Sunday Thoughts September 25 2022

If it is Sunday, well, it is Sunday.

Most of the show this week is on the new Republican plan to save America! They are calling it their “Commitment to America” which suggests there is some question about their commitment, but no one will mention that to them. The plan is a collection of vague promises cooked up by lobbying groups. You can also see the fingerprints of regime pollsters whose job is to make sure the pols never mention anything popular with people.

That is one of the things about the system that no one notices. The consultants and pollsters take the long view of their business. That long view says the party is eternal, while the politicians are just temporary glimmers flashing across the screen. That means the consultants give their clients advice that pleases the party. That way, the party recommends them the next cycle. The same applies to pollsters who only poll on issues popular with the party.

When the lobbyists presented their “Commitment to America” scheme to the House GOP, they fortified with a slew of “social media experts” and polling. The experts claimed that immigration remains popular, but illegal immigration is unpopular. The term “energy independence” polled well, so that is in the plan at various places. There was no polling done on the plan to force people into electric cars or make them eat burgers made from bugs.

You have to be mindful of your own bias, so maybe I am missing the appeal here, but this feels like a half-assed bit of nostalgia for the 1990’s. Looking through the site, it felt like the people behind it were doing it because they had to do something. In fact, neither side of the regime is bothering to say why anyone should vote for them. If our elections were honest, the ballot would have “More of the Same” and the “Even More of the Same” as the two choices.

Then again, maybe I am the one divorced from reality and this stuff electrifies normie. Come election day there will be mile long lines of grillers eager to vote for More of the Same or maybe it is Even More of the Same. On the other hand, maybe everyone has just accepted that these are the choices in the two party system and playing along is better than complaining about it. You always have to leave open the possibility that you are the crazy person in the room.

Topics

·         The Commitment to Nothing (Link)

·         The Blackety-black (Link)

·         Violent Trotskyites (Link)

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