Approximately eight weeks have passed since Joe-Joe’s State of Dis-Union was delivered and, as expected, few Americans—and none of We the People—can recall anything about it.
This from westernjournal.com.
Alas, the age of social media and a relentless 24/7 news cycle ensure that every president’s SOTU is soon forgotten. Throw [Joe-Joe’s] staid style into the mix and the speech’s shelf life shrinks even further.
All of which makes it noteworthy that Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ official response still generates buzz, on the right and the left.
The talk was well-written, well-delivered and crushed the always-low expectations for such an appearance.
One memorable line continues to reverberate. In framing the latest iteration of America’s culture wars, the governor went for the jugular:
“The choice is between normal and crazy.”
Such a piercing choice of words (of course) triggered the usual suspects. A typical chorus of “vicious conservative” was the considered response from the easily triggered left.
This may very well get us all thinking about the point in time when the progressive political program abruptly shifted from the traditional to… what Sanders said.
For context, think back to any point in time prior to the election of 2016.
It was during those years that the major political parties fought over large and important issues: defense spending and health insurance and Roe v. Wade and capital gains tax rates and trade deals.
Your Econ 101 professor used to differentiate the parties’ respective priorities in rather simple terms: ‘More guns or more butter?’
And then things changed in the blink of an eye. Crazy became the norm:
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Police department budgets were cut or defunded.
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Cashless bail replaced… bail.
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Domestic energy independence was jettisoned.
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A Supreme Court nominee could not define the word “woman.”
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Border walls were deemed “racist.”
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Illegal migrants were given the right to vote in some local elections.
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Parents were told to butt out of their children’s education.
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Toddlers were branded “oppressor” or “oppressed.”
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A man was declared a women’s swimming champion.
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We were assured the world was (literal) toast in 10 years.
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Speech codes on campus replaced free speech.
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School districts began eliminating gifted and talented courses.
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The Pentagon bought into “woke” hook, line and sinker.
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Gas stoves were targeted by federal and state regulators.
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Our southern border was opened to the world.
That likely each of these initiatives took root or metastasized as a reaction to the tenure of the “uninvited disruptor,” Donald J. Trump, is a matter of historical record.
Indeed, the shocking election result of 2016 sent most of America’s power centers over the proverbial cliff.
But history will reflect that the establishment (Read: Deep State) quickly coalesced around a common goal: Trump (and “America First”) had to be taken down, and the good ol’ USA of We the People had to be transformed.
And so a severely disruptive movement was hatched. The democrat party of old metamorphosed into a communist/globalist organized crime entity before our eyes. Openly an ultimate steal to rob the mean tweeter from a re-election that was his all the way was conducted with impunity.
Further, this movement has gone on to indict our president. And the movement has steadily grown into the dominant theme of the communist/globalist party and has even gained acceptance within the uniparty.
It is extremely well-funded and viewed approvingly by many who rent space in our cultural power centers: Big Tech, the legacy media, academia, Hollywood and professional sports leagues.
Most important, it is focused on transforming just about everything viewed as traditional in America. As well, the act of fair and honest elections has all but been removed from the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Now, back to Governor Sanders’ speech. The really big question for 2024 is whether “crazy” will continue to carry the day or whether “normal” will make a long-postponed reappearance.
Final thoughts: Many of us in flyover country are determined not to allow Obama’s transformation to progress any further. There is talk of a Plan and even a buzz phrase–Trust The Plan. But this leaves many of us asking, ‘How much longer must we wait for The Plan to show itself?’
God speed to Conservatism and God speed to the Take Back of our Constitutional Republic.
