Let’s just go ahead and start the 2024 prediction show

I will still be ranting and raving we need new parties.

Trump will not be President for the same reasons I predicted Hillary Clinton would not be President in 2014 for 2016. Not too many people liked her then, and not too many people like Trump now.

The Republicans will run the same gambit they always have still trying to make it look new. Lower taxes for the rich, crime is coming to get everyone with the added touch of immigration adding to crime and more, and mainly hoping the Democrats screw up which they will take credit for. And since the Democrats are still clueless, this may work yet again. But to have an actual plan to help the working and middle class be successful, ha ha ah oh stop ha ha ha, please you are hurting me, please stop, ha ha ha, just too much, Republicans doing something for us, lol lol lol, no no no, stop... I am laughing so hard it hurts.

If the Democrats had just two clues the Republicans would never win another election, plain and simple. First clue, why the heck did they not see the Republican take over of state governments over the last two decades? The second one, the Republicans really do own the libs. Don’t believe me, then why do Republicans keep winning elections? Because Democrats are clueless.

And one point which Biden did a good job of avoiding and Clinton totally espoused. Biden stayed more on point about a general plan for the middle and working class. Clinton tried to appease everyone with a platitude policy when she ran in 2016. Pretentious and clueless plain and simple. 

We all know the polls say the majority of this country does not want Biden and Trump running again, yet when has anyone in power listened to polls. DeSantis may break through and he is playing it smart for now by laying low, but sooner or later he will have to show up nationally. And the DC press, even the conservative groups could chew him up pretty quickly if he is not prepared. His big win that might carry over nationally is attracting some of the Hispanic vote, but the Florida Hispanic vote is not the same as California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas Chicago, New York Hispanic vote so lets see what happens. He will eventually have to say something or come up with a national platform, hmmmm. 

And the Democrats have the same problem they have had for ten years. They do not have anyone young that can attract a large audience. There just isn’t anyone. At one point I thought Kamala Harris might have been able to, but she is not garnering any attention at all nationally to make her star rise. And it should have risen by now for her to have a chance. Being a black woman, even as a moderate, she already has quite a bit to overcome so she really needed a running start. I don’t even see her walking yet.

Are we going to elect a woman this time; Haley, Noem, ? ? ? the Republicans do have some popular women in Republican circles, but right now any of them would not attract a large enough general populace to stand a chance. 

Which leads to how much the independent vote will play a factor in 2024. It will be monumentous. The independent vote has become the major factor in most elections. Gerrymandering has saved the Republicans for now, but more and more the independent vote is growing and could diminish some of their advantages soon. Will the Democrats push into these areas via the independent vote or will finally other parties start to grow?

Which reminds me, what happened to Andrew Yang’s Forward Party? I have heard nothing on them since the first news splashes awhile back. I just internet searched the name and most hits were articles from July and August when they started announcing themselves, not much new so far. Yet they did come on too late for the past biennial election. Maybe they can create some waves by 2024.

So actual predictions for 2024: someone will get elected and over half the country will be hissed.

Cheers!

PS and as we get closer I will begin developing an alternative actual set of public policies for the working and middle class once again. (okay an updated rehash of what I have said before, but I have been right the whole time anyway so why not)

Yea, I was wrong and be careful what you don’t ask for

So we survived the “mid term” election, it sucked or maybe it didn’t, but we survived. Mid term election is such a weird term since we have elections every two years so why don’t we just call it the biennial election? Just a question.

So the Republicans won the House, hence who wins in our country? I know some people are happy that we have a mixed government. And in some ways that can be good. Legislation gets drawn out, only laws that are  absolutely needed pass because partisan policy is denied. Crisis can be a problem, but if rational leaders on both sides of the aisle exist then they can also be addressed in a modified way.

Yet McCarthy has more than his hands full with his own party. And personally and I may be wrong, he won’t be able to handle his party. The extremes are already lining up to cause havoc on a daily basis. So what happens if the world turns sideways on them. How will they react? Do they just say no to everything in their maddening attempt to bring down those dangerous democrats? 

Do they actually think their delusional investigations will produce results? There might be some fire underneath Hunter Biden, but beyond that, what else is there? 

So here is the kicker for the Republican Party as a whole. If the Freedom Caucus does what it wants they can pretty much kiss the Republican chances good bye in 2024. You know, that next biennial election. 

If a catastrophe happens such as a large recession and the Republicans were out of power then they would retake the government, but since the government is split and both sides have slim majorities in either legislative body, then the body politic is going to blame whomever doesn’t act. And if the Freedom Caucus tries to shut down fixing any problems then they shoot the Republican party down.

And with no crisis and they just regurgitate investigation and accusation ad nauseum then the Republican party apparatus will look like a vomit laden pile of manure. 

People may hate government and complain all day, but in the end they do expect some lip service to solutions. And occasionally an actual result produced. 

So the Republicans won the House, McCarthy will be Speaker, he will fail but at least it is only two years until the next election which we started fretting about November 9th. Do we ever get a break?

And by the way the New York Post said some retired guy from Florida is running for President. It definitely won’t be a quiet and boring two years. 

And for fun maybe he will pick Lake to be his VP choice. They can drive democracy over a cliff together. Or just drive themselves into oblivion, we can only pray.

A little Dallas sports talk, ‘cause the election is gonna suck

They absolutely need a none of the above box where if none of the above wins they have to start the process over and the candidates on the ballot can’t run again. Politicians might be a bit more aware of what the people want.

And on a side note, none of the above gets free advertising, like a public service announcement that explains what the means a couple times a week leading up to the election. I bet we hear much different from the candidates or at least it is a worthwhile pipe dream.

Anyway, the Cowboys are a pleasant surprise so far this year. There are still some holes overall, yet there is also more promise shown that I thought going into the season. And Cooper Rush shown exactly what it means to be “the” back up quarterback. You know he isn’t going to start in the long run, but he is well worth having on the roster.

I still have high hopes for the Mavericks, yet like the Cowboys they have some holes to fill. The JaVale McGee experiment is not working out well, but I think we still keep him for now even as a starter to see if he just needs to work out kinks or find out if he is passed any sort of prime he had. We need big man play eventually and so having him on the roster to find out where he stands will benefit in the long run. If he doesn’t work out, Kidd will have to figure out the adjustments like last year, but hopefully he has enough to help us in the moments he is needed.

And stop all the hypothetical trades for all these crazy superstars. Why do all the sports sites want to have the Mavericks bail out some other team with their problems. I did think why not Durant and who would we need to trade. There is no perfect solution that is equitable or benefits the Mavericks unless we just get KD. He is still good, but fitting him into the current core that the Mavericks need to keep means giving up too much of that core and the Nets are not taking peripheral players. Unless we get a super promising young player under 26 or 25 I would keep the core and hope Coach Kidd can realign the defense like he did last year. It is real early in the season so there is time. 

And for that core to work, Luka’s assists need to remain high. It means people are making baskets and just as important the ball is moving around. The ball movement should also bring up the team average for assists. To me the assists/ball movement along with better defense is the Mavericks better chance of being successful than forcing a “second star” into the mix. One needs to be developed. It might have been Jalen Brunson, but that ship has sailed, so hopefully C. Woods can develop and morph into the working second scorer and keep everyone else averaging in the teens up through the 8th or 9th man in the rotation then the Mavs should do just fine. Or Spencer and Woods average about the same right around 20 points each behind Luka and then things could really pop. And Woods does help with the rebounding so that also helps Luka a bit. Maybe not as many triple doubles, but rather have the points and assists being the lead for Luka. 

The Cowboys have gotten lucky with the two back approach since Pollard has come into his own. Zeke may not be what he use to be, yet he can be a heavy hitting back and run people over in the fourth quarter still so in the long run having both backs is a blessing. And speaking of trades, I wonder what happened with the trade for the Houston receiver that did not pan out at the deadline. Never hurts to have that third or fourth receiver that is consistent. Wide receivers are a unique bunch to say the least, but when talented a joy to watch. 

And if you like your mind expanded, oops I mean your world expanded, the World Cup begins soon. Even though there are many controversaries about what went on in Qatar to build it, the players and the game should be what you watch. We can put international pressure on the country at the same time the games are going on. Hopefully it can be a double edge sword for Qatar with being in the limelight and people realizing the lack of respect for others, workers and life their elitist culture as wrought. 

I like to vote on election day, however this year because of circumstances I did vote early. And again we need a none of the above choice. I live and vote in Dallas County and most and I do mean most of the races had only one choice. And on top of that Dallas County created a list of all the candidates with no opposition and you had to scroll through it to finish the ballot. So why bother if we are stuck with just one choice of even putting them on the ballot? I didn’t like the look or the feel and I know a few of the people running unopposed and would have voted for them even with a competitive race so not being able to acknowledge or vote against the choice seems to be like we are short changing the process and democracy.

The mid terms are less than a week away so go vote and go throw up because that is where we are now. Too many choices that are so partisan there is no way we are getting a functional government anymore. Like the ex president says “sad”.