So ... What Now?

 So. What now?

... Believe me, friends, there is some good news out of all of this.

The House of Representatives - the GOP made significant gains when the Democrats were expected to expand the house.

Many state and local elections continued to stay red.

If the GOP can hold the Senate - we're back to divided Government.

There is an overwhelming nationwide repudiation of socialist, Marxist, anti-American, sentiments that many of us feared would overtake the country.

So for now, the radical shift to the Left is on hold.

Donald Trump did receive 70M votes. There is no mandate. We are still divided as a nation, and we, the people, can and will hold the Government accountable.

Will we probably reenter the Paris Agreement on climate change? Yeah, probably. Is the economy going to take a hit as taxes increase for everyone? Yes. Your gas and electric costs are probably going to go up ... and deficit spending is going to accelerate. And... we're probably looking at another nationwide lockdown the first of the year.

But the margins in the country are so thin, that any radical shift in domestic policy will almost certainly cost the Dems the House in two years.

Biden has promised that he will lead all Americans - not just those that voted for him. Let's see if that rings true.

Some things to look forward to:

The media will subside. They'll have nothing to complain about at least for a couple of years (not that I believe anyone really listens to them anyway).

Covid will go away. The economy will get better.

The Conservative message for America has really blossomed into the big tent we believe it should be - Trump has given us significant gains in the Black, Latino, Asian, and LGBTQ communities. Fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, common sense regulation all transcend race, orientation, and creed.

And hey! Your favorite athlete and celebrity doesn't have to leave the country, so there's that!

In all seriousness though - I did predict Biden would win, so I'm not surprised, and I think the means by which it happened are sketchy at best.

But the country can't afford to go through the Courts, and have them flip the results. We're sitting on a powder keg as it is, and a decision like this will result in out and out civil war.

We are better than this. Step back from the ledge, take a deep breath, read the total landscape. Socialism lost on Election Day. Radical shifts to Progressivism lost on Election Day.

Just as I believe that the Earth can survive the threat of global warming, America can survive the results of an election.

What now? We roll our sleeves, and go back to work. We hold this President's feet to the fire. We believe in the best of us. We believe in the strength and the spirit of America.

It *will* be all right. I promise.

This nation is fractured, divisive, broken, frustrated, hurt, angry, and the next President has almost superhuman challenges ahead of him. He has said he'd make it his mission to bring us all together. Let's do our part to make this dream a reality.

God bless America.

- TMS

2020 Election: Gang, we'll be all right.

 So - I'm starting to hear a lot of the GOP autopsy post 2020 election. Let me give my Conservative friends some good news.

Yes, the election is not over (for all intents and purposes I'm going to say it's over).... but before the Progressives and Liberals pop the cork on the champagne - I encourage my Conservative brothers and sisters to take a deep breath and exhale.

If not for Covid, Trump would have won reelection in a walk. People are scared, and the Biden Camp effectively used the panic and fear to their advantage. This is an outlier. We're not going to have a pandemic every 4 years (at least I don't think).

Still, given the last 4 years of the Trump Administration - they were hit with years of a collusion based on disinformation that tried to delegitimize his election. Days, weeks, and months of out and out lying - culminating in a sham of an impeachment. We had an establishment media that spent the better part of 95% of their headlines, bylines, and soundbytes calling the President everything from a racist to a homophobe to a xenophobe to a corrupt power hungry authoritarian.

You had Covid - a once in a millennium plague that ravaged our economy and stuck fear and panic into the hearts of Americans.

And yet with all of that ... the GOP actually GAINED in the House, kept the Senate, and Biden (if the numbers hold up) would have won by the thinnest of margins.

There was no mandate - there was no blue wave. We don't have to look too far within ourselves moving forward.

Stay the course. Continue to champion for limited government, low regulations, a strong national defense and common sense legislation. The Democrats will overplay their hand -- like they always do -- and in two years, we'll take back the House.

Gang - we'll be all right. I promise.

- TMS