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DECEMBER 9,  2021

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

WELCOME TO THE PAST – FROM DAILY MAIL:    Joe Biden's commitment to blue collar workers has been called into question after his infrastructure tsar listed climate change and equity before mentioning helping industrial workers in a new interview.   Speaking on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday, as Biden flew to Kansas City to promote the $1.2 trillion bill, Landrieu said he had met personally with 30 mayors and had reached out to every governor in the US to discuss the infrastructure plan.  'What the president's asking us to do is use this policy to rebuild the country,' Landrieu said. 'This is a three, five, ten-year proposal...Look, we're going to build a better America'   'We need to think about climate. For those of us that are from the south, we know this really, really well. Of course resilience, and building back in a way that's stronger and better.  'Also, for communities that have been left out, he said secondly, equity is critically important. We cannot leave anybody behind,' the former Mayor of New Orleans said  Landrieu continued: 'Third, blue-collar jobs, so he wants labor involved in this in a big way with workforce training. And then he said he wants to rebuild America's industrial base by investing in Made in America products.'  Yeah, right.  Put the actual working people third.  Put the fashionable issues first and second.  Great way to lose the next election.

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FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? – OVERNIGHT:  That's what he calls himself, although he'll first have to settle for "Mr. Mayor."  Eric Adams is about to take over the Big Apple from Comrade Bill de Blasio, perhaps the worst mayor in the entire history of the universe.  Under de Blasio, the "city that never sleeps" became the city where no one sleeps because of all the gunshots outside.   And Adams is already making it clear that he's no de Blasio.  From the New York Post: 

An impassioned Mayor-elect Eric Adams delivered a tough-on-crime speech in Manhattan Thursday, while repeating his warning to Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newswome not to mess with New York.

“We’re not going to surrender to those who are saying we’re going to burn down New York. Not my city,” Adams said at a Police Athletic League event at the Harvard Club.

Last month, Newsome threatened “riots, fire and bloodshed” if Adams makes good on a plan to reinstate the NYPD’s anti-gun unit.

He also had a message for agitators — like the ones who destroyed property in Middle Village, Queens after Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal.

“We’re not going to have a city where anarchists come from outside our city and go into a community such as Queens and destroy the community for their own selfish needs and desires,” Adams said.

The retired NYPD captain received a warm reception from the largely Republican crowd that included former New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox, billionaire business mogul John Catsimatidis, actor and former talk show host Tony Danza and former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.

Adams praised Bratton for slashing the city’s murder rate, and for his broken windows policing style that cracked down on quality of life issues like graffiti to make the city safer from violent crime. “Bill Bratton, your legend has not been completely closed,” said Adams, adding that he intends to build on the two-time top cop’s public safety model.

The outgoing Brooklyn borough president also joked that it’s a good thing he won the crowded Democratic primary — and not any of the other candidates who were anti-police and anti-business. “I burn candles and say prayers and Hail Marys that those other characters were not elected to be mayor right now.

“People who were talking about disarming police, running out business people from our city,” Adams said in a reference to third place finisher Maya Wiley who couldn’t say at a debate whether she’d strip NYPD cops of their firearms.

Adams then pivoted to the economy for the second half of his 15-minute speech.

COMMENT:  He speaks as much to the nation as to the city, and it's clear that he has major ambitions.  Good.  I like ambitious people.  But he knows what he has go do to demolish the catastrophic record of Bill de Blasio in New York, and to break the epidemic of crime.

He's a Democrat, but don't be surprised if his party abandons him.

December 9,  2021     Permalink

DECEMBER 8, 2021

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

INSANITY – FROM FOX:   A California school district reportedly removed a link to resources that, among other things, outlined how to cast a spell on people who said things like "all lives matter."  That content was included as part of a Google Drive for a "Black Lives Matter Resource Guide." A document on "Writing Prompts on Police Brutality and Racist Violence" encourages high school students to write a "curse" for police and others.  "Hexing people is an important way to get out anger and frustration. Make a list of specific people who have been agents of police terror or global brutality," it reads.  "This list can be wide-ranging, from small microaggressions to larger perpetrators (i.e., people who say ‘all lives matter’ to the police officers who arrest non violent protestors to George Zimmerman). Pick one of those people on your list."  It adds: "Read Martin Espada’s poem 'For the Jim Crow Restaurant in Cambridge Massachusetts Where My Cousin Esteban was Forbidden To Wait Tables Because He Wears Dreadlocks.' Write your own hex poem, cursing that person." Another prompt asks students to imagine a world "with no police."  What kind of future do these kids have?  No future.  And that is just fine with their "movement" leaders.  The less accomplishment there is, the more jobs there are for the frauds and phonies that lead movements and run endless "programs" that always seem to fail.

December 8, 2021       Permalink

BEST NEWS THE GOP HAS HAD IN DECADES – OVERNIGHT:  It's the Hispanic vote, something the mainstream media would prefer not to mention.  But it may well turn out to be the most important story of next year's elections.  From Daily Mail: 

Latino voters are dividing their support between both political parties, which is bad news for the Democrats, who have historically counted on the minority group for outsized support. 

A new Wall Street Journal poll found that when Hispanic voters were asked the party of candidates they'd support in the Congressional elections next year, 37 per cent chose the Democratic candidate, while another 37 per cent said Republican. 

In a hypothetical rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, 44 per cent said Biden while 43 per cent said Trump. 

Biden's disapproval rating his higher than his approval rating among Hispanic voters as well. 

The Journal poll found that 54 per cent of Latinos currently disapprove of the job Biden is doing, versus 42 per cent who approve. 

In 2020, Trump - whose campaign dedicated significant resources to Latino outreach - did see gains. 

According to a Pew Research Center report, Trump received 38 per cent of the Hispanic vote, compared to Biden's 59 per cent. 

In 2016, Trump - the winner of the race - received just 28 per cent of the Hispanic vote, while Democrat Hillary Clinton walked away with 66 per cent. 

The party of Trump had even worse midterm performance in 2018, Pew found, with 72 per cent of Latino voters supporting Democratic Congressional candidates and 25 per cent supporting Republicans.  

Driving the trend toward Republicans now could be Hispanic mens' desire to see the country return to Trump's economic policies. 

The Journal poll found that Hispanic men believed Republicans pushed better economic policies by a margin of 17 points.  

COMMENT:  What we are also seeing in the Hispanic communities is the impact of generational change.  As a distinguished Hispanic broadcaster told me, young Hispanics don't want to wear Che Guevara T-shirts.  They want to wear Brooks Brothers suits, and they are.  They don't want to overthrow the system.  They want to be part of it.

A great development.  But Republicans must never take a community for granted just because it is moving in their direction.  Work for every vote, and run as if you're 20 points behind.

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