Quote for the year

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do. 

~Joseph Stalin

Wise thoughts from Plato

 So many of these will always ring true.

Happy Quote of the day

This perspective on the on-going political realignment comes to us via Marc Lotter at the Washington Times:

The Associated Press’ VoteCast, which compares 2020 and 2022 voter demographics, shows Republicans gained 22% more support from Hispanic and Latino voters, 14% more from Black voters, and 5% more from White voters with college degrees. Republicans also expanded our advantage with white voters without a college degree by 6%. This shows Republicans winning more support from critical Democrat voting blocks, as well as expanding its support from traditional conservative voting groups.

So, if you view 2022 strictly in terms of wins and losses of elections, yes, it wasn’t the best result. But getting people to break up with the party they’ve supported blindly for decades is hard and requires patience. Close elections today could point to victories in the years ahead as more and more disillusioned Democrats realize they broke up with Democrats for a reason. The issues remain the same and that inevitable breakup will finally stick in the not-too-distant future.

This is part of the reason why I have said that 2024 holds a lot of promise for conservatives, despite the potential pitfalls. 

My silence on the Democratic candidates

I've been watching the Democrats vie for the nomination to be their presidential candidates.  I've made very few remarks so far, mostly based on a quote that I read once that's attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte:

President Trump is happy to chime in on what he sees.  Maybe he's right because there is nothing he can say that will sway the party to become more rational.  I doubt there is anyone who can swing them back to sanity and away from free healthcare for illegal immigrants at this point.  They may be beyond recovery at this point.

Best Milo Yiannopoulos quotes (through 2015)

Milo Yiannopoulos is a gay conservative, who among other things, is a Breitbart contributor. Someone has done a good job compiling some of his best quotes in the video below.

Sunday Laughs

A laugh but a great point from Reagan as well.

Hey Democrats, Churchill has some advice for you.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

~Winston Churchill