I haven't commented on the gubernatorial race in my home state of Virginia, but the election has been held, and the initial results seem to favor Glenn Youngkin (R) as the new governor. He ousts the odious Terry McAuliffe (D—where do I even begin?), whose woke policies and tone-deafness about critical race theory and a host of other issues affecting the parents of schoolchildren led to a great disenchantment with him and his agenda. I've also seen a good deal of interest in the woman who is likely to be the new lieutenant governor under Youngkin: Winsome Sears, a black woman who is pro-Second Amendment and staunchly conservative. Leftists and some liberals still have a hard time getting past their racism and understanding that black folks come in all shapes and sizes (diversity!), that they think for themselves and live their lives however they damn well please. The notion of a black conservative is still an impossibility for many on the left. Well, welcome to reality, guys.
On Instapundit, there have been murmurings that Youngkin isn't much of an improvement over McAuliffe; some commenters call Youngkin a RINO (Republican in Name Only), but I suppose we'll see whether the man can turn my home state around and make it more like Florida and/or Texas. We can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good-enough. Virginia has been bluing for years, now; we've had a string of Democrat governors, and I think the most recent Republican governor (Bob McDonnell) ended up going to jail for corruption. It's about time we reversed the bluing, dispensed with the woke agenda, rehabilitated the GOP name, and got back on track. (And I say that despite not being a card-carrying Republican.)
So, I have to ask the conservatives, does this restore any faith in the electoral system, or is there still a need for caution and suspicion? Does this election imply that the 2020 election was, in fact, legitimate, or is Joe Biden still the honk-honk asterisk President? And is this election a sign of hope for next year's midterms, or will people become complacent and forget the need to boot the undesirables out of office?
ADDENDUM: Minneapolis voters have rejected the retarded proposal to banish the police and replace it with a Department of Public Safety (which, by the way, is a term used years ago at my alma mater of Georgetown University to describe our campus police... everyone started calling the cops "dopes" based on the acronym DOPS).
Does this constitute a "red wave"? I think we'll need to wait until next year to see whether a red wave is possible. For now, let's say that I see flickers of hope.
ADDENDUM 2: more country-wide election results here, updated in real time.
ADDENDUM 3: one example of McAuliffe's stupidity—eliminating white teachers:
Listen to the whites in the crowd cheering that nonsense on.
I can't say my faith in election integrity has been restored, especially when the Dems are pushing "reforms" that would make stealing elections easier. Still, I'm very happy that Virginia wasn't close enough for the thieves to overcome the will of the people.
ReplyDeleteI'm also very encouraged that we are seeing the beginning of a new kind of "woke", where people are saying enough of this nonsense and voting in their own self-interest. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, I sincerely believe that 2022 will be the make-or-break year for the USA as we know it. A Republican-controlled Congress can at least put a halt to the worst of plans being pushed by the so-called "progressives". I don't think Brandon is going to make it to 2024, but of course, Harris might even be worse.
Anyway, too soon to celebrate but there is at least some cause for hope.