Wierd wrote:
""Blue wall" is overrated IMO."
No.
It's real.
And "the wall" is expanding, growing higher.
The leftist states are full to bursting with liberals.
And they're "spilling over" into formerly-red states, the same way the water in the bow of the Titanic crept up over one bulkhead and then spilled into the next, and the next.
We've seen how states like Oregon, Colorado and Nevada have "tipped" in the west.
We've seen how once-fiercely-conservative New Hampshire now leans left due to the inflow from Massachusetts.
Once Connecticut was "the land of steady habits" -- now it's the land of steadily-elected leftists.
Look at Virginia -- until recently, proud of its Confederate past, now a modest leftist state. It may not vote Republican again.
How does leaving an unenforced southern border do anything but exacerbate this problem?
"The wall" is the bulkhead we need to preserve what's left, if even that can make a difference.
To those of you who still naively believe that the Republican party can attract the votes of the Hispanics, the Asians, the blacks, the Jews -- what does the historical record tell you? When have we ever received more than token support from such groups? After the first term of obama, something like 70% of the Jews -STILL- voted for the muslim-in-chief.
I wish I had optimism to offer.
But I don't.
I see "what is".
And the reality is that time is runnin' out for traditional-minded folks who still believe in "the old ways" in America.
The left has been at war with that ideal since the early twentieth century, and they never give up. Why should they? They're winning.
But, I've said this before and I'll say it once more:
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves..."