Yes, I meant practical - actionable - steps. I acknowledged that fraud seemed most likely (if not certain) in PN and AZ, at least.
On the other hand, it seemed - and still seems, to me - that there was a real lack of energy and, certainly, of imagination/message in many other races, so voter fraud seems like a false boogeyman in those cases. And then there are the counterexamples (red wave) with DeSantis (and Florida in general), KY with Rand Paul, and arguably TX. Any place where the "win" wasn't a given, and the win turned out to be 10 points or so (a blowout in a race which had been considered competitive.
You don't need nation-wide cheating if, on both sides, the contestants are BORING.
Tucker Carlson gave a warning, of sorts, about the sort of non-competitive campaign many/most Republicans were running, back in early August. Even though a number of candidates started shifting their "talking points" after that, it still seemed that, for most Republican candidates, there was a real lack of personal passion/energy in the messaging. It was like they went from reading one script to reading another...from Mitch McConnell's losing script, to a script that talked about "inflation", "border", and "crime", but without any real personal investment by the candidates. Or, perhaps, too many of the candidates just lacked charisma/ ability to connect?
A great example of this low energy was Laxalt in Nevada. I read an article about a month before the election that he was an experienced campaigner, so he had "wisely" decided to stop campaigning, when he had a couple of points lead, so he not risk making a mistake. WTF?
So, do you really think the entirety of the outcome came down to voter fraud meets dumb citizens? Do you really think that better messaging, or simply more charismatic/real candidates wouldn't have made a difference?
I'm not saying I am right, and I am not saying I, personally, could tilt the balance, but it is a very, very, very dark future ahead, at this point. Further, if there is nothing to be done (because the corruption is already overpowering) then 2024 might as well not even be held.
And maybe we should stop posting here on Atomic Bob's, as well, as we are just exposing ourselves for a later "re-education" period under the malefic, growing, inevitable, brutal totalitarian dictatorship.
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