Timothy Birdnow

After the better part of a month of "counting" the Democrats managed to wrest away a final House of Representatives seat in the corrupt banana republic of California. ?

Two questions; how did they win a seat in the red part of California (the central valley is Republican country) and why, pray tell, does it take almost a month to count the votes in ONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?

Incumbent Republican John Duarte was ahead slightly throughout the count, then suddenly new votes were found for the Democrat Adan Gray, who suddenly surged to victory.Duarte conceded last night with a scant 187 vote margin.

How many times have we seen this scenario; a close race and the Democrats ALWAYS seem to win them in the end? Probability dictates these should end both ways under fair conditions.

In other words the Democrats stole this seat right out from under the GOP noses as we were all celebrating the Trump win.

The GOP just doesn't know how to do this. They are like a second rate college football team playing against the Kansas City Chiefs. Rank amateurs. And they don't seem to want to do any better, making the same mistakes over and over. Why, it's like they are the Washington Generals, there solely to lose to the Haarlem Globetrotters (to mix my sports metaphors).

I have no doubt this election was stolen. The problem is, once done, it is almost impossible to prove.

This also shows the folly of allowing mail-in voting. Without that the Democrats would have lost this seat and probably at least six others, maybe more.

The balance in the House is no 220 to 215, but that assumes the GOP wins the special elections to fill the seats vacated by people tapped by Trump. Elise Stefanik, Matt Gaetz, and Michael Waltz are all leaving Congress and so their seats will be vacant until filled by a special election. That makes it 217 to 215, the slimmest margin imaginable just about. And if somehow the Democrats flip or steal all three of these seats it becomes a Democrat Congress and everything comes back; the endless investigations of Trump, the obstructionism, the whole nine yards.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; I believe the GOP does not want to actually win soundly but prefers the Congress to be nip-and-tuck. That empowers incumbents and RINO's, who we dare not primary lest we lose the seat. It also offers a ready-made excuse to the Republicans for failing to enact the agenda for which they were elected. They can campaign on MAGA causes but then not deliver so their monied sponsors remain happy. It's always "we don't have the numbers" but then they don't try to get the numbers, or do what it takes to show they are honest and serious, something that will draw the votes.

So now we are still vulnerable in the House, and if nothing else will probably lose it in two years anyway. And we aren't in a whole lot better shape in the Senate; we could have won big had we had someone other than Chinless Mitch tampering with things.

One thing is clear; the GOP has to learn how to stop Democrat cheating. We made a good start, catching them at all sorts of dirty tricks in this last election and preventing the same Big Steal they pulled in 2020, but they are still doing it. We must be ever vigilant, and ever willing to fight. They are. Donald Trump is. Why isn't the Republican Party?

BTW did you notice in this article how the Republican quit with such good grace? A Democrat would have fought to the end on this. Yes, it makes our side look noble and reasonable, but so what? In the end they win, we lose. Nobody remembers the loser, no matter how well he took it. And this isn't just about who wins or loses, but about the fate of the whole country. We need more Trumps and fewer Duarte's.

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