What It Meant. Maybe.

 

 

 "You believe what you want to believe." ~ Tom Petty

There were some elections on Tuesday, and the results may mean several things to several different people.

For Democrats.  We are back, baby!  We are so back that one of our candidates can text out that he wants to kill a political opponent and the opponent's children in front of the opponent's wife and then kill the opponent's wife. He didn't say anything about killing the opponent's dog.

Don't forget that we got an avowed socialist elected as Mayor of New York. He promises to improve the City of New York by giving away childcare, bus passes, groceries, hot dogs at the hotdog stands, Slurpees at 7/11, and a ton of other goodies all by increasing the taxes on rich people.

For Republicans.  Well, la-de-frickin-da. You won in New Jersey, which is totally Dem, and you won in Virginia, which is so top-heavy with gubment employees that they elected the aforementioned candidate who wants to murder a political opponent.

First of all, as everyone who has watched "Wayne's World" knows,  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has elected two socialist mayors, so New York, you are a little behind the times. [Footnote:  Thank you, Alice Cooper.]

Secondly, a lot of things Zohran Mamdani promised he can't actually do due to something called "New York State Law".  For example, raise taxes on rich people because they are hoarding all of this money for themselves when they could have been handing 100-dollar bills on 8th Avenue to help "the people". 

Like a lot of things in life, both sides have a point.

Tuesday was not a good night for the Republicans. It is not good to lose elections, particularly since the Democrats have convinced a lot of people that it is the Republicans to blame for the Government shutdown, even though it is the Democrats who shut it down because their Senate leader is afraid of a girl.[Footnote: Chuck Schumer is afraid of AOC. You know it is true.]

Plus, it is not good because this is the first time those pesky little people called "voters" have commented on Trump 2.0.

Trump's biggest problem is inflation, which is not under control, and it will cripple the administration no matter how many times he tries to annex Canada. 

Tuesday was a good night for the Democrats because they mobilized their voters to go to the polls to win. Their voters now have a "warm fuzzy" and have "hope" for the first time in a while. [Footnote: "Hope" to a Democrat is when they win elections.]

They even mobilized their voters down here in Mayberryetta, Georgia, where a 24-year-old software engineer almost toppled the long-time Old Marietta mayor called "Thunder". [Footnote: Really.]

This young man mainly did a couple of yard signs and some TikTok videos. He ran on the "affordability" crisis in Marietta, which is about how expensive it is to live in Marietta. I'm not sure what the mayor of Marietta can do about homeless people not being able to buy a house, but you know, young people. 

As far as I could tell, the challenger was never on the student council in high school or held an elected office in college. He mainly attended city council meetings, and as a history major, I applaud his ability to stay awake during them. His biggest problem, in my opinion, is his lack of experience in, um, anything. 

Still being able to scare "the crap out of the fascists and the corrupt good old boys’ club here in Marietta" as stated by Socialist state Rep. Gabriel Sanchez, is nothing to shake a stick at.

Yes, Smyrna has a Socialist state representative. They are all the rage nowadays. 

Yet, it doesn't mean the Republicans are out for the count. Three years ago, the Democrats turned the Red Wave into a Red Trickle. Then last year, the Republicans got Trump elected and took over the House and the Senate. 

You never know what is going to happen in the next election. You just have to learn from your mistakes in the last one.  That may or may not happen.