the Dems not going in to vote at all because there are more libs than cons in the US right now. One big question is whether the Dem followers of RFK and Tulsi Gabbard will actually follow their candidate’s endorsement of Trump.

  3. jonnyv

    I don’t wear KH outfits cause I am not “a fan” of politicians (no one should be). I see KH as a person who most fits what I believe in and will help push the policies that I think will be better for America. Trump has FANS. Fans like Packer fans, like Soccer fans, like any other sport F.A.N.S. It goes back to my point I made about the RNC and all the ugly (and be honest… it is almost ALL UGLY) Trumpster gear that people were selling.

    The closest thing the Dems have had to that is Obama. I actually saw some Obama shirts back in the day, but NOTHING like what you see with Trump gear today. And to be fair, Obama was the only politician (for either side) I have EVER seen that has had any clothing that wasn’t hideous. The “O” with the flag was great on its own. No one else has branded their campaign that well. Plus, the Fairly “HOPE” poster was iconic… and still trying to be copied by many politicians (Trump and KH) without the same effect.

    Trump has (and is) trying to sell everything. Sneakers, Bibles, Coins, NFTs, and now 100K watches. One of the few things Trump is good at is exploiting his name to mediocre and ugly merchandise in an attempt to make money.

    This is why I think that if Trump doesn’t win, the R party is gonna be hurting for a bit. IF he truly doesn’t run again in 2028 a portion of his “fans” will check out, probably claiming it was “rigged” or “deep state” or something along those lines. And if he loses, he shouldn’t run again. Thanks to JB dropping out, Trump is now the old guy who rambles for hours at his rallies confusing names and complaining about weird shit.

    Clearly not all of them will check out, but with as close as elections are these days it only takes a fraction of a percentage.

    And if Trump loses, the R party is gonna separate from him SO quickly it will make your head spin. He isn’t the political “king maker” he thought he was going to be. So many of the people he endorses go up in flames. And if there were any followers of RFK left after all the idiotic things he has admitted to, and DONE lately… I don’t know if they are going to Trump. But, RFK and Trump have the “cheating on your wife” vote locked in. LOL. Hmmm. I wonder why so many women are voting Harris?

    Only about 36 more days of this circus left hopefully.

  4. jonnyv

    Addendum: Trump has branded his first campaign VERY well. The red MAGA hats are politically iconic. They are just ugly as sin. But it sold better than Obama’s stuff most certainly.

  5. dad29

    And if Trump loses, the R party is gonna separate from him SO quickly it will make your head spin

    You mean like blue-collar workers separated from the (D) party? And Hispanics? And blacks? And citizens under the age of 30? Sure, the brainless loony from CA will get some of their votes….but not what Obozo got. And don’t try to tell me that Bai-Den got 81 million votes.

    “The Party” consists of several thousand elected (R)’s plus another several thousand local and national poohbahs. “The Party” may separate themselves from Trump. But they will also be separating themselves from voters.

  6. MjM

    But they will also be separating themselves from voters.

    Sadly, too many have already done that, Daddio.

    But, RFK and Trump have the “cheating on your wife” vote locked in. LOL.

    You mean, like Nanny Man Emhoff and Kneepad Kammy?

  7. jonnyv

    MJM… are you voting for Doug? I am not. I am also not voting for Don “The Rapist” Trump.

    Dad29. Yes, there are people leaving the D party. No doubt. But the Rs will take those lost Trump fans to have control back over their party.

    81,283,501 Votes. Yup. lol.

  8. Tuerqas

    >And if there were any followers of RFK left after all the idiotic things he has admitted to, and DONE lately

    See, now I would have said that about Kamala, but libs only have one vote choice as Kamala’s Party actively and intentionally suppressed voting, opened the border and let inflation increase so they could spend more money. She can’t speak publicly and seems easily confused as well, all things no one should tolerate in their elected world leader unless they need more cheap workers or believe winning is the only thing. But nope, you’ll all funnel in and vote for the only liberal choice on the ballots except in some battleground states. You don’t give a fuck because all the lib information is laid out for you like a 10 year old’s school uniform and the only other liberal voices are shunned and ridiculed by media paid to do just that, drown out all non-Democrat voices, liberal or conservative. Liberals cared a lot about suppression when Reps were trying to require better info at the ballot for voting security. Now that it is being used aggressively (more weaponized ‘justice’) against other libs, maybe you would start to see exactly where the Dem Party has charged to in the last 20 years. No? When liberal (or progressive as they like to be called) judges started skirting and downright ignoring current constitutional restraints and current precedential law, conservatives were all saying ‘Wait until it gets pointed at a subgroup that you are in.’ The Green Party and RFK’s followers know it well. Those liberals can now clearly see what that the Dem Party stands for today is self interest…just theirs, not yours. They can now clearly see that ‘making it easy to vote’ really is about what conservatives have said all along, a bid for a very large group of non-citizens to vote illegally. If they cared about ‘easy to vote’, they would not have effectively sued all other liberal candidates off the ballots except in States where it may help them. I guess you could defend your current position as not being idiotic…I would actually agree with that, in fact. It is much closer to diabolic. And I don’t mean magically demonic evil, just the plain old evil of man towards man.

  9. jonnyv

    Hey T. Take a breath. Use some paragraphs to break up your thoughts. Makes it easier for all of us versus that wall of incoherent text. You KEEP repeating about brainwashed “libs” and blah blah blah. Kinda awkward for a guy who constantly repeats the same talking points post after post. Just sayin’. Maybe go touch some grass.

    Yes, the democratic party is pulling some underhanded shit to remove people from the ballot. I wish they wouldn’t do it. It is the dirty side of politics. Doesn’t change the candidate.

  10. Tuerqas

    > Doesn’t change the candidate.

    How true. Neither does the D in front of their name.

  11. Tuerqas

    What values the Party uses defines the party and is supported by the Party and their voters. Dems used to be the Party you approved of. If you still do, you approve of their values by voting for them.

  12. jonnyv

    I don’t necessarily agree with all aspects of the party. Nor do you probably agree with everything the R’s represent. You do your best based on the candidates that are presented for each election.

    I assume you are voting for Trump? Does that mean you approve of his infidelity? Do you approve of how he handles himself publicly? Do you approve of everything the R party stands for currently? It is asinine to assume that because you support a candidate in an election, you support or approve of everything they stand for. If in some bizarro world, Trump ran as a democrat this time around, I would not vote for him based on how he handled himself in his first term and since.

    Individuals hold values, the party does not. The party’s job is to do everything in their legal power to get their candidate elected.

  13. Tuerqas

    As I have said many times I am a Libertarian. If I agreed with what Republicans DID I would be one and vote for them.

    >I don’t necessarily agree with all aspects of the party.
    Few people do, what part of the Dem Party of today do you agree with? Not what they promise, what they have done? Specifically the Biden/Harris admin. Have you agreed with any of their foreign policy actions? Have you agreed with Government using the courts to shut down their political rivals? Do you agree with lowering standards of education when even most liberals agree that they are failing students today? Do you agree with their policies that purposely raised inflation? Do you agree with Dem policies that have given minorities virtually no opportunities in the cities they have been lured in to over the last 60 years?
    What are they doing today that you still agree with? Now that they are openly suppressing the vote with the Judicial branch, do you still believe that there has been virtually no Dem voter fraud over the last 20 years? No answer needs to have that Reps policies are worse, just your thoughts on the Dem Party. can you even talk about politics without blaming Trump or other Republicans? You have not defended a single Dem action since Biden stepped down. Try it.

    >The party’s job is to do everything in their legal power to get their candidate elected.
    And that includes suppression and fraud, agreeing to all the paybacks to the super wealthy etc? 2 are illegal and one is merely unethical. Your comment is like saying: “I understand my employer is a murderer, but I may be getting a promotion so I am okay with it.” Your comment does not exactly match your stated beliefs. Take out the word legal and that is what you are accepting what the Party’s job is. I disagree.

  14. MjM

    are you voting for Doug? I am not.

    You are voting for Kneepad Kammy. And you voted for Joe “The Rapist” Biden.

    Excellent displays of your continuing hypocrisy, JV.

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